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"The Dreaming of Things" by Aleksandra Kovaleva & Kei Sato (Ibukijima 2022 & 2025)

https://davidbilla.net/the-dreaming-of-things-ibukijima/

#art #japan #artsetouchi #setouchitriennale #design
September 26, 2026 at 12:39 PM
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How beautiful it is...

#artsetouchi
#setouchi
June 20, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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Pumpkin.

#red #black #pumpkin #art #naoshima #japan #artsetouchi #YayoiKusama
A close-up of Yayoi Kusama's Red Pumpkin on Naoshima
February 24, 2026 at 5:03 AM
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Wallalley by Rikuji Makabe on Ogijima.

#Japan #art #SetouchiTriennale #ArtSetouchi #男木島 #瀬戸芸 #瀬戸内国際芸術祭
Wallalley by Rikuji Makabe on Ogijima.
March 22, 2025 at 11:59 AM
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Slowly getting back into Setouchi Triennale mood.

Retrospective: Farther Memory by Chiharu Shiota (Teshima, 2010-2020)

#art #ArtSetouchi #SetouchiTriennale #ChiharuShiota #瀬戸芸 #瀬戸内国際芸術祭 #豊島 #塩田千春
A large installation: a tunnel made of wooden window frames going through an old building.
January 29, 2025 at 10:26 AM
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"The Dreaming of Things" by Aleksandra Kovaleva & Kei Sato (Ibukijima 2022 & 2025)

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#art #Japan #ArtSetouchi #SetouchiTriennale #design
The Dreaming of Things (Aleksandra Kovaleva & Kei Sato - Ibukijima 2022 & 2025)
It's interesting how the same piece of art can speak to you one moment and not at all the other. Almost a year ago, during the Setouchi Triennale 2025, I stumbled upon a small piece of art in Ibukijim...
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September 26, 2026 at 12:39 PM
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The newest issue of my newsletter focuses on a very unique and fascinating artwork.

japanartislands.com/yoshitaka-na...

#Japan #art #Kagawa #ArtSetouchi #SetouchiTriennale #香川県 #坂出市 #瀬戸芸 #瀬戸内国際芸術祭
Yoshitaka Nanjo on Shamijima
Introducing Yoshitaka Nanjo's artwork on Shamijima as well as a few pieces of news.
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March 17, 2025 at 7:34 AM
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So, the cat is out of the bag, I'm launching a newsletter about the Setouchi Islands and my area.

You can subscribe there if you want:

japanartislands.com

#Japan #art #islands #SetouchiTriennale #ArtSetouchi #Kagawa #Naoshima
Japan Art Islands
a newsletter by David in Setouchi
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January 28, 2025 at 1:45 PM
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"Head On" by Cai Guo-Qiang in the Naoshima New Museum of Art.

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#art #japan #caiguoqiang #naoshima #wolves #artsetouchi #直島 #瀬戸芸
An art installation. 99 wolves running, jumping and smashing against a glass wall... and starting again.
April 28, 2026 at 8:12 AM
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Window.

#SetouchiTriennale #Shamijima #ArtSetouchi #Art #YoshitakaNanjo
#南条嘉毅 #瀬戸芸 #瀬戸内国際芸術祭 #沙弥島
Part of an installation. An old window in three parts. Outside, some trees. Inside it's dark. In front of the window, an old desk with some objects, all covered in ash.
March 18, 2025 at 10:22 AM
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Motoi Yamamoto's art is made with salt. It's a painstaking process, and always an ephemeral one, but... it's not to be missed if you ever have the opportunity.

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#Japan #Art #SetouchiTriennale #ArtSetouchi
"Weaving Time" by Motoi Yamamoto (Utazu, Setouchi Triennale 2025)
Today, I want to introduce a stunning artwork that sadly no longer exists. I hope you had the opportunity to experience it if you attended the Setouchi Triennale 2025 during the autumn session last ye...
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May 10, 2026 at 11:53 AM
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Motoi Yamamoto's art is made with salt. It's a painstaking process, and always an ephemeral one, but... it's not to be missed if you ever have the opportunity.

https://davidbilla.net/weaving-time-by-motoi-yamamoto-utazu-setouchi-triennale-2025/

#japan #art #setouchitriennale #artsetouchi
May 10, 2026 at 11:54 AM
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A very special hermit crab.

loops.video/v/5YIxvHkTS8

#Loops #video #art #Japan #Shodoshima #ArtSetouchi #SetouchiTriennale #HermitCrab
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January 18, 2025 at 4:11 AM
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I'm not a very good video maker, so it's worth what it's worth, but here is my first video of the Setouchi Triennale 2025. "Our Island" by Émilie Faïf on Ogijima.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=3i0W...

#video #art #Ogijima #Japan #SetouchiTriennale2025 #ArtSetouchi #男木島 #瀬戸内国際芸術祭2025
#瀬戸内国際芸術祭
"Our Island" by Émilie Faïf (Ogijima - Setouchi Triennale 2025)
YouTube video by David in Setouchi
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April 27, 2025 at 6:00 AM
david.eurosky.social
Some good news: some of the art of the Setouchi Triennale will be open regularly this year.

