Submission of art festival subsidies Artistes protest the Agency for Cultural Affairs November 8, 18:18
A group of artists visited the Agency for Cultural Affairs with over 100,000 signatures to protest that the Agency for Cultural Affairs stopped granting subsidies at the International Art Festival in Aichi Prefecture.
The Academic Arts Festival in Aichi Prefecture, where intimidation and protests were gathered on a girl image that symbolizes a comfort woman and a collage of the Emperor, etc. Because it was inappropriate, we decided not to grant a subsidy of approximately 78 million yen once adopted.
On the 8th, a group of artists protesting the non-delivery decision visited the Agency for Cultural Affairs to submit to the Secretary Miyata more than 100,000 signatures collected on the Internet. However, the submission of the signature was postponed because the Agency for Cultural Affairs responded that Mr. Miyata could not respond.
Members held a press conference, and musician Darth Raider criticized the response, saying, “The circumstances leading to the non-delivery are unclear and the decision of the Agency for Cultural Affairs is procedurally flawed.” Professor Junko Kumakura of Tokyo University of the Arts said, “This is a step in the recession of cultural policy. I want to say clearly that bad things are bad.”
In addition, contemporary art writer Akio Koizumi, who participated in the Aichi Triennale, complained that the Agency for Cultural Affairs should have a place where people can talk.