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​​The Arts of Dissent: Art and Democracy

We are pleased to announce “The Arts of Dissent: Art and Democracy” + “Masking/Unmasking Death,” a special exhibition of Tokyo Geidai AAI (Asian Art Initiative). to be held May 1-10 at Chenretsukan Gallery.

In this issue, we would like to inform you about the exhibition, “The Arts of Dissent: Art and Democracy.”

The Arts of Dissent: Art and Democracy 

Dates: 5/1 (Sun) – 5/10 (Tue), from 10:00 am to 17:00 pm
Venue: Chinretsukan Gallery 1F, The University Art Museum, Ueno Campus, Tokyo University of the Arts

Organizers: Tokyo University of the Arts Global Support Center – Tokyo Geidai Asia Art Initiative (AAI), Graduate School of Global Arts (GA), Tokyo University of the Arts Yoshitaka Mori Lab.
Director: Yoshitaka Mori (Professor, Graduate School of Global Arts, Tokyo University of the Arts)

■Participant Artist
A3BC (Anti-War, Anti-Nuclear and Arts of Block-print Collective)
Pei-Chi Kuo
Ilya Yerashevich
Sepideh Hashemi
Rika Nakashima

■Screening 
Noisey – Music by VICE《Punk Rock vs. Sharia Law – Music World – Episode 5》2014（Producer/Host Milène-Larsson, Director/Camera-Grant Armour, Fixer /Co-Host-Kartika Jahja）

■Project
Kounosuke Kawakami
Ness Roquet
Chunting Yang (collaborator: Yu Shan Ke）

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<Symposium / Workshop / Performance>
Events will be held with the artists in parallel to the exhibition.

●Open Seminar 
Joint Open Seminar organized by Professor Yoshitaka Mori and Dr.Tomoko Shimizu Research Group, Graduate School of Global Arts, Tokyo University of the Arts

“Peace, Democracy, and Art: Think of Art through the Ukrainian Situation”

Date: Tuesday, May 10, 15:00-17:00
Place: Chinretsukan Gallery 1F
Guest Speaker: Yoshio Shirakawa (Artist)
Moderator: Yoshitaka Mori (Professor, Graduate School of Global Arts, Tokyo University of the Arts), Tomoko Shimizu (Associate Professor, Graduate School of Global Arts, Tokyo University of the Arts)
How to participate: Reception on the day of the event (priority given to students and faculty staff)

●Workshop 

Installation Workshop by Sepideh Hashemi
Date: Tuesday, May 3
Venue: Tokyo University of the Arts, Chinretsukan Gallery 1F
Artist: Sepideh Hashemi
Admission: Registration on the day (limited number available)

A3BC Woodcut Workshop
Date: Sunday, May 8, 13:00-17:00
Venue: Tokyo University of the Arts, Chinretsukan Gallery 1F
Artist: A3BC members
Admission: Free
Admission: Registration on the day (limited number of seats available)
※Please bring any T-shirts or tote bags you would like to print on. Only black ink will be used.

●Performance 

Performance by Ilya Yerashevich
Date: Tuesday, May 3, 14:00-15:00
Venue: Tokyo University of the Arts, Chinretsukan Gallery 1F
Artist: Ilya Yerashevich
Admission: Registration on the day (limited number available)

●Film Screening 

“The Kingmaker” (2019, Philippines, 100 min)
Directed by Lauren Greenfield

Date: Saturday, May 7, 15:00-18:00
Venue: Tokyo University of the Arts, Chinretsukan Gallery 1F
Moderator: Ness Roquet (PhD Candidate, Graduate School of Global Arts, Tokyo
University of the Arts)
Guest Speaker (Online): Dakila (NGO, Philippines)
Admission: Online Registration (priority given to students and faculty staff)

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Inquiry：
Tokyo Geidai AAI：Egami
tokyogeidaiaai@ml.geidai.ac.jp

Tokyo Geidai AAI web site： https://aai.geidai.ac.jp/about/