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.

Speakers：Anthony Gardner (Head of School at the Ruskin School of Art, University of Oxford), Sheba Chhachhi (Artist), Renzo Martens (Artist), Ced’art Tamasala (Artist / Vice President, CATPC), 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)
Moderator：Kondo Kenichi (Curator, Mori Art Museum)

In Oxford, we titled “Art in a Time of Catastrophe : Ecologies of Resistance”, we welcomed Brian Kuan Wood(Writer, e-flux, New York) as a keynote speaker and Fujii Hikaru (Artist), Kondo Kenichi(Curator, Mori Art Museum) as speakers from the exhibition. Also Sabu Khoso(Writer, New York), Hira Habi(Artist, Lahor) as speakers and Ros Gray(Goldsmith), Jason Waite, Emilia Terracciano as moderators.