For the Creative Reconstruction: Vision Formulation 1, 7th Session, the art director, Yutaro Midorikawa, will be invited to give a talk titled, “Invisible Art”. Please come, as anyone is welcome to attend. In line with the lecture, works by artists affiliated to a group run by Midorikawa will be on display at the 6A Entrance Gallery.
[Lecture]
Venue: Tsukuba University, Bldg.6A Rm.208
Date & Time: Jun. 6, Friday, 12:15 – 13:30
[Exhibition]
Venue: Tsukuba University, Bldg.6A, Entrance Gallery
Date & Time: Jun. 2 (Monday) to Jun. 6 (Friday), 9:00 – 18:00
Category Archives: Notifications
Notice: ”Minipro Talk Show”
This is a notice about a talk show from “Minipro”, a reconstruction support group led by Tsukuba University students. Please come and take part.
“Then, Now, Hereafter – Reflecting on 3.11” ~ With Hoshi-san and Sato-san from Minami-Soma, Fukushima Prefecture.
Date & Time: 2014/06/05 (Thursday), 18:30 – 20:00
Place: Tsukuba University, Area 3, Rm. 3A202
Timetable: 18:30~ Doors open. Welcoming speech by the director and introduction of the speakers.
18:40~ Talks by the speakers (Hoshi-san, Sato-san.)
19:30~ Interview.
20:00~ Q & A, Discussion time.
20:30~ The end.
”Minipro: Let’s Go and See and Think About Tohoku Project” began with the idea to actually go and see with our own eyes the disaster-stricken areas, so as to keep the memory of the earthquake from fading. The main objective is to go and see the present Tohoku, the present Fukushima, and to inform to as many people as possible about what they saw from a college students’ point of view. The present talk show has been planned so that the current state of Fukushima could be felt and understood while staying in Tsukuba. It is a significant event as people who are working on the disaster reconstruction in Minami-Soma, Fukushima Prefecture have been invited to speak about their experiences.
Director: Fumimasa Yamashita, 2nd Year, College of Comparative Culture.
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[Preview] Creative Reconstruction: Vision Formulation 1, 6th Session
For the Creative Reconstruction: Vision Formulation 1, 6h Session, Kenji Yanobe, the contemporary artist, will be invited to give a talk titled, “A Passionate Account of My Works”. Please come, as anyone is welcome to attend. In line with the lecture, 2 promotional videos will be shown at the 6A Entrance Gallery.
[Lecture]
Venue: Tsukuba University, Bldg.6A Rm.208
Date & Time: May 30, Friday, 12:15 – 13:30
[Exhibition]
Venue: Tsukuba University, Bldg.6A, Entrance Gallery
Date & Time: May 22 (Thursday) to May 30(Friday), 9:00 – 18:00
* Closed on Saturdays and Sundays.
[Preview] Creative Reconstruction: Vision Formulation 1, 5th Session
For the Creative Reconstruction: Vision Formulation 1, 5th Session, Noi Sawaragi, the art critic, will be invited to give a talk titled, “The Art of the Japanese Archipelago and Its Foundation”. Please come, as anyone is welcome to attend.
Venue: Tsukuba University, Bldg.6A Rm.208
Date & Time: May 23, Friday, 12:15〜13:30
Creative Reconstruction: Vision Formulation 1, 4th Session
For the Creative Reconstruction: Vision Formulation 1, 4th Session, the artist, Noboru Tsubaki was invited to give a talk titled, “The Decorum of Mutation Art”.
His talk began with the subject of philosophy and extended to his own works from multiple angles. Among them, most noteworthy was the story about his art project in Shodo-shima (Island), in which he mentioned that the key to a successful project is how many people you can get to participate in the project. This is something very important and relates to the future of our CR activities, as well. (Akagi)
India x Art x School!
Wall Art Festival 2014 Briefing Session
On May 13 (Tue) from 18:30 – 20:30, the briefing session for the Wall Art Festival 2014 was held.
The Wall Art Festival is a festival that began with the desire to do something for the education of children in India and to convey to the villagers what art can do and how much fun school can be. In the farming villages of India, school education is still limited, for there is little regard for educating children and many children are unable to attend school because their parents are away working in different provinces. With the aim of spreading education, artists from both Japan and India use as canvasses the classroom walls of schools in such small villages to paint modern art and traditional Indian wall paintings. The art festival has been held every year since 2010 at schools in India.
Using slides and videos, the briefing session at Tsukuba University reported on the 5th Festival held in 2014. Ichiro Endo, the futuristic artist and Akira Kamo, the painter, were invited as guest artists, as were Okazu-san (Kazunori Hamao), the India-coordinator of the project, and Akiko Ohkuni, the representative. The 4 of them were invited as guests. They spoke about why they are working on the educational support in India and about the effect art has on the support effort. The session was very enlightening and helpful for future guidance.
Before the briefing session, for about 1 hour from 16:30, there was a “Future Dragon Big Sky Kite” performance by Ichiro Endo. At the multi-purpose grounds of the Institute of Health and Physical Education, a chain of kites with dreams of Indian children drawn on was flown up in the Tsukuba sky!
