Symposia and other Events

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• 〈Symposium〉“Life and Non-Life: Approach from New Media Art”

  The symposium was held on November 2, the next day of closing of “Sachiko Kodama: On Dazzling” (2019.10.1–11.1) exhibition. Over sixty people came to the event. In her presentation, professor Kodama introduced her ferrofluid “liquid sculpture” that organically changes its form being controlled by magnetic field. Drawing on philosophical perspectives, professor Yoshioka argued that the notions of life and non-life should be deemed as being comparative, not polarity. Professor Iwasaki utilized biological and humanistic approaches in order to explicate the process of the ways in which humans see life in matters. In the panel discussion, the panelists showed their interests in exploring the boundaries among art, philosophy and biology.

  Date｜2019.11.2 Sat. 13:30–15:30
  Venue｜Shigeru Yokota Gallery
  Panelists｜Sachiko Kodama (Artist / Associate Professor at the University of Electro-Communications)
  Hiroshi Yoshioka (Professor, Kokoro Research Center, Kyoto University)
  Hideo Iwasaki (Director / Founder, metaPhorest and Professor, Waseda University)
  Moderator｜Yukiko Kato (Associate Professor, Saitama University)
  Opening address｜Toshino Iguchi (Professor, Saitama University and director of JCRI)
  
  Co-organized by Saitama University and the Japan Cultural Research Institute