Announcement of the Theme and the Festival

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SAPPORO INTERNATIONAL ART FESTIVAL
札幌国際芸術祭 2017
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Announcement of
the Theme and the Festival Outline
For further information, please contact:
Secretariat for the Sapporo International Art Festival
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For further information, please contact:
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Secretariat for the Sapporo International Art Festival
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Greeting
Contents
Art and culture are imperative to living a truly rich and satisfying life. The
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Greeting creative perspective that art and culture provide are also an impetus for
the creation of new industries and adding beauty to an area.
With this in mind, the city of Sapporo has been regarding the creativity
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Theme
of the people as the driving force behind city development. In March
2006 released our Creative City Sapporo statement, and in November
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Outline of the SIAF 2017
2013, we joined the UNESCO Creative Cities Network as the first City
of Media Arts in Asia.
In response to these ideas, the city has been putting on exhibitions led
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Schedule until the opening of the SIAF 2017
by the residents gearing towards an international arts festival, and
creating the momentum for the Sapporo International Art Festival to
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Ongoing projects starting in 2016
take place.
The combined efforts of the government and the people were realized,
and in 2014 the first Sapporo International Art Festival took place, and
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SIAF2017 Special Big Band (Project)
we are planning for it to take place once every three years henceforth.
In the second installation of the Sapporo International Art Festival in
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Venues & Areas 2017, we will be welcoming musician Otomo Yoshihide as the guest
director. He is someone with experience and finesse in areas of
participatory projects and has a career that is not limited to music, but
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Pre-events in 2016
spans internationally as well as across various fields.
Under Mr. Otomo s guest direction, the residents of Sapporo City are
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SIAF Lab
excited to organize and host this art festival together, to rediscover the
beauty of Sapporo, and share the hope that this becomes a great
opportunity to share with people both near and far.
Katsuhiro Akimoto
Chairman
Creative City Sapporo International Art Festival Executive Committee
Mayor of Sapporo
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Outline of the SIAF 2017
As of 2016.2.16
Title
Theme
Sapporo International Art Festival 2017 (SIAF 2017)
What is an Art Festival?
Dates
Sunday, August 6 - Sunday, October 1, 2017 (57 days)
Main Venues
Susukino Area / Tanukikoji Area / Maruyama Area / Sapporo Art Park /
Theme of Sapporo International Art Festival 2017
What is an Ar t Festival?
Sapporo Shiryokan (Former Sapporo Court of Appeals) / Moerenuma Park
and others
The theme of the second Sapporo International Art Festival is “What is an Art Festival?”
Something that has been stuck in my mind since receiving this offer to act as guest director, and have been
thinking about since is “so what exactly is an ‘art festival’?” Like, what is “art”? What does it mean to put on a
SIAF2017
Special Big Band
(Project Team)
Band Master (Guest Director)
Otomo Yoshihide
“festival” for it?
Tuning (Executive Advisor)
One of the activities that I have been heavily involved in since after the earthquake (in 2011) is creating a new
Numayama Yoshiaki
“festival” that has never existed before. The “festival” I mean by this, is not just providing a place to sing and
dance—although yes, those are important—but more than that, the “festival” I am imagining is creating, with
our own hands, an intense place where our view of the world will be drastically changed after being there. This
Band Members (Participants)
time, elements such as “art” “international” and “Sapporo” are also involved. So what shall we do?
Takahiro Urushi, Satoshi Katono, Kino Tetsuya, Chiaki Sakaguchi,
The more I thought about these things, the more I began to think that these questions were too good to keep to
SATO Naoki, Yo Nakajima, Hata Satoshi, Asami Hosokawa,
myself. This is a citizen participatory art festival, so there are as many answers as there are citizens, and I feel
Mayunkiki (MAREWREW), MIYAI Kazumi, Tomoko Yabumae
that there is no need for there to only one right answer. Instead of looking for specific answers or arguing about
these questions, I think it is better to just get hands on, to create something with each other, and see what
comes of it. If there are 100 people, then there are 100 ideas, and they don’t have to all face the same direction.
