Questioning and Connecting: Aichi Triennale Artist Interviews | TABlog | Tokyo Art Beat www.tokyoartbeat.com

The fourth Aichi Triennale, subtitled “Taming Y/Our Passions,” opened in Nagoya and Toyota in Aichi Prefecture on August 1st.
The following five interviews with Aichi Triennale artists, conducted on opening day just before the sudden closure of “After ‘Freedom of Expression?’,” hint at the range of critical expressions on show.
We are aware that Aichi Triennale received a lot of angry—even violent—phone calls and emails.
For his Aichi Triennale commission, Fujii responds to archival footage of Japanese-occupied civilian training centres in Taiwan during the Pacific War.
His commission for Aichi Triennale, Dig Your Dreams (2019), engaged a group of residents of Toyota City.