TAB Event - Yokohama Triennale 2008 - Shinko Pier

http://takatokyo.exblog.jp/7530675/

きついコメントのいろいろと実際に気に入っていた作品のいくつか。
http://kusagauma.blogspot.com/2008/09/yokohama-triennale.html

充実したレポートで面白かった。残念ながら、TABが有名なのに、日本人の意見をあまり見ないな・・・どこにあるかな？

とりあえず行ってみた。
http://blog.hiraki.jp/archives/2008/09/27-155610.php

http://soup-dish.jugem.jp/?eid=638

`Deserately Trying to Fall Down a Crevasse`. Review of The Yokohama Triennale 2008 by Roger McDonald on The Tactical Museum.
http://rogermc.blogs.com/tactical/2008/10/desperately-try.html

今回の横浜トリエンナーレは難しかったです。おもしろいものもあったけど。
http://opqrst.exblog.jp/9725069/

ようやく行ってきました。
パフォーマンス中心とは聞いていましたが、ここまでとは思いませんでした。
難解なパフォーマンスのビデオが流されているか、パフォーマンスの舞台が展示されているばかりで、会場はすかすか。第１回と２回のような濃密感は全くなし。
お客さんは結構来ていましたが、面白かったのかな？
アートマニアが見てつまらないのだから、多分だめでしょう。
それに比べ、BankART1929で開催中のBankARTLifeIIは、珍しく出来が良かったです。

http://megplusart.jugem.jp/?eid=11

http://megplusart.jugem.jp/?eid=11

http://megplusart.jugem.jp/?eid=11

ここがメイン会場ってほんと...？

http://ramarama.cocolog-nifty.com/ramarama/2008/11/post-1380.html

ここはもちろん欠かせませんが、三渓園会場へも行くことをお勧めします。
http://ryokan.exblog.jp/7612527/

In 2005, when I stepped into the huge warehouse in the port of Yokohama without having a single idea of what could be there for me to see, I was amusingly surprised by what I saw there - an amusement park of contemporary art with a bunch of huge installation works which little kids and their parents enjoyed playing around.

I've been to many contemporary art exhibitions and expositions in the US and Japan, but I had never seen such a scenery at a contemporary art exhibition before. I found Yokohama Triennale had a very unique concept of letting everyone in the earth enjoy contemporary art whether they have a certain level of knowledge to appreciate contemporary art or not. It was a grand introduction of contemporary art to people on the street.

I was also amused by the works by local Japanese artists and young international artists whom I've never heard their names before.
This kind of a big art exposition especially, if its theme of art is "contemporary", it should give people opportunity to discover new artists they'd favor.

3 years later, when I stepped into the huge warehouse with a better idea and expectation of what I would see there, I was disappointed. First, I even had hard time recognizing the fact that I was actually in Yokohama Triennale exposition. What I saw there was very similar (if not exactly the same) to what I've seen at many contemporary art exhibitions in the US. I felt like I was back in college when I was taking a "New Art" class. "Time Crevasse"? back to the good old time, they meant? If those already considerably well-known international artists like Yoko Ono, Matthew Barney, and Douglas Gordon matter, I'd rather go to see their works in NY or London. After giving a very friendly opportunity to people for enjoying contemporary art 3 years ago, now has their mission transformed to "educate" the people with the boring "New Art" class materials?
Did my teacher send me to the Red brick warehouse to see those old video clips of history of performance art that included a historical Butoh perfomance and public art performance?

Suggestions for those who have specific taste or fetishism:

Do you miss the "anti-war" art phenomenon which occurred in the US right after the Iraq war begun and most of them looked nothing but a mass of junk?
You must see Jonathan Meese. His narcissistic expression is very familiar and just freaks me out!

Are you a mystic scatologist?
You'll love Matthew Barney's 45 min video work. But I'd recommend you to go into the dark room only for the last 15 minutes of the video unless you want to take a nap in a nicely chilly dark room for 30 minutes.

Are you a bloody horror movie lover?
Get a real feeling with Herman Nitsch. You'll enjoy watching his bloody ritual that is meaninglessly intrusive with its poor content.

Do you love shaved pussy & grade-B horror picture?
Get a nice view at Paul & Damon McCarthy's video installation.

Do you love Potato?
I guarantee that you'll enjoy works at BankART Studio NYK. Check out Rodney Graham & Aki Sasamoto and share your love for potato with them! Make sure to have a nicely cold Potato cake with pieces of cold boiled potato inside at a cafe there before you leave the exhibition. (You can't enjoy the taste unless you truly LOVE potato.)

View photos from Yokohama Triennale 2008: http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=30172742&l=eee17&id=1295497413