Koebi Tai, Haneru!

[Machine Translation] This is the miraculous story of a group of people who came together to support the triennial Setouchi International Art Festival and began to build a foundation that would last for decades to come. The Koebi, who not only helped with the production of artworks and the cleaning of vacant houses, but also took part in mowing the grass on the island, participating in sports events, staying close to the people of Oshima, holding island birthday parties on Teshima, and delivering box lunches for the people of Oshima for the other thousand days of the festival, not to mention 100 days once every three years, have played a part that the artists alone could not accomplish. This is a record of 17 years of Koebi-tai. This book is a collection of encounters, surprises, and episodes that existed in the gaps of the Setouchi Triennale's chronological history, and is a biography of the Setouchi Triennale.

三年に一回の瀬戸内国際芸術祭を支えようと集まった人たちが、今後数十年も続くであろう基盤を作り始めたという、奇跡のような物語。作品制作の手伝いや空き家の清掃はもちろん、三年に一度の会期一〇〇日だけでなく、それ以外の千日間、島の草刈りや運動会に参加し、大島の人々に寄り添い、豊島では島のお誕生会を行い、お弁当のデリバリーをするというアーティストだけではやりきれない部分を担ってきた、こえび隊の一七年の記録。本書は、瀬戸内国際芸術祭の年表で語られるいわゆる「正史」の隙間に無数にあった人の出会いや驚き、エピソードなど、これまで大きな声では語られてこなかった多くのサポーター、アーティスト、地域の方々、訪れた人たちの体験の拾遺集、瀬戸内国際芸術祭外伝です。