The Japanese public mostly opposes holding the Tokyo Olympics next month during a pandemic. However, public protests to show such dissent have been rare. A different way people have expressed their concern about the Olympics has been art. They have protested through messages on clothing, paintings and other art forms. In some cases, officials have demanded the sometimes satiric art and other products be removed. Artists say their freedoms are being taken. Miwako Sakauchi is among them. On this day, she stands in her workroom and paints on torn cardboard and drawing paper. She uses the five colors that represent the modern Olympics. Sakauchi calls the series of paintings, Vortex. She said they express what she called the, “anger, fear, sense of contradiction and state violence” over Olympics preparations. People have been forced from their homes and trees have been cut down to build huge sports centers for the games, she said. “I can’t think of it as a ‘festival of peace’ in this situation,” Sakauchi said. “It’s totally nonsensical.” The risk of infection from the virus may have prevented some people from taking to the streets to protest. Recent public protests in Japan have been small, with crowds of less than 100 people. Sakauchi created the paintings after she was contacted by a group of artists who organized an anti-Olympics art event last summer. Her works were shown in another event in February.
Title: Art Becomes Protest against Tokyo Olympics
Content: <div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5173/B.wav' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='Art Becomes Protest against Tokyo Olympics' data-article-id='5716'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='8771'>The Japanese public mostly opposes holding the Tokyo Olympics next month during a pandemic. </span> <span data-start-time='8771' data-end-time='15333'>However, public protests to show such dissent have been rare.</span> <span data-start-time='15333' data-end-time='22542'>A different way people have expressed their concern about the Olympics has been art. </span> <span data-start-time='22542' data-end-time='30146'>They have protested through messages on clothing, paintings and other art forms.</span> <span data-start-time='30146' data-end-time='39708'>In some cases, officials have demanded the sometimes satiric art and other products be removed. </span> <span data-start-time='39708' data-end-time='44833'>Artists say their freedoms are being taken.</span> <span data-start-time='44833' data-end-time='49292'>Miwako Sakauchi is among them. </span> <span data-start-time='49292' data-end-time='57938'>On this day, she stands in her workroom and paints on torn cardboard and drawing paper. </span> <span data-start-time='57938' data-end-time='64375'>She uses the five colors that represent the modern Olympics.</span> <span data-start-time='64375' data-end-time='69875'>Sakauchi calls the series of paintings, Vortex. </span> <span data-start-time='69875' data-end-time='82333'>She said they express what she called the, “anger, fear, sense of contradiction and state violence” over Olympics preparations. </span> <span data-start-time='82333' data-end-time='92563'>People have been forced from their homes and trees have been cut down to build huge sports centers for the games, she said.</span> <span data-start-time='92563' data-end-time='99896'>“I can’t think of it as a ‘festival of peace’ in this situation,” Sakauchi said. </span> <span data-start-time='99896' data-end-time='103042'>“It’s totally nonsensical.”</span> <span data-start-time='103042' data-end-time='112229'>The risk of infection from the virus may have prevented some people from taking to the streets to protest. </span> <span data-start-time='112229' data-end-time='120479'>Recent public protests in Japan have been small, with crowds of less than 100 people.</span> <span data-start-time='120479' data-end-time='133333'>Sakauchi created the paintings after she was contacted by a group of artists who organized an anti-Olympics art event last summer. </span> <span data-start-time='133333' data-end-time='138438'>Her works were shown in another event in February.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' disabled='disabled'></button><button class='finished-reading' style='display:none;'>Done</button></div></div></div><div id='article-media'><div id='media-image'><img src='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5173/B.jpeg'/></div></div><div id='question-content' style='display:none;'><div class='vocabulary_question question-container' data-question-id=17650 data-hint-location='30146' style='display:none;'><div class='question' 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