This lecture will feature Eric Cazdyn’s "Blindspot Machine"--a unique film rig that questions what a blindspot is and teaches us about how we look, how we think, how we desire, and how change occurs in the world. In this iteration … Continue reading →
Anticipating the arrival of tens of millions of foreign tourists attending the 2020 Olympic Games, the Tokyo municipal government announced in 2014 a long-term city plan aiming to make Tokyo the “world’s best city.” With the Olympic Games a “springboard” … Continue reading →
An arms race is on in the worlds of computation and architectural fabrication research. Robots with increasingly large, fast, and powerful capabilities are available and can produce outputs with military-grade precision. The assumption is that through the use of these … Continue reading →
In this talk Chet Van Duzer will discuss a spectacular Italian world map made in 1587 by the Milanese noble Urbano Monte. It consists of 60 manuscript sheets designed to be assembled into a map on a north polar projection … Continue reading →
Live RAMEN Talk and Q+A With Chef TAKAHASHI Ryu and Chef Matt Kimura Live RAMEN Talk and Q+A With Chef TAKAHASHI Ryu and Chef Matt Kimura Sunday May 31, 2020 @ 1:00 PM (EDT) Atlantic (ADT) 2:00 P.M. Quebec/Ottawa/Ontario (EDT) … Continue reading →
In February of 1972, the Sony Showroom in Tokyo’s Ginza district hosted “Video Communication: D.I.Y. Kit,” commonly considered the first exhibition of video art in Japan. Organized in part by Canadian artist Michael Goldberg, a founding member of Vancouver’s long-running … Continue reading →
ONLINE SAKE SCHOOL with TAJIRI Mariko Join us for a fascinating look into the world of Japan’s national drink with international sake sommelier and educator TAJIRI Mariko. Starting June 25, Mariko will present three independent 90-minute seminars, each addressing a … Continue reading →
The large corpus of literary works by accomplished and highly educated women writers that emerged during the Heian period (794–1185) in Japan played an important role in the creation of a national literary tradition. Despite their seeming timelessness, these texts … Continue reading →
Scholars and pundits of contemporary Japan regularly note statistics that point to an alarming downturn in population growth (shōshi kōreika). The forecast of population decline has led to a renewed focus on “reproductive futurism,” which is the belief that humans … Continue reading →
KATSUSHIKA Oei (Ōi) is not a household name. Her father, however, is renowned as one of the greatest masters of art — Hokusai. Brought up assisting Hokusai with his trade, Oei learned all the techniques of painting ukiyo-e, had access … Continue reading →
