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Le Balcon: Playing with the Spirits of Time and Space

Le Balcon: Playing with the Spirits of Time and Space From October 21 to 24, 2025, the Exhibition Room at University Hall, Tokyo University of the Arts (Ueno Campus), will open its doors to Le Balcon: Playing with the Spirits of Time and Space, presented as part of Avec Le Balcon (ALB) project. This exhibition presents the Paris-based artistic collective Le Balcon, whose work continuously metamorphoses the boundaries between classical music and interdisciplinary production, daring to reimagine what has yet to be imagined. Following their special lecture at Tokyo University of the Arts on November 10, 2025, the exhibition presents…

Special Talk Event “Report from the Field: The Current State of Contemporary Art in Asia“

本講演では、アジアにおける現代美術の変遷について、30年以上にわたるキュレーターとしての活動を通して得た知見を、現場からレポートします。包括的な調査ではなく、グローバリゼーション、政治変革、そして環境危機といった力によって形作られたアーティスト、機関、そしてムーブメントとの出会いや、生きた経験を反映しています。

Kobe-Art festivals Symposium ―Structural Transformation of Curation

Kobe-Art festivals Symposium ―Structural Transformation of Curation We are pleased to announce the “Kobe-Art Festivals Symposium: The Structure and Transformation of Curation,” to be held in Kobe City on Sunday, November 9, 2025. 　 Art festivals, characterized by their periodic occurrence every few years in specific regions, continue to increase in number even as of 2025. Art projects tied to cities have often engaged in reimagining places through collaboration with others, seeking to uncover their new value. This could be described as a relational turn in the understanding of place. However, it is no longer solely the works or artists…

Bubble Chamber

In Bubble Chamber, Pierre Sérot explores how predictions shape timelines—how foresight transforms the future into a present probability. Predictions often rely on the idea of revolution: the cyclical return of events...

[Work in Progress] Ningyo Come / Tsunami Go

We are pleased to announce an exhibition and performance by Betty Apple, a Taiwanese artist currently in residence at the Tokyo University of the Arts. In 2025, Japanese manga artist Tatsuki Yamashita's book Watashi ga Mita Mirai (What I Saw in the Future), which depicts a catastrophic tsunami, became a topic of conversation on social media...

Embers from the Ashes

Four artists—each inspired by their encounters with life and death—invite us to pause, linger, and listen. Their works resist loneliness and erasure, weaving life and death into a single breath: death testifies to lives once lived, while life carries forward its echoes..

“The Future I ___?” — To See or To Change A Collective Creation Workshop

Visiting Artist Betty Apple* from GA residence program TEA+* will hold a collective creation workshop by end of June. All current students in Geidai are welcome to participate, so please feel free to apply. *GA Residence Program TEA+ Official Website *Betty Apple English Profile "The Future I ___?" — To See or To Change A Collective Creation Workshop Date: June 30 (Mon) Time: 6~8 pm Venue: Taki Plaza 3F, Ueno Campus Language: Mainly in English Eligibility for Application: Geidai Students can apply freely Application form: https://forms.gle/uwoUnUvJCKiDcK8Z8   *Maximum of 20 people. The form will close once the maximum number of…

Special Lecture: Aaron CHIU “Immersion, Immediacy, and Intelligence: Embodiment of Innovative Technology and Artistic Practice in Techno-Art Creations”

Special Lecture: Aaron CHIU “Immersion, Immediacy, and Intelligence: Embodiment of Innovative Technology and Artistic Practice in Techno-Art Creations”   We are pleased to welcome Dr. Chih-Yung Aaron CHIU, Professor at the National Tsing Hua University, for a special lecture. Anyone interested is welcome to attend. Date: Tuesday, July 8, 2025, 18:00-19:30 Venue: GA Lecture Room (4F), TAKI PLAZA, Ueno Campus, Tokyo University of the Arts (MAP No.19) Presenter: Dr. Chih-Yung Aaron CHIU（Professor/Interdisciplinary Program of Technology and Art, College of Arts, National Tsing Hua University） Moderator: Shimizu Tomoko (Professor, Tokyo University of the Arts) Organizer: Shimizu Tomoko Lab, Graduate School of…

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