BIENNALS:Aichi Triennale 2016,Part I

Aichi Triennale is an international art festival aimed at showcasing as fully as possible the artistic activities of the present day, including the visual arts, images in movement, music, the performing arts and opera. It is a unique opportunity to discover the connection with the intrinsic nature of art before its branching into specialist genres. It also provides an open forum where contemporary artists can uninhibitedly exchange ideas and knowledge through creation, sharing moments of inspiration (Part II, Part III).

By Dimitris Lempesis
Photo: Aichi Triennale 2016 Archive

The 2nd edition of Aichi Triennale was expanded to include Okazaki City, known as a city of jazz, and now  “Homo Faber: A Rainbow Caravan”,  the 3^rd Triennale spreads across three cities with the addition of Toyohashi City, which is home to over 6,000 Brazilian expats, one of the largest communities of its kind in Japan. The Triennale showcases works not only in museums and theaters, but also in various other locations, such as old department stores, ex-private houses, public squares and parks. This approach creates a series of unusual yet fascinating urban scenes and an unique labyrinth. Celebrating Aichi’s close ties with Brazil, the festival presents the works of five Brazil-based artists including João Modé and Dani Lima. A total of 119 artists is taking part, of which five artists including Liu Wei and Nidhal Chamekh who are exhibiting in the international art exhibition, plus 21 artists including Agnès Varda and Ciro Guerra participating in the film program, were newly announced at the end of May. The international art exhibition, featuring as many as 20 artists who are showing in Japan for the first time, is sure to become a not-to-be-missed chance to discover artists and works from countries less familiar to Japanese audiences. Aichi Triennale 2016 presents in its opera production a fresh interpretation of The Magic Flute, the last operatic work composed by W. A. Mozart. The production will be directed and designed by Teshigawara Saburo, a dancer and choreographer whose highly original productions have won him international acclaim, and conducted by Gaetano d’Espinosa, one of Italy’s most talented and exciting conductors. The lineup of performing arts will include works by Company DCA / Philippe Decouflé, one of France’s unique talents, the maverick flamenco dancer and choreographer Israel Galván, and many other enticing productions with a focus on geographical locations closely related to the roots of indigenous traditions of dance and performing arts.

Info: Aichi Triennale 2016, Artistic Director: Minato Chihiro, Curators: Visual Arts: Haito Masahiko, Daniela Castro, Hattori Hiroyuki, Kanai Tadashi & Zeynep Öz, Film program: Echigoya Takashi &Hama Haruka, Performing Arts: Fujii Akiko & Karatsu Eri, Opera Production: Mizuno Manabu, Venues: Aichi Arts Center, Nagoya City Art Museum, Nagoya city, Toyohashi city, Okazaki city, Duration: 11/8-23/10/16, http://aichitriennale.jp