http://biginjapan.com.au/2009/11/creative-city-yokohama/ Sat, 06 Mar 2010 01:32:35 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 http://biginjapan.com.au/2009/11/creative-city-yokohama/comment-page-1/#comment-289 Big In Japan Wed, 25 Nov 2009 11:44:39 +0000 http://biginjapan.com.au/?p=2222#comment-289 [...] But despite the Fujihata controversy, the problems with the scattered venues and the wishy-washyness of the overarching “Deep Images” theme, the range of artists and standard of works (with several highlights listed below) make CREAM a worthwhile daytrip out of Tokyo. Perhaps it is just better to consider it as a series of exhibitions rather than an overarching festival with some connecting idea behind it, and to use it as an excuse to get aquatinted with the city of Yokohama, one of Japan’s most interesting new hubs for contemporary art. (More on Yokohama Creative City here.) [...] [...] But despite the Fujihata controversy, the problems with the scattered venues and the wishy-washyness of the overarching “Deep Images” theme, the range of artists and standard of works (with several highlights listed below) make CREAM a worthwhile daytrip out of Tokyo. Perhaps it is just better to consider it as a series of exhibitions rather than an overarching festival with some connecting idea behind it, and to use it as an excuse to get aquatinted with the city of Yokohama, one of Japan’s most interesting new hubs for contemporary art. (More on Yokohama Creative City here.) [...]

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