At the 3rd session of Creative Reconstruction: Vision Formulation, we will invite Mr. Kikuo Morimoto, Representative of the Institute for Khmer Traditional Textiles (IKTT) and ask him to talk about “Traditional textiles and the reconstruction of life”. In 1996, he founded the Cambodian NGO, IKTT in Takhmao, a suburb of Phnom Penh, and ever since, has been working on the revival of traditional Cambodian silk textiles, which had almost ceased to exist during the civil war, and on restoring the traditional breeding of silkworms. The restoration of traditional and local resources probably has much in common with the team activities of CR. Please come and take part.
Venue: Tsukuba University, Bldg. 6A Rm.208
Date & Time: May 2 (Friday), 12:15～13:30
(Iida)
Category Archives: Lessons
Creative Reconstruction: Vision Formulation 1, 2nd Session
The artist, Ms. Honma of Kyun-Chome, was invited to give a talk under the title, “Beyond Off-Limits”. She mentioned that many of her works created after the Great East Japan Earthquake are at times rather radical and have been met with mixed reception, but she went through each piece, one by one, to explain her thoughts in creating the works. It was an inspiring talk that gave some hints to the question “What is the role of art after an earthquake disaster?” that the students are always asking themselves. (Akagi)
Preview: Creative Reconstruction: Vision Formulation 1, 2nd Session
At the 2nd session of Creative Reconstruction: Vision Formulation 1, we will invite Ms. Honma of Kyun-Chome to give a talk. Along with the lecture, 4 video images will be shown at the 6A Entrance Gallery. Please come. (Iida)
【Lecture】
Title: Beyond Off-Limits
Venue: Tsukuba University, Bldg.
6A Rm. 208
Date & Time: Apr. 18 (Friday), 12:15 – 13:30
【Exhibition】
Venue: Tsukuba University, 6A Entrance Gallery
Date & Time: Apr. 11 (Friday) to Apr. 18 (Friday), 9:00 – 18:00
* Closed on Saturdays and Sundays
Creative Reconstruction: Vision Formulation 1, 1st Session
On Friday, April 11 at the 1st session of Creative Reconstruction: Vision Formulation 1, Daisuke Tsuda, the journalist and media activist, was invited to speak about the “Efforts made after the earthquake disaster”. He spoke about the planning of the “SHARE FUKUSHIMA” live show held at a Seven-Eleven in Toyoma-ku, Iwaki-shi, Fukushima, about his book “Fukuichi Kanko Project (Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station Tourist Site Project)” (Edited by Hiroki Azuma), and also spoke much with reference to the keyword “tourism”.
(Iida)
Notice about ”Creative Reconstruction Program” Orientation Session
An overall orientation session for the “Creative Reconstruction Program” will be carried out. Those of you who are thinking of taking the following classes, or are interested in the Creative Reconstruction Program, please come and attend. We will give you a summary of the “Creative Reconstruction Program” classes as well as about last year’s activities and about new projects that will begin this year. (Akagi)
Date & Time: Apr. 10 (Thursday), 18:15 – 19:15
Place: 5C216
List of Classes for “Creative Reconstruction Program”
Creative Reconstruction Special Assignments I (01EB081)
Creative Reconstruction Off-Campus Special Assignment I (01EB082)
Creative Reconstruction Special Course on Art Theory (01EB083)
Creative Reconstruction: Psychological Support After Crisis (Y505101・HB21131)
Creative Reconstruction: Vision Formulation I (Y505201・AC42161・AC63541)
Creative Reconstruction: Catastrophe & Art（Y505401）
Creative Reconstruction: Vision Formulation Assignments (Y635102・AC42182・AC63562・FH53072)
Creative Reconstruction: Off-Campus Challenge Assignments (Y635202)
Creative Reconstruction: Science Visualization Assignments (Y635302)
Creative Reconstruction: Hybrid Art Assignments (Y635402)
Creative Reconstruction: Problem Finding/Solving Exercises (Y635502)
Creative Reconstruction: Off-Campus Challenge Special Assignments (Y635602)
Preview: Creative Reconstruction: Vision Formulation 1, 1st Session
On Friday, April 11, we will invite the journalist and media activist, Daisuke Tsuda, and ask him to speak about the “Efforts made after the earthquake disaster”.
Venue: Tsukuba University, Bldg.6A Rm208
Date & Time: April 11 (Friday), 12:15 – 13:30
Anyone is welcome to attend. (Iida)
Learn & Have Fun: Disaster Prevention Team’s Report Exhibition
An exhibition of the Disaster Prevention team’s report is being held at 6A Entrance gallery.
Photos from the disaster prevention game carried out on a slope at the Takahagi Industrial Recovery Festival last November and the Takahagi-shi Disaster Prevention booklet that the team created are on display. Please come and see the exhibit, “Learn & Have Fun: Disaster Prevention Team Report”.
Date & Time: Jan. 27 (Monday) to Feb. 9 (Sunday), 9:00-17:00
Venue: 6A Entrance Gallery
(Akagi)
Performance by Hybrid Art Assignments students
A performance will be put on by the Hybrid Art Assignments students on Tuesday, Jan. 21 at the 6A Entrance Gallery. An exhibition will also be held at the gallery from the same day until Sunday, Jan. 26. Please come and see them. (Akagi)
Performance: “A Farewell Party for the Fukushima
Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant”
Date & Time: Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2014, 18:30-
Venue: 6A Entrance Gallery
*The exhibition from Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2014, until 13:00 on Sunday, 26th
Off-Campus Challenge Assignments Review Meeting
A review meeting of the Off-Campus Challenge Special Assignments/ Off-Campus Challenge Assignments was carried out on Saturday, Dec. 21. A total of 11 teams of students and instructors involved in the assignments reported on their activities for 15 min each. It was a good opportunity for the students to learn about the activities of other teams and a sense of enthusiasm could be detected.
The reports of the review meeting and questionnaires of the assignments will be shared within the CR and passed on to serve as reference for next year’s activities. (Iida)
Workshop: Hand-made Christmas Wreaths
On Dec. 14, the CR Empathy Team participated in a Christmas event at Izumitamatsuyu Temporary Housing in Izumi, Iwaki-city. It a large scale housing estate where 200 families from Tomioka-cho, near the nuclear power plant, are living. The awareness of the residents is high and they get together and conduct events on a regular basis.
The Christmas event was organized by resident volunteers and volunteers from outside the area. Wreath-making using woolen yarn by 9 students from the Social Engineering course and Art and Design course started at 9:30 in the morning and was over in about an hour. Twenty groups, over 50 people ranging from a 3 year-old to the elderly, participated and enjoyed working together with the students.
The wreaths were hung from the ceiling and became decorative displays for the Christmas event that followed. We plan to keep in touch for the next fiscal year and would like to discuss about the “mud game project” that we had initially planned. (Osaka)
