Main entry:

Kitagawa, Furamu, 1946- author.

Title & Author:

Art place Japan : the Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennale and the vision to reconnect art and nature / Fram Kitagawa ; translated by Amiko Matsuo and Brad Monsma ; with essays by Lynne Breslin and Adrian Favell.

Edition:

English edition.

Publication:

New York : Princeton Architectural Press, [2015]

Description:

303 pages ; 21 cm

Notes:
Includes index.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennale: how it all began ; The Echigo-Tsumari region ; How to get there -- A journey: guided by through the Satoyama landscape -- Creating artwork on someone else's land -- Human beings are part of nature : Everything starts from Satoyama ; Art as a way to measure the relationship between nature, human culture, and society ; Terraced rice fields as art ; The significance of clay in Japanese culture ; Every place reflects the world ; The harshest realities can become effective themes ; Featuring the snow ; Gosetsu and its relationship to rice production -- Art discovers local resources : Forming temporality and time ; The art of absence -- Using existing things to create new values : Revitalizing akiya connects humans to places, people to people ; The hands of people can revitalize an akiya ; Schools are the community's lighthouse ; Schools as keystones for the community and the world ; Turning a school into a dormitory ; School grounds as sites for rural-urban exchange ; Outdoor arcades as festive spaces -- Essay : Echigo-Tsumari and the art of the possible: The Fram Kitagawa philosophy in theory and practice / Adrian Favell -- Collaborations that transcend regionality, generations and professions : Art is like a baby ; Collaborations that transcend regionality, generations, and professions -- Public works and art : The transformation of disaster relief to Noh Stage Pavilion ; Turning roads, parking lots, and bathrooms into art ; JR Iiyama line art project ; James Turrell's artwork: a house you can stay in -- Unique community landmarks : Museum as a gateway: the Echigo-Tsumari Satoyama: Museum of Contemporary Art, Kinare ; The essence of the Echigo-Tsumari experience: The Matsudai Snow-Land Agrarian Culture Center, Nohbutai -- Every resident is a scientist: Echigo-Matsunoyama Museum of Natural Science, Kyororo -- The art of daily life : Incorporating art into life ; Questioning the way of the museum ; Sounds to open the five senses ; Physical expression at Echigo-Tsumari ; Inaka: the countryside as site for festive performances ; Possibilities of photography explored in Echigo-Tsumari ; Everything made by human beings is art ; Food as art ; Ikebana -- Global and local : Asian networking platform: the East Asia Art Village ; Connections with foreign countries: Australia House -- Essay : The art of tourism in rural Japan: footnotes of an itinerant architect / Lynne Breslin -- Afterword : Reflections on the first five editions.

Summary:

"Japan Art Spaces presents the more than two hundred works of art created for the Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennial, an international modern art festival taking place in Japan's Niigata prefecture every three years, drawing half a million visitors. Author Fram Kitagawa, director of the festival, describes how it was first launched in 2000, in order to revitalize former farming communities, which have suffered from depopulation and loss of income since the government's call to abandon farming and promoting the country's industrial endeavors. The exhibition invites artists from around the world to create installations in rice fields, vacant houses and buildings, or in the natural landscape. Including works by Marina Abramovic, Daniel Buren, Antony Gormley, Katsuhiko Hibino, Sue Pedley, Dominique Perrault, and Kiki Smith, among many others, Japan Art Spaces will be the only English-language book to explore these extraordinary spaces. Each artwork is illustrated and described in brief captions. In addition an essay by Lynne Breslin and several other short articles discuss the context of the paradigm shift from urban museums to decentralized, remote installations. --this will be the only English-language book that explores the Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennial, a huge public art festival that has half a million visitors --A treasure (art) hunt through the spectacular landscapes of Echigo-Tsumari and the Japan Inland seas, presenting an alternative art siting to the museum"-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

9781616894245 (paperback)
1616894245 (paperback)

Subject:

Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennale.
Art festivals Japan Niigata-ken.
Art, Modern 21st century Themes, motives.
Earthworks (Art) Japan.
Environment (Art) Japan.
Festivals artistiques Japon Niigata (Ken)
Art 21e siècle Thèmes, motifs.
Land art Japon.
DESIGN Essays.
Environment (Art)
Earthworks (Art)
Art festivals.
Art, Modern Themes, motives.
Japan.
Japan Niigata-ken.

Form/genre:

Exhibition catalogs.

Added entries:

Matsuo, Amiko, translator.
Monsma, Bradley John, 1966- translator.
Breslin, Lynne, contributor.
Favell, Adrian, contributor.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 291218
Call No.: BIB 234694
Status: Available