PRESS RELEASE
May 2020

Announcement of the modification ofTokyo Biennale 2020 periodTokyo Biennale announces that "Tokyo Biennale 2020
Unseen Everyday Scene -Purity×Earnestness×Deviation-",which was to take place this summer, has been modified theperiod to 2021. This decision is considered under the current
situation caused by COVID-19, which leads the difficulty ofrealization of international artist's presence in Tokyo.
According to this modification, the title will be altered to"Tokyo Biennale 2020/2021" with the core period to be heldin summer 2021, while several projects will be carried out in2020 as part of the pre-period.

Throughout next year's core period, Tokyo Biennale willcontinuously share its process by launching "Tokyo Biennalenote", an online platform that will feature interviews withartists and progress of each project.
Please keep your attention on "Tokyo Biennale 2020/2021",
which will be the first international art festival to be held inTokyo through the postponement of Tokyo Olympics andParalympics and outbreak of coronavirus, although it will beheld in about a year.
Tokyo Biennale 2020/2021
General Directors
Masato Nakamura, Kazuko Koike

Tokyo Biennale 2020/2021

Unseen Everyday Scene -Purity×Earnestness×DeviationThe pre-period (Implement in each project): June 2020 to July 2021 (estimated)
The core period: July to September 2021 (estimated)

Project area : the Northeastern area of central Tokyo

Project Plans of 2020
1. Tokyo Biennale note

“note" is an online publishing platform in Japan. The first article features a dialogue between
Masato Nakamura and Kazuko Koike, General Directors of Tokyo Biennale, which took place
on 15th January, 2020. This talk explores art scenes to be created through Tokyo Biennale, its
significance and vision. It is a vital conversation recorded just before coronavirus outbreak.
*Available only in Japanese

URL https://note.com/tokyobiennale/【Contact】

General Non-Profit Incorporated Organization Tokyo Biennale3331 Arts Chiyoda, 6-11-14 Soto-Kanda, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, JAPAN, 101-0021
TEL: +81(0)3-5816-3220 FAX: +81(0)3-5816-3221
E-mail: pr@tokyobiennale.jp Website: https://tb2020.jp

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2. Tokyo Biennale
2020/2021 online art
gallery

Tokyo Biennale 2020/2021 artist's works are available for online sale. The proceeds will beapplied to to the fund for each art project at Tokyo Biennale. This opportunity to acquire art
works will be a significant support for the realization of art projects. It would be appreciated if
you could support Tokyo Biennale in this way.

URL https://tb2020.jp/news/online-gallery/
3. Art Projects and Events during the pre-period in 2020
Project / Artst

Overview

ScheduleVenue

Landmark Art Girl

Artist Hogalee creates a landmarking public art
that brighten up the neighborhood of Tokyo
under the redevelopment.

June

Takara Building,Ogawamachi, Chiyoda city

HogaleeSponsor: Nippon Paint Co., Ltd. , Builtech Corporation

Tamagawa Josui :4.6 Billion Years Walk
Satoko LeeThe walk events will be held along Tamagawa
AutumnJosui (aqueduct) area. Through walking across
46km from the beginning of Tamagawa Jousui tothe imperial palace, the event is for to imagining
and to re-experience the time scale of 4.6 billion
years of the earth history.

Tokyo shadow theater club This project will culminate in a shadow puppet
play and a publication, which will visualize theKoheisai Kawamura +oral history of 60 people living in Tokyo with
Takenori Miyamoto
overseas roots to 20 different nations.

Mid-OctoberTamagawa Josui area

Morioka Shoten, etc.

Planning support: The Tokyu Foundation, Crevis

Giants and Littles
Yoshiaki Kuribara

The process of creating a sculpture with aSummer
cooling system will be presented in a workshop
format. The completed art work will be shown insummer 2021.

More details will be informed
after June

There are also upcoming art project announcements, workshops, and symposiums, including "TOKYO BENCH PROJECT
2019-2020", "TINY HOUSE PROJECT", and "Moving Earth Moving Plants" in various locations in Tokyo and around 3331 Arts
Chiyoda. More information will be posted on the website as it becomes available.

Satoko Lee"Tamagawa Josui : 4.6 Billion Years Walk"
Tamagawa Josui, Photo by Karoku Kato

Hogalee"Landmark Art Girl”
Tokyo, 2020, Photo by YUKAI

Koheisai Kawamura + Takenori Miyamoto"Tokyo shadow theater club"
Logo, Design: heso.inc

More information about the upcoming dates and venues will be announced on the official website. Tokyo Biennale ispleased to accept interviews with directors and artists as well. Please access press on Tokyo Biennale official website.
Official website: https://tb2020.jp【Contact】

General Non-Profit Incorporated Organization Tokyo Biennale3331 Arts Chiyoda, 6-11-14 Soto-Kanda, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, JAPAN, 101-0021
TEL: +81(0)3-5816-3220 FAX: +81(0)3-5816-3221
E-mail: pr@tokyobiennale.jp Website: https://tb2020.jp

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