Art and Science

PROGRAM

April 26, 2013

13:30

Welcome Remarks
Hisashi Kato (JSPS Tokyo)
Prof. Dr. Heinrich Menkhaus (Deutsche Gesellschaft der JSPS-Stipendiaten e.V.)

Kiyoshi Koinuma (Japanese Consulate General, Düsseldorf)

Convener: Dr. Sarah Schlachetzki (Pädagogische Hochschule Zürich)

13:55

Introduction

14:15

Kindai Bijutsu. The Reception of Western Concepts of Art in Japan around 1900
Jeanne Egloff (Univ. of Zurich, University Research Priority Program Asia and Europe)

Abstract Egloff (152 KB)

Presentation Egloff (1.3 MB)
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Double-Rabbit and Cockroaches. Sketches from the Bestiary of Transgenetics
Prof. Dr. Stefan Rieger (Bochum University, Institute for Media Studies)

Abstract Rieger (75 KB)

Presentation Rieger (157 KB)
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15:15

Q&A session

15:45

Coffee Break

Convener: Dr. Wolfgang Staguhn (Daimler AG)

16:15

Elegant, Avant-garde, Cool: The idea of “Japanese Art”
Dr. Elisabeth Scherer (University of Düsseldorf, Institute for modern Japan)

Abstract Scherer (135 KB)

16:45

Q&A session

17:00

 Art Forms and Aesthetics in the Sciences - Self-organized Structures
 Prof. Dr. Stefan C. Müller (Universität Magdeburg)

17:15

1st part: The music of the shakuhachi: Impressions from the past and present
 Dr. Jim Franklin (master performer of the shakuhachi, based in Mainz)

17:35

JSPS Alumni Club Award Ceremony
Prof. Dr. Carmen Schmidt (Osnabrück University)

Dr. Seigo Shima (MPI for Terrestrial Microbiology, Marburg)

18:05

2nd part: The music of the shakuhachi with Dr. Jim Franklin

April 27, 2013

Convener: Aki Beisler, Kommunikationsdesignerin

09:00

Media Art and Beyond : Toward <Environmental Unconsciousness>
Yukiko Shikata (Independent Curator & Critic based in Tokyo)

Abstract Shikata (92 KB)

09:30

Disciplinary Interfaces in Art
Michael Saup (media artist, HfG Karlsruhe)

Abstract Saup (23 KB)

Presentation Saup (2.25 MB)
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10:00

Q&A session

10:30

Coffee Break

Convener: Dr. Wolfgang Staguhn (Daimler AG)

11:00

Tradition and Progress in Ceramics – From Art to Modern Material Science
Prof. Fumio Shimada (Tokyo University of Arts)

Abstract Shimada (92 KB)

Presentation Shimada (7.5 MB)
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11:30

Arts and the Latest Scientific Findings in the Neurosciences and Psychology
Prof. Dr. Naoyuki Osaka (Kyoto Univ., Experimental Psychology at Dept. of Psychology)

Abstract Osaka (32 KB)

12:00

Q&A session

12:30

Closing Remarks

12:45

Lunch

14:00

General Assembly of JSPS-Club

14:00

Guided tour 1: Museum of East Asian Art

16:00

Guided tour 2: Museum of East Asian Art

(only for participants of the General Assembly JSPS-Club)