Mori Art Museum x University of Oxford
International Symposium
“Art in a Time of Catastrophe: What Are Artists and Art Organizations Doing?”
Japanese-English simultaneous interpretation available
Featuring a wide ranging line-up of guest speakers, this symposium will consider art’s potential in confronting the issues arising from catastrophic situations. Following an opening keynote presentation by Anthony Gardner from University of Oxford, a panel of researchers and artists will reflect on the “power of art” for people in crisis situation. The following, second panel will focus on the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and examine the actions and responses of cultural institutions including art museums, as well as subsequent changes in the art world.
- Date & Time
- 11:00-17:00, Saturday, December 15, 2018 (Doors open: 10:30)
- Speakers
- Anthony Gardner (Head of School at the Ruskin School of Art, University of Oxford), Sheba Chhachhi (Artist), Yoneda Tomoko (Artist), Kuraya Mika (Chief Curator, Department of Programs Development, The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo), Takada Aya (Director, birdo flugas), Takehisa Yuu (Senior Curator, Contemporary Art Center, Art Tower Mito), Emilia Terracciano (Postdoctoral Fellow, Ruskin School of Art, University of Oxford), Jason Waite (Doctoral Candidate, Ruskin School of Art, University of Oxford) among others
- Moderator
- Kondo Kenichi (Curator, Mori Art Museum)
- Organizer
- Learning Project Committee
- Grant
- Arts Council Tokyo, The Great Britain Sasakawa Foundation, Mondriaan Fund
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