Artists' Talk
*Japanese-English consecutive interpretation available
Along with a general introduction to the Wellcome Collection
participating artists discuss their work.
| Speakers: |
Ken Arnold (Head of Public Programmes, Wellcome Trust),
Gilles Barbier (artist),
Oron Catts (artist, The Tissue Culture & Art Project), Rona Pondick
(artist),
Walter Schels (artist), Stelarc (artist) |
| Moderator: |
Hirose Mami (Project Manager, Mori Art Museum) |
| Date: 14:00-16:30
Saturday, 28 November, 2009 |
| Venue: Mori Art Museum |
| Capacity: 40 (bookings
not required) |
| Admission: Free
(exhibition ticket required) |
Talk Sessions
No.1 “What is Life? New Medicine and the Future of Life”
*Japanese-English simultaneous interpretation available
While surveying the latest in biotechnology and medical science, we
ask the biggest question of all, “What is life?” Panelists discuss
life, death, human existence and bioethics from the perspectives of art
and science.
| Speakers: |
Sir John E. Sulston (biologist, 2002 Nobel Prize in
Physiology or Medicine Laureate),
Oron Catts (artist, The Tissue Culture & Art Project),
Hayashizaki Yoshihide (molecular genetics researcher, Director of Omics
Science Center, RIKEN Yokohama Institute) |
| Moderator: |
Nanjo Fumio (Director, Mori Art Museum) |
| Date: 18:00-21:00
Monday, 7 December, 2009 |
| Venue: Tower
Hall, Academyhills 49, Mori Tower 49F |
| Capacity: 320 (bookings
required) |
| Admission: Adult
¥1,000 Students & MAMC Members ¥500 |
| Organizers: Mori Art
Museum, RIKEN, Academyhills |
| Grant from: The Tokyo
Club |
| Corporate
Sponsor: TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION |
No.2 “When Art and Science Meet”
*Japanese-English simultaneous interpretation available
Leonardo da Vinci's anatomical drawings are investigated in relation
to the idea of the body being the “meeting place of medicine and art.”
Discussion extends to the relationship between art and science,
including their similarities and mutual influence, as well as the
potential of each in the future.
| Speakers: |
Martin Kemp (Emeritus Professor of the History of Art,
University of Oxford),
Yoro Takeshi (anatomist, Professor Emeritus of the University of Tokyo,
President of Science Visualization Society of Japan),
Nishikawa Shinichi (stem cell biolotist, Deputy Director of Center for
Developmental Biology, RIKEN Kobe Institute),
Matsui Fuyuko (artist) |
| Moderator: |
Nanjo Fumio (Director, Mori Art Museum) |
| Date: 14:00-17:00
Monday, 11 January, 2010 |
| Venue: Tower
Hall, Academyhills 49, Mori Tower 49F |
| Capacity: 320 (bookings
required) |
| Admission: Adult
¥1,000 Students & MAMC Members ¥500 |
| Organizers: Mori Art
Museum, RIKEN, Academyhills |
| Grant from: The Tokyo
Club |
| Corporate
Sponsor: TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION |
| In Association
with: Science Visualization Society of Japan |
* The Talk Sessions are also made possible by contributions from the
following corporations
| Contributions: |
Akebono Brake Industry Co., Ltd., Asai Germanium
Research Institute Co., Ltd, Azusa Sekkei Co., Ltd., Eisai Co., Ltd.,
Health Center Asuka, Ikeda Scientific Co., Ltd., JEOL Ltd., Megaopto
Co., Ltd., Nissan Chemical Industries, Ltd., Q.P. Corporation, Riken
Keiki Co., Ltd., Riken Perfumery Co., Ltd., Riken Vitamin Co., Ltd.,
SHIMADZU CORPORATION, TAKASAGO INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION, Takeda Rika
Kogyo Co.,Ltd., Tamanoi vinegar Co., Ltd., BIT Co., Ltd, Hamamatsu
Photonics K.K., Ltd., NARD Institute, SANKI ENGINEERING CO.,LTD., Semba
Tohka Industries Co., Ltd., Trial Park Co., Ltd. |
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Enquiries
Public Programs, Mori Art Museum
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