Art Playground PLAY
Photo: Yasuko Okamura
Introduced for the first time at the Aichi Triennale 2019, Art Playgrounds are spaces that visitors can use to demonstrate their own creativity. They are installed at five exhibition venues, each dedicated to one of the five themes "Play," "Talk," "Create," "Interact" and "Outreach." These spaces function as platforms for visitors to respond naturally and in their own ways――through creation, self-expression, discussion or communication――to works shown at art festivals and exhibitions, and the inspiration they draw from such displays.
For "Play," architect ENDO Mikiko and artist HIBINO Katsuhiko teamed up with members of the "Danboru Kenkyukai" ("Danken",) a study group of elementary school students in Aichi who have been focusing on the creative possibilities of cardboard. The idea was to create various playground equipment with no predetermined use, resulting in a playground that keeps changing and expanding according to visitors' ideas. Any visitor is free to play here by his or her own responsibility.
ENDO Mikiko
- Born 1971 in Tokyo, Japan
- Based in Fukuoka, Japan
Selected Works & Awards
| 2018 | Cloud Bed, exterior furniture design for Hoshino Resort Tomamu, Hokkaido, Japan |
| 2017 | Space and exhibition design for Fukuoka Science Museum, Fukuoka, Japan |
| 2014 | Space and exhibition design for kids exhibition “MieMu,” Mie Prefectural Museum, Mie, Japan |
| 2011-2017 | Maternity House in Zambia, participatory architecture for rural health clinics in Copperbelt Province, Zambia |
| 2011 | Set design for kids educational program “Inai-Inai-Bah!,” NHK E-television, Japan |
HIBINO Katsuhiko
- Born 1958 in Gifu, Japan
- Based in Tokyo, Japan
Selected Works & Awards
| 2015 | The Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Award at the 66th Japan’s Art Encouragement Prize |
| 2010 | Setouchi International Art Festival, Kagawa, Japan |
| 2003 | Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennale 2003, Niigata, Japan |
| 1995 | 46th Venice Biennial, Japan Pavilion, Venice, Italy |
Map
Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art Gallery (8F)
Address
1-13-2 Higashisakura,Higashi-ku, Nagoya
461-8525 JAPAN
Open
(Fri -20:00)
Admission until
30 minutes
before closing
Closed
Barrier free
Access
・5 minutes on foot from Sakae-Machi Station on the Meitetsu Seto Line.