Member of Adoption Project for International Art Festival Protesting the Agency for Cultural Affairs decision and resignation October 3 18:33

One member of the committee who was involved in the adoption of the project after the Agency for Cultural Affairs withdraws subsidies for the International Art Festival in Aichi Prefecture has given his resignation to the Agency for Cultural Affairs as a protest against the decision. understood.

The Agency for Cultural Affairs has already adopted the Aichi Triennale, an international art festival in Aichi Prefecture where some exhibitions such as a girl symbolizing comfort women were canceled, because the application procedure was inappropriate on the 26th of last month. It was made clear that the planned subsidy of approximately 78 million yen was not issued.

In response to this decision, I learned that Kunihiro Noda, a special professor at Tottori University, proclaimed his resignation as a member of the Agency for Cultural Affairs Screening Committee that adopted the Art Festival as a subsidized project.

According to Prof. Noda, the reason is that there was no consultation from the Agency for Cultural Affairs prior to the decision.

Prof. Noda said, “The government must not unilaterally grant subsidies without having expert knowledge and listening to the opinions of the jury members who are familiar with the situation on the ground. For example, people who are engaged in cultural and artistic activities will be shrunken, such as considering the country more than necessary to obtain subsidies, ”he says.

A series of statements calling for withdrawal of subsidies

This time, the university faculty and artists have issued a series of statements asking them to withdraw their decisions about the fact that the Agency for Cultural Affairs has decided not to grant subsidies.

Among them, a volunteer from the University of Tokyo, on the Internet, decided this time, “A law that stipulates cultural arts that deeply recognizes the importance of freedom of expression and respects the independence of those performing cultural arts activities. "I deviate from the philosophy of", and strongly protested as "shrinking the planning and application of organizations working on cultural arts business in the region, adversely affecting the promotion of cultural arts" and canceling the non-delivery decision Looking for

In addition, outside committee members of other projects of the Agency for Cultural Affairs are protesting this decision, such as submitting resignations.