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Public Programs
Ekuan Kenji, Kamiya Koji, Kikutake Kiyonori, Maki Fumihiko, Naito Hiroshi
Azuma Hiroki (Photo: Kenshu Shintsubo), Rem Koolhaas (Photo: Dominik Gigler), Mikuriya Takashi, Nader Vossoughian, Yatsuka Hajime
Symposium *Japanese-English simultaneous interpretation available
No. 1 "The Metabolists on Metabolism"
Growing alongside Japan's postwar recovery and economic growth, Metabolism's orientation was towards new architecture and future cities. Listening to the people who were at the center of the Metabolism movement or involved with the movement, we look back at the excitement of the early days, examine the path taken by the movement as it grew, and consider how it relates to architecture today.
Speakers: Ekuan Kenji (Industrial designer), Kamiya Koji (Professor emeritus, Nihon University), Kikutake Kiyonori (architect), Maki Fumihiko (architect)
Moderator: Naito Hiroshi (architect)
No. 2 "Metabolism as Politics"
As a movement, Metabolism drew in public officials and businesspeople as well as architects. Times have changed a great deal since then, but perhaps it is still possible for architects and architects to transform society. We investigate that possibility by considering it in the context of the ideas of Metabolism and the activities of the Metabolists.
Speakers: Azuma Hiroki (writer, cultural critic), Rem Koolhaas (architect), Mikuriya Takashi (Professor, Research Center of Advanced Science and Technology, the University of Tokyo), Nader Vossoughian (curator, urban theorist)
Moderator: Yatsuka Hajime (architect, critic, Professor, Shibaura Institute of Technology)
Date: No.1; 13:30-15:30, No.2; 16:30-18:30 Sunday 18 September, 2011
Venue: Tower Hall, Academyhills49, Mori Tower 49F
Capacity: 320 (bookings required)
Admission: General ¥3,000 MAMC Member free *Ticket valid for admission to both No.1 and 2.
Organizers: Mori Art Museum, Academyhills
Bookings: * Booked Out
<Announcement>
Speaker cancellation: Due to change in circumstances, Nader Vossoughian will not be participating in the Symposium on 18 September.
Tsukamoto Yoshiharu, Hirata Akihisa, Yoshimura Yasutaka,
Igarashi Taro
No. 3 "The DNA of Metabolism: Social Systems"
Half a century has passed since the period of rapid economic development.Tsukamoto Yoshiharu proposes what he calls "void metabolism," Hirata Akihisa pursues "architecture as living organism" and Yoshimura Yasutaka presents his container project. Social systems have changed, but what might be called the "DNA of Metabolism" is still carried on by contemporary architects. How can those architects build new relationships with society?
Speakers: Tsukamoto Yoshiharu (architect), Hirata Akihisa (architect), Yoshimura Yasutaka (architect)
Moderator: Igarashi Taro (professor, Tohoku University)
Date: 19:00-21:00 Friday 14 October, 2011
Venue: Auditorium, Academyhills49, Mori Tower 49F
Capacity: 150 (bookings required)
Admission: General ¥2,000 MAMC Member free
Organizers: Mori Art Museum, Academyhills
Bookings: * Booked Out
Fujimoto Sou, Fujimura Ryuji,
Igarashi Taro
No. 4 "The DNA of Metabolism: The Role of Architects"
The Metabolism movement demonstrated how architects can play a role in leading society in a certain direction. Fujimoto Sou explores the principles of radical architecture, while Fujimura Ryuji's interests range from urban design to plans for the management of the Japanese archipelago. What role can these young architects, who have inherited the Metabolist DNA, play in the context of a new age – the 21st century?
Speakers: Fujimoto Sou (architect), Fujimura Ryuji (architect)
Moderator: Igarashi Taro (professor, Tohoku University)
Date: 19:00-21:00 Thursday 20 October, 2011
Venue: Auditorium, Academyhills49, Mori Tower 49F
Capacity: 150 (bookings required)
Admission: General ¥2,000 MAMC Member free
Organizers: Mori Art Museum, Academyhills
Bookings: * Booked Out
Yamaguchi Katsuhiro
Device (Work)
1967
Acrylic plastic, lights
1500 x 2000 x 2000 mm
Collection: NST (Deposit: The Niigata Prefectural Museum of Modern Art)
No. 5 "From Space to Environment: Contemporaneous Intermedia Activities and the Osaka Expo"
The 1960s, when the Metabolism movement was at its most active, was an age of “intermedia,” when creators working in the creative fields of art, music and so on tried to transcend those fields’ traditional confines. One of the keywords used to link various activities at that time was “environment.” This fact can be seen in the “From Space to Environment” exhibition held in 1966 and also in the Osaka Expo of 1970. In this symposium we bring together creators who were at the center of this movement. They will be asked to analyze from different perspectives what this background idea of “environment” meant to them at the time. They will also explain its affinity with the concept of Metabolism and the extension of those concepts through the 1970 Expo. Finally, they will discuss what kind of spirit we now, 50 years later, can inherit from that time.
Speakers: Asada Akira (Dean, Kyoto University of Art and Design Graduate School), Iguchi Toshino (Professor, Saitama University), Isozaki Arata (architect), Ichiyanaghi Toshi(composer, pianist), Yamaguchi Katsuhiro(artist)
Moderator: Kataoka Mami(Chief Curator, Mori Art Museum)
Date: 14:00-16:00, Sunday 18 December, 2011
Venue: Academyhills49, Mori Tower 49F
Capacity: 150 (bookings required)
Admission: General 2,000yen; MAMC Member free
Organizers: Mori Art Museum, Academyhills
Bookings: * Booked Out
* “Metabolism, the City of the Future” public programs are made possible by the generous support from Mori Art Museum Best Friends.
* Due to events, the Metabolism Lounge will not be available on Sat, 17 September / Thu, 6 October / Mon, 17 October / Thu, 27 October - Tue, 8 November /
Sat, 19 November / Fri, 25 November / Thu, 1 December / Tue, 6 December / Sat, 10 December / Thu, 15 December
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