At the Creative Reconstruction: Vision Formulation 2,4th Session, Shuji Akagi, a high school art teacher, will be invited to give a talk titled, “The Fukushima I Saw”.
Please come and participate, as anyone is welcome to attend. (Akagi)
Venue: Tsukuba University, Bldg. 6A, Rm208
Date & Time: Friday, May 1, 12:15〜13:30

At the Creative Reconstruction: Vision Formulation 2, 3rd Session, Yumi Song, the contemporary artist, director and writer, was invited and gave a talk titled, “We put a name to this scenery – About Arafudo Art Annual”.
She spoke about the “Oyasumi Tree (Good night Tree)” project that started right after the Great East Japan Earthquake, and about the art festival “Arafudo Art Annual”, which was held in Tsuchiyu Onsen-machi in Fukushima prefecture. While planning for the “Arafudo Art Annual”, she felt it essential to carefully look into the meaning of the word “Fukushima”, and she wanted the festival to be an opportunity for the local people and visitors to carefully and actively cultivate an eye to look at the things that are around them. She lectured on the role of art and how to relate with local areas. (Akagi)

At the Creative Reconstruction: Vision Formulation 2, 3rd Session, Yumi Song, the contemporary artist, director and writer, will be invited to give a talk titled, “We put a name to this scenery – About Arafudo Art Annual”.
Please come and participate, as anyone is welcome to attend.
*Please note that the session will not be held in the same classroom as last time. (Akagi)
Venue: Tsukuba University, Bldg. 6A, Rm208
Date & Time: Friday, Apr. 24, 12:15〜13:30

At the Creative Reconstruction: Vision Formulation 2, 2nd Session, Tatsuo Miyajima, the contemporary artist, was invited and he gave a talk titled, “Art in You”.
He spoke about the thinker Rabindranath Tagore’s concept that “Beauty is realized only through human beings”, about Miyajima’s “Kaki Tree Project”, which he started in 1995, and about imagination and creativity. He stated that art inherently exists in the hearts of all human beings, and that we are all “artists” as well as being “viewers” at the same time. The talk, “Art in You – Art is inside you” was very striking. (Akagi)

At the Creative Reconstruction: Vision Formulation 2, 2nd Session, Tatsuo Miyajima, the contemporary artist, will be invited to give a talk titled, “Art in You”. Please come and participate, as anyone is welcome to attend.
*Please note that Sessions 1 and 2 will be held in a different classroom. (Akagi)
Venue: Tsukuba University, Bldg. 5C, Rm416
Date & Time: Friday, Apr. 17, 12:15〜13:30

At the Creative Reconstruction: Vision Formulation 2, 1st Session, Taro Igarashi, the architectural historian and critic, was invited and he gave a talk titled, “Exhibition and Projects Planned After 3.11”.
He spoke about how the architectural remains of the earthquake should be dealt with, what sort of architecture stays in human memory for a long time, and about “Relational Architecture”, which is not just about constructing a building but about the designing of relationships as well. (Akagi)

At the Creative Reconstruction: Vision Formulation 2, 1st Session, Taro Igarashi, the architectural historian and critic, will be invited to give a talk titled, “Exhibition and Projects Planned After 3.11”. Please come and participate, as anyone is welcome to attend. (Akagi)
*Please note that Sessions 1 and 2 will be held in a different classroom.
Venue: Tsukuba University, Bldg. 5C, Rm416
Date & Time: Friday, Apr. 10, 12:15〜13:30