This week’s events: April 27 to May 3
Apr. 26, 2015 (Sun.) 17:05
The following events will be held from April 27 to May 3, 2015. For a full list of events held just before and during the exhibition including those presented by entities other than Parasophia and its participating artists, click here. Links to individual event pages will be added as soon as they are available.
April 27: Closed
[Talk Event] Access Program
Radikal Dialogue [The Mystery of Human Evolution] Hideki Endo
April 28 (Tue.) 2:00–4:00 PM
Venue: Parasophia Room, Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art
Lecturer: Hideki Endo (Professor, Comparative Morphology and Dead Body Science, University Museum, University of Tokyo)
Facilitator: Noboru Tsubaki (artist; Professor, Kyoto University of Art and Design; PAB member)
80 seats available
Trans-it Program: Part 4 [Talk] Kazuhito Tanaka & Yasuto Masumoto
April 29 (Wed./holiday) 2:00–3:30 PM
Venue: Parasophia Room, Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art
Speakers: Kazuhito Tanaka & Yasuto Masumoto (participating artists, Still Moving)
80 seats available
Presented by Still Moving (exhibition held in connection with Parasophia; Special Plan Exhibition of the 6th Anniversary of the Kyoto City University of Arts Art Gallery @KCUA)
Information about Still Moving: stillmoving.kcua.ac.jp
[Performance] Miwa Yanagi’s Stage Trailer Project “Burlesque of The Wing of the Sun”
April 29 (Wed./holiday) 7:00–8:00 PM
* Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art closes at 7:00 PM (last admission at 6:30 PM).
Venue: Area in front of Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art
* Performance may be moved indoors in case of rain.
Producer: Miwa Yanagi
Costume design: Shinya Kushino
Performers: mecav KOTOBUKI (pole dance), Kei Tsujimoto (pole dance), Conguero Tres Hoofers (tap dancing and musical performance), BAVAAAL (fire breathing), Mayuka Miki (piano), Yoko Kuroki (recital)
Presented by Miwa Yanagi’s Stage Trailer Project
Trans-it Program: Part 5 [Talk] Tatsuo Majima
April 30 (Thu.) 2:00–3:30 PM
Venue: Former Suujin Elementary School (9 Kawabata-cho, Shimogyo-ku, Kyoto 600-8202)
Speaker: Tatsuo Majima
80 seats available
Presented by Still Moving (exhibition held in connection with Parasophia; Special Plan Exhibition of the 6th Anniversary of the Kyoto City University of Arts Art Gallery @KCUA)
Information about Still Moving: stillmoving.kcua.ac.jp
[Talk Event] The Digital Image Archives of Regional Communities, Niigata
May 1 (Fri.) 1:00–5:30 PM
Venue: Parasophia Room, Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art
Speakers: Arata Hayashida (Archival Research Center, Kyoto City University of Arts), Chikako Enomoto (Assistant Professor, Faculty of Humanities, Niigata University), Morihiro Satow (Dean of Faculty of Design, Kyoto Seika University; PAB member), Yorio Kitamura (Associate Professor, Faculty of Humanities, Niigata University), Akira Kikuchi (Assistant Professor, Institute for Research in Humanities, Kyoto University), Ken’ichi Harada (Professor, Faculty of Humanities, Niigata University), Keiji Aiuchi (Professor, Faculty of Art, Kyoto Seika University)
Facilitator: Morihiro Satow (Dean of Faculty of Design, Kyoto Seika University; PAB member)
80 seats available
Presented by The Digital Image Archives of Regional Communities, Niigata (Faculty of Humanities, Niigata University)
Co-presented by Parasophia: Kyoto International Festival of Contemporary Culture 2015
More information: www.human.niigata-u.ac.jp/event_info/5862 (in Japanese only)
[Tour] Okazaki Park and Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art
May 2 (Sat.) 2:00–3:30 PM
Venues: Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art, Okazaki Park and surrounding areas
Guide: Yoshihiro Nakatani (Curator, Parasophia: International Festival of Contemporary Culture 2015)
Up to 30 participants
[Lecture] Ryue Nishizawa “Recent Projects”
