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The following lecture will be given by Professor Mike Featherstone, Institute for Creative and Cultural Entrepreneurship (ICCE), Goldsmiths College, University of London.

The first exhibition in Japan to support Amer Nasser, a filmmaker and photographer facing a severe humanitarian crisis in northern Gaza.となる展覧会。

As part of its “Curatorial Practice” course, held to practically experiment with curation, students in the Graduate School of Global Arts, Tokyo University of the Arts have organized the project “Permission to Drive” on Sunday, November 24, 2024.

この度、2024年11月9日（土）より堺屋太一記念 東京藝術大学 美術愛住館にて、国際芸術創造研究科の学生による展覧会「呼応する / Koō-suru」展を開催いたします。

We are pleased to welcome koldsleep, a Korean artist collective, for a special public lecture “The State of Performance Art and Personal Narratives: ‘Chain’ Project and Archive.” 

Translation: Henry Cow, Rock, Improvisation, Experimental Music, and Sound Art Dr. Benjamin Piekut (Professor, Cornell University, Author of Henry Cow: The World is a Problem) will give a special lecture. Anyone interested is welcome to attend.(Pre-registration is needed: the first 40 people can be accommodated)Please register here. (Pre-registration has been closed (2024.08.18) Date: Tuesday, September 3rd 2024, 1800-2000Venue: GA Lecture Room (4F), TAKI PLAZA, Ueno Campus, Tokyo University of the ArtsPresenter: Dr. Bejamin Piekut (Peofessor, Cornell University)Other speakers: Tadahiko Yokogawa (musician/ex-After Dinner), Katsushi Nakagawa (Associate Professor, Yokohama National University)Moderator: Yoshitaka Mori (Professor, Tokyo University of the Arts)Interpreter: Haruka Ueda Organizer:…

Special Talk: Contemporary Asia at the Millennium’s End: Debordering Hong Kong Cinema and Commonality/Difference in Urban Spaces We are pleased to welcome C. J. W.-L. Wee, Professor at the Nanyang Technological University, for a special lecture.Anyone interested is welcome to attend. Date: Friday, July 5, 2024, 18:00-19:30Venue: GA Lecture Room (4F), TAKI PLAZA, Ueno Campus, Tokyo University of the Arts Presenter: C. J. W.-L. Wee ((Professor, Nanyang Technological University)Moderator: Yoshitaka Mori (Professor, Tokyo University of the Arts) Organizer: Yoshitaka Mori Lab, Graduate School of Global Arts, Tokyo University of the ArtsLanguage: English My forthcoming book, A Regional Contemporary, examines the…

Special Talk: Parallel Traces - Curating and Creating Experimental Sound Works in Taiwan A special lecture will be given by musician/curator dj sniff.Anyone interested is welcome to attend. Date: Tuesday, July 2, 2024, 18:00-19:30Venue: GA Lecture Room (4F), TAKI PLAZA, Ueno Campus, Tokyo University of the Arts Presenter: dj sniff (Musician/Curator)Moderator: Yoshitaka Mori (Professor, Tokyo University of the Arts) Organizer: Yoshitaka Mori Lab, Graduate School of Global Arts, Tokyo University of the ArtsLanguage: EnglishParallel Traces - Curating and Creating Experimental Sound Works in TaiwanSince my first visit to Taipei in 2012, I have been fortunate to establish long-lasting relationships with…

Talk Event: Multiple Alternatives Date: 18:00-19:30 on 21st June, 2024Venue: Community Salon in 3F of TAKI PLAZA, Ueno Campus, Tokyo University of the ArtsAddress: 12-8 Ueno Koen, Taito-ku, TokyoAdmission: Free (no reservation required)Seats: 50Guest: Pongsakorn Yananissorn (Curator / Speedy Grandma)Moderator: Tomoya Iwata (Curator / The 5th Floor)Organized by: The 5th FloorCo-organized by: Global Arts, Graduate School of Tokyo University of the Arts --- We are pleased to announce that we will have the talk event by Pongsakorn Yananissorn, an independent curator who works in a variety of projects both in domestic scenes in Thailand and overseas, and Tomoya Iwata, the…

The Arts of Dissent: Art and Democracy vol. 2 In May of 2022, when the spread of COVID was finally coming to an end, The Arts of Dissent: Art and Democracy was held at the Chinretsukan Gallery of the Ueno Campus, Tokyo University of the Arts, as a response to the sudden changes that had occurred in global politics. One symbolic event was the Russian invasion of Ukraine, which began in February of that year, but this was preceded by the global spread of nationalism, ethnocentrism, racism and xenophobia. Amongst the rise of authoritarian states, political repression through violence, persecution…