Art Island Notebook

今月、広島大学の学生たちが直島に訪れ、島についての観光、移住者、インフラ、地場産品、芸術、産業などの分野調査を行いました。This month, students from Hiroshima University visited Naoshima to conduct fieldwork, studying the island’s tourism, in-migrants, infrastructure, local products, art, and industry.

Inujima, the Art Island

Once home to as many as 4,000 people, Inujima is down to only a few dozen elderly inhabitants. It’s also a major art tourism destination. This second life has complicated the story of Inujima’s decline, though whether this is for the better is a matter of debate.

Origin Myths

For generations the residents of Naoshima drew their water out of wells. There was a problem, however: the water smelled terrible. So Chikatsugu Miyake, mayor of Naoshima, invited the mayor of the nearby city of Tamano to the island, and served him tea.

Naoshima, the Art Island

What is an art island? Can such a thing really exist? And what is it like to live on one? Naoshima’s interwoven identities defy easy classification—as with anything worth looking at, the closer you get, the more complex the island becomes.

アート島センターとは、直島を拠点としたアーティストや研究者など、様々な分野を対象とした総合施設です。町民や学生、学芸の専門家など、参加者皆さんと一緒に創造・発見や真剣な対話や談論、持っている知識や情報を共有しながら理解を深める、交流の場でもあります。

地域コミュニティと共に地域の発展に貢献し、直島に伝わる物語を世界へ届けていきましょう。世界中からのご参加をお待ちしております。

Art Island Center is a multidisciplinary resource for artists and researchers based on Naoshima. Bringing together local and visiting students and experts from diverse backgrounds in the arts and sciences, the Center is a place for creative discovery, critical dialogue, and the sharing of knowledge.

The Center welcomes participants from around the world to collaborate with the Naoshima community in telling the authentic and evolving story of the region.

We might say, “No art is an island.” Art is a social medium with contours mapped by human connection. But as the social space of art increasingly takes on global dimensions, we seek to root art in tangible geographies. In human scale. For this, we turn to islands for inspiration.

地域コミュニティと共に地域の発展に貢献し、直島に伝わる物語を世界へ届けていきましょう。世界中からのご参加をお待ちしております。

Art Island Center is a multidisciplinary resource for artists and researchers based on Naoshima. Bringing together local and visiting students and experts from diverse backgrounds in the arts and sciences, the Center is a place for creative discovery, critical dialogue, and the sharing of knowledge.

The Center welcomes participants from around the world to collaborate with the Naoshima community in telling the authentic and evolving story of the region.

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