Aichi triennale, withdrawal of the public fund

What I wrote this time is not consistent with the one published before as I have been thinking about related issues since the last publishing.

1. Withdrawal of the public fund

1. Withdrawal of the public fund

The fund had been adopted on 4 April[d]. The Agency for Cultural Affairs published the press release on 26 September that they do not provide the public funding with the Aichi Triennale 2019[a] — the fund was 78,290,000 yen[e], about 711,727 USD (1$=110JPY), about 652,417 EUR (1€=120JPY). This was “unprecedented”[i] that the decision which had been decided through the original process was withdrawn[j]. The decision was made “without consulting”[f] the members including Kunihiro Noda[g]. On 2 October[h], Kunihiro Noda, professor at Tottori University, left his position of the committee involved in deciding the adoption of the fund[c].

It became to public that there’s no minutes of the process of deciding to withdraw it[b].

I think that for many it looked like an ideological confrontation and I cannot deny that aspect. One of the tasks of the organizers is to create a space that the works are exhibited safely during the whole period as scheduled.

Society doesn’t become enriched at least in terms of culture if expression is restricted.

[a] The press release of the Agency for Cultural Affairs available at http://www.bunka.go.jp/koho_hodo_oshirase/hodohappyo/1421672.html Published 26 September 2019, Accessed 27 January 2020.

[b] https://twitter.com/motomura_nobuko/status/1178944070174904320 A tweet posted on 1 October 2019. Accessed 29 January 2020.

[c] jnpc. 「＜表現の不自由展・その後＞のその後」(2) 野田邦弘・鳥取大学教授　2019.10.24. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9LZRJr99v3c From the beginning to 1:23. Accessed 31 January 2020.

[d] Ibid. 17:44-18:18.

[e] Ibid. Around 21:17-21:28.

[f] Ibid. Around 22:07-22:12.

[g] Ibid. Around 22:07-22:12.

[h] Ibid. Around 22:39-22:52.

[i] Ibid. Around 25:20-25:32. This was on the slide and spoken.

[j] Ibid.