"Kobe Biennale 2007 'Encounters: People, Town and Arts'" Exhibition
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At Meriken Park
Media: Painting, Other, Sculpture, Installation, Other, Video installation
“Kobe Biennale”, the festival of arts, is an experiment to give the city an opportunity to collect the power of art and transmit it both in and out of the city. Furthermore, the endeavor to develop its arts further as well as to revitalize the city. The theme of the Kobe Biennale 2007 is “encounters”. We will offer a place for our arts to encounter each other through the use of the containers, the symbol of development of the city as a seaport. We will aspire to explore creativity in the coexistence and fusion of the multitude such as modern and traditional arts, traditional cultures, fashion and design.
Art in Container Exhibition: October 6th (Sat) - November 25th (Sun)
Future of Ikebana Exhibition: October 6th (Sat) - November 25th (Sun)
Able Art (For People with Challenges) "Friends" Exhibition: October 6th - November 25th (Sun)
Universal Design Poster Exhibition: October 6th (Sat) - October 31st (Wed)
Contemporary Ceramics Exhibition: October 24th (Wed) - November 5th (Mon)
Robot Media Art Exhibition: November 3rd (Sat) - November 25th (Sun)
Artistic Photography Exhibition: November 7th (Wed) - November 14th (Wed)
*Please visit the URL below for more information
[Image: PROCESS DESIGN OFFICE "Time x Memory: Container That Transports Images"]
Schedule
From 2007-10-06 To 2007-11-25
Open 10:00-20:00
Artist(s)
Hans Schohl, Joaquin Gasgonia, Hideyuki Usui, Media Art Works, Noriko Shiozawa, Arimichi Iwasawa, Hitoshi Kimura, Kazufumi Oizumi, Toshiaki Kudo et al.
Website
Fee
Adults ￥1200, College Students - Seniors 65 Years Old and Older ￥500, High School Students and Younger Free
Venue Hours
Note:Depends on each event
Access
10 minute walk from Minato Motomachi station on the Subway Kaigan line. 15 minute walk from Motomachi station on the JR or Hanshin line.
Address
2-2 Hatoba-machi, Chuo-ku, Kobe 650-0042
Phone: 078-327-8981 Fax: 078-332-4739
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Reviews
Was able to visit on the first day. A beautiful autumn day to view the containers filled with art. Most of the works in the containers were installations with a majority using video. I can see how these containers become excellent installation space for those types of works (flexible lighting, rectangular room, soundproofing from the exterior), however, when encountering the non-installation type works, it felt rather bland and luckluster. Even within the installation works, good works were far and inbetween. Personal favorites were the scented pig installation, and the spinning wheel installation.
On a final note, visitors should check out the Ikebana exhibitions... they are quite outstanding!! (Even from the eye of a non-Ikebanaist!!)
This was a great exhibition. There were over 50 containers on the day I went and each one was pretty amazing.. A lot were based on one's perception of the world around them, and a few were just WTH!?! Regardless, each container didn't fail to surprise and there were many favourites. If you're not into traditional art, and if you like a lot of installations involving contructed worlds + light/projections...
you'll love it. I loved it. :)
Be sure to check out a discount ticket vendor to get cheaper entry tickets to the event. I hear it's pretty busy on the weekends..
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Venue: Meriken Park
Schedule: From 2007-10-06 To 2007-11-25
Open 10:00-20:00
Address: 2-2 Hatoba-machi, Chuo-ku, Kobe 650-0042
Phone: 078-327-8981 Fax: 078-332-4739
Reviews