Matsudo International Science Art Festival is an annual festival held in Matsudo City, Japan. Innovative artists, scientists, and researchers from around the world come together to present their latest projects at the event. The festival aims to connect art, science, and nature, and is held in the historic architecture and landscape of Tojo-tei, and Tojogaoka Historical Park.
Type: Exhibition
Duration: 21 – 22, 2020
City, Country: Matsudo City, Japan
Venue: Matsudo City, Chiba, Japan
The festival started with a small creative community in Matsudo City, and the seeds planted in the first year sprouted in the second year, and in the third year, the festival has grown into a creative garden that spreads across the city. The legacy of innovation that started in the historic garden of Tojo, designed with cutting-edge technology at the time, has been passed down to the modern-day creators throughout the city.
EDEN – Ethique – Durable – Ecologie – Nature by Olga Kisseleva, Credit: Olga Kisseleva studio
Matsudo International Science Art Festival, Credit: Hajime Kato
Creative Question Challenge, Credit: Ayami Kawashima
Imaginary Rhetoric by Soichiro Mihara, Credit: Ayami Kawashima
Imaginary Rhetoric by Soichiro Mihara, Credit: Ayami Kawashima
Ghost Forest by Olga Kisseleva, Credit: Ayami Kawashima
Voice of the Stone by MATHRAX, Credit: Ayami Kawashima
Voice of the Stone by MATHRAX, Credit: Ayami Kawashima
Nature Exploration Tour by Masashi Nomura, Credit: Ayami Kawashima
Nature Exploration Tour by Masashi Nomura, Credit: Ayami Kawashima
Programming Workshop – Easel by Atsushi Tadokoro and Akira Wakita, Credit: Ayami Kawashima
The theme of this year’s festival was Garden of Creativity. The global pandemic has drastically changed our lives and society. We were forced to rethink our way of life, our society, and our relationship with nature. Artists and researchers around the world are working on global issues and questions with their creative ideas. Through exhibitions, workshops, and talks, we explored new ways of interacting with nature and discuss the future of education and society under the theme of Garden of Creativity.
