ヨコハマトリエンナーレ 2014
YOKOHAMA TRIENNALE 2014

The 2nd Press Conference

Announcing Exhibition Title, Concept, andExhibition Dates
Date/ Time: Tuesday, May 21, 2013 16:00-17:30
Venue: Circular Forum, Yokohama Museum of Art

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Press Release2013. 05. 211Exhibition Title:

Yokohama Triennale 2014
“ART Fahrenheit 451: Sailing into the sea of oblivion”

Exhibition Dates:

Friday, August 1 – Monday, November 3, 2014

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Press Release2013. 05. 21

2Voyage through the sea of oblivion

The Yokohama Triennale 2014 aims
to explore the sea of “oblivion”by means of a ship called “art,”
in a voyage along withall those who believe in the possibility of artistic adventure
and those who seek out a bold view of the world.

The title of the exhibition in 2014, “ART Fahrenheit 451,” is needless to say derived from Ray Bradbury’s
science fiction novel, Fahrenheit 451. It is a story about burning books and is set in a near-future society
where people are forbidden to possess and read books.
With its successful futurist rendering of our contemporary society, it is hard to believe that this literaryclassic was written in 1953. But what is even more striking is that the novel evokes the significance of“forgetting.”
In the story’s latter half, a group of men appear to claim themselves as “being books”. Each of them
have picked up a book and have memorized its entire text. In a resistance against book burning, thesepeople attempt to transform books from material into immaterial memory and secretly preserve only theessence of the books in their mind.
The “people who are books” are exiles from a society that bans books and can also be thought of as“absent people” because their existence and actions of turning books into invisible memories are absent
from the visible working of society. In other words, they have become “forgotten people” whose presence
has been erased. Bradbury ironically makes a point in Fahrenheit 451 that it is none other than the“forgotten people” that preserve the immense memories of books.
“Forgetting” is memory in the form of a black hole absorbing memories that could not be heldon to.
Human beings have discarded (=forgotten) an unimaginable quantity of information (and things) up until
this moment. A far greater quantity of information (and things) must have been discarded before evenbeing held in memory. Both the deceased and the yet-to-be-born or “memory in the future” may perhaps
also be considered to be “the forgotten” as memories that are not memorized, in addition to memories
that have probably been erased and banned by censorship and authorities.
Things that do not speak, things we must not speak about, and things we are not able to speak
about. Things we do not want to see, things we must not see, and things we can barely see. Trivial oruseless things. Let us think about such innumerable things that fell out of the category of being worthy of
being memorized, and let us take this to heart.

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Press Release2013. 05. 213The world (universe) is mostly filled with the black hole (or the vast and deep sea) of theforgotten. Compared with this, the world of memory is only a small island in the vast “sea ofoblivion.”
Let us shift our position from focusing on “memory” to focusing on the “forgotten” in order to see theworld. Then, society, as well as every aspect of our lives, may appear to be utterly different from what we
had seen before, and urge us to render this experience, this revelation, and/or this irresistible impulse into
a form of expression. Certainly, this attitude toward art is possible, and it could be shared with manypeople. The word “oblivion” in the exhibition title of Yokohama Triennale 2014 is meant to observe suchan at titude. As such, it will have nothing to do with unear thing forgot ten histor y (ar t histor y) or
sympathizing with nostalgic sentiments.
Artistic Director, Yokohama Triennale 2014
MORIMURA Yasumasa