May 2 (Sat.) 5:00–6:30 PM
Venue: Parasophia Room, Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art
Speaker: Ryue Nishizawa (architect)
80 seats available
[Live Performance] Shing02 & Kuranaka “Holiday Constitution”
May 3 (Sun./holiday) Part 1: 3:00 PM–, Part 2: 4:00 PM–
Part 1: Live performance by Shing02 & Kuranaka
Venue: Area in front of Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art
Performers: Shing02 and Kuranaka a.k.a. 1945
* Rain or shine, standing room only
Part 2: Open Discussion “Shing02 & Audience Members”
Facilitators: Keiko Kurachi & Satoru Takahashi
Venue: Exhibition space, Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art (inside of Ornament and Crime: Sense/Common)
Up to 25 participants (valid Parasophia ticket required; numbers distributed at the Information desk starting from 10:00 AM)
[Performance] Miwa Yanagi’s Stage Trailer Project “Kenji Nakagami Night 2015”
May 3 (Sun./holiday) 6:00–9:00 PM (tentative)
Venue: Area in front of Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art
* Performance may be moved indoors in case of rain.
Performers: Akira Asada, Hiroshi Funato, Hiromichi Hosoma, Seiko Ito, Kenichi Hasegawa Band, mecav KOTOBUKI, Manabu Yamada, and Miwa Yanagi
Lisa Anne Auerbach American Megazine: Mega-Girls
A pair of “mega-girls” wearing knitted sashes by Lisa Anne Auerbach will be turning the pages of American Megazine #1 and American Megazine #2 every weekend starting from March 22.
Dates: Every Saturday and Sunday from March 22 to May 10 at 1:30–2:00 PM and 3:30–4:00 PM
Venue: Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art
Hoefner/Sachs Suujin Park: Community Hall
Visitors will be able to directly enter the Community Hall (“Donated plants and re-used playground material from the former Suujin Elementary School are transformed into a multipurpose gardening architecture and community hall, open for everybody”) portion of Suujin Park by Hoefner/Sachs.
Dates: Every Saturday, Sunday, and holiday from April 25 to May 10 (April 25 and 26, May 2–5, 9 and 10) from 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM
Venue: Areas near the cross streets of Kawaramachi and Shiokoji Streets
Sherpa Tours
These unique tours are planned by the Parasophia Volunteers to share different ways to enjoy the exhibition. Details will be announced at the Volunteers desk at Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art and on the Parasophia Volunteer Center’s website (paravol.jp/en).
Every Saturday, Sunday, and holiday between March 14 and May 10, 2:00 PM– (40–60 min.)
* Sign up to participate starting from 1:00 PM on the day of the tour.
Venue: Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art
● Sherpas (volunteer mediators) are always available throughout the exhibition space to answer questions or take part in discussions about any particular artwork.
● For group tours, please contact the Parasophia Volunteer Center.
Parasophia Volunteer Center (c/o Kyoto Art Center)
Phone: +81-(0)75-213-1000 / FAX: +81-(0)75-213-1004 / E-mail: info@paravol.jp
Extended hours at Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art
Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art’s hours will be extended until 7:00 PM (last admission at 6:30 PM) from March 27 to April 12 and from April 29 to May 10.
* All event details are subject to change. Events may be cancelled without advance notice.
* Reservation not required unless otherwise specified; seats available on first-come, first-served basis on the day of each event. Admission is free unless otherwise noted. Parasophia ticket may be required for events held in the exhibition space.
* All events are held in Japanese unless indicated otherwise.
* All events are presented by the Kyoto International Festival of Contemporary Culture Organizing Committee, Kyoto Association of Corporate Executives (Kyoto Keizai Doyukai), Kyoto Prefecture, and Kyoto City unless indicated otherwise.
