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<\/p>\nHeld every two years in the Nij\u014d area of Itoshima City\u2014an area nestled between wooded hills and vast farmland, rich in the quintessential landscapes of Kyushu\u2014the Itoshima International Art Festival returns in 2025 with the theme \u201cFestival of Decomposition.\u201d Visitors can walk through villages and fields scattered with artworks, tracing the ideas behind each piece and discovering new landscapes created through the fusion of contemporary art and the scenery of Itoshima.<\/p>\n
A market featuring organic food vendors, including bento stands, will be held at the local landmark Masue Gonkur\u014d Inari Shrine. Organized by Studio Kura, which operates an artist-in-residence program in Itoshima, the festival brings together around 40 artists from Japan and abroad for exhibitions, dance and music performances, film screenings, and more.<\/p>\n
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This year\u2019s featured talk guest is historian Tatsushi Fujihara, author of The Philosophy of Decomposition, who will lead a Japanese-language session exploring the concept of \u201cdecomposition\u201d in art. Guest artist Termites Studio, based on Sh\u014ddoshima in Kagawa Prefecture, will present a new work reflecting themes of coexistence in Itoshima.<\/p>\n
Events Schedule<\/strong> \u2022 10\/18 (Sat.) ~ 10\/19 (Sun.), 10\/25 (Sat.) ~ 10\/26 (Sun.) Held every two years in the Nij\u014d area of Itoshima City\u2014an area nestled between wooded hills and vast farmland…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29305,"featured_media":171832,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-171833","event","type-event","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-itoshima","event-type-art","event-type-festival","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event\/171833","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/event"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29305"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=171833"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/171832"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=171833"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=171833"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nOct. 18 (Sat.) Itoshima Arts Farm Opening Tour
\nOct. 19 (Sun.) Itoshima Int\u2019l Art Festival \u201cItoshima Arts Farm\u201d 2025: Talk Session with Tatsushi Fujihara
\nOct. 25 (Sat.) Marebito Cinema
\nOct. 26 (Sun.) Arts Farm Auction<\/p>\n
\n\u2022 11:00~17:00
\n\u2022 Free pass during the exhibition period: \u00a52,000, student \u00a51,000 (must show student ID), free for ES & under
\n\u2022 Nijo-Masue area, Fukae area in Itoshima City, Fukuoka (Google Map<\/a>)
\n\u2022 https:\/\/www.ito-artsfarm.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"