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Communities, Hybrid-Gatherings and Orange Collectives (Part 3) -Touring the Gwangju Biennale-
Kinan Art Week Yabumoto Yuto5 Shifting 'Sovereignty'The theme of the Gwangju Biennial discussed in this paper is 'Transient Sovereignty'.As I mentioned in the first part and the second part 2, based on the ideas of 'war and revolution' in t
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Communities, Hybrid-Gatherings and Orange Collective (Part 2)-Touring the Gwangju Biennale –
Kinan Art Week, Yuto Yabumoto4 Indigenous Thought and Hybrid-GatheringsFollowing the first part, focusing on one of the exhibition themes, “Who is the Other,” I would like to discuss the third theme of the main venue, “Ancestral Voices,” in
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Communities, Hybrid-Gatherings and Orange Collectives (Part 1)-Touring the Gwangju Biennale-
Kinan Art Week Yabumoto Yuto1 Introduction(1) Adaptable/Resilient Fruit with Fighting SpiritTrue art is a fruit that comes to fruition as a concrete reflection of a dynamic reality, a fruit that can only be harvested by a resilient responsi
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Art Anthropology of Oranges and Humans (Part 3)
-After the “Mikan Mandala” Exhibition-Part 2 >>(3) Symbiosis with Fungi / Mycorrhizal NetworkLocated near the Minakata Kumagusu Archives, the old folk house atelier called “Mojike House” is operated by artists Naoko Kimura and Shiro K
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Art Anthropology of Oranges and Humans (Part 2)
-After the “Mikan Mandala” Exhibition-Part 1 >>2. Beyond the Boundary Between Oranges and Humans(1) Harvest / A Journey of FruitsPart of our latest exhibition took place at Yui Warehouse, which is adjacent to the Akitsuzuno Farmer's M
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An Art Anthropology of Oranges and Humans – After the ‘Orange Mandalas’ Exhibition (Part 1)
1. Is it Possible for Oranges to Transcend Fundamental Principles?"Growing oranges is fun. However, sometimes it can be frustrating going to the market when prices are unfair.”local orange farmerEntering an orange farm in Tanabe, Wakayama P
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Report on the Venice Biennale 2022 and Documenta Fifteen for the Orange/Mikan Collective (Final)
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
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Report on the Venice Biennale 2022 and Documenta Fifteen for the Orange/Mikan Collective (Part 2)
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
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Report on the Venice Biennale 2022 and Documenta Fifteen for the Orange/Mikan Collective (Part 1)
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
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The Myth of the Orange
-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
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Kumano and Zomia: thorough Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s Artistic Expression
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
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What flows in Nanki Shirahama
Yuto Yabumoto, Representative Director of Aura Contemporary Art Foundation, publishes curator's note as below towardsthe exhibition ’＜ I ＞ opportunity’ by Ai Kawano, Hirotsugu Horii.＜I＞- What Flows in Shirahama -Nanki Shirahama is a tourist