The presentation and evaluation session for the Science Visualization Assignments that was mentioned the other day will be carried out in the form of an open class. It is a very interesting class that tries to visually convey scientific themes in a simple and friendly way. Please come and attend. The photographs here are scenes from last year’s class. (Takasaki)
Science Visualization Assignments: Presentation & Evaluation Session
Date & Time: Friday, Sept. 26, 14:00 to 17:00
Classroom: 5C513
*Each student will be given 4 minutes for the presentation and evaluation by the instructor in charge.
【Instructors】
Sayoko Tanaka (School of Art and Design), Matt Wood (Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences), Makoto Kobayashi (School of Medicine and Medical Sciences), Koji Nomura (Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences), Yoshihiro Miwa (School of Medicine and Medical Sciences), Yuji Yagi (Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences), Hiroshi Wada (Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences), Masataka Watanabe (Tsukuba Communications, Science Communication)
Category Archives: Notifications
“Iwaki Note (FUKUSHIMA VOICE)”’s new project “Relay Voice” has kicked off.
“Relay Voice – Cover all 47 prefectures!”, a new project of “Iwaki Note (FUKUSHIMA VOICE)”, has kicked off. It is an Internet project asking a volunteer to watch “Iwaki Note (FUKUSHIMA VOICE)” and then to relay (pass on) the movie to the next person and so on in an effort to reach people throughout Japan. The project will also seek for independent screening channels through the participants. On the “Relay Voice” website, the on-time status of the relay will be updated and comments and messages from the participants will be introduced. Currently, 3 routes are ongoing in the hope to cover all 47 prefectures. Through the comments and messages about the movie, we would like to see more links and connections develop among the people. (Iida)
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Information Communication Team, Hiroshima Research
The Information Communication Team, which is working to spread the movie, “Iwaki Note (FUKUSHIMA VOICE)” to as many people as possible, went to Hiroshima on Aug. 21 and 22 to tour the area and attend a meeting in preparation for the showing in Hiroshima-city. The showing in Hiroshima is an ongoing project to co-host the screening with “OPERATION Tsunagari”, a student volunteer group at the University of Hiroshima for reconstruction support. The meeting was to get acquainted and to introduce each other’s activities and to exchange ideas about the theme of the screening. The manga artist, Daisuke Nishijima, who lives in Hiroshima, has also agreed to cooperate with the showing. Under a common theme, a talk session with Nishijima, Operation Tsunagari and the co-directors of “Iwaki Note (FUKUSHIMA VOICE)” to talk about the earthquake disaster from each one’s point of view is being planned for after the screening. After the meeting, we toured the city of Hiroshima, visited the Atomic Bomb Dome and Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum. By touching on the issue of damages caused by the radiation from the atomic bomb, I felt that there was a need to once again discuss and share with the members the significance of showing “Iwaki Note (FUKUSHIMA VOICE)” in Hiroshima. (Iida)
Yui Team’s “Yui’s Pottery Workshop”
Yui Team’s “Yui’s Pottery Workshop”
The Yui team began this year’s activities by first talking with the people who took part in the workshop last year. We selected, as this year’s theme, “Sakura (Cherry blossoms)”, which we found out during the talks is a common memory of Fukushima. This year’s Yui team has set “Create stronger ties” and “Create new ties” as the team’s objective for the activity. We are currently working on a plan in which the participants would be able to create a sakura motif dish that will keep and stay with them in their hearts. The dates of the workshop are Sept. 14 (Sun), 21 (Sun) and 28 (Sun). When the workshop program is over, there will be a party where the dishes will be used. This year, as a new attempt, the creator of the dish will invite someone special to the party and give the dish to that person as a gift. We hope that many people will take part this year again and many new ties will be born, too. (Miyake, 3rd Year at School of Art and Design)
[Yui’s Pottery Workshop]
Date & Time:
Session 1: “Forming the vessel”, Sept. 14 (Sun), 10:00-16:00 (Please be sure to attend this session.)
Session 2: “Glazing”, Sept. 21 (Sun), 13:00-16:00 (For those who wish to attend.)
Session 3: “Exhibition/Pottery Gift Giving Ceremony”, Sept. 28 (Sun), 13:00-16:00 (For those who wish to attend.)
Party: Scheduled for Oct. 19 (Sun)
Place: Tsukuba University, Art & Design Laboratory II
Age requirement: For 5th graders or older.
Number of participants: 40 (First-come-first-served basis)
Fee: Free of charge
What to bring: Wear clothes that you don’t mind getting dirty, a towel, lunch (Only for the 1st session).
How to apply: Please send a fax or email with your name, age, address and telephone number. Title your message, “Yui’s Pottery Project application”.
FAX: 029-853-2813
Email:yui.utsuwa@gmail.com
Applications close on: Aug. 20. (Applicants will be notified by Aug. 27.)
