Aichi Triennale 2022 'Still Alive' Explores Endurance Across Multiple Venues
The 'Still Alive' exhibition, part of the 2022 Aichi Triennale, commenced in Aichi Prefecture, Japan, and will continue until 10 October. Under the direction of Mami Kataoka, the event features contributions from nine international advisors, such as Rhana Devenport and Victoria Noorthoorn. It showcases the works of 82 artists and 11 performance groups, delving into themes like health, racism, indigeneity, AI, migration, gender, and ecology. The title pays homage to On Kawara's telegram series 'I Am Still Alive', with selected pieces displayed at the Aichi Arts Center. Highlights include Byron Kim's 'Sunday Paintings', Wago Ryoichi's 'Pebbles of Poetry', and Anne Imhof's 'Jester'. Offsite works feature Theaster Gates's 'The Listening House' and Tuan Andrew Nguyen's 'The Specter of Ancestors Becoming', addressing issues of contemporary resilience following the 2019 censorship controversies.
Key facts
- Aichi Triennale 2022 titled 'Still Alive' runs through 10 October
- Artistic director Mami Kataoka led with nine international curatorium advisers
- Features 82 artists and 11 performance groups across multiple venues
- Title references On Kawara's 'I Am Still Alive' telegram series from 1970
- Main exhibition at Aichi Arts Center in Nagoya City with offsite venues in Ichinomiya, Tokoname, and Arimatsu
- Includes works addressing migration, indigeneity, artificial intelligence, and ecology
- Follows 2019 censorship scandals involving 'comfort women' sculpture
- Theaster Gates's 'The Listening House' reactivates a Tokoname residence where he studied ceramics in 1999
Entities
Artists
- On Kawara
- Byron Kim
- Wago Ryoichi
- Olia Fedorova
- Roman Ondak
- Misheck Masamvu
- Theaster Gates
- Anne Imhof
- Tuan Andrew Nguyen
- Kaylene Whiskey
- Bunsho Hattori
- Ryuichi Ishikawa
- Marcel Broodthaers
- Marva Jolly
Institutions
- Aichi Triennale
- Aichi Arts Center
- Mori Art Museum
- Art Gallery of South Australia
- Museo de Arte Moderno de Buenos Aires
- CIMAM
- Palais de Tokyo
Locations
- Aichi Prefecture
- Japan
- Nagoya City
- Ichinomiya
- Tokoname
- Arimatsu
- Tokyo
- Paris
- Fukushima
- Kharkiv
- Chicago
- Vietnam
- France
- Senegal
- Australia