Echigo-Tsumari Art Trienniale 2018

The 7th Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennale will be held in Japan from July 29 to September 17, 2018. As a part of this, The Hojoki Shiki in 2018―Spatial designs of 10 square feet and their development exhibition will be launched in the Triennale’s main facility, the Echigo-Tsumari Satoyama Museum of Contemporary Art, KINARE.

Some of the themes explored by participating artists in 2018 are:

question homogenous space
artworks for the anthropocene
migration expedited by art

The selected artists come from around the world, including Japan, China, Germany, Netherlands, UK, Slovenia. Artworks are site specific and exhibited across a wide geographical region, with performances, workshops and other events organised.

The Echigo-Tsumari Art Trienniale is a modern art festival, held every three years in the rural Echigo-Tsumari region of Niigata Prefecture. Contemporary art works by many artists from across the world are exhibited across the 760 square kilometre large Echigo-Tsumari region during the triennials, and many of them remain in place between triennials, making a visit worthwhile at any time.