Event Details
Locations and Cubes
The Museum of Fine Arts, Gifu
The Museum of Fine Arts, Gifu opened in November 3, 1982 with “encounter and dialogue with beauty” as its theme. Its spacious grounds are a harmonious blend of lush greenery and three-dimensional objects d’art, and act as a place of rest for visitors. Undergoing renovation work since November 2018. Grand Re-opening planned.
The Gifu Prefectural Library
The Gifu Prefectural Library opened in July 7, 1995, and serves to collect, preserve, and provide materials in conjunction with its mission, “supporting the artisanal creation of the people, crafts, and cities of Gifu.”
Drawing over 500,000 visitors each year, the library is beloved by everyone from children to adults.
Drawing over 500,000 visitors each year, the library is beloved by everyone from children to adults.
Cubes
4.8m (W) x 4.8m (D) x 3.6m (H) Space
(Outdoor Cube Illustration)
(Outdoor Cube Illustration)
Schedule (subject to change)
- Reception of applications
- January 25 (Fri.) 2019 to no later than 17:00, May 13 (Mon.) 2019
- Preliminary selection
- Early June 2019
- Primary selection
- Early August 2019
- Announcement of the primary selection results
- Late August 2019
- Preliminary production of exhibits
- September 2019–Late March 2020
- Installation of exhibits
- Late March–Early April 2020
- Secondary selection
- Undecided
- Announcement of the secondary selection results
- Undecided
- Exhibition period
- June 2 (tue)-July 5 (sun) 2020: Open for 30 days
Production Support
- 1.Provision of a selection prize (¥500,000) to entrants selected in order to support production expenses
- 2.Consultation support for technical matters relating to artwork production/display
- 3.Introductions, etc. to external collaborators (business/groups, etc. within Gifu prefecture) relevant to production/display of entrant artworks
- 4.Dispatch of volunteers, etc. in relation to artwork installation in the Museum of Fine Arts, Gifu
- *Details of support for items 2-4 may be subject to change.
Artwork Application
Open Application Period
January 25 (Fri.) 2019 to no later than 17:00, May 13 (Mon.) 2019
2nd Session Theme “Kioku no Yukue (Where Our Memories Go)”
It is estimated that our body consists of about 37 trillion cells and each cell contains a huge amount of genetic information (memory) passed down from generation to generation since the origin of life.
In the present day, we understand, make judgments and live our lives based on the historical and cultural “memory” of mankind. The memory of disasters, the memory of wars, or the memory of our personal history—what memories are encoded in us? Will these memories be forgotten some day in the future?
Artificial intelligence (AI) or machine intelligence has started “remembering” everything in the world, from how to drive cars to how to recognize faces. In response to the emergence of AI, we would like to focus on memory and rethink what the meaning of “memory” is.
The Art Award IN THE CUBE is waiting for your message for the unseen future, transmitted from a joroku*1 cuboid space.
※1 ）Legend says that the Buddha was ichi-jo-roku-shaku, or approx. 4.8 m, tall. For this reason, some statues of the Buddha were created in joroku size. For this exhibition, we adopted joroku as the size of the cubicle, inspired by the theme of the AAIC 2017, “Shintai no Yukue (Whereabouts of the Body).”