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#Japan #art #SetouchiTriennale #ArtSetouchi
Art Setouchi 2026
If you visited Kagawa Prefecture or the Setouchi Islands between 2011 and 2018 outside of the Setouchi Triennale, you might recall that much of the permanent or long-term indoor art was accessible to ...
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March 10, 2026 at 5:57 AM
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I mean, I can't post a picture of the Yellow Pumpkin without posting a picture of her younger sister, the Red Pumpkin, right?

#Japan #Art #Naoshima #ArtSetouchi #SetoInlandSea #Red #Pumpkin #YayoiKusama
Yayoi Kusama's Red Pumpkin in Myanoura Port, on Naoshima.
June 12, 2025 at 12:16 PM
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Contours of Thinking by Esther Stocker (Awashima, Kagawa Prefecture, Japan)

https://davidbilla.net/contours-of-thinking-by-esther-stocker-awashima/

#japan #art #estherstocker #artsetouchi #setouchitriennale
August 18, 2026 at 6:24 AM
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Ogijima's Soul by Jaume Plensa, on Ogijima

#Japan #art #architecture #JaumePlensa #Ogijima #ArtSetouchi #SetouchiTriennale
#男木島 #瀬戸芸 #瀬戸内国際芸術祭
I have no idea how to even start describing this. Okay, in the background there is a traditional Japanese village on a hill. On the foreground, it's a white structure that vaguely resembles a seashell. It's made of metal but it's actually "lace" made of various scripts from various languages. oh and it's actually the roof of a building made of glass, that happens to be the welcome center of the island. Does it made any sense?
April 8, 2025 at 11:53 AM
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"Contours of Thinking" by Esther Stocker (Awashima, Kagawa Prefecture, Japan)

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#Japan #art #EstherStocker #ArtSetouchi #SetouchiTriennale
"Contours of Thinking" by Esther Stocker (Awashima)
If you have attended the Setouchi Triennale before, or simply visited Naoshima, there is a good chance that you arrived on the shores of the Seto Inland Sea via Uno Station in Tamano City. If so, you...
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August 18, 2026 at 6:16 AM
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"Wallalley" on Ogijima by Rikuji Makabe

On a side note, my newsletter, https://japanartislands.com/ is now working properly. Sign up for the latest Setouchi Triennale 2025 updates.

#art #japan #ogijima #artsetouchi #setouchitriennale #SetouchiTriennale2025 […]

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A work of art that consists of painted wooden panels on the wall of an old Japanese house. Each panel is different, with different colors and motifs.
March 6, 2025 at 6:41 AM
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"The Time of the Beginning" by Shiko Miyake (Shodoshima, Japan)

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#art #japan #egg #setouchitriennale #artsetouchi #shodoshima #瀬戸内国際芸術祭 #小豆島
A giant (about 4 meter tall) ceramic egg on top of a small hill on the coast, with the Seto Inland Sea in the background.
June 2, 2026 at 1:47 AM
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One thing I love about the Setouchi Triennale, and a lot of installation art is that it makes real and tangible an unreal and imaginary world. For example this artwork from Yoshitaka Nanjo on Shamijima.

youtu.be/HaZmH8FfM2c

#Japan #art #SetouchiTriennale #ArtSetouchi #瀬戸内国際芸術祭 #瀬戸芸 #香川県 #坂出市
Peering into the Seabed by Yoshitaka Nanjo (Shamijima - Setouchi Triennale 2022)
YouTube video by David in Setouchi
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March 16, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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So, now you're here! When it's time for me to go to my dentist appointment!!!

Oh well, see you tomorrow or Tuesday.

#takamatsu #ferry #Meon
#setouchitriennale #SetouchiTriennale2025 #artsetouchi
#瀬戸内国際芸術祭 #瀬戸内国際芸術祭2025 #瀬戸芸 #めおん
Meon (the ferry to Megijima and Ogijima) at Takamatsu Port, waiting to depart for its 4pm trip. The sky is a wonderful blue, quite a contrast from the thick fog this morning.
April 19, 2025 at 8:56 AM
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"Time Falls" by Kayako Nakashima.

For more details: https://davidbilla.net/takamijima-setouchi-triennale-2025/
The artist's website: https://www.kayakonakashima.com/

#art #japan #artsetouchi #setouchitriennale #Takamijima
An art installation: a very dark room with some white blades of plexiglas. The only light is inside the blades and comes from the sun outside (the blades go through the walls)
August 25, 2026 at 2:04 AM
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"Fisherman's Dream" by Saya Irie on Shodoshima.

(explanations in the alt-text)

#art #Japan #Shodoshima #ArtSetouchi #SetouchiTriennale #入江早耶 #瀬戸内国際芸術祭 #小豆島 #瀬戸芸
A corridor with some drawings on the walls (if you look closely, parts of the drawings have been erased). At the end of the corridor, a cupboard with something inside. What's inside of the cupboard: a small statue of the goddess Benzaiten in mermaid form. It was made with eraser crumbs collected from erasing the drawings mentioned in the other picture. She is the fisherman's dream.
April 6, 2025 at 10:20 AM