Ironically, too, that exhibit comprised contributions that, according to the festival’s artistic director, Daisuke Tsuda, could not be displayed in Japan previously “due to censorship or self-censorship.”
Tuesday, September 03, 2019
Aichi Triennale 2019: Political Art, Censorship, and Democracy
Ironically, too, that exhibit comprised contributions that, according to the festival’s artistic director, Daisuke Tsuda, could not be displayed in Japan previously “due to censorship or self-censorship.”
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Although threatening is violence which should not be permitted, unfortunately, the closure of the exhibition was a correct judgement in order to ensure safety. Here, there are two questions presented. Should Freedom of Expression be guaranteed at all times? If the work is defined as an art, would even violence be excusable? I believe these questions do not have right or wrong answers, but the importance lies in thinking about it. It should have been easy to predict that the exhibition would come into conflict. As a matter of fact, by pushing through to opening up the exhibition, it did attract great public attention. It is able to say the purpose of the exhibition, to draw people’s attention to the Freedom of Expression, is accomplished. In addition, it was interesting for me how the writer compared resistance of European imperialism in Asia to Brexit and America First campaigns, because the subject demonstrates how the discussion of art cannot be separated from politics.
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