Ichiro Endo’s “Mirai e Go (Go for Future)” was also on exhibit in the inner garden of the School of Art & Design building, setting the mood for the briefing session.
The next project will be the EARTH ART PROJECT on Aug. 10 and 11, 2015 at a school in Ladakh region where children of nomads go to school (5000m above sea level). The planning is already ongoing and participating artists have been decided. They are looking for 12 art volunteers who will be helping the artists with their works and holding workshops with the children while working on organizing the exhibition. Those who are interested please check out the website below. (Ono)
EARTH ART PROJECT Website
http://earth-art.info/volunteer-2014/
Related URL
Wall Art Festival http://wafes.net/
Wall Art Festival Blog http://blog.livedoor.jp/wall_art/
Blue Bear Inc. http://www.blue-bear.co.jp/
Facebook page: Wall Art Festival https://www.facebook.com/pages/Wall-Art-Festival/369068276466528?fref=ts
Motion Gallery https://motion-gallery.net/projects/wallartfestival2014/walls/4420?fb_action_ids=722940924412593&fb_action_types=og.comments&fb_source=aggregation&fb_a
Preview: Creative Reconstruction: Vision Formulation 1, 4th Session
For the Creative Reconstruction: Vision Formulation 1, 4th Session, the artist Noboru Tsubaki will be invited to give a talk titled, “The Decorum of Mutation Art”. Please come, as anyone is welcome to attend.
Venue: Tsukuba University, Bldg. 6A Rm. 208
Date & Time: May 16 (Fri), 12:15 – 13:30
Release of the movie “Iwaki Note (FUKUSHIMA VOICE)” at Shibuya UPLINK.
The documentary, “Iwaki Note (FUKUSHIMA VOICE)” was released at Shibuya UPLINK on May 10. On the 10th and 11th, the students who were co-directors greeted the audience and spoke about the reporting and making of and how they feel about the theatrical release. At the second showing on the 11th, Mr. Katsuta Okada of SET (Reconstruction support group), Yu Hosada of Tsuna-Pro Kesen-numa and the co-directors of the movie held an open talk show under the theme of Altana-S’s project, “The youngsters’ way of giving support to the disaster-stricken areas”. Based on their activities and experience, the students who appeared before the nearly packed house discussed about how to involve young people in the support of the disaster-stricken areas and how to influence people who are indifferent. A number of other talk shows during the showing period are in the planning. Details will be posted when they have been set. (Iida)
“Iwaki Note (FUKUSHIMA VOICE)” showing at UPLINK
Date: May 10 (Sat) – May 23 (Fri) *Scheduled for 2 more weeks.
Time: 1st show from 11:00; 2nd show from 14:50
Venue: Shibuya UPLINK 2F
Tickets: 1000 yen for Non-Members, 800 yen for Members, 500 yen for Students.
“Iwaki Note (FUKUSHIMA VOICE)” Official Website: http://www.geijutsu.tsukuba.ac.jp/~cr/iwakinote/
Kamado (Cooking stove) Project Team “The Spring Hojo Market”.
On May 6, 2 years ago, a tornado swept through Hojo in Tsukuba-city. The Spring Hojo Market was held on the 6th and the Kamado Project Team carried out a workshop. Based on a map created by the “Project to strengthen the ties of the local shopping area”, which was organized by the Tsukuba City Society of Commerce & Industry and the Japan Shopping District Support Center and conducted between January and March, the team asked people, who had come to the market and taken part in the workshop, to draw their vision of Hojo 10 Years from now. (Hara)
We would like to thank everyone who came to the workshop, ”The Future of Hojo Shopping Center: Let’s Draw My Town, Our Town!” Thanks to all your efforts, a wonderful map has been created! Although there was a delay due to some problems, we are very glad we were able to make the ohagi (Bean cake) and serve them to the local people, too. A mobile kamado was introduced for the first time. Since it was cold, the kamado also acted as a heater. (LOL) This time, we boiled water for the tea, but next time, we would like everyone to try the rice, which will be cooked on the kamado BIKE!! We are very glad that we were able to connect with many people through the Hojo Market. Thank you very much. (Tanji, 3rd Year at School of Art & Design)
Creative Reconstruction: Vision Formulation 1, 3rd Session
At the 3rd session of Vision Formulation, Mr. Kikuo Morimoto, Representative of the Institute for Khmer Traditional Textiles (IKTT), came and spoke about “Traditional textiles and the reconstruction of life”.
He spoke about how he restored the traditional Cambodian silk textile, Khmer textile, and the story of how the current village was developed. ”I wanted to make something of real quality, and I believed that if something of genuine quality can be sold, I would be able to employ the local people.” It was from such thoughts that prompted him to start by cultivating the wilderness and planting mulberry trees. His story was very inspiring and informative. It made us realize that not only is it essential to rediscover local traditions and resources, but also to follow tradition and take it to the next stage for further development. (Akagi)