Ongoing projects
O-FUROSHIKI Project,
Rather, by not facing the same direction, they react to one another, and create noise, something unpredictable.
starting in 2016
Sapporo Collective Orchestra,
And we must embrace the magnanimity to accept these results as richness, otherwise we cannot change the
Sapporo International Art Festival Design Project,
way we view the world.
Art Festival in the Downtown Project,
This is an art festival that has just begun, with the vast northern land as its stage. Let’s create an inclusive and
at times unconventional art festival that can only take place here, listening attentively, eyes wide open,
Public Offering Project -Let s Create an Art Festival Together-,
absorbing with our senses, while still honoring and making use of the previous art festival model, and the things
SIAF2017 Artist-In-Residence Project
that the people of Sapporo and Hokkaido have made until now. Forget about what art is, what music is, and
instead strive to create a new kind of art festival that says “this is what Sapporo is!” I have a good feeling that I
Organizer
will be able to do that with the people here.
Creative City Sapporo International Art Festival Executive Committee
Otomo Yoshihide
Guest Director, Sapporo International Art Festival 2017
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Photo: Erika Kusumi
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Schedule until the opening of the SIAF 2017
Ongoing projects starting in 2016
O-FUROSHIKI Project
This is one big furoshiki , which is a cloth for wrapping
SIAF Lab
2016
something in that is made from many smaller furoshikis of
various colors, all sewn together. It started in 2011 when
February 16
Press Conference
PROJECT FUKUSHIMA! founded Festival FUKUSHIMA!
with this big furoshiki laid out over a large grassy area. This
Announcing theme, dates and ongoing projects
project then expanded to other locations, and was also a part
of the special programs in the Sapporo International Art
Festival 2014, and was held at Sapporo Kita Sanjo Hiroba
(open space). This
February 17
Public Meeting
Big Furoshiki
that represented the
festival, will also be a symbol for this year s festival that is
created together with the citizens and people of Hokkaido.
We will set up several furoshiki factories where the Big
Furoshiki will be made, and will sew together the furoshikis
that people donate. The completed Big Furoshikis will be
April-
Ongoing Projects
Photo: Yoshisato Komaki
exhibited all around the city during the festival, adding extra
color to SIAF2017.
August 5 & 6
Sapporo August Festival
Sapporo Collective Orchestra
The Sapporo Collective Orchestra is an orchestra founded for SIAF2017, centered around junior and high school students.
The members will be selected through an open call, but participation will not depend on any past experience with musical
instruments. We will aim to establish an orchestra and create music by combining the different sounds that the participants make,
August 7
Public Meeting
either instrumental or vocal.
This project will be implemented over the course of a year. In 2016, we will hold several workshops thereafter, and experiment
Announcement of participating artists (Part 1)
2017
February
SIAF2017 February Festival
with music. In 2017 we will form an orchestra, and have our first performance during SIAF 2017.
Through this project, we hope to unfold some expansive and carefree music, like the terrain of the north itself.
Art Festival in the Downtown Project
(Tentative title)
We will exhibit work embedded in the city, centered around these locations: Susukino, Tanukikoji, and Maruyama with Maruyama
*Sapporo Snow Festival (Odori Venue・Susukino Venue：Feb 6-12, Susukino Venue Feb 6-19),
2017 Sapporo Asian Winter Games (Feb 19-26）
Primeval Forest, which is a national treasure. These areas have supported the urbanization of Sapporo, and are locations where
the beauty of both the city and nature can be felt. By this, we hope to create an opportunity to re-highlight the history and charm
of Sapporo, while also revitalizing the area by creating opportunities for visitors to go around the city.
Spring
Press Conference
Announcement of participating artists, programs (Final)
August 6October 1
Sapporo International Art Festival 2017
Photo: Erika Kusumi
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Sapporo International Art Festival Design Project
SIAF2017 Special Big Band (Project Team)
Since the design elements will be key to promoting the SIAF2017 to a broad audience, we will begin by conducting workshops to
sort through what we should keep in mind when it comes to design aesthetics as we begin by creating the symbol.
Simultaneously, we will work on the necessary design elements as well, such as the signs and billboards, as well as the
communication design. By placing importance not only on the results but also the process , we hope that it will be an opportunity
to learn about archiving our process while learning the process as well.
