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Our Inspiration - The Echigo-Tsumari Art Field
Our Inspiration - The Echigo-Tsumari Art Field
The Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennale (ETAT) is one of the largest art festivals in the world as well as the pioneer of regional art festivals taking place across Japan. It has provided an alternative way to explore satoyama following artworks as guidling lights which has received a great attention both within and outside Japan as a leading practice of community building by art.
The ETAT has been held once every three years since 2000. The eighth iteration of the festival will be held in 2021. The 2018 ETAT attracted approximatley 540,000 visitors, bringing economic effect and contributing to expansion of employments and tourism.
Our Proposal
Our Proposal
100 Hospitality Units
Creating ground-up and human-centered designed businesses and placemaking spaces that improve the lives of the locals by providing income opportunities, as well as quality of life services to the community and for visiting tourists.
Social Spaces - Partnering with local establishments and landlords to run community events and programmes
Xanadu - Co-owning and transforming spaces into multi-use business to provide quality of live products and services
Tanda Creatives - Space Transformation agency using values-based interior decorating and renovation solutions for eco- and social impact.
Local Franchises
Supporting local businesses and helping them expand, whilst providing employment and entrepreneurshop opportunities
Aardvark Anterprises
The Art Field Festival
A region wide art festival where participants collect stamps on a passport where they can visit community art installations facilitated by celebrities.
A 1 to 3 Month Long art festival Event
Opening Ceremonies
The Art Festival Passport and Stickers
Community Events - Held in different in the establishments
Immersion Programmes - Longer running programmes like art courses, staycations etc
Static Primary Art Installation Sites - Adopted by the community in shops, spaces
Secondary Community Participatory Art - We expect the public to also want to join in the fun, and include their own art in an adhoc basis. We can provide stickers for people to just put on their contributions. An online photo and map to pin their works
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