Field Trip: Aichi Triennale 2016
By Amelia Abramson
The third iteration of the Aichi Triennale, one of Japan’s largest international art festivals, opened on August 11. Spread across three cities in the Aichi Prefecture—Nagoya, Okazaki and Toyohashi—the Triennale, entitled “Homo Faber: A Rainbow Caravan,” examines the history and mechanisms of human creativity and our instinctual need to explore the unknown. From 38 countries, 119 artists utilized a diverse range of media, including live birds and icing, to create stimulating and innovative pieces that pushed notions of human creativity.
The distance between the sites in Nagoya and Toyohashi are easily walkable, and in the more expansive city Okazaki, bicycles are provided at no additional cost, allowing the visitor a fun and manageable way to see the various installations, most of which were created for the occasion. Occupying less conventional venues, such as a traditional Japanese wooden house and an abandoned department store, the Triennale pilgrimage around the three cities also provided an intimate glimpse of each locale. Here’s a look around Aichi Triennale 2016.