Band Master (Guest Director)
Otomo Yoshihide｜Musician
Public Offering Project -Let s Create an Art Festival Together-
Born in Yokohama, Japan in 1959. He is known for composing music for a wide
SIAF 2017 will call for widely for exhibitions and events in the city of Sapporo, lead by organizations, groups, and individuals in
attention from all around the world for his different activities, including his
Hokkaido. Otomo Yoshihide (guest director) and other jury members select about 5-10 plans from all the applications to provide
successful career as a sound track composer for film and TV. In recent years he
support until their implementation as official projects/programs of the festival. Through this public offering project, we aim for a
has been producing works for exhibitions and special type of concerts in
festival created together with the ideas and actions of the citizens of Sapporo and Hokkaido.
collaborations with various other artists under the name of ENSEMBLES , while
variety of genres from experimental, pop, and jazz music. He has received
also focusing on unique public-participative projects as well. In 2012, after the
Great East Japan Earthquake, he started in Fukushima, PROJECT FUKUSHIMA!
where he'd spent his teenage years and received the Ministry of Education's
SIAF2017 Artist-In-Residence Project
Award for Fine Arts in the category of Promotion. Another of his many works, the
Artists will stay on for the long-term to practice their research in the Sapporo Tenjinyama Art Studio, a designated institution in
theme music for the popular TV series Amachan , has received many honorable
Sapporo for the artist-in-residence program of SIAF2017. Based on their research, they will create new artwork, and realize their
prizes, including the Best Composer Award for the Japan Record Award in 2013.
In 2014, he launched ENSEMBLES ASIA with the Japan Foundation to create a
uniquely Sapporo-grown perspective.
stronger network through Asia woven by music.
He has long been involved with Sapporo, where he was scouted by Numayama
Other than those listed above, other various projects will be taking place within 2016.
Yoshiaki of NMA (NOW MUSIC ARTS) who has been introducing avant-garde
music as his independent work for a long time in Sapporo, which became an
important starting point for Otomo s career as a musician. Otomo visits Sapporo
almost every year since 1990 for NMA events, and has participated and
appeared in various music projects. After the Earthquake in 2012, with strong
Cooperation with the citizens
encouragement by Shinya Anzai from Taberu to Kurashi no Kenkyujo (eat & life
laboratory) who had moved from Fukushima, Otomo started to expand his
Assembling the SIAF2017 Special Big Band
Photo: Rui Sato
PROJECT FUKUSHIMA! to Sapporo as well, which was later picked up by the
Sapporo International Festival 2014 and eventually became an origin for the
The main theme of this art festival is posing the question, what is an art festival? So I started thinking that with
whom we put our heads together, and the process of how to put ideas into shaper, is a pivotal element in and of
itself. I began to think that the people I work with must be none other than the citizens and the people of Hokkaido
Sapporo August Festival which takes place every year at the Kita Sanjo Hiroba.
His activity has garnered some well-deserved attention, and last year he was
designated as a guest director for the Sapporo International Festival 2017.
at large, and also those all around the world who are interested in this art festival, if I want to make the question
what is an art festival? come to life.
So, I ve decided to start something like a band. It will be called SIAF2017 Special Big Band . However, we won t
be performing music together. What would happen if we called the core team of organizers a band? What if my role
was something like a band master? I wanted to think about it that way instead. It is the coming together of band
members with diverse backgrounds, and getting more people involved by utilizing their networks, and repeating
Tuning (Executive Advisor)
Numayama Yoshiaki｜NMA Concert Organizer
these jam sessions . It is in that space where we hope to see the unexpected flow, or cacophony that we had not
Born in Yuni, the Yubari District of Hokkaido in 1944. Now living in Sapporo. A piano tuner
imagined, and enjoy these sounds. The band in time starts functioning like that of Bon dance festival music to set
by trade. An encounter with the jazz critic, Teruto Soejima, in the late 70s was one of the
off dancing, while the dynamics gradually shift so that the participants take over in leading the group. I decided to
main catalysts for him to develop an interest in avant-garde music. When he finally joined
form the SIAF2017 Special Big Band with the hopes that by presenting these kinds of processes will lead directly
the International New Jazz Festival Moers in Germany in 1983, he became aware of the
into the form of art festival.
gap in music exchange between Japan and the rest of the world, which inspired him to
For as long as it is a band , there may be additions and withdrawals of the members, or a dissolution and reunion
form the group called NMA (abbr. of NOW MUSIC ARTS) in the same year. The group has
of the group, but I will be firmly committed to making the people who have gathered the key players. So, I hereby
been organizing projects and concerts to introduce cutting-edge music in Japan and
announce the forming of this band as the real start of the Sapporo International Art Festival 2017.
abroad to Sapporo.
