[Closed reception] [6/26 Limited] ALL Tsunan x 86B210's Performance Course

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This tour is a one-day-only tour that allows you to enjoy both the "ALL Tsunan Tour," which specializes in Tsunan Town, which boasts a particularly dynamic satoyama environment in the nature-rich Echigo-Tsumari region, and the performing arts by 86B210 at the "Kamigo Clove Theater". Lunch will be served at "Katakuri no Yado", an abandoned school in the unexplored Akiyamago region, with a tour-only menu featuring sumptuous mountain bounty. Experience the great fusion of art and nature along with the fresh greenery of Tsunan Town, which recorded the largest snowfall in recorded history in February this year. This guided bus tour is suitable for first-time visitors or as a solo trip.

Details

9:30 Meet at and depart from Echigo-Yuzawa station
40 min
10:15 The World Created from Paper (Art Festival 2022 New Works)
Hayasaki Manami, "Invisible Grove"
The artist enlarged microscopic images of fungi and plants, cut them out of paper, and hung the objects on top of macroscopic objects such as forests and the universe. The objects are flat but float three-dimensionally in the space.
10min
11:00 The fruits of our predecessors' efforts are still being passed on today.
Ketto stone-fronted rice field
(Strolling) The land of Akiyamago is rocky, and considerable effort was required to open the rice paddies. The stone-wall rice paddies, made by piling up rocks from the ground, are so beautiful that they are called "Machu Picchu of Tsunan. The rice for lunch was also produced here.
5min
11:40 A peaceful and luxurious lunch at an abandoned school in a secluded area
Katakuri House
The inn is housed in a renovated elementary school that has looked after the children of the local community. The young staff, who were attracted by the rich nature and history of the area and moved here, prepare meals using unique mountain ingredients that are full of nature's bounty. The inn also has a playground where visitors can play with artworks.
10min
13:00 Disused underground gate ball field turned into an aquarium (Art Festival 2022 New Works)
Kaji Seiya "Ryugakubo waste aquarium"
An aquarium with life-size great white sharks and schools of sardines swimming and hawksbill crabs walking appears in the basement of Ryugakubo Onsen Ryujin no Yakata. Materials are made from wood waste received from local construction companies and lumber mills.
In addition, visitors can take a walk around Ryugakubo Pond, located near the work. The water from the pond, selected as one of the "100 best waters in Japan," can be taken home as drinking water.
5min
13:35 Experience a work of art that gently nestles into the village
Kim Koohan,”House of Magpies” / Guan Huaibin, "The Voyage Beyond Time"
The "House of Kasasagitachi" is a ceramic house made of clay, sand, fire, and wood. The house was completely covered by a kiln, and the entire house was fired for about a month before completion. The house was completely covered by the kiln, and the entire house was fired for about one month. The round mirror, which rotates with the wind, can be moved by hand.
5min
14:10 A vacant house work that connects the village and the mountain with a line of sound.
Ann Hamilton「Air for Everyone」
This work is developed in an abandoned house where a sheet metal worker once lived. Assuming a craftsman who makes bells and strange tools that make bells fly at home, we created a craftsman's workplace. The installation evokes the presence of invisible people.
5min
15:00 A village that preserves the Japanese way of life and Taiwanese culture are connected at the gate.
86B210, "Vibrating Sky" (Performance)
This is a performance presented in the space with installation by synthetic threads. The artist presents that motions and emotions would resonate with the world from a physics perspective. The nylon strings producing sound through bounced vibrations become a large musical instrument that is suspended in space. (Music by Sakaide Masami)
10min
16:00 Enjoy international exchange and performance base works in one place.
Hong Kong House/Echigo-Tsumari “Kamigo Clove Theatre”
Hong Kong House is a residency and gallery facility that serves as a base for cultural exchange with Hong Kong. This summer, local and Hong Kong residents interacted to complete a work of art.
Renovated from a closed junior high school, Kamigo Clove Theatre is a performing arts center for the Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennale. Works that were previously shown to the public last year are now on display.
50min
16:45 Curtains fluttering in the wind and the beautiful scenery of Echigo-Tsumari.
Utsumi Akiko「For Lots of Lost Windows」
A window to discover once again the landscape of Tsumari that unfolds outside through the scenery seen from the window.
20min
17:30 Echigo Yuzawa Station (East Exit Bus Terminal) Arrival/Dismissal
Notice

*Itineraries are subject to change or cancellation due to natural disasters or road conditions.

*Tour sales and operation may be cancelled due to the spread of the coronavirus. The decision to implement the tour will be made in accordance with the guidelines of the Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennale.

*We ask for your cooperation in taking local measures against coronavirus infection when participating in the tour.

*We will assign you a seat on the bus. If you have a companion for another application, please enter it in the remarks column.

*Participants who wish to do so may make a stopover at the last stopover artwork. If you wish to make a stopover, please enter it in the remarks column when applying for the tour.

*Arrival time at the final destination may be changed. Please make sure to reserve your return Shinkansen train with enough time to spare.

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Summary

Dates June 26 (Sun) ,2022
Admission 13,000 yen (bus fare, lunch, guide fee, consumption tax)
A passport to view the artworks is required to participate in the exhibition. If you do not have a passport, please purchase one at the time of tour purchase.
Deadline 00:00 (0:00 pm) on the day of the reminder
Origin / Destination Echigo Yuzawa Station East Exit Bus Terminal
Transportation Bus
Capacity 20 people (minimum number of reminders: 1)
Host Travel planning and execution: Niigata Prefecture Governor's Registered Travel Agency Region-440, NPO Echigo-Tsumari Satoyama Collaborative Organization 3743-1 Matsudai, Tokamachi-shi, Niigata Prefecture, Japan Travel Agents Association regular member 025-761-7749 / tour@tsumari-artfield.com
Note

No tour guide will accompany the tour.
Please read the terms and conditions of this tour before participating.

NPO Echigo-Tsumari Satoyama Collaborative Organization Travel Conditions

NPO Echigo-Tsumari Satoyama Collaborative Organization Standard Conditions of Travel

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