International Triennale of Contemporary Art
YOKOHAMA 2001
"Mega-Wave........Towards a New Synthesis"
September 2nd-November 11th, 2001

YOKOHAMA 2001 is the nation's first large-scale international art show to be held triennially. For the inaugural show, more than 100 artists from around the globe will present site-specific works in the Minato Mirai 21 development bay area to celebrate the new millennium. Not just focusing on the field of art, the works on exhibit will cover a broad range of fields from fashion, architecture, science and technology to literature, philosophy, and other areas of art. The exhibition's theme MEGA-WAVE-Towards a New Synthesis, indicates the aim of developing a new and more comprehensive vision of art for the future.
The city of Yokohama is Japan's second largest city, with a population of more than 3 million. Yokohama opened its port to foreign trade in 1859 after about 200 years of isolation from other countries, and is today the country's largest port. Because the city opened its doors to international visitors much earlier than other cities in the country, its landscape and urban layout may give impressions of a mixed atmosphere of Western and Asian tastes.
A variety of symposiums, workshops, and other events will be held in conjunction with the exhibition, creating forums in which artists, art lovers and the general public can meet in a festive atmosphere to conduct a meaning ful dalogue. Most artists will create bew works at the site. Visitors can see and feel the cutting edge of contemporary art here in Yokohama.

And this year there is Thai artist who joins with this exhibition. Navin Rawanchaikul is one of contemporary thai artists. His concept of his works is
"The essence of objects is the nonsence of art
The essence or art is the nonsence of object

URL http://www.jpf.go.jp/yt2001/