Appendix : Art Setouchi 2022 02.Exchange (Japan)

2022-12-23

Art Setouchi 2022 in its 5th and twelve year created various exchanges.

See the proprietress of the hospitality space on Takamishima island, and look down on the sloped village and Honjiima island as the other site of the art festival beyond the sea.
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In the hillside village of Takamishima Island as one of the venues of Art Setouchi, a woman of the islander ran a hospitality place. She had visited one of the artworks I designed, "House of Toilet", on Ibukijima island and knew my friends on the island. The art festivals have created exchanges between islands that were originally unconnected. That has developed into a new network between many islands and volunteers who often went to support the art festival.

It also brought exchanges between an island and companies. Fritz Hansen renovated an old house in Honjima island with a population of 200 and opened an antenna shop. It was the effect of the art festival. The port was lined with the Swan Chairs for waiting by them. What port in the world has the Swan Chairs in a waiting area?

The reason why elementary school was reopened on Ogijima island was because people moved there after the start of the art festival and opened cafes. In Ogijima island, I visited the student café in the school and the school building tour with screening of a heartbreaking movie created by students and teachers. It was the most fun on Ogijima island this year. The student who guided was an immigrant from Tokyo since the parents opened business in the island by Art Setouchi effect.

When I created one architecture in Art Setouchi 2013, exchange with the islanders and me as one of participating artists and architects started, because, unlike ordinary construction work, many islanders are involved in the art festival. In the travel of Art Setouchi 2022, a familiar fisherman's boss invited me to dinner. He went out fishing that day and caught me some seafood. This is also the result of the exchanges generated by the art festival.

Unfortunately, there weren't many artworks that connected islanders and visitors, and visitors to each other. Most are arts for visitors as spectators. One of the few interactive arts was Rintaro Hara + Yu Hara's Ping Pong Sea. Playing ping pong with strangers on a 6-person ping pong table was quite fun.