申し込む

Date: Feb 4 (Wed) 14:00-18:00
Venue: Tokyo Metropolitan Art Space Medium Hall

In Japanese and French with simultaneous interpretation
Free entrance, reservation needed
＊ Rental of earphones for simultaneous interpretation receivers: \1,000

Reservation via website http://festival-tokyo.jp/event/

The American hegemony pouring large funds into the production of mass culture, France, whose government’s cultural policy has given rise to the denomination “country of culture”, and Japan, trying to seek it’s own way under the influence of the two nations.

A pre-opening event to the performing arts festival launching from Tokyo, Festival/Tokyo has invited the emerging French writer Frédéric Martel to debate about the possibilities of the cultural systems in the 21st century. His book on the American cultural system“De la Culture en Amerique“, is the starting point for this panel discussion.
*The symposium adds to the publication of the Frédéric Martel’s book in Japanese.
Organized by: Festival/Tokyo Executive Committee, Tokyo Metropolitan Government, Toshima City, Tokyo Metropolitan Foundation for History and Culture, Tokyo Metropolitan Art Space, Toshima Future Culture Foundation, Arts Network Japan (NPO-ANJ)
Sponsored by: Shiseido Co., Ltd.
Endorsed by: Asahi Shimbun Company, Iwanami Shoten, Publishers, The Japan Foundation, All Nippon Airways Co., Ltd., Ambassade de France au Japon, Association for Corporate Support of the Arts
Inquiries:
Festival/Tokyo Office
4-9-1, Nishi-Sugamo, Toshima-ku, 〒170-0001 Tokyo
c/o Arts Network Japan Inc.
TEL 03-5961-5202／FAX 03-5961-5207 E-MAIL toiawase@anj.or.jp

Program (TBC)

14:00 - Opening greeting by Mr. Yoshiharu Fukuhara (Shiseido Honorary President, Chair of Tokyo
Arts and Culture Council, member of the Festival/Tokyo Organization Committee)
14:10 – Presentation of the subject of discussion by Mr. Chobei Nemoto (coordinator)
14:20 – Keynote lecture 1: Frédéric Martel (writer, journalist, author of “Rethinking culture today
around three cultural systems: US, France and Japan“)
14:50 – Keynote lecture 2: Jack Lang (politician, former French Minister of Culture)
Break　
15:40 – Panel discussion: Jack Lang, Frédéric Martel, Takashi Tsuji, Hidetoshi Sotooka, Oriza Hirata
17:30 – Question and answer session
＊The above schedule is subject to change.

Subject of discussion

Is the main support of cultural activities in the 21st century coming from national or private funds?
How is the diversity of culture to handle the advancing globalism? How will the elite culture
respond to the penetration of the new digital media into the field of the arts? Launching from the international cultural metropolis of Tokyo, what significance does the festival have?

Panelist profiles

Jack Lang
Born in 1939. Politician, former French Minister of Culture.

Frédéric Martel
Born in 1969. Writer and journalist. Author of "De la Culture en Amerique".

Takashi Tsujii
Born in 1927. Poet and writer.

Hidetoshi Sotooka
Born in 1953. Managing editor, Asahi Shimbun Hong-Kong Office.

Oriza Hirata
Born in 1962. Playwright, director, managing director of Komaba Agora Theater.

Chobei Nemoto
Born in 1932. Former chief correspondent, Asahi Shimbun Paris office. F/T Symposium moderator.