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tanabe en+ is an exchange centre that loosely mixes the region's attractive people, goods and things, while connecting 'edges' of new discoveries and encounters. It serves as an information centre for 'Mikan Mandala' exhibition. VR Sobaya T

Aiwaso, a ryokan built by Tauchi Eiichi in 1957 in Furuo, Tanabe, for the city's cultural development, used to be a centre of cultural exchange in the region, with domestic and foreign celebrities visiting. Today, the ryokan has taken on th

Mojike House, an old private atelier run by artists Kinemura Naoko and Kinemura Shiro, is located not far from the Minakata Kumagusu Archives. Adjacent to this, SOUZOU will exhibit works by the sound art unit AWAYA, who live in Nakahechi, W

Date and time: 16 April 2022 (Saturday)Venue: Shinju BuildingParticipation fee: free of chargeSpeaker: Ai Kawano (contemporary artist) HirotsuguHorii (photographer) Yoshihiro Manabe (Chairman, Nanki-Shirahama Dee

Kinan Art Week Yabumoto YutoFollowing Part 1, Part2 of this report, I will discuss what we should make use of for the Mikan Collective, based on my visits to the 59th Venice Biennale Venice (Apr. 23 - Nov. 27 2022, hereinafter 'Biennale') a

Kinan Art Week Yabumoto Yuto1 Introduction - Ruangrupa and Ivan IllichIn the 1st part of this Report, after touring the 59th Venice Biennale (23 April - 27 November 2022, hereinafter 'Biennale') and documenta fifteen (18 June - 25 September

Kinan Art Week Yabumoto Yuto1 Introduction - Beyond Re-enchantmentAmong the 'world's three major art festivals–the Venice Biennale, documenta and the Munster Sculpture Project–the 59th Venice Biennale (Dates: Apr. 23 - Nov.27, 2022[1], here

<Guest>Nanki-Shirahama Airport Director, Office of Visitor Attraction and Regional RevitalisationRyota MorishigeNanki-Shirahama Airport's management concept is 'airport-type regional development'. As an airport company that even revit

-The Relationship Between the Kii Peninsula and Tachibana-15th May 2022Kinan Art Week Yabumoto Yuto1 Introduction- Kii Peninsula, the Land of Bright Darkness-I still have the perception that the Kii Peninsula itself is ‘in a shining bright

12th May 2022Kinan Art Week Yabumoto Yuto1 Introduction - Is Apichatpong a Contemporary Shaman?I am from a town called Khon Kaen in the north-east of Thailand, so I have always felt like I am a ‘minority’ in Thailand. This has not changed i

Source: Wakayama Prefecture Planning Department, Regional Promotion Bureau, Migration and Settling Promotion Division, Wakayama LIFE.[Our guest this time]Artists,Tanami Theatre ownersMr. Noriaki Hayashi.Mrs. Keiko HayashiIn Tanami, Kushimot

GuestRepresentative of Kishu Shoen Ink StudioMr. Masao HoriikeBorn in Shizuoka Prefecture. He is the only ink craftsman in Japan who makes "pine smoke," which is the raw material for ink. At the age of 35, he moved to Kinan and started maki