[Chiba Prefecture] Special exhibition commemorating the 50th anniversary of the opening of the Chiba Prefectural Museum of Art PROJECT UMINOUE “Yasuaki Igarashi Umikaze” will be held!
*Chiba Prefecture*
Press release: August 3, 2024
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Chiba Prefectural Museum of Art 50th Anniversary Special Exhibition PROJECT UMINOUE “Yasuaki Igarashi Umikaze” will be held!
*Two-month voyage by artists, local residents, and visitors* Chiba Prefectural Museum of Art celebrates its 50th anniversary We will be holding a traveling art exhibition titled “Umikaze” by Yasuaki Igarashi, an artist from Chiba Prefecture.
Through collaboration with people, Igarashi beautifully connects local life and nature,
We are developing expressive activities that reshape the landscape in various places.
The Chiba Prefectural Museum of Art is located in the beautiful port of Chiba Minato overlooking Tokyo Bay.
This exhibition features new installations that make use of the museum’s architectural space,
In addition to the in-house exhibition, which consists of
collaborations with collected works and document exhibitions of Igarashi’s activities,
By displaying works outdoors in the Chiba Minato area, we will reveal the charm of this area.
We will attempt to create a new culture on reclaimed land that was once on the sea.
This exhibition is also a participatory art project. It was created with the help of volunteer supporters, the Umikaze Crew, local residents, local elementary school students, and general participants, and was completed with the participation of visitors.
Participate in this exhibition and feel the “sea breeze” blowing over the reclaimed land.
*Event overview*
1 Name 50th Anniversary Special Exhibition PROJECT UMINOUE “Yasuaki Igarashi Sea Breeze”
2nd session: July 13th (Sat) – September 8th, 2020 (Sun)
3 Meeting Venue: Chiba Prefectural Museum of Art (1-10-1 Chuo Minato, Chuo-ku, Chiba City) + Chiba Minato Area
4 Opening hours: 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. (until 7:30 p.m. on Fridays, Saturdays, and days before holidays) (Last admission 30 minutes before closing)
5. Closed: Mondays (but open on July 15th and August 12th), July 16th (Tuesday), August 13th (Tuesday)
6. Admission fee: General 1,000 yen, high school and university students 500 yen for answering the questionnaire → Free, junior high school students and under,
Free for people aged 65 and over, those with a disability certificate and one caregiver.
(Admission after 4:30pm is 800 yen for general admission)
7 Host: Chiba Prefectural Museum of Art
8 Special cooperation: Ship Science Museum “Sea Learning Museum Support”, Daiichi Textile Co., Ltd.
9 Suke Nari Nomura Foundation Public Interest Incorporated Foundation 10 Support
Chiba Television Broadcasting, BayFM, J-COM Chiba, Chiba Nippo, Asahi Shimbun Chiba General Bureau, Sankei Shimbun Chiba General Bureau, Tokyo Shimbun Chiba Branch, Nihon Keizai Shimbun Chiba Branch, Mainichi Shimbun Chiba Branch, Yomiuri Shimbun Chiba Branch, Chiba City Board of Education (in no particular order)
*1 A traveling art exhibition set in the entire Chiba Minato area* Based at the Prefectural Museum of Art, we will reveal the charm of reclaimed land through exhibitions both indoors and outdoors.
* 1. Sanbashi Square《Soraami》*
By weaving fishing nets together with participants and raising them in the sky, we will reinterpret the landscape. It was knitted together with the volunteer supporters “Umikaze Crew”. It reveals a seascape unique to Chiba Minato, with the industrial area in the background. * 2. Chiba Port Park Observatory Hill “Child of the Wind” *
A windsock that visualizes the wind. Through the wind, it makes you imagine God in the landfill. Produced together with local elementary school students. Held during the exhibition period
Through these workshops, the number will further increase and a new landscape will emerge.
“Child of the Wind” Drawing 2024
“Child of the Wind” 2024
* 3. Chiba Port Tower “Funerei-sama” (Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays only) * 《Funerei-sama》 2024
2 An exhibition created by everyone
In ancient Japanese, sea means wata and wind means shi. The sea breeze is me and you. The exhibition “Sea Breeze” is an exhibition of me and you.
