Triennale Girl statues and other reopening requests 26,000 signature submissions August 19 18:24
A signature of over 26,000 people seeking to reopen the exhibition gathered on the Internet after the exhibition of a girl statue symbolizing the comfort women issue was canceled at the Aichi Triennale, an international art festival held in Aichi Prefecture Was submitted to the prefecture.
At the Aichi Triennale, a corner was set up to display a girl image that symbolizes the comfort women issue under the theme of “freedom of expression”. This exhibition has been cancelled.
In response to this, the signature site on the Internet has been collecting signatures from the 3rd of this month as the founder of Daisuke Iguchi, an artist from Yokohama City, seeking to resume the exhibition.
And Mr. Iguchi visited the Aichi Prefectural Government on the 19th, and submitted signatures of more than 26,000 people from Japan and other countries around the world by the 16th of this month.
Mr. Iguchi said, “I was surprised because I didn't think so many signatures would be gathered. I think art should be seen, understood, discussed, and should be reopened.”