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2021.11.26

Shimanto Town Art Trail "Forest Museum" opens

The Shimanto Town Revitalization Support Team (Location: Shimanto-cho, Takaoka-gun, Kochi Prefecture, Leader: Hiromasa Kubo, Chief of the Iwamoto Temple) is a tourism agency with the keyword Adventure Wellness Park. Value promotion project <Business collaboration type> ”As a project, the art trail“ Forest Museum ”(free admission), which displays the works of young artists at the site of the old forest railway in Shimanto-cho Shimodo-Shimotsui, will be held and a temporary bus will be operated. start.At the 37th Iwamoto Temple in Shikoku Sacred Ground, there will be an artist-in-residence where artists create works, and additional exhibitions of art will be held. 


Akiko Nakayama (Nakayama) who performed at international events such as the Tokyo 8 Olympic closing ceremony and the Austrian media art festival "Ars Electronica" along the old forest railway trace trekking road (about 2020 km) from Shimanto-cho Shimodo to Shimotsui. Artists performing at international events such as Akiko) and Gravityfree, who will appear at large festivals such as Fuji Rock, will gather at the Shimanto Town Art Trail "Mori no Art Museum" in Kochi Prefecture.Leaving yourself in the unexplored region of Shimanto's wilderness, you can experience the ancient roads and refrains of contemporary art while feeling the light, the wind, the voice of birds, and the clear air.It is a quiet forest museum where the mind and body calm down. 

<Period>
December 2021, 12 (Wednesday) -February 1, 2022 (Monday), January 2st will be suspended

<Admission fee>
Free(Please bear the cost other than the temporary bus by yourself.) 

<Access> 
You can board the temporary (Luise) bus free of charge without reservation. 

* You can also take a fixed-route bus, Tosa Kuroshio Railway, and JR Yodo Line (excluding some trains) for a fee without reservation. 

 

<Wrapping bus>
Operation of Shimanto Traffic Microbus (Luise).The design is a newly drawn design by "LUISE ONO" who also worked on the mural painting of Tsutaya Books in Kochi. 

 

<Artist in Residence>
Please check with the secretariat in advance when interviewing.I will stay at Iwamoto Temple and make art. 

11 / 27-12 / 1 INA / TAKAYUKI 
12/13 ~ 22 Gravity Free
12 / 26-28 Parco Kinoshita 

 

<Artist participation "Museum of the Forest"> 
If you would like to interview, please apply using the attached "Application Form".
Participation in "Museum of Forest": Tuesday, December 2021, 12 Depart Kubokawa Station 14:6 ~ Arrive at Kubokawa Station 22:14 (accompanying coverage is possible) 
Media coverage: Iwamotoji 12/14 15: 00-16: 00

Participating artists: Akiko Nakayama, SAKAMOTO / MANAMI, INA / TAKAYUKI, Hiroya Isozaki, Gravityfree 

 

<Cooperation>
Iwamoto Temple, Shimanto Traffic Co., Ltd., Shimanto Town Regional Development Cooperation Corps, Shimanto Town 

 

<Inquiry>
Shimanto Town Okoshi Cheering Party Secretariat (at Honmachi) 
3-15 Honcho, Shimanto-cho, Takaoka-gun, Kochi e-mail: atshimanto@gmail.com
Website: https://at40010.jp/art-trail/ 

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