I first wrote down all the phenomena that have emerged in contemporary society that I thought were related to this theme ["sea of oblivion"], and the….

To think about "oblivion" is to think about "what art is"..

Even Michelangelo and Leonardo da Vinci were entertainers. In that way, I am an entertainer and want to make art that is fun..

I have always thought that it would be nice to not complete the exhibition in one place and close off the others as a result. Exhibitions should conn….

I put priority on such artists who focus on the world of "oblivion" and who consider placing themselves into the world of "oblivion" as fundamental t….

In Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury raised cautions against mass media, especially the television, which dumb down human sensibilities and coerce everybo….

"Art is the ability to turn one's gaze to the world of oblivion." This is the way in which I understand art at fundamental level..

I think it is important to be aware that the Internet has replaced the television, and has become a place where the uniformity of human society is ac….

Taking photographs is generally an act of 'looking at the object, whereas 'being seen' or 'showing' is what is most interest to one who does a self-p….

This is why there is not any artist who takes Internet as the theme. My position is quite the opposite to the current trend of art, but this is exact….

Of course, the process of curating is different from art making. Exhibition-making is a process that involves collaboration with various participatin….

The artists could be dead, but some of them are not so distant from us, and make us feel as if they are alive with us. Such artists are worth calling….

I planned the exhibition so that it becomes a story where the viewer travels through these islands [of ideas]. Whether the contents of each chapter c….

Leonard de Vinci, for example, is a great artist, but he is living in the past. However, I don't feel John Cage and Matsuzawa Yutaka as artists who l….

The value of art is its ability to look into the "world of oblivion" and to find things that are generally unrecognized, forgotten, invisible and imp….

When we talk about contemporary art and contemporary artists, we usually imagine artists who are alive. But I feel very uncomfortable about placing a….

I was worried that I, the artist Morimura, would have conflicts with the participating artists and develop a strenuous relationship with them. But th….

Of course, I, like the sponsoring government, would like to have as many people as possible visit Yokohama Triennale. This is because I believe that ….

By putting a border line between life and death, we separate the world of death from our world of life, casting the dead away into the "world of obli….

"Triennale in the City" is a scheme that is of priority for the sponsoring local government. For many local governments, revitalization is an importa….

Art is basically entertainment..