FESTIVAL/TOKYO

What can we say? Dialogue re-defining theatre vision
The symposia will re-evaluate the connections between the arts and society in relation to the post-3.11 F/T11 program, with leading practitioners and theorists debating the future of theatre.

Theme 1: Post-3.11 Performing Arts and Their
Publicness
11.9 (Wed) 16:00-18:00
What can we say while faced with today's grand narrati-ve, so hard to represent through art? What are the res-ponsibilities of the arts and expression when faced with the post-3.11 fracturing of society and the disturbances to our daily lives? What of the power of language, of theatre? This talk re-examines the public arts while lo-oking at post-earthquake creativity and public arts policies.

Panelists: Chiaki Soma (F/T Program Director) et al
Moderator: Hidenaga Otori (Theatre critic)

Theme 2: New Horizons for Art / Journalism /
Activism
11.9 (Wed) 19:00-21:00
It has been 40 years since Green Party founder Joseph Beuys's "Social Sculpture" call to arms. As the wave of revolutions sweeps the Middle East via social media, and the crisis of reality surpassing fiction unfolds, the divisions of art/journalism/activism have become redu-ndant, and new ways to change reality have emerged. This symposium investigates artistic and social activity from leading practitioners.

Panelists: Daisuke Tsuda (Journalist)
Shinichi Nakazawa (Anthropologist)
Akira Takayama (Director)
Moderator: Satoshi Hamano (Critic)

Theme 3: Japan / Modernity / Art: From the End of the "Never-Ending Daily Life"
11.10 (Thu) 16:00-18:00
From the 1923 Great Kanto Earthquake to the end of the war, to the Kobe earthquake and Tokyo subway sarin attack in 1995, 9/11 and now 3.11: has contempo-rary art reflected these times of disruption to our "never-ending daily lives"? The symposium will look at the roots of today's Japanese culture, while comparing post-war literature and theatre with post-1995 subcultu-re and art, and now the post-3.11 world and its new po-ssibilities and limitations.

Panelists: Shinji Miyadai(Sociologist)
Akio Miyazawa(Playwright, Director, Writer)
Yohei Kurose(Artist, Critic)
Moderator: Hidenaga Otori(Theatre critic)

Theme 4: What is Asian contemporary?
11.10 (Thu) 19:00-21:00
As Asian immigration increases Japanese society nec-essitates encounters with communities of Asians as the "inner Other". On the one hand, can the reality of the younger generation connected by cultural products acr-oss the whole region open up new hope? And what role does theatre play? This symposium looks into the dile-mmas of the Asian contemporary in terms of shared creativity and the construction of a platform for critique.
Panelists: Ryota Fukushima(Literary criti)
Masataka Matsuda(Playwright, Director)et al
Moderator: Satoshi Hamano(Critic)