Getting to know Tokyo for its change.
Tokyo Art School runs from 2009.8.23 till 2010.3.13, presenting a series of eight lectures.
Despite of the abundant overflowing commodity, service and information in Tokyo, have you ever felt “what if these things are different to make it better”? Tokyo Art School focuses on needs in Tokyo and ways to change the city for the better. To starts, series of lectures inviting Tokyo related artists, researchers and entrepreneurs are held to reassess the city from various perspectives. They will discuss Tokyo’s culture, history and its activities, hoping to inspire your imagination and creativity. We believe the ability to alter Tokyo better resides in each of you. Join our program to seek your potential.
Lectures:
2010.03.13
“Technology, Information, Body”Kosuke Fujitaka (Co-Founder of Tokyo Art Beat and NY Art Beat) x Dominique Chen (Director of Creative Commons Japan / Co-Founder and Director of Dividual Inc.)
*Please note the venue has changed.
Past Lectures:
2010.02.20
“For Symbiotic Environment”Hiroshi Fuji (Artist) x Hiroshi Iijima (Board Member of Asaza Foundation)
2010.01.16
“Toward Tokyo without ‘Walls’”Yoshiharu Tsukamoto (Atelier Bow-Wow / Architect) x Ayumu Yasutomi (Professor at the Institute of Oriental Culture, The University of Tokyo / Social Scientist)
2009.12.12
“Singular Tokyo”Andrew Maerkle (Freelance Writer / Editor) x Mark Dytham (Klein Dytham architecture / Architect)
2009.11.22
“Methods of Production”Takashi Asai（President of Uplink Ltd. Film Producer. Chief Editor of webDICE）× Rika Fujiki（Director of Mujinto Production）
2009.10.17
“Think of Tokyo from the Verge”Kyohei Sakaguchi (Architecture Explorer) × Toshihito Kayano, Ph.D.
(Adjunct Professor of Tsuda College, Faculty of Liberal Arts Dept. of International and Cultural Studies. Philosopher）
2009.09.19
“History of Alternative Spaces”Kazuko Koike (Creative Director) × Masami Shiraishi (Director of SCAI THE BATHHOUSE)
2009.08.23
“Tokyo Resolution”Naoya Hatakeyama (Photographer) × Yoshitaka Mouri (Associate Professor of Media Department of Musical Creativity and the Environment Tokyo University of the Arts, Sociologist)
What is AIT?
Since being founded in 2001 by six curators and arts organizers, the non profit organization AIT has consistently created innovative programs such as the MAD art school,Tokyo's first systematic artist in residence program and experimental curatorial projects.
HP：http://www.a-i-t.net/
Since being founded in 2001 by six curators and arts organizers, the non profit organization AIT has consistently created innovative programs such as the MAD art school,Tokyo's first systematic artist in residence program and experimental curatorial projects.
HP：http://www.a-i-t.net/