* “PAB” refers to Parasophia’s Professional Advisory Board.
April 27: Closed
[Talk Event] Access Program
Radikal Dialogue [The Mystery of Human Evolution] Hideki Endo
April 28 (Tue.) 2:00–4:00 PM
Venue: Parasophia Room, Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art
Lecturer: Hideki Endo (Professor, Comparative Morphology and Dead Body Science, University Museum, University of Tokyo)
Facilitator: Noboru Tsubaki (artist; Professor, Kyoto University of Art and Design; PAB member)
80 seats available
Trans-it Program: Part 4 [Talk] Kazuhito Tanaka & Yasuto Masumoto
April 29 (Wed./holiday) 2:00–3:30 PM
Venue: Parasophia Room, Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art
Speakers: Kazuhito Tanaka & Yasuto Masumoto (participating artists, Still Moving)
80 seats available
Presented by Still Moving (exhibition held in connection with Parasophia; Special Plan Exhibition of the 6th Anniversary of the Kyoto City University of Arts Art Gallery @KCUA)
Information about Still Moving: stillmoving.kcua.ac.jp
[Performance] Miwa Yanagi’s Stage Trailer Project “Burlesque of The Wing of the Sun”
April 29 (Wed./holiday) 7:00–8:00 PM
* Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art closes at 7:00 PM (last admission at 6:30 PM).
Venue: Area in front of Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art
* Performance may be moved indoors in case of rain.
Producer: Miwa Yanagi
Costume design: Shinya Kushino
Performers: mecav KOTOBUKI (pole dance), Kei Tsujimoto (pole dance), Conguero Tres Hoofers (tap dancing and musical performance), BAVAAAL (fire breathing), Mayuka Miki (piano), Yoko Kuroki (recital)
Presented by Miwa Yanagi’s Stage Trailer Project
Trans-it Program: Part 5 [Talk] Tatsuo Majima
April 30 (Thu.) 2:00–3:30 PM
Venue: Former Suujin Elementary School (9 Kawabata-cho, Shimogyo-ku, Kyoto 600-8202)
Speaker: Tatsuo Majima
80 seats available
Presented by Still Moving (exhibition held in connection with Parasophia; Special Plan Exhibition of the 6th Anniversary of the Kyoto City University of Arts Art Gallery @KCUA)
Information about Still Moving: stillmoving.kcua.ac.jp
[Talk Event] The Digital Image Archives of Regional Communities, Niigata
May 1 (Fri.) 1:00–5:30 PM
Venue: Parasophia Room, Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art
Speakers: Arata Hayashida (Archival Research Center, Kyoto City University of Arts), Chikako Enomoto (Assistant Professor, Faculty of Humanities, Niigata University), Morihiro Satow (Dean of Faculty of Design, Kyoto Seika University; PAB member), Yorio Kitamura (Associate Professor, Faculty of Humanities, Niigata University), Akira Kikuchi (Assistant Professor, Institute for Research in Humanities, Kyoto University), Ken’ichi Harada (Professor, Faculty of Humanities, Niigata University), Keiji Aiuchi (Professor, Faculty of Art, Kyoto Seika University)
Facilitator: Morihiro Satow (Dean of Faculty of Design, Kyoto Seika University; PAB member)
80 seats available
Presented by The Digital Image Archives of Regional Communities, Niigata (Faculty of Humanities, Niigata University)
Co-presented by Parasophia: Kyoto International Festival of Contemporary Culture 2015
More information: www.human.niigata-u.ac.jp/event_info/5862 (in Japanese only)
[Tour] Okazaki Park and Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art
May 2 (Sat.) 2:00–3:30 PM
Venues: Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art, Okazaki Park and surrounding areas
Guide: Yoshihiro Nakatani (Curator, Parasophia: International Festival of Contemporary Culture 2015)
Up to 30 participants
[Lecture] Ryue Nishizawa “Recent Projects”
May 2 (Sat.) 5:00–6:30 PM
Venue: Parasophia Room, Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art
Speaker: Ryue Nishizawa (architect)
80 seats available
[Live Performance] Shing02 & Kuranaka “Holiday Constitution”