So far he has organized more than 170 concerts (including 6 festivals), and has hosted
Otomo Yoshihide
workshop for improvisation every month between 1995 and 2000. His writing has been
published in magazines such as Jazz Hihyo (jazz critique magazine), Eureka , and
Harunire on the Mainichi Newspapers (Hokkaido ver., 1997-2001), in a column for
Saredo Ongaku on the Hokkaido Shinbun (2015) and many others. Also worked on music
programs for the Community Radio Station SAPPORO MURA RADIO (2003-2006). The
handling of the ACT ART SALON at the ACF Sapporo from 2012. He won the Special
Prize for the 2nd Kitano Koe Art Award hosted by Sapporo Art Labo in 2013.
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Band Members (Participant Members)
Yo Nakajima
Born in 1950, now living in Sapporo, Hokkaido. He has been involved in art, performance, and dance since
he was a student, beginning with making experimental movies that he would have independent
Representative of
Theater Kino
screenings for. He was also one of the founding members of a legendary space in Sapporo called Eki-ura
8th warehouse. This propelled Sapporo s art and culture scene, and was an impetus for the founding of
Theater Kino in 1992, an independent mini-theater established with funding from the community. He
Takahiro Urushi
Coordinator
Born in Hokkaido in 1977. Managing the Artist-in-School project for various regions in Hokkaido as a
conducts movie production workshops for children as well as creating local films within NPO Hokkaido
coordinator, and engaged in many art and cultural projects such as the community renovation of Kanonji in
Community Cinema Sapporo, an organization founded in 2004 to support local movie production and
Kagawa Prefecture, the TOYOTA Children Meet Artists Program, and the Hokkaido Communication
movie education. He has served on several committees for cultural affairs, including the Sapporo Arts and
Educational Network. He took part in SIAF 2014 as an executive director for volunteer administration. His
Culture Planning Committee. He is the executive chief of the Sapporo Biennale Pre-events. For SIAF 2014
engagement in art and cultural promotion reaches extensively, including management, planning and
he managed the Art Cafe, as a volunteer.
coordination of the Community Space ONOBEKA, Sapporo Tenjinyama Art Studio (Sapporo) and SIAF Lab
at the Sapporo Shiryokan. Currently he is the representative director of the AIS Planning Incorporated
Association.
Hata Satoshi
Born in 1960 in Iwamisawa, currently living and based in Sapporo, Hokkaido. Since going to Germany on
a DAAD grant in 1995, he has had solo and group exhibitions in Japan and abroad. He participated in SIAF
Artist / Art Director
Satoshi Katono
Born in Fukushima in 1955. Now living in Sapporo. He studied sculpture at the Tokyo University of the
With other major exhibitions including: Budapest International Sculptural and Painting Biennale 96
Arts and at its graduate school. After working as a teaching assistant at the university, he worked at the
Artist / Professor of the
Sapporo City University
2014 as a regional director.
(Vigado Gallery and 3 other venues, Hungary, 1996), VOCA Exhibit 96 (Ueno Royal Museum, 1996),
Sapporo School of the Arts from 1993, first as an associate professor and then a professor. The school
Anstiftung zu einer neuen Wahrnehmung (Weserburg Museum of Modern Art, Germany, 2001),
was reorganized to become the Sapporo City University and he is a professor of the undergraduate and
GLOBAL PLAYERS (Ludwig Forum, Germany, 2006), Mirror Surface -the Chinese and Japanese
graduate schools. He has been carrying out regional revitalization art projects such as Ponbetsu Art
contemporary art exchange exhibition- (Renke Arts Center, China, 2012) and more. He received the
Project 2014 (Mikasa, Iwamizawa, Yubari), in which he utilizes former coal mines in Sorachi since 2004
Sapporo Cultural Honor Award in 2004. In 2012, he received the Hokkaido Cultural Honor Award. He will
as both an artist, and an art director. He has also been working on the photographic series Kami, Hotoke,
be exhibiting in the upcoming Aichi Triennale 2016.
