In conjunction with the Yokohama Triennale 2008, ZAIM's 33 resident art groups are holding open houses at their workshops and ateliers. Numerous events taking the form of a traveling excursion, from the Shinko area where the Triennale will be held, to BankART and ZAIM, will be held. Note: Depending on the day, some ateliers may not be open. Please look at the day's schedule posted on the bulletin board at the entrance to ZAIM. Every weekend from September 13th (Sat) to November 30th (Sun) Time: Fridays 18:00-21:00, Saturdays and Sundays 14:00-17:00

The Yokohama Triennale is an international exhibition of contemporary art held once every three years. The inaugural edition was held in 2001, and this year marks its 3rd installment. Based on a comprehensive exhibition theme decided upon by the artistic director, a diverse range of artworks—including video, installation, photography, painting and sculpture—by about 60 to 70 artists selected from countries all over the world will be put on display. While the Triennale will mainly showcase newly-commissioned cutting-edge works of contemporary art from around the globe, it will also feature many site-specific works highlighting the distinctive charms of the host city. Supplementary events will also be held during the exhibition period, including symposiums to flesh out the Triennale concept, as well as workshops and gallery talks to promote dialogue among artists, participants and visitors. The Triennale will also seek to establish and strengthen ties with art organizations and other international exhibition secretariats both in Japan and abroad. The NYK Waterfront Warehouse, built in 1952, is a three minute walk from the Bashamichi subway station. After having served as a distribution warehouse for shipping company Nippon Yusen (NYK Line), and then as the site for the NYK Archives Museum, the building currently houses BankART Studio NYK. Following a partial renovation, the second and third floors of the building will be used as the main exhibition spaces for the Yokohama Triennale 2008. About 20 artists will install their works here, including Matthew Barney, Kosugi Takehisa, and Joan Jonas. The event's other main venues are the . Inquiries: (Hello Dial) 03-5405-8686 (English 9:00-18:00

Coinciding with the duration of the Yokohama Triennale 2008, BankART1929 is hosting "BankART Life II". The purpose of this event is to promote a region-wide program that aims at the comprehensive management of a variety of existing businesses and to disseminate them throughout the entire region in cooperation with public and historical buildings, industrial remains, restaurant districts, vacant land and stores, etc. The concept of this event is "to open up and connect". The event will take place not only at the venues hosting the Triennale, but also the whole area surrounded by Shinko Port, Bashamichi, Isezakicho, Sakuragicho, Nogechiku, Hinodecho and Koganecho. Additionally, the event will be closely linked with various institutions like ZAIM in the Sozo Kaiwai (Creative City) area. Fee: BankART Life II ticket (includes Life II guide book) Adults ¥900, University Students ¥750, High School Students ¥350, Middle School Students and under free *Ticket holders will be able to see and participate in all exhibitions and performance events (with a ¥500 discount). Ticket valid for both BankART Life II & Yokohama Triennale (includes Life II guide book) Adults ¥2100, University Students ¥1600, High School Students ¥850, Middle School Students and under free Please visit gallery website for more details.

The Yokohama Triennale is an international exhibition of contemporary art held once every three years. The inaugural edition was held in 2001, and this year marks its 3rd installment. Based on a comprehensive exhibition theme decided upon by the artistic director, a diverse range of artworks—including video, installation, photography, painting and sculpture—by about 60 to 70 artists selected from countries all over the world will be put on display. While the Triennale will mainly showcase newly-commissioned cutting-edge works of contemporary art from around the globe, it will also feature many site-specific works highlighting the distinctive charms of the host city. Supplementary events will also be held during the exhibition period, including symposiums to flesh out the Triennale concept, as well as workshops and gallery talks to promote dialogue among artists, participants and visitors. The Triennale will also seek to establish and strengthen ties with art organizations and other international exhibition secretariats both in Japan and abroad. An exhibition hall with some 4,300 square meters of exhibition space will be constructed in the Shinko Pier area, one of the oldest sections of the Port of Yokohama. The new structure (scheduled to be completed in August 2008) will be the main venue for the Yokohama Triennale 2008. The design of the exhibition hall includes numerous skylights to bring in natural light, creating a pleasant, relaxed ambience. Nearly 30 artists, including Pedro Reyes, Fischli & Weiss, and Cerith Wyn Evans, will exhibit their works here. The two historic Red Brick Warehouses on Shinko Pier were built in the early years of the twentieth century as model government warehouses, and even today they still exude the bygone aura of Meiji-era Japan (1868-1912). Yokohama Triennale 2008 exhibits, including works by Rirkrit Tiravanija and Chelfish, will be situated mainly on the second and third floors of Warehouse No. 1, while the Akarenga Hall on the third floor will play host to various events such as performances, concerts and lectures. The event's other main venues are the . Inquiries: (Hello Dial) 03-5405-8686 (English 9:00-18:00)