May 3 (Sun./holiday) Part 1: 3:00 PM–, Part 2: 4:00 PM–
Part 1: Live performance by Shing02 & Kuranaka
Venue: Area in front of Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art
Performers: Shing02 and Kuranaka a.k.a. 1945
* Rain or shine, standing room only
Part 2: Open Discussion “Shing02 & Audience Members”
Facilitators: Keiko Kurachi & Satoru Takahashi
Venue: Exhibition space, Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art (inside of Ornament and Crime: Sense/Common)
Up to 25 participants (valid Parasophia ticket required; numbers distributed at the Information desk starting from 10:00 AM)
[Performance] Miwa Yanagi’s Stage Trailer Project “Kenji Nakagami Night 2015”
May 3 (Sun./holiday) 6:00–9:00 PM (tentative)
Venue: Area in front of Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art
* Performance may be moved indoors in case of rain.
Performers: Akira Asada, Hiroshi Funato, Hiromichi Hosoma, Seiko Ito, Kenichi Hasegawa Band, mecav KOTOBUKI, Manabu Yamada, and Miwa Yanagi
Lisa Anne Auerbach American Megazine: Mega-Girls
A pair of “mega-girls” wearing knitted sashes by Lisa Anne Auerbach will be turning the pages of American Megazine #1 and American Megazine #2 every weekend starting from March 22.
Dates: Every Saturday and Sunday from March 22 to May 10 at 1:30–2:00 PM and 3:30–4:00 PM
Venue: Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art
Hoefner/Sachs Suujin Park: Community Hall
Visitors will be able to directly enter the Community Hall (“Donated plants and re-used playground material from the former Suujin Elementary School are transformed into a multipurpose gardening architecture and community hall, open for everybody”) portion of Suujin Park by Hoefner/Sachs.
Dates: Every Saturday, Sunday, and holiday from April 25 to May 10 (April 25 and 26, May 2–5, 9 and 10) from 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM
Venue: Areas near the cross streets of Kawaramachi and Shiokoji Streets
Sherpa Tours
These unique tours are planned by the Parasophia Volunteers to share different ways to enjoy the exhibition. Details will be announced at the Volunteers desk at Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art and on the Parasophia Volunteer Center’s website (paravol.jp/en).
Every Saturday, Sunday, and holiday between March 14 and May 10, 2:00 PM– (40–60 min.)
* Sign up to participate starting from 1:00 PM on the day of the tour.
Venue: Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art
● Sherpas (volunteer mediators) are always available throughout the exhibition space to answer questions or take part in discussions about any particular artwork.
● For group tours, please contact the Parasophia Volunteer Center.
Parasophia Volunteer Center (c/o Kyoto Art Center)
Phone: +81-(0)75-213-1000 / FAX: +81-(0)75-213-1004 / E-mail: info@paravol.jp
Extended hours at Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art
Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art’s hours will be extended until 7:00 PM (last admission at 6:30 PM) from March 27 to April 12 and from April 29 to May 10.
* All event details are subject to change. Events may be cancelled without advance notice.
* Reservation not required unless otherwise specified; seats available on first-come, first-served basis on the day of each event. Admission is free unless otherwise noted. Parasophia ticket may be required for events held in the exhibition space.
* All events are held in Japanese unless indicated otherwise.
* All events are presented by the Kyoto International Festival of Contemporary Culture Organizing Committee, Kyoto Association of Corporate Executives (Kyoto Keizai Doyukai), Kyoto Prefecture, and Kyoto City unless indicated otherwise.
* “PAB” refers to Parasophia’s Professional Advisory Board.