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Terry Riley 90th Birthday Commemorative Concert – Fringe Program 《What makes Terry Riley?》 The American composer, Terry Riley is widely regarded as the founding father of minimal music. As he celebrates his 90th birthday this year, what journey has shaped his music? This project offers a space for intuitive reflection and exploration of the elements that compose Riley’s music, focusing on the influences that have deeply shaped him, in order to uncover what makes his work so distinctly Terry Riley. India, improvisation, repetition... Inspired by these key elements, this project continues to ask the question: “What makes Terry Riley?” With…

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…

Introducing a New Faculty Member at the Graduate School of Global Arts

"The Arts of Dissent: Art and Democracy vol. 3" is a continuation of "The Arts of Dissent: Art and Democracy" vol. 1 and vol.2  exhibitions held in 2022 and 2024.

We are pleased to welcome Dr. Minna Valjakka, researcher and Associate Professor at the University of Helsinki, for a special lecture. Anyone interested is welcome to attend.

Practice and Research of Durational Performance by Marilyn Arsem Speaker: Marilyn Arsem (Performance Artist) Language: English and Japanese (Interpretation: Satoshi Ikeda) Date & Time: Monday, May 26, 2025, 9:00–11:30 Format: Online / In-person (Capacity: 30 people) Venue: GA Lecture Room, 4th Floor, TAKI PLAZA, Tokyo University of the Arts, Ueno Campus  Access Map (No.19)　 Eligibility: Students and general public Organized by: Nagashima Lab, Graduate School of Global Arts, Tokyo University of the Arts + IPAMIA (#1) Inquiries: ipamiarchive@gmail.com Online Form: https://forms.gle/XYKKHN1TfxNpUohs6   We are pleased to announce that, as a joint project between the Nagashima Laboratory at GA and IPAMIA,…

Cayetano Limorte, a visiting researcher conducting research on Japanese experimental filmmakers, curated an exhibition titled “A Story of Speed”.

Piotr Bujak BLACK AND WHITE   Exhibition Period: April 11 (Fri) – 20 (Sun), 2025 Time: 1:00 PM – 6:00 PM Venue: Exhibition Room, 2nd Floor, University Hall, Ueno Campus, Tokyo University of the Arts   Black and White is a showcase comprising three time-based media projects by artist and researcher Piotr Bujak, where the common denominator is a gesture of color manipulation. Deliberate reduction to a grayscale as well as resizing and  time manipulation, turns these already simple, yet poetic and visuals into a more versatile form, bridging conceptual criticism and subversion in a characteristic for the author's simplistic…

TEA+ is a shortened form of Tokyo University of the Arts / Taipei National University of the Arts Exchange Artists+ Program. The program was launched in the academic year 2024 to support opportunities to create and investigate artistic practices, and to apply new ideas generated through these activities to education and research. Every year, one to three artists, musicians, performers, and researchers that graduated from National Taipei University of the Arts (TNUA) and Tokyo University of the Arts (Tokyo Geidai) are selected to stay for a period of one to three months. During their stay, they will produce artworks or…

We are delighted to announce the upcoming exhibition "When Does Sound Become Sound?," curated by the students of the Graduate School of Global Arts. This exhibition will be held at the second floor of Chinretsukan Gallery, commencing on March 20, 2025 (Thu)...