* 1. We recruited exhibition supporters, the “Umikaze Crew,” and worked together to create the project through repeated meetings with the crew. *
* 2. Together with the Umikaze crew, we knitted the “Soraami” of Sanbashi Hiroba, which is over 60m wide. They will continue to knit during the exhibition period, and the nets they have knitted will be displayed at Sanbashi Hiroba. *
“Soraami” production scene
“Soraami” hoisting ceremony
* 3. The “Star of Thread” in the museum solicited thread balls from the public, and more than 5,500 thread balls were sent to Umikaze Crew and *
* Participants were gathered from all over the country, mainly local residents. No two pieces are the same, and 5,500 thoughts form a single work. *
“Star of Thread” 2024
A permanent workshop will also be set up during the exhibition period, where you can experience making “Soraami” and “Child of the Wind”. 3 Abundant regional cooperation programs
With plans such as mutual discounts with sightseeing boats and restaurants, and original cocktails, you can enjoy Chiba Minato in a variety of ways.
Chiba port service
“Arumeria”
Amandan sail
“Umikaze Original Cocktail”
cafe restaurant shirayuri
“Sea Breeze Ethnic Seafood”
“Curry set”
4 Related events
* (1) Talk event*
◆“Catch the wind – Navigating the modern era through art”
Speakers: Katsuhiko Hibino (artist, president of Tokyo University of the Arts) x Yasuaki Igarashi
Date: Sunday, August 11th Fee: Free
◆“Reading the Wind – Creating Culture on Landfill Sites” (Advance application required)
Speakers
Tomoro Kusumoto (curator of Tsunagi Art Museum) x Hiromi Kobayashi (senior researcher at Chiba Prefectural Museum) x Toshiki Suzuki (chairman of Chiba City Sea Festival Council) x Kenichi Higashi (vice principal of Inzai Junior High School) x Yasuaki Igarashi
Date: August 17th (Sat) Admission: Free
◆“Sparking the Wind – Moving Society through Art” (Advance application required) Speakers: Fram Kitagawa (art director) x Yasuaki Igarashi
Date: August 24th (Sat) Admission: Free
* (2) Permanent workshop*
◆Soraami (weaving fishing nets and additionally displaying them in Sanbashi Square)
◆Child of the Wind (made a windsock and additionally displayed it at Chiba Port Park)
Schedule: Please check the Chiba Prefectural Museum of Art website for dates.
* (3) Finale event*
◆Children’s beach trip x sea breeze finale event 《Watabune》
A finale event where cotton seeds are delivered to the sea to convey the story of the sea breeze to the future.
(Please check the Chiba Prefectural Museum of Art website for details) Date: September 8th (Sunday)
Venue: Chiba Port Park
5 Inquiry
Chiba Prefectural Museum of Art
Address: 1-10-1 Chuo Minato, Chuo-ku, Chiba City, Chiba Prefecture TEL 043-242-8311
FAX 043-241-7880
E-mail event-art@mz.pref.chiba.lg.jp
HP https://www.chiba-muse.or.jp/ART/
* 【the work】*
1 Sea of collaboration
《Watabune》
This work depicts the two-month exhibition period as a cotton voyage. As an opening event, we floated cotton in a boat filled with water. The floating cotton will be floated into the sea at the finale event on September 8th.
“Watabune sailing ceremony” scenery
《Sea weave》
Craft workshop La
A work inspired by indigo-dyed loom threads at Mano. Taking advantage of the museum’s architectural space designed by architect Masato Otaka, we created a gigantic ocean surface by stringing approximately 600 indigo-dyed threads approximately 20 meters long. When you look up at the sea, you’ll see the String Star twinkling ahead.
“Sea weaving” 2024
《Thread Star》
A project to create a space with a starry sky filled with stars, using balls of yarn and stars that were solicited from the public. Each ball of thread reveals the individuality of the person who wrapped it. The thoughts of each person come together to form a single scenery. 2 Sea of rebirth
“Sea weaving – Courbet/Storm” “Sea weaving – Susumu Kobori/Kasumigaura” A spatial installation that provides an opportunity to re-encounter the collection from the perspective of artist Igarashi. An attempt to find a new perspective on the works in the Chiba Prefectural Museum of Art’s proud collection.
《Sea weaving – Susumu Kobori/Kasumigaura》
《Seaweaving – Courbet/Storm》
3 Sea of memories
An archive exhibition inspired by a voyage record that looks back on Igarashi’s past activities with materials.
4 Related books Yasuaki Igarashi “Memories of the Wind” published List price: 1000 yen including tax
Yasuaki Igarashi’s origins as an artist, with a “view from the sea” as the basis of his activities.
A limited edition book containing the diary of a 4000km voyage from Japan to Micronesia will be sold at the museum shop.
This is a book that will help you learn more about what the exhibition “Umikaze” is about, what Igarashi is thinking about, and what he is aiming for.