A more neutral place for dialogue. What is the goal of Kato Tsubasa's “sanatorium”?

“Sanadium” refers to sanatoriums such as tuberculosis. An artist run space with this name opened in the Entonji area of Nagoya, Aichi.

This space is Aichi Triennale Participating artists for "2019" Tsubasa Kato and Yutaro Toyama are established independently. One project in the Triennale After "Freedom of Expression?""It was used as a temporary space after receiving various movements that originated from the cancellation of the exhibition.

In a public discussion held on August 25, in addition to Kato and Toyama, Kunchome of the triennale participating artists, Meiro Koizumi, Akira Takayama, Hikaru Fujii, Goro Murayama, Ryuta Kajo (Chim-Pom) About 10 artists participated. Here, I would like to introduce an outline of the artist's comments.

Kato first Overseas artists have stopped exhibiting or changed their contents, Aichi Triennale 2019 Commented on the current state of "" should be ~ "is rampant. There may be a gray zone." "I want to flesh out the gray zone and look more carefully. Statement (full text Here ) Will be renewed and will be established as soon as it closes, "said the space has a fluid character.

There are no curators in the space, and the management is artists. In connection with this management, Kato spoke as follows and insisted that the dialogue with the citizens was the basis of the activities. "It must be explained in an easy-to-understand manner (to the local residents). Works that cannot be explained cannot be displayed. There needs to be a place to continue a neutral dialogue. .

"After "Freedom of Expression?" ”, Who is also an exhibiting artist, agrees,“ (Citizens) may have noticed if they understood more about the art. Fujii also stated that “public space and art are inseparable. We want to share that art and the public need mutual dialogue.”

On the other hand, Takayama said about the workshop. “If it is time to re-establish the art festival itself. It is a good opportunity to think about the public from the beginning,” “If you can create guidelines that aggregate opinions from artists, people in the prefecture, the heads of local governments, etc. “Become a legacy. If you can use it as a workshop,” he said about the significance of committing to the framework of the art festival.

Kyunchome is also doing a participatory work centered on massage in this space, providing "healing" unique to the space called "sanatorium".

Opening of the space is irregular at this time. In addition to Kato and Poisonyama, Aichi Triennale The work of Pedro Reyes, one of the 2019 curators, is on display. Toyama says, “I want to think about doing things while communicating with all the artists (related to the Triennale)”. Aichi Triennale 2019, or artistic director Daisuke Tsuda A great deal of attention will be focused on how it will affect the environment.