Title: Japanese Art after Fukushima through the Prism of Festivals
Abstract: Visitors to the Japan Alps Art Festival 2017, carrying a map listing all the different itineraries (blue, red and green), the recommended stops ranked from 1 to 38; and especially the different dining options including a detailed description of the local specialities, may be surprised, on exiting the Shinano-Omachi station, to find themselves surrounded by a crowd of women, elderly couples and families wearing hiking boots and backpacks.Nothing here is suggestive of the Meccas of contemporary art, Kassel or Venice, and their procession of professionals, journalists and rich collectors.Everyone here seems to be getting ready for a giant school excursion, jotting down its different stages on their precious map.changes in extremely contemporary art, from which it can indeed be difficult to sufficiently distance oneself.