日本人用“艺术祭”这个词语来替代艺术节或者艺术季,我没有深究日文含义,但是在我看来这是岛国人民对仪式感的重视。从仪式感这个角度来认知,我们就会知道日本人为什么可以在经历二十年的西方当代艺术的洗礼之后,渐渐发展出一套比较本土化的表现方式。濑户内国际艺术节算是其中一个代表。 The Japanese used the term “art festival” instead of art festival or art season. I did not go into the Japanese meaning, but in my opinion this is how the people of the island value their rituals. From the perspective of sense of ritual, we can know why the Japanese gradually developed a comparatively localized manner of expression after going through the baptism of Western contemporary art for twenty years. Setouchi International Arts Festival is one of the representatives.