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Ambient media seek to inhabit a space at the edge of conscious perception, creating moods and influencing behaviors without drawing attention to themselves. …

Prof. Yuko Hasegawa attended the symposium "Crossing Views on Artistic Creation in Japan" for the opening of the exhibition "FUKAMI, a dive into Japanese aesthetic"...

Saudade—Unmemorable Place of Time Chinese & Portuguese Contemporary Art Exhibition 2018.07.03 - 2018.08.26 Venue: Fosun Foundation Art Center, Shanghai, China Curator: Prof.Yuko Hasegawa Curatorial Statement by Yuko Hasegawa The untranslatable Portuguese word, saudade, conveys a desire for a past moment that may be forever unattainable. In many directions this word speaks of the current situation we are facing, where going back to the sweet past seems to be so convenient because of the overwhelming desperation generated by the terrifying present and future. In the midst of globalization which reveals itself in the forms such as cross-border trade and cultural exchange,…

The 2nd conference "Japan and Censorship in Contemporary Art" will be held at Tokyo University of the Arts. The first conference "ART, POLITICS AND CENSORSHIP IN JAPAN AND BEYOND" was held…

We are pleased to announce that Professor Jodi Dean (Hobart and William Smith Colleges in New York, USA), a prominent scholar who is actively engaged in politics…

This event “Between Iran and Japan — Persian Dance and Life” will be the second in a series of events following up the first event of the series “Between Iran and Japan…

In the course compulsory to all the GA first year students, …

In the UK a strikingly similar selection of discourses, debates and controversies are circulating through the mainstream art world. What was innovative and iconoclastic in the late 1980s and early '90s, has today…

In this talk, I will present the ongoing research of my dissertation project, which examines the development…