Kokei (God, Buddha, Sight), taking images of Shinto and Buddhist deities from all around Japan.
His main exhibition includes Five Artists from Northern Japan (Kampnagel K3, Hamburg, Germany,
2001), Northern Creators -Fiction/Fact: Skin/Membrane (Sapporo Art Museum, 2003), Interaction
(Wechselwirkung) (Ernst Barlach Musem Wedel, Germany, 2005), FIX MIX MAX! The Frontline of
Asami Hosokawa
Contemporary Art (Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art, 2006), Yubari Shimizusawa Art Project (Former
Coordinator
Born in 1977 in Tokyo. Studied arts and art education. After graduating, she was involved in exhibition
productions, supporting artists and curators. She was in charge of the Isamu Noguchi Exhibition , a
Hokutan Shimizusawa Power Plant, 2011), Distant Observations Fukushima in Berlin (Kunstraum
Tokyo exhibition during the grand opening of Moerenuma Park. She was in charge of the glass pyramid
exhibition in Moerenuma Park at SIAF 2014, and has a deep connection with Sapporo.
Kreuzberg/Bethanien, Germany, 2014), Sapporo International Festival 2014 (Sapporo Odori 500-m
Major exhibitions she has been involved in include: Isamu Noguchi Exhibition (Sapporo Art Museum/
Underground Walkway Gallery, 2014) and many others.
Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo, 2005), Japan Media Arts Festival (National Art Center Tokyo,
2008-), art and collective intelligence (Yamaguchi Center for Arts and Media [YCAM], 2013), Sapporo
Kino Tetsuya
Director
Born in 1978 in Wakkanai, Hokkaido. From Hokuto, now currently living in Sapporo. Having studied in the
International Art Festival 2014 (various locations, 2014), Spectrum: Examining Today, Searching for the
School of International Cultural Relations at Hokkaido Tokai University. Since he was a student, he was
Future (Spiral, 2014) and more.
involved in various projects related to arts and culture. With his experience in implementing projects for
different regions, he also is involved in businesses related to city planning.
Sons and Daughters of Light (Various locations in Sapporo, 2002), DIALOG IN THE DARK Showcase
Mayunkiki
Born in 1982. From Asahikawa, Hokkaido, currently living in Sapporo. Member of, Marewrew , a
Member of MAREWREW /
Ainu language teacher
song, Upopo . She is an artist who faithfully revives Upopo using Ainu rooted rhythmical patterns, and
in Sapporo (PORTO, Hokusho University, 2005), OKI DUB AINU BAND Japan Tour (Nationwide in
Japan, 2008), THE BEGINNING (Sapporo PARCO New Building, 2011), Sapporo Biennale Pre-Events
(Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art, 2011),
TOBIU CAMP
(Tobiu Art Community, Shiraoi, 2011-),
women s vocal group whose activities center around the rebirth and passing on of the traditional Ainu
the signature style of singing in a natural trance-like chorus round. With the release of their first
FABULOUS WALL (Fabulous, 2012-), ILL POP COMMUNICATION (Artery Post-Modern Gallery,
mini-album in 2010 called MAREWREW , their activities have become professional. In 2011, they
Bangkok, 2012), Sapporo August Festival 2015 (Sapporo Kitasanjo Hiroba, 2015), and the Ebetsu city
started a project they initiated called Marewrew Festival ~One million people singing Upopo!~ This
Old Hida Factory Revitalization Project (Old Hida Factory, 2015).
project has garnered a lot of attention as they have invited guests such as UA, Sakaki Mango, SPECIAL
OTHERS, kicell, Oorutaichi+Utamo, Shigeri Kitsu, Haruomi Hosono, and Masafumi Goto (AKG).
Chiaki Sakaguchi
Born in Kagoshima. Writer, coordinator, and editor in the field of contemporary art. She has been involved
in implementing various art projects in locations from museums to the streets.
