A little more than a month ago, I went to Shamijima and met with Yasuaki Igarashi (五十嵐靖晃) who showed me a preview of his work for the Setouchi Triennale 2013, that is Sora-Ami: Knitting the Sky (そらあみ). So of course, I returned as soon as possible after the triennale

  I must hurry to write this post before it’s too late as the Spring session of the Setouchi Triennale ends in two weeks (already!) and while you’ll sill be able to enjoy art on most of the islands (not mentioning the new islands during the other sessions), art on

    I think everything is in the title. Also, it’s a nice reminder that there are more than art and tourists on Naoshima. And yes, this is Takamatsu and Shikoku in the background.    

  For this second part of my series on the Setouchi Triennale 2013 preparations, I’m bringing you to Shamijima. Actually, while I had seen and been intrigued by Shamijima during one of my very first days in Japan four years ago, last Monday was my very first visit of this island that

    Zenigata in Kan’onji is a 100 meters wide, 400 years old sand coin. In other words,   The island in the background is Ibukijima by the way.    

  It’s starting to get pretty cold. So to make you (and myself) dream of warmer days, here is a small video of Ogijima’s lighthouse beach with an amazing view on the Seto Inland Sea that I shot a little while ago:     And as a bonus, a sunset

  When you walk to the lighthouse on Ogijima, this is the first glimpse you get of it. It’s also one of my favorite views along the way.     Indeed, the important thing when you go to the lighthouse, is not the lighthouse itself (although it is interesting in

    I may surprised a few people, but the view from this beach could be my favorite thing on Naoshima!    

    With the current heat (35° for the past two days), I wish I could spend my days on a beach somewhere. Why not Naoshima‘s Benesse House Park & Beach, it’s not that far after all?    

  Last Thursday, we went back to Naoshima for the first time since Fall 2010, and when the time came to return to Takamatsu, I had a sort of premonition inspired by memories from my last visit there. In other terms, in October 2010 when the Setouchi International Art Festival

  On Sunday I took part in a pretty interesting workshop. If I understood correctly, it was organized by Archipelago and JEAN – Japan Environmental Action Network (as well as Ogi de Asobitai?) and led by Yoshifumi Oshima. It was about creating picture frames from various scraps and junk found

  One thing that perplexed me the first time I went to Ogijima was the fact that the main if not only thing that was promoted in the area as an incentive to visit the island was its daffodil fields that bloom around this time of the year (that was

  I meant to write this post months ago, but apparently I always postponed it. Not anymore! I have already told you about the Red Pumpkin that one can find on Naoshima, but we all know that the more important one is the Yellow Pumpkin!     You most likely

  On Naoshima, coming back from the Benesse House Park and Beach, we stumbled upon a strange phenomenon. People were taking pictures of each other assuming very strange poses.     So I got closer in order to get what was going on.         I guess I

  It’s too hot to write anything of substance today (35°C/95°F, remember, no A/C in Frrench homes) to instead a picture, that I hope you’ll find as “cooling” as I do:     This picture was taken from Ōshima‘s beach. I hope you recognize Ogijima in the background.