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In order to maximize the appeal of Anri Sala’s artwork and for the convenience of visitors, we have decided to introduce a reservation system for viewing Anri Sala’s artwork in the Ikurado Cave.on weekends and holidays.

1 Outline of the Exhibition

(1) Place: Ikurado Cave (409 Ikura, Niimi City)

(2) Artist: Anri Sala

(3) Period: Saturday, September 28 – Sunday, November 24, 2024

*Reservations are required only on Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays.

(4) Hours: 8:30 – 17:00 (last admission 16:30)

2 Outline of the Artwork.

(1) Plan

An installation work exhibits in the Ikurado Cave, a 1,200 meter long limestone cave with a hight difference of 90 meters, which is a designated natural monument by Okayama Prefecture. Inside the cave, visitors experience that creating an auditory and visual sensory immersion experience, as if they were on an unknown cave expedition.

(2) How to view the artwork

• Visitors are organized in group of about five people each. Two people in the group carry a special backpack equipped, and walk through the dark cave to appreciate the work.
• The estimated viewing time is 60 minutes.

  Each group departs every few minutes after a preliminary explanation.

3 Reservation Method

(1) Reservation method

Online reservation.

https://forestartfest-okayama.jp/artworks/venues/venues18/   ????????????

*For groups of 9 people or less. Groups of 10 or more people will be handled individually.

(2) Reservation acceptance period

Tuesday, September 24, 2024 00:00 – Friday, November 22, 2024 23:59

(3) Inquiries

E-mail: res.ikurado@coa-m.jp

4 Tickets to the Exhibition in the Ikurado Cave

Festival Passport (valid at all the paid venues):

2,500 yen (advance sales)  3,000 yen (day-of sales)

Single-venue ticket:

1,000 yen

High school students and younger, persons with disabilities, etc.: Free of charge

5 Others

As the work is a special program of Forest Festival of the Arts Okayama, the venue (cave) operation differs from the usual one, such as setting a recommended age range for entering. Please refer to our official website https://forestartfest-okayama.jp/en/cms/ for more information.

*Recommended age range: 10-75 years old (Elementary school students and younger must be accompanied by a parent or guardian)

【Biography】

Anri Sala

Anri Sala constructs transformative, time-based works through multiple relationships between image, architecture, and sound, employing these as elements to fold, capsize, and question experience. His works investigate ruptures in language, syntax, and music, inviting creative dislocations, which generate new interpretations of history, supplanting old fictions and narratives with less-explicit, more-nuanced dialogues.

His work has been the subject of solo exhibitions at Bourse de Commerce, Paris (2023); Kunsthaus Bregenz (2021); Buffalo Bayou Park Cistern, Houston (2021); Centro Botìn, Santander (2019); Mudam, Luxembourg (2019); the Castello di Rivoli Museo d’Arte Contemporanea, Turin (2019); Museo Tamayo, Mexico City (2017); the New Museum, New York (2016); Centre Pompidou, Paris (2012) and Serpentine Gallery, London (2011). He has also participated in major group exhibitions and biennials internationally, including the 57th Venice Biennale (2017), dOCUMENTA (13) (2012), the 29th São Paulo Biennial (2010) and the 4th Berlin Biennale (2006). In 2013, he represented France in the 55th Venice Biennale.