Session 1 The Tachikawa area
Presentation
Mapping transition in the city of Tachikawa
With reference to case studies
– On“Studio Shokudo”(1994 – 1998 / 2000)
– On town planning and art seen in“Faret Tachikawa” (1994 – ) and Tachikawa International Art Festival (1998 – 2002)
Discussion
– What is “art and society”as envisioned by Studio Shokudo?
– “Medium” and “Place”: Organization and management
– “Tachikawa (Tama)”: Art and the future
(Scheduled)
Navigator: Masataka Maruyama (designer)
Guest: Izuru Kasahara (artist)
Interviewer: Shinsuke Ouchi (Program Officer, Arts Council Tokyo)

Session 2: The Yanaka area
Presentation
Mapping the Yanaka area and the transition of art
– Mapping transition in the art of the Yanaka area (centered in Yanaka and including the area around Ueno)
– Unraveling the practices of the guruguru Ya→Mi→ Project
Discussion
– What are the areas supporting art in Yanaka?
(Scheduled)

Navigator: Emi Tomizuka (art director, performer)
Guests: Akiko Shiihara (community planner, President of Taito Culture & Historical Society), Yasumasa Igarashi (Associate professor, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Tsukuba)
Interviewer: Yuri Sakamoto (Arts Council Tokyo Program Officer)

Session 3: The Roppongi area
Presentation
– Mapping transition in the Roppongi neighborhood through its art scene
– On Roppongi Art Night (2009 – )
Discussion
– On the practices of art developed in Roppongi
(Scheduled)

Navigator: Shinya Takahashi (consultant, Mori Building Company / General Manager of renovation re-opening office at the Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art)
Interviewer: Tsukasa Mori (Director, Arts Council Tokyo’s Tokyo Art Research Lab (TARL) / Principal, School of Thought, Skill, and Dialogue / Director, Tokyo Artpoint Project)

*Details may be subject to change.

– People interested in the comprehensive decoding of art projects
– People interested in examples of community art enterprise practices
– People interested in the design and planning of art projects

1,500 yen each session / 4,000 yen for attendance at all three lectures
*Reservation required

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Please apply via the online form from here.

Reservation deadline
Session 1：Tuesday, February 5 2019, 18:00
Session 2: Tuesday, February 12 2019, 18:00
Session 3: Monday, February 18 2019, 18:00

*We will not accept further applications if capacity is reached before the deadline.
*We will only accept participation on the day if there are spaces left.

Project Coordination Division,
Arts Council Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolitan Foundation for History and Culture
TEL: 03-6256-8435(Weekday 10:00-18:00)
E-mail: tarl@artscouncil-tokyo.jp