Coordinator
MIYAI Kazumi
Major exhibitions she has been involved in include: Tokachi International Contemporary Art Exhibition:
Demeter (2002), Yokohama Triennale 2005 (2005), Otomo Yoshihide Ensembles 09 (Old Rensei
Curator
Junior High School Rooftop and other locations, 2009), Mot Collection: Otomo Yoshihide + Yasutomo
Aoyama + Takayuki Ito 《without Records mot ver.2015》 (Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo,
Tetsuro Kano: Abstract maps, Concrete territories (2013), Hideaki Sasaki: Droplets Garden (2013),
Junichi Oguro: Harmonia
Tenjinyama Art Studio. Also a member of the PROJECT FUKUSHIMA! Art Club. such as the magazine
(2012),
Walking
(2011),
Isamu Noguchi AKARI (Light)
(2010),
SNOWSCAPE MOERE (2005-2012, all in Moerenuma Park).
VOID Chicken . Co-editor and publisher of the art & culture magazine VOID Chicken .
at Bigakko. After graduating from the Hokkaido University of Education, he studied the sociology of
the potential for creative processes in public parks, with her expertise being in contemporary art.
Major exhibitions and projects that she has been involved in include: Kana Yoshida: Snow Reflected in
2015-2016), Who Interprets the World? (21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa, 2015)
Born in Tokyo in 1961, and currently living in Mitaka, Tokyo. Professor at Tama Art University, instructor
Art, BFA in Aesthetics and Art History. Curator of Moerenuma Park from 2003 until present. She investigates
Plumeria (2015), Mountains of your Imagination (2015), Sapporo International Art Festival (2014),
and others. In 2014 she stayed in Sapporo for over six months as a startup member of the Sapporo
SATO Naoki
Born in Hokkaido in 1978, and currently living in Sapporo. In 2001 graduated from the Kanazawa College of
Tomoko Yabumae
Born in 1974 in Tokyo, and living in Tokyo. Curator of the Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo. Since 2004,
Curator
Tokyo. Apart from curation, she also writes for various magazines, not limited to contemporary art and
she has been involved in exhibitions and collections as a curator of the Museum of Contemporary Art
Art Director / Professor of
education and language at Shinshu University, and also studied painting under Mokuma Kikuhata at
the Tama Art University
Bigakko. In 1994 he became the art director for WIRED magazine s launch in Japan. Then in 1998 he
art-related field, she works across various genres of creation and expression, including fashion and music.
founded ASYL DESIGN inc. (current ASYL). From 2003 to 2010 he produced an art, design, and
Major exhibitions she has been curated include: Shinro Ohtake: Zen-Kei Retrospective 1955-2006
architecture event called Central East Tokyo (CET) . In 2010 participating in the establishment of 3331
(2006), MOT Collection Special Feature: Kenjiro Okazaki (2009), "MOT Collection: Chronicle 1995-
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Arts Chiyoda. His work is a part of the permanent collection at the San Francisco Museum of Modern art,
(2014), Sayoko Yamaguchi: The Wearist, Clothed in the Future (2015), An Art Exhibition for Children:
receiving awards from Japan and overseas. His artwork There, it has grown has been exhibited in
Whose place is this? (2015, all in the Museum of Contemporary Art), and Omnilogue: Your Voice is Mine
places such as Trans Arts Tokyo 2013-, Odate/Kita-Akita Arts Festival 2014, and more.
(NUS Museum, National University of Singapore, Singapore, 2013).
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Venues & Areas
City Map for the Festival
As of 2016.2.16
F
Okadama
Airport
A
The Susukino Area
Moerenuma Park
Susukino is one of Japan s three biggest downtown areas along with Kabukicho (Tokyo)
and Nakasu (Fukuoka). Susukino blossomed when it was designated by Michitoshi
Iwamura, the chief magistrate for the development of Sapporo, as a licensed red-light
district at the beginning of the Meiji era. In 1920, the red-light district was transferred to
Sapporo
Racecourse
Shiroishi (current Kikusui district) due to the growth of population in Sapporo and expansion
Hokkaido
University
of the urban district. Cafe, bars, and restaurants were built to replace the former red-light
district, which eventually became the root of Susukino today. It is said that about 80,000
Downtown Area
people gather in Susukino each night, and it gets harder to get glimpses of its old
atmosphere as it is hidden behind the forest of restaurant buildings. SIAF 2017 will provide
an entertaining festival that would revolve around this area even in the daytime.