Administration
Executive Committee of The Land of Pure Waters – Gifu Art Festival Art Award IN THE CUBE
| Committee Position | Organization/Group | Title | Name |
|---|---|---|---|
| Honorary Chairperson | Gifu Prefecture | Governor | Hajime Furuta |
| Advisor | Gifu Prefectural Assembly | Chairperson | Yoshiaki Bito |
| Museum of Fine Arts, Gifu Council | Chairperson | Mikio Sugiyama | |
| Gifu Auto Body Co., Ltd. | Chairperson | Tetsuo Hoshino | |
| Gifu Land of Clear Waters Art Festival Operating Committee | Chairperson | Yutaka Yoshida | |
| Chairperson | Gifu Prefecture Art Cultural Conference | Chairperson | Akiyuki Tsuchiya |
| Vice Chairperson | Citizens’ Cultural Bureau, Department of Environmental Affairs & Citizen Support, Gifu Prefectural Government | Executive Director | Tetsuya Yamoto |
| Member (In Japanese Phonetic Order) | Chunichi Shimbun Co., Ltd. | Gifu Branch Manager | Kazuhisa Abe |
| Gifuken Chosonkai | Chairperson | Keiji Ido | |
| Gifu International Academy of Horticulture | President | Yoshitomo Imanishi | |
| Gifu Shimbun | President | Hiroshi Usui | |
| Gifu Prefecture Association of Mayors | Chairperson | Koji Mizuno | |
| Gifu Prefectural Assembly Public Welfare and Environmental Committee | Chairperson | Tomohiro Kato | |
| Art Award IN THE CUBE Planning Committee | Chairperson | Hiroshi Kuwaｂara | |
| NHK Gifu Office | Executive Director | Kazunori Sakura | |
| Gifu Foundation for Education and Culture | President | Toshihiko Takagi | |
| Museum of Modern Ceramic Art, Gifu | President | Shuji Takahashi | |
| Nagoya University of the Arts | President | Yoshiaki Takemoto | |
| Friends of the Museum of Fine Arts, Gifu | Chairperson | Kazuo Tajima | |
| Ogaki Kyoritsu Bank Ltd. | President | Takashi Tsuchiya | |
| Museum of Fine Arts, Gifu | President | Katsuhiko Hibino | |
| The Juroku Bank, Ltd. | Chairperson | Yukio Murase | |
| Gifu Prefectural Board of Education | Superintendent | Masatoshi Yasufuku | |
| Gifu International Takumi Academy | President | Yoshiyuki Yamauchi | |
| Supervisor | Gifu Prefecture Accounting Management Department | Manager | Makoto Kato |
| Gifu Foundation for Education and Culture | Administration and Management Department Manager | Masanobu Ono |
Gifu Land of Clear Waters Art Festival Operating Committee
| Committee Position | name | Organization/Group |
|---|---|---|
| Chairperson | Yutaka Yoshida | Gifu Prefecture Art Cultural Conference Honorary Advisor |
| Member (In Japanese Phonetic Order) | Chisato Usui | Calligrapher, Gifu World Youth Executive Director |
| Masako Kakuda | Children Literature Author | |
| Kobei Kato | Ceramist, President of Kobei-gama | |
| Mineo Kanbe | Japanese Art Academy member, Nagoya University of the Arts honorary professor | |
| Hiroshi Kuwabara | Western-style Painter | |
| Kiyoko Somiya | Tokyo University of Foreign Studies honorary professor, Gifu Shotoku Gakuen University honorary professor | |
| Akiyuki Tsuchiya | Chubu Gakuin University professor, Gifu Prefectural, Art Cultural Conference president | |
| Koji Nakai | University of the Sacred Heart, Tokyo professor | |
| Katsuhiko Hibino | Museum of Fine Arts, Gifu Curator | |
| Akira Hirose | Central Nippon Expressway Co., Ltd. Consultant |
Art Award IN THE CUBE Planning Committee
| Committee Position | Name | Organization/Group |
|---|---|---|
| Chairperson | Hiroshi Kuwabara | Western-style Painter |
| Member (In Japanese Phonetic Order) | Masahiro Aoki | Art Critic |
| Yasuhiko Ando | Institute of Advanced Media Arts and Sciences (IAMAS) professor | |
| Eiji Kasai | Gifu University Faculty of Education professor | |
| Fumihiko Kinugasa | Sculptor, Gifu Shotoku Gakuen Junior College part-time instructor | |
| Masahiro Sato | Western-style painter, Gifu University Faculty of Education professor | |
| Ayako Takahashi | Nagoya University of the Arts professor | |
| Katsuhiko Hibino | Museum of Fine Arts, Gifu Curator | |
| Masahiro Miwa | Institute of Advanced Media Arts and Sciences (IAMAS) President |