Host Events - AICHI TRIENNALE2010

■International Exhibition of Contemporary Arts: About 70 artists/groups from around the world will be showing their work. This will be Japan's largest-scale international exhibition to introduce cutting-edge art. The works will be centered around the Aichi Arts Center, in addition to the venues of the Nagoya City Art Museum, the Choja-machi site (a textile wholesale district), the Nayabashi site, and other locations on city streets.; Spectacular works of art with the power to mesmerize large audiences will be displayed in urban spaces, including those that symbolize Aichi and Nagoya, such as Oasis 21(Yayoi Kusama will present her works) and Nagoya Castle (Ryoji Ikeda). In addition, many artists will be introduced for the first time in Japan, and keen interest is being shown in them both in Japan and from overseas.; Most of the participating artists will survey the locations where their art is to be unveiled. New works, whose viewing will be limited to Aichi, are planned to go on show.

■Performing Arts (Stage performances): There will be cutting-edge presentations, which go across artistic fields, by around 20 artists/groups. At the Mini Theater,performances are programmed in almost all the weekends during the Triennale. Its audience will witness the front line of physical expressions. As a finale of series of performances, a world-famous dance company, Rosas, will present an unconventional performance with a contemporary music ensemble, Ictus, at the Theater.To be shown at Gallery G, 8th floor of the Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art, will be advanced and experimental expressions of an interdisciplinary nature, incorporating the visual and performing arts. These works are certain to generate keen interest, as they have rarely been shown in Japan before.; A large-scale opera, "Les Contes D'Hoffmann," will also be staged by Asher Fisch, a conductor well known in the great opera houses of the world, and Japanese stage director Jun Aguni.

■Curatorial Competition Exhibitions selected in a curatorial competition will be presented at the Aichi Arts Center and Choja-machi site.: These are collections of exhibits that give multifaceted and unique perspectives that can't be viewed at other international exhibitions.; Exhibitions in the Aichi Arts Center: 9 exhibitions selected from a total of 204 applicants (139 from Japan, 65 from 24 other countries) Choja-machi site exhibition: Application period was March 1 to 31, 2010. 12 designs to be selected.

■Film Presentation Program About 30 short and long versions of films will be screened during a two-week period at the Mini Theater of the Aichi Arts Center.: The cutting-edge films are from around the world and encompass the theme of "Facing the Second Century of Film."

■Educational program Kids Triennale: The "Kids' Room (name is provisional)," a space for discovery and creation will open where kids can come and enjoy creative activities, set up at Gallery J at the Aichi Arts Center. There will also be workshops where the kids can create and experiment together with artists, held mainly on weekends.

■Site-specific Performances Dance, music, drama and other types of performances will be held in Choja-machi site and other urban spaces as well as at the forum and pedestrian deck of the Aichi Arts Center.