B
The Tanukikoji Area
Sapporo Station
Hokkaido Shrine
▲
Mount Okura
Maruyama
Park
Odori Park
The Tanukikoji Area consists of 7 blocks that run through the center of Sapporo city stretching
Nakajima
Park
east to west about 200m long with about 200 stores in a long shopping street. Its history
dates back to 1873, and is highly convenient for local people to purchase daily commodities
with easy access from an underground passage, unaffected by rain or snow with the arcade
covering, which accounts for its popularity as a sightseeing and souvenir shopping
▲
Mount Moiwa
destination for foreign tourists. Also, the municipal electric railway became a cyclical loop in
December 2015, and a train station was newly established at Tanukikoji, which further
Tenjinyama
Art Studio
improved the convenience of the area. For SIAF 2017 we are going to boost and enrich the
festival with art projects incorporating unique ideas from citizens, while making effective use
Sapporo Dome
of the avenue and the railway.
C
The Maruyama Area
Hitsujigaoka
Observation Hill
Maruyama Mountain is located to the west of the urban district of Sapporo, and the
Maruyama District that extends around the mountain is both close to the center of
Sapporo, and richly endowed with nature. It is said that the chief magistrate Yoshitake
Downtown Area
Hokkaido
University
Shima developed the framework of Sapporo city after being inspired by the flatland that
spread out below the mountain, and in 1871 Sapporo Shrine (currently Hokkaido Shrine)
Toyohira River
Sapporo Station
was established at the foot of the mountain.The area is dot ted with fancy cafes,
Hokkaido
Museum of
Modern Art
restaurants, galleries, and art museums that make it a trendy place for a stroll or a date. For
SIAF 2017, the place will be a lot more fun to visit with its popular must-see locales such as
C
D
D
Sapporo Art Park
E
Sapporo
Clock
Tower
Odori Park
the Sapporo Maruyama Zoo, which is enjoyed by all ages.
Sapporo Art Park was opened on July 27th in 1986 with a goal to create new art and culture for northern Japan.
Former Hokkaido
Government Office
Maruyama Area
Sapporo Art Park
Sapporo
Shiryokan
(Former Sapporo
Court of Appeals)
B
A
Tanukikoji
Area
Susukino
Area
Located in the hilly area towards the south of Sapporo, the park is abundant with nature befitting a celebrated park,
Nakajima Park
and it also boasts various art-related complexes such as a museum and art studio, providing opportunities for
viewing, presenting, creating, training, and exchanging information within the 40 hectare site. A themed exhibition
2-75, Geijutsunomori,
Minami-ku, Sapporo
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Sapporo Shiryokan
(Former Sapporo Court of
Appeals)
Odori Nishi 13-chome,
Chuo-ku, Sapporo
featuring 10 artists under the same concept of city and nature was held as a program for SIAF 2014. So for SIAF
2017, intentions are to develop the project further, engaging even the facilities that were not used last time.
About City of Sapporo
This building was constructed in 1926 to serve as the Sapporo Court of Appeals (later the Sapporo High Court).
Sapporo is the capital of Hokkaido and the fifth-largest city in Japan with a population of
Following the court s relocation in March 1973, the building was re-opened in November of the same year as the
around 1,950,000 (which is about 30% of the entire population of Hokkaido). Starting as a
Sapporo Shiryokan, an archive museum. The facility embodies the history of Sapporo and has long been a popular
base for the Hokkaido Development Project of 1869, the city achieved significant
spot for visitors. Its national value as a structure made from Sapporo s own limestone led to its designation as a
development within just the following 150 years. The vivid scenery of the city varies greatly
National Tangible Cultural Property in May 1997. It was the main hub during the SIAF 2014, abounding with many
with the changing of the seasons, and everyone can enjoy beautiful spring with its fresh
volunteers and participative programs. SIAF Lounge and SIAF Project Room were opened in 2015, which function
greenery and flowers, a comfortable summer with its low humidity, and the colorful leaves
as SIAF LAB , a hub for the many active groups, who have been organizing various projects on an ongoing basis to
as brocade in autumn, and of course, the famous white snow-covered winterscape.
shape a special art festival that can only exist in Sapporo.
