SHAMIJIMA
2013年05月12日
Well, the good news for me at least is that ‘Pat’s Blog’ is back and the funding from the Takamatsu City came through. Whew … I was a bit caught off guard, as now we have to write a couple of blogs about art rather quickly. Now fortunately, in Takamatsu with the Setouchi International Art Festival 2013, this is fairly easy to do.
http://setouchi-artfest.jp/en/
We are asked to keep our reports within the Takamatsu area and I will as much as possible. The Spring third of this wonderful festival is now over and I was fortunate to see some remarkable work on the peninsular of land that was an island until 1967, then due to a land reclamation project, the island became connected to the adjacent land. This location has some art projects that were really interesting.
(insert two photos here)
The remarkable Russian artist Tanya Preminger’s “Stratum” part of her “Earth Works” series and Yukie Ohata’s Shamijima art project undertaken by Kobe Design University focuses on the theme of “three whites”. Shells collected from the beach were ground into a powder and used to make a large picture exhibited in the classroom. The life of the sea resides in this work.
http://www.tanyapreminger.com
Preminger’s ‘Stratum’, the construction of which she was heavily involved with, was so fantastic I thought about it for weeks afterwards. Was I walking up, then down but seeming to just be going around in circles. (like much of life perhaps ..)
A quote from a recent interview with the artist;
“The creation of the future, the process of development, is the theme of my project. Development starts from the earth as a symbol of all the basic physical concepts, and yearns to the sky. The sky as a symbol of spirituality. In the project, named Stratum, I only use soil and vegetation. Since the process of creation is a natural process.”
With over 50,000 visitors from overseas at the first festival, the Setouchi International Art Festival is set to become a world-class event. So if you’re in the Takamatsu area you must see some of the art, which will run through the summer and autumn. Pease check the link in English that I’ve posted at the top.
http://wikitravel.org/en/Takamatsu
http://www.city.takamatsu.kagawa.jp/english/
I’ll be back pretty soon with a blog on a recent event in Takamatsu. So please keep all those cards, letters and comments coming in. Until then ..
http://setouchi-artfest.jp/en/
We are asked to keep our reports within the Takamatsu area and I will as much as possible. The Spring third of this wonderful festival is now over and I was fortunate to see some remarkable work on the peninsular of land that was an island until 1967, then due to a land reclamation project, the island became connected to the adjacent land. This location has some art projects that were really interesting.
(insert two photos here)
The remarkable Russian artist Tanya Preminger’s “Stratum” part of her “Earth Works” series and Yukie Ohata’s Shamijima art project undertaken by Kobe Design University focuses on the theme of “three whites”. Shells collected from the beach were ground into a powder and used to make a large picture exhibited in the classroom. The life of the sea resides in this work.
http://www.tanyapreminger.com
Preminger’s ‘Stratum’, the construction of which she was heavily involved with, was so fantastic I thought about it for weeks afterwards. Was I walking up, then down but seeming to just be going around in circles. (like much of life perhaps ..)
A quote from a recent interview with the artist;
“The creation of the future, the process of development, is the theme of my project. Development starts from the earth as a symbol of all the basic physical concepts, and yearns to the sky. The sky as a symbol of spirituality. In the project, named Stratum, I only use soil and vegetation. Since the process of creation is a natural process.”
With over 50,000 visitors from overseas at the first festival, the Setouchi International Art Festival is set to become a world-class event. So if you’re in the Takamatsu area you must see some of the art, which will run through the summer and autumn. Pease check the link in English that I’ve posted at the top.
http://wikitravel.org/en/Takamatsu
http://www.city.takamatsu.kagawa.jp/english/
I’ll be back pretty soon with a blog on a recent event in Takamatsu. So please keep all those cards, letters and comments coming in. Until then ..
"Pat has lived in Takamatsu continuously since arriving here on a one year study and leave 1981. Originally from Tasmania, Australia, he was involved in education at a variety of levels including as a specialist teacher for children with learning difficulties, and at senior high schools throughout the state. Pat is employed full-time by the i-pal Kagawa International Exchange as a co-oridintaor for international relations amongst other duties including traveling to schools and giving talks in Japanese to kids about Australia. He has been involved with youth education exchanges between Japan and Australia for many years.
Pat has been many things in his colorful life including a seaman, helmsman, welder, carpenter, traffic warden, scholarship/studentship winner at the university of Tasmania, staff at the Australian Embassy in London to name but a few. Pat has far too many hobbies which include tennis, playing jazz flutes and saxes, riding bicycles with the Takamatsu Cycling Club all of which his long-suffering family tolerate. Recently he's become interested in painting again. His wife wishes he would put more time in to helping around the house and the garden which he artfully avoids ..."
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