This Week's Pick Up

Installation view of “Naoya Hatakeyama Photography Exhibition: Cloven Landscape,” Sendai Mediatheque, Miyagi, 2016. Photo by Naoya Hatakeyama

Seventeen Diverse Exhibits and Linkages at the Etoile Kaito Living Building

Of the more than 40 venues for Tokyo Biennale 2023, the Etoile Kaito Living Building is home to the largest number of exhibitions (17). In a vast building that was once a showroom, veteran artists such as Naoya Hatakeyama and Masaki Fujihata, as well as notable artists such as Natsuki Kuroda and Kayako Nakashima, are exhibiting works that make us think about our various "linkages." Also Works created in Tokyo by visiting artists, such as Free Sheet by Pedro Carneiro Silva and Ardalan Alam, in which music is played for one person alone in the streets of Tokyo, and the performance video installation Silently Inside by Rosiris Garrido, which was held in a room at the venue. On Friday 13 October, ArTeas: Interactive Art Appreciation Programm Diving into the World of Naoki Sato will also be held (in Japanese) around an exhibition of over 300 metres of charcoal drawings of plants.

The IMM Tokyo Open Call Exhibition: People of Foreign Origin Living in Japan Expresses Their Daily Lives and Feeling

The IMM Tokyo Open Call Exhibition "It's Not a Cultural Showcase, but a Window to the Soul" started on Saturday, 7 October in the Daimaruyu area (Otemachi, Marunouchi, Yurakucho). On 14 October, a public discussion entitled "The Role of Visual Arts in Multicultural Understanding" will be held between film director Ema Kawawada, who attracted attention for her film My Small Land, and artist Shigeaki Iwai, who presides over IMM Tokyo.

Exhibitions

Please check bellow and the opening times and closing days of each venue before visiting. Another Slow Art Collective exhibition, "Window Garden," will open on Friday, 13 Octorber at the Hotel Niwa Tokyo (Suidobashi, Jimbocho area).

*The Otemachi venue (Tokyo Sankei Building) of "Slow Art Collective Tokyo" is closed on Monday, 9 Octrober. The Yurakucho venue (Slit Park Yurakucho) will be open until 15:30 for workshops. The artworks can still be viewed from outside at both venue.

Event List: The weekend is full of fun!

Guidebooks with Special Passport or Tickets Are Available!

Many of the programmes at Tokyo Biennale 2023 can be experienced free of charge, but some programmes, such as the special viewing venues, require a fee due to their location and content. This guidebook comes with a special passport (special edition only) or a choice of tickets (standard edition only) for admission to these fee-paying venues, and also includes discount coupons for fee-paying events and merchandise purchases. The guidebook is also packed full of useful information, from information on the main programmes with maps of all areas to recommended routes. We hope you will purchase this booklet and enjoy the Festival.

Open Calls

• Call for Participants for Time Trial of 10,000 Miniature Boats |TENMASEN PROJECT 2023/Nihonbashi River
• Volunteers Wanted for Flagging | Tenma Boat Project 2023/Nihonbashi River
• Call for Members | Slow Art Collective Tokyo
• Call for Participants in Look-alike Contest | We Are "Kao no Waishatsu" (Face-Brand Shirts)