For inquiries: 029-853-2813 (Weekdays 9:00-17:00, except for 8/9-8/17)
Buddhist Lantern Festival “Sora no Katachi (The pattern of the universe)”
The Itako team will be in charge of the lighting effects of the lanterns at the Buddhist Lantern Festival at Choonji Temple in Itako, Ibaraki-ken, from Aug. 13 to 16. The Buddhist Lantern Festival at Choonji Temple is an annual event held to express gratitude to the ancestors by offering them 10,000 lighted-lanterns during the Bon period every year. Since last year, prayers in memory of the victims and for the reconstruction after the Great East Japan Earthquake have been included. The Itako team has set “Sora no Katachi (The pattern of the universe)” as the theme and will direct the lighting by likening the lanterns to the stars in the sky, representing the unlimited possibilities of the children, who will be the main players of the region’s future. The set up of the lanterns will be carried out with help from the students at Itako City Hinode Junior High School, where the Itako team had conducted workshops last year and the year before. Please come and join us. (Iida)
[Date & Time] Aug. 13 (Wed) to Aug. 16 (Sat), 6:30 pm (Lights come on) ~ 10:00 pm. No admission charge.
* Lighting display by CR Itako team only on 13th (Wed) and 14th (Thu).
* The Lantern Festival may be cancelled due to rain or strong winds.
[Place] Choonji Temple (Hinode, Itako-city, Ibaraki-ken)
Photographs: Scenes from the trial at the university.
“The Okuma-Tsukuba Summer Festival”
On Aug. 10 (Sunday), “The Okuma Tsukuba Summer Festival” will be held at the North Emergency Temporary Housing of Johoku Elementary School in Aizu-Wakamatsu city. A huge yagura (Tower) of assembled logs will be at the center with many kinds of stalls, including fried noodles, shaved ice with syrup and yo-yo fishing, surrounding the yagura, and Bon-odori (Bon-festival dancing) will be held in the evening. The summer festival this year has been planned and organized by a joint effort between the people of Okuma-cho and Tsukuba University students. We ask people of neighboring areas as well as people from other prefectures to please come to the “The Okuma Tsukuba Summer Festival”, which has been stepped up in size and quality.
The Okuma Tsukuba Summer Festival
Date & Time: Sunday, Aug. 10, 15:00 ~ 20:00
Venue: North Emergency Temporary Housing of Johoku Elementary School, Aizu-Wakamatsu city.
The movie, “Iwaki Note (FUKUSHIMA VOICE)” showing @MOVIX Tsukuba
The movie, “Iwaki Note (FUKUSHIMA VOICE)” will be showing at MOVIX Tsukuba in Tsukuba-city, Ibaraki-ken, from July 12 (Saturday) to July 18 (Friday). Since the showing this time will have English subtitles, students from abroad and people from overseas, who do not understand the language, will be able to follow, as well. Please take this opportunity to come and see the movie, “Iwaki Note (FUKUSHIMA VOICE)”.
Venue: MOVIX Tsukuba (Tsukuba Science City)
Date: July 12 (Saturday) to July 18 (Friday)
Time: 14:30~ / 19:00~ (2 shows a day)
Price: Adult, 1000 yen. Student and younger, 800 yen.
Advanced Tickets: 900 yen. *Advanced tickets sold at the theater box-office window.
Official website of “Iwaki Note (FUKUSHIMA VOICE)” http://www.geijutsu.tsukuba.ac.jp/~cr/iwakinote/
2nd CR Special Seminar
On July 1, Tuesday, the 2nd CR Special Seminar will be held with Yuji Kishimoto, Professor Emeritus at Clemson University as the speaker. After graduating from Waseda University, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Dept. of Architecture, Professor Kishimoto held various positions and in 1980 became the professor of architecture at Clemson University, a public research university in the United States. He has been involved in many activities that bridge the educational and industrial institutions of both Japan and the US. Please come, as anyone is welcome to attend.
[Special Lecture]
“9.11/3.11, Collaboration, Creativity & Commonsense: A Major Happening Is Occurring Now!”
Venue: Tsukuba University, Rm. 6A208
Date & Time: July 1, Tuesday, from 18:00~
[Preview] Creative Reconstruction: Vision Formulation 1, 9th Session
For the Creative Reconstruction: Vision Formulation 1, 9th Session, the artist, Hiroshi Fuji, will be invited to give a talk titled, “Super-Expression & Super-System: Feeling the gaps as they come”. Please come, as anyone is welcome to attend. In line with the lecture, 3 video images will be shown at the 6A Entrance Gallery.
[Lecture]
Venue: Tsukuba University, Bldg.6A Rm.208
Date & Time: Jun. 20, Friday, 12:15 – 13:30
[Exhibition]
Venue: Tsukuba University, Bldg.6A, Entrance Gallery
Date & Time: Jun. 16 (Monday) to Jun. 20 (Friday), 9:00 – 17:00
[Preview] Creative Reconstruction: Vision Formulation 1, 8th Session
For the Creative Reconstruction: Vision Formulation 1, 8th Session, the author, Maha Harada, will be invited to give a talk titled, “Overcoming Hardship: The Mission of Art and Literature in Extreme Conditions”. Please come, as anyone is welcome to attend.
[Lecture]
Venue: Tsukuba University, Bldg.6A Rm.208
Date & Time: Jun. 13, Friday, 12:15 – 13:30
