"Failure of Expression" Exhibition Request for resumption of exhibition
Members who were involved in the planning of this corner about the suspension of the exhibition of images of girls symbolizing the comfort women issue at the Aichi Triennale, an international art festival held in Aichi Prefecture. Have filed with the court a temporary disposition to reopen the exhibition.
The “Aichi Triennale” that started on August 1st has a corner to display a girl image that symbolizes the comfort women issue on the theme of “impairment of expression”. A series of such events were canceled in 3 days after the opening.
The art festival is only one month away from the closing date, and the five members involved in the planning of the corner, on the 13th, canceled the infringement of freedom of expression guaranteed by the Constitution and a contract that promised an exhibition during the period Contrary to this, the Nagoya District Court filed with the Nagoya District Court a request for the art festival executive committee to remove the walls covering the exhibition space and resume the exhibition.
Attorney Yuji Nakatani, the agent who had a press conference after the complaint, said, “The serious interests protected by the constitution are infringed. did.