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Setouchi Art School / Plant Theft Case File

Year
2025
Venue
Takamatsu Port, Teshima, Ogijima, Megijima, Naoshima, Kagawa
Medium
Artist development program, site research, project plan, installation proposal, fictional archive
Organizer
Setouchi Triennale Executive Committee
Planning / Operation
Art Front Gallery Co., Ltd.; NPO Setouchi Koebi Network
Lecturers
Fram Kitagawa, Erina Matsui, Taisuke Makihara, Motoyuki Shitamichi, Rintaro Hara
Role
Artist / participant
Period
June 20-30, 2025

This entry records Cai Dongchen's participation in the Setouchi Triennale young artist development program, where lectures, fieldwork, observation, and project planning were developed across several islands in Kagawa. The project plan, Plant Theft Case File, proposes a site-based installation in an old glass house on Seijima, reconstructing a fictional interrupted laboratory for a rare plant through files, observation logs, video, and performance.

Plant Theft Case File, 2025, research sheet.
Plant Theft Case File, 2025, sketch.
Plant Theft Case File, 2025, installation plan sketch.
Plant Theft Case File, 2025, performance plan sketch.
Plant Theft Case File, 2025, archive table sketch.
Plant Theft Case File, 2025, experiment file sketch.
Plant Theft Case File, 2025, zine / record table sketch.
Plant Theft Case File, 2025, research route sketch.