Related Events of Letter / Art / Project "TODOKU" Exhibition
Talk session "Anata Ni Todoku, Ii Anbai"
※Japanese sign language provided.
Letter / Art / Project "TODOKU" is an art project which connects “me (here and now)” and “you (not here and now)” through diverse forms of indirect exchanges such as letters, postcards, or video letters. The “TODOKU” exhibition which opens on October 8th is the special exhibition to summarize this 3-year project.
Aesthetician Ito Asa will be our guest to discuss the significance of a symbiotic society and diversity with the concept of altruism as a clue.
title | Talk session "Anata Ni Todoku, Ii Anbai" |
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Date and time | Sunday, 16 October 14:00-16:00 |
Venue | Tokyo Shibuya Koen-dori Gallery |
Guest | ITO Asa (Professor, Tokyo Institute of Technology), OGAWA Nozomu (Director/Curator) |
Capacity | 15 people (Registration required in advance, Order of arrival) |
How to apply | This event has reached to its capacity. Application is closed. |
Notes | *This event will be conducted in Japanese. *Please refrain from visiting the gallery if you have a fever above 37.5℃ or symptoms such as coughing, sore throat, or headache. *Please practice good etiquette by wearing a mask. *Please be aware that we will take photographs and video of the event for the purposes of documentation. These will be subsequently shown on the gallery’s social media (Twitter, Instagram, etc.). |
Professor Ito Asa is Director of the Future of Humanity Research Center at the Tokyo Institute of Technology’s Institute of Innovative Research, specializing in aesthetics and contemporary art. After initially intending to become a biologist, she turned her academic focus to the arts while in her third year at university. She obtained her PhD in Literature in 2010, having studied aesthetics, fine arts, and culture at the University of Tokyo Graduate School of Humanities and Sociology. She is also a Visiting Scholar at MIT (2019). As author, Dr. Ito’s major works include How Do People Without Sight See the World? (Kobunsha), The Stuttering Body (Igaku-Shoin), The Remembering Body (Shunjusha), and Ethics of hands (Kodan-sha). Her work was recognized with the 42nd Suntory Prize for Social Sciences and Humanities in 2020.