Setouchi Triennale
setouchi international art triennale contemporary art festival held every three year several island seto inland sea japan coastal city takamatsu tamano festival inaugurated aim revitalizing seto inland sea area suffered depopulation recent year well longstanding environmental degradation illegal industrial wastedumping practice conducting following rapid industrialization area initiated publicprivate partnership local prefectural municipal government education publisher benesse festival focus artistic endeavor highlight local community environmental condition well sitespecific installation make use existing space ecological feature festival played significant role growth redevelopment region serving leading example potential reinvestment peripheral community decline explosive growth major city japan second half th century triennale last eight month three main session spring session run march midapril summer session run midjuly early september autumn session run october early november several museum installation permanent exhibition many smaller island offer temporary exhibition limited single session notable permanent fixture include series concrete museum naoshima designed architect tadao ando well teshima art museum designed ryue nishizawa featuring rei naitos matrix art house project present naoshima series commission involving architect artist restore abandoned home building reinvent space artistic intervention island city make triennale located within eastern portion seto inland sea setonaikai national park established japan first national park area site major industrial development country economic boom approximately onethird major factory built japan period located setonaikai region unchecked economic development continued accelerate area island sea became site illegal industrial waste dumping coming head largescale national controversy discovered ton industrial waste scrapped car illegally incinerated buried island teshima response environmental condition coupled challenge aging decreasing population island tetsuhiro fukutake founder okayamabased fukutake publishing co later benesse met chikatsugu miyake thenmayor naoshima discus plan redeveloping southern portion island cultural educational facility child though tetsuhiro passed away month meeting son soichiro took project resulted construction naoshima international camp designed architect tadao ando helmed design major exhibition space across island campground would form foundation benesse art site collective title benesseinitiated art project naoshima teshima inujima frog cat largescale public sculpture karel appel first artwork installed island part benesse art site project vision economy subordinate culture fukutake continued commission artist curator architect invest cultural project following decade naoshima contemporary art museum benesse house established exhibit work fukutakes collection followed chichu museum feature sitespecific installation walter de maria james turrell well four work claude monet water lily series museum designed tadao ando feature signature material concrete exhibiting keen attentiveness towards environmental context artistic content affective potential space outside naoshima fukutakes private foundation benesse company constructed institution inujima seirensho art museum built remains former coal refinery teshima art museum designed ryue nishizawa house rei naitos matrix work view site beginning inception echigotsumari art triennial largescale recurring regional art festival began emerge across japan part effort revitalized rural depopulated area expanding presence influence art cultural project area beyond urban center talk organizing art festival setouchi region began kagawa prefectural government approached governor takeki manabe idea establishing program drew prefecture artistic architectural tie figure sculptor isamu noguchi painter genichiro inokuma architect kenzo tange infrastructural development area late notably construction great seto bridge kansai international airport supported proposal invest festival key driver tourism area local government along fukutake benesse corporation enlisted aid fram kitagawa founder director echigotsumari art triennial produce festival setouchi region using knowhow strategy acquired collaboration local government niigata inaugural edition took place coinciding opening lee ufan museum teshima art museum inujima art house project executive committee initially estimated attendance three month festival final count visitor exhibit event held visitor came takamatsu branch bank japan declared event brought economic benefit upwards billion yen festival continues supported combination fund fukutake foundation fukutake family investment estimated around million yen benesse corporation governmental support soichiro fukutake continues lead festival well along son hideaki past several iteration festival expanded encompass greater period time broken spring summer fall session number participating venue increased eight fourteen since volunteer nonprofit organization called koebitai little shrimp squad assisted daily operation visitor experience well serving liaison local resident festival fukutake family stated plan iteration include new threestory partially underground museum naoshima focused asian artist well renovation former junior high school teshima gallery space unlike largescale art festival based around national pavilion critical theme setouchi triennale tends towards focusing local engagement art relationship community landscape tradition immersive visitor encounter stress harmony people art environment hideaki fukutake declared philosophy underlying naoshima wellbeing aim introduce rich fulfilling lifestyle seemingly forgotten modem urban society idea often undergird work artist commissioned produce sitespecific socially engaged artwork example motoyuki shitamichi whose practice involves immersion community local affair move naoshima family distance bustle major city pursue longterm project industrial history island – festival accompanying interstitial artistic intervention craft food fair performance take place within outside official festival organized aegis setouchi triennale brought substantial amount increased profit tourism case population growth community included event benefited equally intervention shiu hong simon tu note limited effect population development festival inujima geographically remote stricter regulation new construction okayama city city planning act comparison island teshima ogijima reported increased population newcomer actively engaged continued survival community smaller community megijima inujima tend greater percentage older retired resident larger island naoshima teshima shodoshima tend richer resource home school local resident vary receptiveness towards festival scattered presence museum art destination across island resulted certain community particular naoshima teshima boasting substantially festivalrelated development outcome island fewer less highprofile installation shodoshima megijima – seasonal nature event sharp surge decline customer also pose challenge construction new business continued support existing one festival focus sitespecific art also raise challenge regarding transience engagement disparity intellectual cultural value provide tourist local stakeholder artistic project vary widely involvement local resident interest critic also called attention incongruence kitagawa organizer insistence shifting away culture metropolitan art world inclusion work internationally recognized figure yayoi kusama marina abramović olafur eliasson difficult generalize effect role festival overall setouchi region resident tourist experience artistic approach social context vary widely across island port city community following island two coastal city participate triennale setouchi triennale