A little ahead of schedule, from September 3, ( day ) to October 22, ( day ), for 50 days in Suzu City, Ishikawa Prefecture, a town at the tip of Noto Peninsula, Japan.Okunoto International Art Festival 2017will be held.
Suzu is a town that has long been active in sea-land exchange and has nurtured a unique culture. Because of its geographical isolation, the town still retains traditional lifestyles and customs that are the origin of Japanese culture.
There is a "forgotten Japan.
Autumn is the most lively season of the year in Okunoto, with the "Kiriko Festival," where huge lanterns are paraded in a procession every day.
The Okunoto International Art Festival 2017 will be held during this season. It is an attempt to create a "cutting-edge" culture from the "farthest reaches" of Japan through a chemical reaction between participating artists from Japan and abroad and the Japanese culture that lies dormant in Okunoto Suzu.
Passports for viewing artworks are now on sale, so don't miss out on the excitement of the summer festivals and make plans to experience art and indigenous Japanese culture in the fall.
Text_Taiyo Nagashima
Okunoto International Art Festival 2017
Dates: Sep. 3, (, )~Oct. 22, (, ) 50 days
Venue: All of Suzu City, Ishikawa Prefecture
Participating artists: 39 groups from 11 countries and regions (as of May 29, 2017)
Organizer: Okunoto International Art Festival Executive Committee
Executive Committee Chairman: Mitsuhiro Izumiya (Mayor of Suzu City)
General Director: Fram Kitagawa (Art Director)
Creative Director: Katsumi Asaba
Communication Director: Toshiya Fukuda
Official photo: Naoki Ishikawa (Photographer)
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Participating Artists
Katsumi Asaba( Japan)/ Shoko Asou( Japan)/ Adel Abdesmed( Algeria/France)/ Arora & Calzadilla( Puerto Rico)/ Naoki Ishikawa( Japan1TP14 T / EAT&ART TARO( Japan) / Yui Inoue( Japan) / Takahiro Iwasaki( Japan) / Ongoing Collective( Japan) / Onidaokoza( Japan) / Bunpei Kaku( Japan1TP 14T / Kanazawa College of Art Art Art Project Team [Suzupro] ( Japan) / Tatsuo Kawaguchi( Japan) / Maki Kijima( Japan) / GYOKO YOSHIDA+KINOURA MEETING( Japan) / Tomoko KONOIKE ( Japan ) / Masanori KOYAMA ( Japan ) / Aleksandr KHONSTANTINOV ( Russia ) / Masami SAKAMAKI ( Japan ) / Hiraki SAWA ( Japan ) / Chiharu SHIOTA ( Japan ) /Wu Ji-tsung + Chen Hsu-chang ( Taiwan )/ Liu Jian-fa ( China )/ Daisuke Takekawa ( Japan )/ Nobuyuki Tanaka ( Japan )/ Yasushi Nakase ( Japan )/ Yoshitake Nanjo ( Japan )/ Eco Nugroho( Indonesia)/ Noto Aburi Project( Japan)/ Basrama Collective( Spain)/ Hibi Nozue( Japan)/ Takashi Fukazawa( Japan)/ Gim Hongseok( Korea)/ Rikuji Makabe( Japan)/ Kazuko Murao( Japan)/ Aoko Yoshino( Japan)/ Lux Media Collective ( India)/ Riki Gosan ( Japan )/Tobias Rehberger ( Germany ) *Notations in alphabetical order
