{"id":5351,"date":"2019-05-12T15:59:49","date_gmt":"2019-05-12T07:59:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.akar-media.com\/reborn-art-festival-2019%e5%b9%b48%e6%9c%883%e6%97%a5%e3%80%9c9%e6%9c%8829%e6%97%a5\/"},"modified":"2019-05-21T11:08:04","modified_gmt":"2019-05-21T03:08:04","slug":"reborn-art-festival-2019%e5%b9%b48%e6%9c%883%e6%97%a5%e3%80%9c9%e6%9c%8829%e6%97%a5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.akar-media.com\/en\/reborn-art-festival-2019%e5%b9%b48%e6%9c%883%e6%97%a5%e3%80%9c9%e6%9c%8829%e6%97%a5\/","title":{"rendered":"Reborn-Art Festival in Miyagi-Japan, August 3 (Sat) – September 29 (Sun), 58 Days."},"content":{"rendered":"
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Yayoi Kusama<\/p><\/div>\n

2Taking place in Oshika Peninsula and Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, Reborn-Art Festival offers visitors opportunities to enjoy art, music, and food.
\nAt the second edition of the festival in 2019, seven teams of curators work with various artists to create art while thinking about \u201cTexture of Life\u201d in each area. Ishinomaki is approximately 2.5 hours from Tokyo or about 1 hour from Sendai. Travel around and enjoy art, music, and dining at various sites in the city, peninsula and islands.<\/p>\n

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Texture of Life<\/h1>\n

Traces of the unprecedented disaster caused by nature\u2019s wrath are still visible all around the Tohoku region of northeast Japan. But we should not describe what happened in the region only in negative ways. Indeed, transforming the negative into the positive is what has shaped this art festival, which is organized around the concept of \u201creborn\u201d art as a means of living. At the first festival in 2017, people\u2019s ideas and connections were newly born in various forms through art.<\/p>\n

For the festival\u2019s second edition in 2019, we will explore this theme of \u201cTexture of Life.\u201d The conditions under which we live in contemporary society, not least the uncontrollable economy, seem to take us further and further from the true essence of life. I hope visitors will come to see these artworks filled with the vitality that is unique to Ishinomaki, artworks that bring us into contact profoundly with the roots of humanity, and experience their forward-looking dynamism that discovers new positives.<\/p>\n

\nTakeshi Kobayashi, Chair,\u00a0Reborn Art Festival Executive Committee<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n