The city is constantly ranked high in The Best Cities to Live In Ranking ,*1 and was registered
City of Sapporo
as one of the New Big Night View Spots in Japan in October 2015, along with Nagasaki and
F
Moerenuma Park
Moerenuma-koen 1-1,
Higashi-ku, Sapporo
The park s development was based on a dynamic concept scheme created by world-renowned sculptor Isamu
Kobe.*2 It is an international city with a wide variety of events such as Sapporo Snow
Noguchi that envisioned the entire park as a complete sculpture. It is home to seven play areas with over 120 pieces
Festival , with its rich gourmet culture with fresh vegetables, fruits, and local seafood that
of playground equipment designed by Noguchi, the Moere Mountain, which affords sweeping views of peaks
attracts many tourists from both Japan and abroad.
around the Ishikari Plain, and also the Play Mountain, providing year-round opportunities for a range of activities and
appreciated by its citizens. Large media art installation work was presented at the glass-made pyramid HIDAMARI
*According to a survey by seikatsu-guide.com
*Designated by YAKEI Convention & Visitors Bureau
in SIAF 2014. Likewise, a new project utilizing its wide space and scale is scheduled to be launched for SIAF 2017.
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SIAF Lab
The SIAF Lab is the name of the project where the
citizens come together to conceptualize what Sapporo
is, and then how to send those ideas out. It takes place
between the SIAF Lounge and the SIAF Project Room,
both of which are located in the Sapporo Shiryokan
(Former Sapporo Court of Appeals ).
Through various projects, the diverse and talented
leaders of SIAF (artist, curator, scholar, coordinator,
Photo: Harebare Shashin
community organizations, volunteer staff, etc.) will
connect, think together, and learn from each other,
enhancing the independent and autonomous cultural
Photo: Kusumi Erica
and artistic activities of Sapporo. We hope that this will
Pre-events in 2016
be a place where many residents, from young to old will
take part in SIAF and have encounters and discoveries
that will deepen their experience.
Sapporo August Festival
Getting its inspiration from Festival FUKUSHIMA!
Kita Sanjo Hiroba de Bon Odori which took place at
SIAF 2014, Sapporo August Festival was in 2015,
on the main street in front of Sapporo Station. The
August Festival in 2016 will include special events
leading up to SIAF 2017 in addition to a traditional bon
dance, and the special Orchestra SAPPORO! which
Our initiatives to this point
Initiatives going forward
In 2015, we held 8 programs throughout the year, such
With Sapporo and Hokkaido life and art as our theme,
as lectures and workshops. An exhibition called SIAF
we will be implementing programs that shed light on
Lab Artist Selection: Ryota Kuwakubo《LOST＃13》
the art and culture organizations, facilities, and
was held, offering an opportunity to interact with
resources within Hokkaido that have their own unique
contemporary art and media art.
activities. We will also have educational programs
meant to foster talented people who can help lead the
is made up by the citizens.
SIAF programs as coordinators and volunteers.
Photo: Harebare Shashin
Dates: Friday, August 5 - Saturday, August 6, 2016
By researching and analyzing the cultural environment
Venue: Sapporo city Kita Sanjo Plaza (Akapla)
of Sapporo from many angles, we want to expand its
Sponsor: SapporoEkimae Management (Station Ekimae Street Area Activation Committee)
potential and endeavors.
Public Meeting
SIAF 2017 February Festival
Guest director Otomo Yoshihide will introduce the
A PR event will be held in conjunction with the 2017
participating artists and prospects of the SIAF 2017.
Sapporo Asian Winter Games, an international sports
Part 2 will consist of a public meeting where the
event with participants from 45 countries and regions
residents will contribute their ideas for SIAF.
from around Asia, along with promotions at the
Dates: Sunday, August 7, 2016
Venue: Plaza 2・5 (2-5 Minami, Chuo-ku, Sapporo)
(Tentative Title)
Sapporo Snow Festival, which is a huge tourist
attraction every year.
Date: February 2017
Venue: TBD
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