In addition to its rapid economic growth, China has gained much attention not only for the Beijing Olympics, but also for its contemporary art scene, which has made waves across the world. Since the period of reform and open-door policies dating from the 1970s, China saw new modes of expression emerge that were entirely different from socialist realism. Then, in 1979, the Star Painting Group held an exhibition that set a precedent for a new type of artistic activity whose focus was on the individual characteristics of each artist. Around the mid-1980s, a variety of avant-garde groups formed all over China, leading to the famed "85 Art Movement". Against a backdrop of information flows from Western Europe, these groups of artists took on domestic social themes, expressing them through various media ranging from painting, sculpture, performance and installation. At the beginning of the 1990s, a series of artists gained international attention through the art movements "political pop" and "cynical realism", after which more radical forms of art emerged. Thus, with accompanying globalization movements from 2000 onward, Chinese contemporary art has come to be recognized as a quintessential phenomenon that symbolized the opening up of the nation as well as its booming art market. Showcased at this exhibition are works by both well-established and up-and-coming artists, reflecting 20 years of Chinese contemporary art history in their individual ways. [Image: Fang Lijun "Series 2 No.3" (1992) oil on canvas, Fukuoka Asian Art Museum Collection]

This show presents works in which artists' emotions seem to have been teased out by embracing the fragile quality intrinsic to drawing. Featured are sixteen artists from Asia, Europe and the Middle East including Nalini Malani, Leiko Ikemura, Yoshitomo Nara, Manuel Ocampo, Avish Khebrehzadeh, Ugo Untro, Mitsu-Sen, Naoyuki Tsuji, Amal Kenawy, and Chiyuki Sakagami. Exhibits include installations and animations. Artist Talk -Manuel Ocampo + Pinaree Sanpitak + Mitsu-Sen Gallery Talk August 26th (Tue), 14:00-16:00 Location: exhibition space No reservation needed, admission ticket required to enter. -Naoyuki Tsuji September 13th (Sat), 14:00-16:00 Location: Auditorium (basement level) No reservation needed (capacity 150 people), admission ticket required to enter. Symposium "Considering Drawing, between Techne and Art" September 27th (Sat) 13:00-16:00 Location: Auditorium (basement level) No reservation needed (capacity 150 people), free. [Image: Nara Yoshitomo "Untitled" (2008) Photo: Kei Okano (c) the artist]

Trace Elements: Spirit and Memory in Japanese and Australian Photomedia features work by Australian artists Philip Brophy, Jane Burton, Alex Davies, Genevieve Grieves and Sophie Kahn together with Japanese practitioners Teiji Furuhashi, Seiichi Furuya, Chie Matsui, Lieko Shiga and Kazuna Taguchi. An exhibition that encompasses both the traditions and the innovations of photomedia practice, from black and white photography to interactive video installation, Trace Elements considers the ways in which contemporary artists are addressing the intrinsic relationship of photography to time, memory and the metaphysical association of the medium to phantasmagoria and the semblance of lived experience. Relating Programmes Open Forum "Part Past Part Present Part Fiction: Trace Elements" July 19th (Sat) 14:00-17:00 Conference Room (1 and 2) on the 7th floor in Tokyo Opera City bldg. Capacity: 180 seats Language: Japanese and English with successive translation. Admission: Free Please check out the museum's website for more information and other related events.

"Annette Messager: The Messengers" is the first major solo exhibition for leading French artist Annette Messager to be held in Japan. Painting, photography, articles, objects assembled from found objects, words, stuffed animals, plush toys, fabrics, embroidery, thread and knitting: these and many other objects from everyday life have found their way into the art of Annette Messager since she began working in the 1970s. Keeping her work based firmly in everyday life, Messager explores the various dichotomies and contradictions inherent in the human condition: religion and secularity, humor and fear, love and pain, woman and man, animal and human, childhood and adulthood, life and death, surface and substance. Springing perhaps from meditations on impulsive collecting or the body, from games with plush toys, or from clever wordplay, Messager's art possesses both a childlike innocence and a brutality that afford multiple readings. With a flair for incorporating wry humor into even the most direct confrontations with negative aspects of human endeavor, Messager is able to move and delight people of all generations. Charming and fantastical, and at times taking strange and mysterious forms, Messager's art works are "messengers" that talk directly to our souls. This exhibition was originally shown at the Centre Pompidou in Paris and has toured to Finland and Korea. The roughly 30 works on show include Casino, for which the artist won the Golden Lion at the Venice Biennale in 2005, and other important works such as articulated-disarticulated.