3 biennales in Asia in 2006

Why don’t you take your summer vacation a bit later this year?

There will be 3 biennales in 3 cities, Shanghai, Singapore, and Gwangju in Korea. And all 3 of them start at the beginning of September until mid November.

Their joint press conference for Japanese media was held on the 21st of April by the chief directors of the 3 biennales with A.I.T.‘s cooperation, in the Japan Foundation premises. The full details related to the events are not completely fixed yet, but it is a very interesting trial for biennales to cooperate with each other in an effort to attract more people and attention. Yes, the presence of arts is still very small in many cities compared to other industries. So why don’t they cooperate within the art scenes to promote “Arts”, instead of competing against each other on a small scale?

Singapore Biennale from 4 September to 12 November
Shanghai Biennial from 5 September to 5 November
Gwangju Biennale from 8 September to 11 November

Kosuke Fujitaka

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Kosuke Fujitaka

Born in 1978 in Osaka. Graduated with BA in Economics from The University of Tokyo. He tackled with excel and power point in Sony Ericsson R&D cost controlling and Marketing for 3 years. In 2004 He launched Tokyo Art Beat with Paul and Olivier. In 2008 He moved back to NY, where a decade ago he had come across many important life elements, and has just launched NY Art Beat. He is also a co-founder of <a href="http://www.101tokyo.com">101 TOKYO</a>, a young and international art fair in Tokyo happening in every April. He thinks that "art" leveraged by IT, wines and beers can make the world a better place. <a href="http://kosukefujitaka.com/">Personal page as NY art guide</a> (only in Japanese)

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