Contemporary art includes many works where the passage of time is of great significance for the formation of the work or for the medium in which it is expressed. Examples of time-based media art include video and film-based art, performance, and media art that makes use of computers, the internet, and other new technology. Today, with technological advances being made on a daily basis, the question of how to exhibit, collect, archive, and reproduce or re-stage art that involves time has become a major issue for artists, curators, and conservators, inspiring a great deal of discussion and debate. In this symposium, experts from Japan, the UK, Germany, and Poland exchange views and ideas on the production and exhibition of time-based media art and present specific examples from their own perspectives.

Event Details

Outline

Date	Saturday (National Holiday), November 3, 2018 13:00 - 18:30 (Doors Open: 12:30) 13:00- Part 1 Re-playing and re-staging video and film-based art from the 1970's/80's Kenjin Miwa / Renate Buschmann / Atsuhiko Shima / Agnieszka Kubicka-Dzieduszycka Group Session | Moderator: Atsuhiko Shima Q&A Break 15:50- Part 2 Past, Present, Future of time-based media art Junya Yamamine / Margit Rosen / Pip Laurenson / Shiro Takatani Group Session | Moderator: Kenji Kajiya Q&A
Venue	ACM Theatre, Art Tower Mito 1-6-8 Goken-cho, Mito-shi, Ibaraki (Access Map)
Organizers	The Japan Foundation, Art Tower Mito
Special Support	The Ishibashi Foundation
Speakers	Atsuhiko Shima (Director, 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa) Kenjin Miwa (Curator, The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo) Junya Yamamine (Curator, Contemporary Art Center, Art Tower Mito) Shiro Takatani (Artist) Kenji Kajiya (Associate Professor, Department of Interdisciplinary Cultural Studies, The University of Tokyo) Pip Laurenson (U.K. / Head of Collection Care Research, Tate) Lindsay Taylor (U.K. / Curator, University of Salford) Margit Rosen (Germany / Head of Department Knowledge - Collections, Archives & Research, ZKM) Renate Buschmann (Germany / Director, imai Foundation (inter media art institute)) Agnieszka Kubicka-Dzieduszycka (Poland / Curator & Project Manager, WRO Art Center) Daniel Muzyczuk (Poland / Head of Modern Art Department, Muzeum Sztuki in Lodz)
Capacity	200 / Free of charge, prior application required (first-come-first served basis)
Language	English-Japanese simultaneous interpretation available.
Application	All applications are to be sent via email with the subject line “Application for International Symposium.” Please indicate your full name, title, and contact details (email address) when applying. For applications and other queries contact: tbm2018@jpf.go.jp ※ Please be advised that we do not send confirmation of applications. We will only respond in the event that we have reached full capacity with no more application positions available.