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David in Setouchi

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Blogger, Teacher, Father, Immigrant. Gallivants on the Seto Inland Sea art islands. Friend of crows. Writes things. [bridged from https://gram.social/David on the fediverse by https://fed.brid.gy/ ]

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David in Setouchi @david.gram.social.ap.brid.gy · 4d

Stacked Stones.

#stones #art #TsuyoshiOzawa #SetouchiTriennale2025

An art installation. Some small stacked stones (they're not really stacked, they're glued or something, otherwise, they wouldn't be able to stay stacked without falling) on gravel next to an old stone wall.

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David in Setouchi @david.gram.social.ap.brid.gy · 18d

"Human Home Hermit Crab" by Daisuke Omi.

#art #hermitcrab #japan #setouchitriennale #shodoshima

The sculpture of a hermit crab, except that instead of a shell, it's a house. An actual house, as if it was a giant hermit crab that had decided to use it as its shell.

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David in Setouchi @david.gram.social.ap.brid.gy · 20d

Hey little crab, what are you doing so far from the sea? (okay, the sea was not that far, but still)

#Crab

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David in Setouchi @david.gram.social.ap.brid.gy · 25d

I think it's the first time a heron lets me come close enough so that I can take a decent picture with just my phone (I still needed a zoom)

#japan #birds #heron #NatureWithDavidB

A heron standing on rocks by an estuary.

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David in Setouchi @david.gram.social.ap.brid.gy · 27d

Bon appétit !

#japan #sushi

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David in Setouchi @david.gram.social.ap.brid.gy · Aug 24

This park (with ponds included) is the best thing to happen in my hometown since I left a couple of decades ago.

#park #pond #Nature #france #agen

A large pond with trees around it and on a small island in the middle.

David in Setouchi @david.gram.social.ap.brid.gy · Aug 13

Gavaudun castle. I should visit it one day (I visited another one today, pics coming soon)

Gavaudun in quite a strange place. It's a very tiny village around this old castle from the 13th Century. The castle is not on a cliff contrarily to what it may seem, but […]

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David in Setouchi @david.gram.social.ap.brid.gy · Aug 13

Hello little French frog...

#frog

A frog on a small mound of dirt on the side of a small river.

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David in Setouchi @david.gram.social.ap.brid.gy · Aug 3

Nice cityscape... Wait a minute!!!

#japan #megijima #art #setouchitriennale #JacobDahlgren

It looks like a city from the sky, but it's actually hundreds of square and rectangular objects (boxes, books, cubes, etc) all perfectly stacked and arranged by color. Oh, and this installation is inside an old abandoned swimming pool.

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David in Setouchi @david.gram.social.ap.brid.gy · Aug 3

Waiting for the invisible man.

#japan #art #megijima #setouchitriennale #leandroerlich

A dry "zen" garden inside the inner courtyard of a Japanese house. A woman is sitting in the background and is looking at the rocks and sand.

However, there is more than meets the eyes, but you'll have to go there to find out. (it's an artwork by Leandro Erlich on Megijima in Japan)

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David in Setouchi @david.gram.social.ap.brid.gy · Aug 1

"Poetry of Life・Ama no oto" by Ayumi Shibata.

#art #japan #SetouchiTriennale2025 #megijima

A glass tea kettle with intricate lace made of paper in it.

David in Setouchi @david.gram.social.ap.brid.gy · Jul 31

Wooden dragon.

#japan #art #dragon #megijima #龍 #女木島

A Japanese dragon made of wood, branches and such. It's quite impressive.

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David in Setouchi @david.gram.social.ap.brid.gy · Jul 26

Raising a teenager (and soon two, yikes!) is quite the roller coaster ride. My thirteen-year-old daughter alternates between being somewhat friendly with me and hating me for reasons she doesn't feel the need to share with me. Like most thirteen-year-old […]

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A drawing: a unfinished face in manga style.

