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Go for Kogei 2023 International Symposium, Talking about Art and Kogei Supported by Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group
The environment surrounding art and craft has undergone rapid change in recent years. As the distance between genres continues to shrink, activist movements and discussions surrounding the relationship of art and craft to issues such as gender equality have become especially salient. This symposium will deepen the discussion surrounding these themes by touching on key concepts such as “history,” “identity,” “body,” and “regional memory.”
Date: 1:00 p.m.–6:00 p.m. on Saturday, October 21st, 2023
Venue: Toyama International Conference Center, 2F MultiPurpose Room (1-2 Otemachi, Toyama)
Format: Japanese and English with consecutive interpretation
Part1 Presentations (1:00 p.m.–4:10 p.m. JST)
1:15- Tsuchida Ruriko, Director, Toyama Glass Art Museum (Japan)
1:55- Kang Jaeyoung, Artistic Director, 2023 Cheongju Craft Biennale (South Korea)
2:50- Chen Hungyi, Professor, Tainan National University of the Arts (Taiwan)
3:30- Yokoyama Ikko, Lead Curator of Design and Architecture, M+ (Hong Kong)
Part2 Panel Discussion (4:30 p.m.–6:00 p.m. JST)
Panelists:Tsuchida Ruriko, Kang Jaeyoung, Chen Hungyi, Yokoyama Ikko
Moderator: Akimoto Yuji (Professor Emeritus, Tokyo University of the Arts)
Go for Kogei 2023 International Symposium, Talking about Art and Kogei Supported by Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group
The environment surrounding art and craft has undergone rapid change in recent years. As the distance between genres continues to shrink, activist movements and discussions surrounding the relationship of art and craft to issues such as gender equality have become especially salient. This symposium will deepen the discussion surrounding these themes by touching on key concepts such as “history,” “identity,” “body,” and “regional memory.”
Date: 1:00 p.m.–6:00 p.m. on Saturday, October 21st, 2023
Venue: Toyama International Conference Center, 2F MultiPurpose Room (1-2 Otemachi, Toyama)
Format: Japanese and English with consecutive interpretation
Part1 Presentations (1:00 p.m.–4:10 p.m. JST)
1:15- Tsuchida Ruriko, Director, Toyama Glass Art Museum (Japan)
1:55- Kang Jaeyoung, Artistic Director, 2023 Cheongju Craft Biennale (South Korea)
2:50- Chen Hungyi, Professor, Tainan National University of the Arts (Taiwan)
3:30- Yokoyama Ikko, Lead Curator of Design and Architecture, M+ (Hong Kong)
Part2 Panel Discussion (4:30 p.m.–6:00 p.m. JST)
Panelists:Tsuchida Ruriko, Kang Jaeyoung, Chen Hungyi, Yokoyama Ikko
Moderator: Akimoto Yuji (Professor Emeritus, Tokyo University of the Arts)
