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Installations

The venues being used for Kyoto Art Walk 2008 are the Nijojo Castle Ninomaru Palace Kitchen, the Kiyomizudera Temple’s Jojuin and Kyodo (Sutra Hall), and the tea room of the Tofukuji Temple’s Hojo Tsutendai. These are not usually open to the public and have been made available especially for this project.

Visitors are reminded that these venues can only be visited with their installations in place.

Visitors to the Tofukuji Temple’s Hojo Tsutendai, which is normally open to the public, are asked to understand that for the duration of this project a temporary installation will be in place. Every attempt is being made to accommodate the expectations of visitors wanting to see the Hojo Tsutendai in its usual state, but we ask them to appreciate the cultural significance of this temporary art event.

Notice to Visitors

• Photography, sketching and the use of mobile phones are strictly prohibited, as is the use of pens and brushes.
• Please do not touch the installations.
• The consumption of food and drink is not permitted inside any of the venues.
• Long umbrellas may not be brought into any of the venues.
• Some installations will require visitors to wait their turn.
• Prams and buggies must be left at the entrances of the venues. Thank you for your understanding in this.

Enquiries

For all queries about Kyoto Art Walk 2008 please use the 'Enquiry Form' at http://www.kyotoartwalk.org/.
Please do not contact the individual venues directly.

Kyoto ArtWalk 2008

Kyoto Art Walk is a forum where the radicalism of contemporary art is played out among the protected sites and spaces of an ancient city. Transcending history and geography, it seeks to rediscover the holy and the universally human. The encounter is not just with historical spaces as they survive today, but also with the energy of those who originally created them and those who have cared for and preserved them over the centuries.

Kyoto Art Walk is a privately organised undertaking committed to maintaining the highest of artistic standards. It is neither a publicly funded mechanism for the fostering of art, nor does it have the remit of local regeneration or the encouragement of tourism. It has, nevertheless, and for this the organisers are most grateful, benefited from official support in terms of publicity and the securing of venues.

The first Kyoto Art Walk of 2005 took the form of a series of installations in Nijojo Castle, Kiyomizudera Temple, Kodaiji Temple and the Saigyoan. It attracted more than 33,000 visitors.

Kyoto Art Walk 2008 Executive Committee