An art festival reflects the threat to free expression in Japan
This year’s Aichi Triennale is quieter than its predecessor. But it is still alive and kicking
“I AM STILL ALIVE”, read a series of telegrams that Kawara On, a Japanese conceptual artist, sent to friends and acquaintances around the world between 1970 and 2000. At the Aichi Triennale, a big art festival in Kawara’s home region, scores of the messages lie on tables and hang on walls. Together they form a chorus at once defiant and desperate. The effect is haunting.
This article appeared in the Culture section of the print edition under the headline “Alive and kicking”
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