MORIMURA Yasumasa©Morimura Yasumasa + ROJIAN

Born 1951 in Osaka, where he continues to live and work.
Completed undergraduate and graduate degrees at Kyoto City University of Arts.
He made his debut in 1985 with self-portrait works based on his personal interpretation of Vincent
Van Gogh. He has since produced a number of self-portraits in diligently staged photography andvideo works, identifying with art-historical images, famous film actresses, and iconic figures fromthe 20th century.
In 1988, Morimura was invited to take part in the Aperto section of the 43rd Venice Biennale, andover the years, he has participated in countless important exhibitions.
Selected solo exhibitions in Japan include, The Sickness unto Beauty: Self-por trait as Actress( Yokohama Museum of Ar t, 1996), Self-Por trait as Ar t Histor y (Museum of Contemporar y Ar t,Tokyo, and two other venues, 1998), Morimura Self-Portraits: An Inner Dialogue with Frida Kahlo(Hara Museum of Contemporar y Ar t, Tok yo, 2001), Bi [bi:] -Class, Be Quiet (Contemporar y Ar t
Museum, Kumamoto, and Yokohama Museum of Ar t, 2007), and A Requiem: Ar t on Top of theBattlefield (Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, and three other venues, 2010 and 2011).
His most recent solo exhibitions overseas is Requiem for the XX Century: Twilight of the Turbulent
Gods (La Galleria di Piazza San Marco, Venice, and two other venues, 2007 and 2008), but has
previously held shows in major museums in the United States, France, Spain, Australia, Thailand,and India.
His works are part of major national and public collections in Japan and also overseas, including
Museo Nacional Centro de Ar te Reina Sofia, Madrid, Museum of Contemporar y Ar t, Chicago,Museum of Fine Art, Boston, and Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane.
He is a prolific writer, and author of many Japanese titled books. He has received a number ofawards for his achievements, including Kyoto Prefecture Culture Prize, Merits Prize (2006), Minister ofEducation, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology’s Art Encouragement Prize of Fine Arts (2007),
Photographic Society of Japan Awards, Lifetime Achievement Award (2011), and also one of themost prestigious awards in the field of art and science, Order of Purple Ribbon, Shiju Hosho (2011).

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4Outline

Exhibition Title:
Yokohama Triennale 2014
“ART Fahrenheit 451: Sailing into the sea of oblivion”
Exhibition Dates:
Friday, August 1 – Monday, November 3, 2014
Closed: 1st & 3rd Thursdays (total 6 days) / Open for a total of 89 days
Artistic Director:
MORIMURA Yasumasa
Venues:Yokohama Museum of Art (3-4-1 Minatomirai, Nishi-ku, Yokohama, Japan)
Shinko Pier Exhibition Hall (2-5 Shinko, Naka-ku, Yokohama, Japan)
Organizers:
City of Yokohama, Yokohama Arts Foundation, Japan Broadcasting Corporation (NHK),The Asahi Shimbun, and Organizing Committee for Yokohama Triennale

ACCESS
Yokohama Museum of Art
5 minutes walk from Minatomirai Station (Exit 5. The Minatomirai Line links with the Tokyu Toyoko Line).
10 minutes walk via moving sidewalk from Sakuragicho Station (JR, Yokohama Municipal subway).
Shinko Pier Exhibition Hall
13 minutes walk from Bashamichi Station (Minatomirai Line)

Osanbashi ●Yokohama International
Passenger Terminal

Port of Yokohama

Shinko Pier
Exhibition HallCUPNOODLESMUSEUM●●Pacifico Yokohama
QueenʼsSquareYokohama●Minatomirai Line

Minatomirai Sta.

oYo kShintakashima Sta.

YokohamaRed BrickWarehouse ●Zou-no-hana● JICA Yokohama
ParkInternational Center ●● Yokohama

World Porters

Studio NYKYokohama
Cosmoworld
Bashamichi Sta.

hamaSYokohamaMuseumof Art

The Landmark●TowerYokohama Creative●City Centerta.

Sakuragicho Sta.

JR Negishi Line

Takashimacho Sta.

Blue Line● BankART●

Sakuragicho Sta.

Kanagawa Prefectural● Museumof Cultural History
Yokohama City Hall●

Kannai Sta.
Kannai Sta.

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Press Release2013. 05. 21

5Yokohama Triennale 1st-4th Editions

200120052008

2011

MEGA WAVE-Towards a New Synthesis

Art Circus[Jumping from the Ordinary]

TIME CREVASSEOUR MAGIC HOUR
—How Much of the World Can
We Know?

