EXHIBITION

Dojima River Biennale 2015

Dojima River Forum, Osaka, Osaka, 07/25/2015 - 08/30/2015

1-1-17 Fukushima, Fukushima-ku

ABOUT

Dojima River Biennale 2015 will be held this summer at the Dojima River Forum. By linking art with many other areas, it promises to bring new horizons for art into sight.

The first Biennale had the theme of “Reflection:The World Through Art,”with Fumio Nanjo, Director of the Mori Art Museum as Art Director. Presenting art from around the world that addressed issues faced by our global society-including financial crises, regional conflicts, and poverty-it successfully drew public attention to these issues.

The second Biennale had the theme of “ECOSOPHIA”, with Takayo Iida, Chief Curator of the Aomori Museum of Art as Artistic Director. The triple disasters that occurred in Japan in March 2011 have provided a powerful impetus for a serious review of how we think about our earth. Based on the theme of Art & Architecture, the Biennale has become a venue for examining this visual issue from three perspectives-the natural environment, the social environment, and human psychology.

The third Biennale was held under the theme of “Little Water”, inviting Rudy Tsuen, an internationally renowned art collector based in Taipei as Artistic Director.  The central concept of the exhibition “rich culture and civilization originate from the river” ,  was inspired by that the rivers exist as an indispensable part of human lives, its beauty of scenery and diverse entities that the water assumes.

The fourth Biennale to be held this summer, is curated by Tom Trevor, the former director at Arnolfini in Bristol, U.K. as the Artistic Director with the theme of “Take Me To The River – Currents of the contemporary”.

“Take Me To The River” is a project about change and exchange in the contemporary space of flows. Exploring the notion of ‘the current’ within contemporary art, and the confluence of multiple temporalities within globalised culture today, it employs the metaphor of the river to examine the experience of being immersed in a world marked by an unprecedented diversity and depth of difference, by the coexistence of incommensurable viewpoints, and by the absence of an all-encompassing narrative (including those of modernity or post-modernity) that will enlist the participation of all.

Hikari Furukubo
Producer
Dojima River Forum

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APT ARTISTS ON VIEW

Aki Sasamoto

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