Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennial 2009

Echigo-Tsumari Autumn 2009 will be launched on October 3.

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Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennial 2009 was closed on September 13.

In autumn, the artworks will be opened to the public and you can enjoy again a Satoyama art journey. Guided bus tours will be arranged as well.

The Triennial 2009 passport is available to visit the artworks in autumn.

　■The list of available works → PDF download

　■Echigo-Tsumari Autumn 2009

Echigo-Tsumari Autumn 2009
Satoyama Art Journey in Autumn

　【Dates】Saturday 3 October - Holiday 23 November
　【Venue】Echigo-Tsumari region （Tokamachi City & Tsunan Town, Niigata Prefecture）　760k㎡
　【Organizer】Echigo-Tsumari Autumn 2009 Executive Committee

International media feature Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennial.

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Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennial 2009 has been feature by prestigeous international media.

Japan Times features the interview with Antony Gormley and the Triennial itself.

http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/fa20090807a1.html

http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/fa20090807a2.html

French major newspaper, Le Monde, also reports on the Triennial.

http://www.lemonde.fr/archives/article/2009/08/06/a-niigata-300-km-carres-d-art-par-monts-et-par-vaux_1226248_0.html

Review - Midori Matsuri - Green Music Festival with NOWHERE

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(August 7, 2009) Trackbacks(0)

photo: Thomas

A collaboration project between Echigo-Tsumari youngsters and NOWHERE (a cultural production in Amsterdam) young singers has been realized after 2 months preparations, NOWHERE posted their movies and music tracks on the web and local Tsumari dancers choreographed them. As soon as NOWHERE team arrived in Tsumari, they started giving rehearsals every night until the day of the festival. A participant of singer's workshop given by Caprice, first class soul singer in Netherland, appeared on the stage with Gina, one of NOWHERE singers.

This collaboration also brought us, the Echigo Tsumari Art Triennial, a chance to work together with some groups of local young people.

In spite of bad weather on Aug. 1st, the day of festival, the artists and festival visitors' mood ran high, all the participants seemed enjoy themselves and the modest size building has been filled with laughter and joyful music.

NOWHERE's special blog for Echigo-Tsumari "KonnichiwaNowhere" reports all the process of preparations and their performance and stays in Tokamachi:

http://konnichiwanowhere.blogspot.com/

The Guardian features "Echigo-Tsumari" on its travel pages.

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The Guardian, a British major newspaper, features Echigo-Tsumari on its traveling pages on 1 August.

Danielle Demetriou reports on Echigo-Tsumari in midst of the Triennial 2009, which was launched on July 26.

"The world's largest outdoor art festival has added a surreal twist to a swathe of central japan and played a major part in revitalising an isolated, depopulated region"

http://www.guardian.co.uk/travel/2009/aug/01/art-festival-japan-echigo-tsumari?page=all

Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennial 2009 has been launched!

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On July 26, Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennial was opened to the public.

The opening ceremony was held at Tokamachi "Kinare" with the attendance of 1,000 people from all over Japan and around the world.

The general producer, Mr. Soichiro Fukutake stated that Echigo-Tsumari is the ground zero to change Japan and the world, and the Mayor of Tokamachi insisted that the endeavor in Echigo-Tsumari has been appreciated as a business model for regional revitalization by means of art.
Most of the 200 artists who created new works attended the celemony to celebrate the completion of their works.

For the opening, guided tours were organized on three days (25, 26, 27 July) and about 300 participants grouped in 15 buses enjoyed visiting a part of 370 works scattered around the area.

Antony Gormley will give a talk with Naoto Fukazawa.

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On the occasion of the Opening of Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennial 2009, British Council presents a talk show inviting Antony Gormley in Tokyo on July 27.Gormley creates a permanent installation "Another Singularity" for an old vacant house in Echigo-Tsumari. In London, his project "ONE AND OTHER" attracts much attention of thepublic. His project is that the Fourth Plinth which is occupied for 100consecutive days, 24 hours a day, by members of the public who have volunteered to stand on it for an hour at a time. 2,400 people can participate. He will talk about his own works and projects as well as the role of art and design in contemporary society with his respected friend, Naoto Fukazawa.

Date & Time: Monday, July 27 18:30 - 20:30　（OPEN 18:00）
Venue: British Council (1-2 Kazurazaka, Shinjuku, Tokyo)
Capacity: 120 seats
Admission free (simultaneous translation available)
Organized by British Council

■Application
Please apply to British Council Arts Section
E-mail: uk-arts@britishcouncil.or.jp
Fax: 03-3235-8040
Inquiry: Tel:03-3235-8038

BMW MINI Convertible cars have turned into art in Echigo-Tsumari !

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(July 24, 2009) Trackbacks(0)

BMW Japan, one of the sponsors for Echigo-Tsuamri Art Triennial, has provided two MINI Convertible cars as communicators for VIPs who will visit the Triennial. The cars are turned into art cars by an emerging designer Akihiro Tanabe, a student at Kyoto Seika University.

The pepper-white MINI Cooper S Convertible is designed with the theme "the day sky in Echigo-Tsumari", while the horizon blue MINI Cooper Convertible is designed with the theme "the night sky in Echigo-Tsumari". BMW also produces special T shirts designed by Tanabe as a collaborative project between MINI x ETAT.

Mini.jp: http://www.mini.jp/

ETAT English website has been renewed.

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(July 20, 2009) Trackbacks(0)

Information on all 210 new works has been added.

Artworks 2009

For the 2009 Triennial, 370 works will be scattered around the 760 square kilometers.
Please enjoy and experience the festival of human, nature and art.

The official guide book has been published.

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(July 20, 2009) Trackbacks(0)

The official guide book (in Japanese/price: 1260 yen) has been published as a special issue of Bijutsutecho magazine.

The English-Japanese art map will be published at 100 yen on July 22.
The guide book with an English translation appendix is sold at 1,500 yen at the ETAT Tokyo Information Center (Hillside Terrace A, Daikanyama, Tokyo) and the Matsudai No-Butai museum shop.

Universes in Universe features Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennial.

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(July 20, 2009) Trackbacks(0)

Universes in Universe - Worlds of Art is a website for the visual arts in particular of Africa, Latin America, and Asia in the context of international art processes. It features Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennial 2009.

http://universes-in-universe.org/eng/bien/echigo_tsumari_triennial/2009