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David in Setouchi @david.gram.social.ap.brid.gy · Jul 17

Inside the "Oni shop."

#japan #oni #art #setouchitriennale #kawara #hand #megijima

A wall, with a "kawara" (traditional Japanese tile) in the shape of an oni (a Japanese ogre/demon)

A sculpted wooden hand with a hook above its palm.

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David in Setouchi @david.gram.social.ap.brid.gy · Jul 14

A few days ago in the Seto Inland Sea.

#japan #setoinlandsea #seascape #mist #ferry

The Seto Inland Sea on a misty day. There's an island (Oshima) in the background and a small ferry in front of it.

David in Setouchi @david.gram.social.ap.brid.gy · Jul 12

I think it's the first time in my life that I take a half-decent picture of a butterfly, so I needed to share it with you.

#butterflies #butterfly

Close up of a yellow and black butterfly, I don't know the species.

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David in Setouchi @david.gram.social.ap.brid.gy · Jul 10

The other day, I posted a picture of Kenji Yanobe's "Ship's cat" from a strange angle. Here is a better one.

#art #cat #kenjiyanobe #takamatsu #高松市 #猫 #ヤノベケンジ

A Kenji Yanobe sculpture representing a white cat in a spacesuit. It's sitting on a building (it's a few meters tall)

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David in Setouchi @david.gram.social.ap.brid.gy · Jul 3

I've already posted it on my Mastodon account, but I need to post it here too, in case you missed it.
My favorite portrait of Mr. Crow so far.

#birds #crows #corvids

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David in Setouchi @david.gram.social.ap.brid.gy · Jun 24

"Rakuchu Rakugai Zu: Iwasa Matabei RIP" by Takashi Murakami (detail)

#japon #TakashiMurakami #naoshima #kyoto #art

a detail "Rakuchu Rakugai Zu: Iwasa Matabei RIP" by Takashi Murakami which is a remake of a famous painting from Edo period, except that it also includes some of Murakami's characters, such as the "daft flower"

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David in Setouchi @david.gram.social.ap.brid.gy · Jun 12

I mean, I can't post a picture of the Yellow Pumpkin without posting a picture of her younger sister, the Red Pumpkin, right?

(fun fact: Do you know how hard it is to take a picture of this Pumpkin without anyone around? I have a technique and no, I will not […]

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Yayoi Kusama's Red Pumpkin in Myanoura Port, on Naoshima.

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David in Setouchi @david.gram.social.ap.brid.gy · Jun 12

I mean, I can't regularly post about the Setouchi region and its art and not post the Yellow Pumpkin once in a while

(fun fact: this picture was taken minutes after the unveiling of the new Yellow Pumpkin after the previous one was destroyed by a typhoon) […]

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Yayoi Kusama's Yellow Pumpkin at the end of its pier on Naoshima.

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David in Setouchi @david.gram.social.ap.brid.gy · Jun 10

"Hub/s" by Do Ho Suh.

#art #naoshima #dohosuh

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David in Setouchi @david.gram.social.ap.brid.gy · Jun 5

I drew something...
#drawing

A drawing. Vaguely abstract, vaguely inspired by microscopic fungi.

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David in Setouchi @david.gram.social.ap.brid.gy · Jun 5

Remember when I hinted that there were more than two wolves?
(there: https://firefish.city/notes/a8fu7052wlal2dc7)

There were more. Many more...

#wolves #art #naoshima #caiguoqiang

A bunch of wolves running/flying seen from below (it's an art installation, not actual wolves. Actual wolves don't fly)

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David in Setouchi @david.gram.social.ap.brid.gy · Jun 2

Kenji Yanobe's "Ship's cat" seen from below (because I happened to be there)

#art #cat #kenjiyanobe #takamatsu #高松市 #猫 #ヤノベケンジ

A sculpture of a white "astronaut cat" it's pretty high up on a building and the picture is taken from street level.

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