Artistic Directors:
KOHMOTO Shinji
TATEHATA Akira
NAKAMURA Nobuo
NANJO Fumio

Artistic Director:
KAWAMATA Tadashi

Artistic Director:
MIZUSAWA Tsutomu

Director General:
OSAKA Eriko

Curators:
AMANO TaroSERIZAWA Takashi
YAMANO Shingo

Curators:Daniel BIRNBAUM
HU Fang
MIYAKE Akiko
Hans-Ulrich OBRIST
Beatrix RUF

Artistic Director:
MIKI Akiko

September 2-November 11(67 days)

September 28-December 18(82 days)

September 13-November 30(79 days)

August 6-November 6(83 days)

Pa c i fi c o Yo ko h a m a E x h i b i t i o n
Hall (C, D)
Yokohama Red Brick Warehouse
No. 1

Yamashita Pier No. 3 and No. 4Warehouses

Shinko Pier Exhibiton Hall
NYK Waterfront Warehouse(BankART Studio NYK)
Yokohama Red Brick Warehouse
No. 1
Sankeien Garden

Yokohama Museum of ArtNYK Waterfront Warehouse(BankART Studio NYK)

Number ofparticipated artists

109 artists

86 artists

72 artists

77 group / 79 artists / 1 collection

Total project cost

Approx. 7 billion yen

Approx. 9 billion yen

Approx. 9 billion yen

Approx. 9 billion yen

Total number ofvisitors (to paid venues)

Approx. 350,000(Approx. 350,000)

Approx. 190,000(Approx. 160,000)

Approx. 550,000(Approx. 310,000)

Approx. 330,000(Approx. 300,000)

Number of tickets soldApprox. 170,000

Approx. 120,000

Approx. 90,000

Approx. 170,000

Volunteer registration

719

1,222

1,510940

The Japan Foundation
City of Yokohama
Japan Broadcasting Corporation[NHK]
The Asahi Shimbun
Organizing Committee for
Yokohama Triennale

The Japan Foundation
City of Yokohama
Japan Broadcasting Corporation[NHK]
The Asahi Shimbun
Organizing Committee for
Yokohama Triennale

The Japan Foundation
City of Yokohama
Japan Broadcasting Corporation[NHK]
The Asahi Shimbun
Organizing Committee for
Yokohama Triennale

City of Yokohama
Japan Broadcasting Corporation[NHK]
The Asahi Shimbun
Organizing Committee for
Yokohama Triennale
Co-organizer:
Yokohama Arts Foundation

Theme /
Exhitbition title

Directors /Curators

Exhibition dates(Number of open days)

Main venues

OrganizerOrganizing Committee for Yokohama Triennale (2013.5.21)
Organizing Committee for Yokohama Triennale
Honorary Presidents: Representative HAYASHI Fumiko (Mayor, City of Yokohama)
SUMIKAWA Kiichi (Chairperson, Yokohama Arts Foundation)
MATSUMOTO Masayuki (President, Japan Broadcasting Corporation [NHK])KIMURA Tadakazu (President and CEO, The Asahi Shimbun)
Committee Members: Chairperson OSAKA Eriko (Director, Yokohama Museum of Art)
NAKAYAMA Kozue (Director General of Culture and Tourism Bureau, City of Yokohama)
KAZETANI Hidetaka (Head of Cultural Promotions Division, Japan Broadcasting Corporation [NHK])MACHIDA Tomoko (General Director, Cultural Projects and Business Development Division,The Asahi Shimbun)
SAKURAI Tomoyuki (Executive Vice President, The Japan Foundation)[External Advisory] TAKASHINA Shuji (Director, Ohara Museum of Art)TATEHATA Akira (President, Kyoto City University of Arts)MIYATA Ryohei (President, Tokyo University of the Arts)
Artistic Director: MORIMURA Yasumasa
Observer: SATO Toru (Director, International Affairs Division, Agency for Cultural Affairs)
Auditor: WATANABE Yoshifumi

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Organizing Committee for Yokohama Triennale OfficeSenior Managing Director: YANO Shuji (City of Yokohama)Managing Director: HOASHI Aki (Yokohama Arts Foundation)
Managers: FUJITA Mieko (City of Yokohama)
AMANO Taro (Yokohama Arts Foundation)
FUKUYAMA Koichiro (Japan Broadcasting Corporation[NHK])OBIGANE Akio (The Asahi Shimbun)

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