Visualizing Asian Modernity

[Alex Zahlten]

Hello Everyone,

here is the schedule for the "Visualizing Asian Modernity" seminar that will take place in Copenhagen towards the end of the month. Koichi Iwabuchi will be the keynote speaker;  it's a heterogenous program with a spin towards contemporary art- it's planned as a series of workshops
( I have a presentation as well).

You can see more on the seminar series at the website: http://vam.ku.dk/

Best,

Alex


Saturday, March 28, 2009
Academic seminar at University of Copenhagen

 

Morning Session
09:00-09:15  Welcome: Adrian Favell and Gunhild Borggreen

09:15-10:00  Keynote Address: Seiichi Kond?: "Soft Power in Japan and Asia" - on why does soft power matter in 21st century and what the resources of soft power of Japan are.

10:00-10:20  Adrian Favell: "Japanamerica and Japaneuropa: how Japanese pop culture invaded the West" - on comparing the influence of Japanese popular culture and "high art" in the United States and Europe

10:20-10:40   Peer Kj?r: on cultural exchange through turism

10:40-11:00  Casper Jensen: on Danish interest in the Japanese cosplay phenomena 

11:00-12:00   Discussion (moderator: Gunhild Borggreen)

12:00-13:00   Lunch

 

Afternoon Session
13:00-13:45   Keynote Address: K?ichi Iwabuchi: "Undoing Cool Japan - Taking culture and administration seriously" - a critical discussion of the spread of Japanese media culture in the age of globalization

13:45-14:15   Alexander Zahlten: "Eventranslation - Translatingevents" - on cultural exchange in film industries

14:15-14:35   Lars-Martin S?rensen: "Limited Animation - Unlimited Fascination" - on the psychology and global aesthetics of Japanese anime

14:35-14:55  Isabel Fr?es: "West meets East: The Easternisation of Western culture through play" 

14:55-15:30  Discussion (moderator: Adrian Favell)

15:30-16:00   Coffee break

 

Evening Session
16:00-16:20  (to be announced) 

16:20-16:40  Anna Gulmann: on Chinese design on global markets (to be confirmed)

16:40-17:00  Guri E. Hanem: "Contemporary Japanese Art and its Manifestos 'Superflat' and 'Micropop'" - on the aesthetics of new generations of Japanese artists

17:00-18:00   Discussion and Summary of all presentations (chair: Gunhild Borggreen)

18:00-19:00   Informal Reception (beer and wine served at university)

 

Sunday, March 29, 2009
In Situ Art Talk at ARKEN Museum of Modern Art


11:00-12:00   Guided Tour at the museum

14:00-14:15  Welcome by Gunhild Borggreen and Marie Laurberg

14:15-14:30  Johan Zimsen Kristiansen: "Photography - Semiology: A semiological approach to Japanese photography" - on creating awareness in the viewer's praxis of 'reading' Japanese photography

14:30-14:45  Margrethe Troensegaard: (tba)

14:45-15:00  Short break 

15:00-15:50 10 minutes presentation from each panel participant:

 Marie Laurberg (ARKEN Museum of Modern Art)
 Mette Marcus (Louisiana Museum of Modern Art) (to be confirmed)
 Pernille Fonnesbech og Anne Kielgast (GL Strand)
 Helene Nyborg (Helene Nyborg Contemporary)
 Mette Sandbye (art critic, Weekendavisen)
15:50-16:30   Panel debate: Exhibiting Asia in Denmark (moderator: Gunhild Borggreen)

16:30-16:45   Concluding discussion
-- 
alex at nipponconnection.de

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