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To develop and support talent who can conceive and develop projects that empower society through art.

Supervised by Nanjo Fumio, special advisor to Mori Art Museum and special director of Arts Maebashi, this is a re-edited version of the popular "Art & Project Management Course," which has produced talented people connected to the art scene three times in the past.

We will also be offering courses that focus on "developing and supporting the creation of human resources who can conceive of projects that empower society through art."

In 2023, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry will conduct its first study on promoting the arts industry and publish a report from the "Study Group on Arts and the Economy and Society." Expectations are growing for culture and the arts to be a major engine supporting the economy and society, and for art to be a factor contributing to innovation.

The first course on Friday, August 23rd will focus on producing art projects and lecture on the structure and key points based on proposal documents from the conceptual stage. It will be a free, open lecture in a hybrid online/offline format that is also open to non-regular students.

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【Event Summary】
Date and time: Friday, August 23, 2024, 18:00-19:30
Event format: Real + Online

Speakers: Hideaki Ogawa (online presentation), Fumio Nanjo, Mitsuhiro Suwa

Lecture content: In 2023, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry will consider promoting the art industry for the first time. As art is considered to be a major engine supporting the economy and society, there is a demand for people who can conceive and produce art projects and businesses. What are the visions and approaches that future art project producers should have? We will lecture on the structure and important elements using a sample proposal document at the concept stage.

Location: COOP 10F (Dogenzaka Pier 10F, 1-22-7 Dogenzaka, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo) / Online (Zoom broadcast)
Fee: Free
Capacity:
COOP10 venue/ 30 people
Online viewing/ 100 people (Zoom)

Organizer: NINE Limited Liability Partnership (NINE LLP) (Website:https://nnnnnnnnn.com/)
*NINE LLP is a joint venture between N&A Inc. and Loftwork Inc.

[Instructor introduction]
◆ Hideaki Ogawa

Co-representative and Director of Ars Electronica Futurelab
Since 2007, he has worked as an artist, curator and researcher at Ars Electronica, a global cultural institution for art and technology. He currently serves as co-director and director of Ars Electronica Futurelab, the research and development division of the institution. He has worked on a number of international cross-disciplinary projects, including innovation projects that use art as a catalyst to prototype the future, the creation of citizen-participation communities, and the implementation of next-generation cultural and educational programs. He also serves as director of the Sapporo International Art Festival 2024 and creative director of Civic Creative Base Tokyo (CCBT).

◆ Nanjo Fumio
Representative Director of N&A Co., Ltd. and Special Advisor to Mori Art Museum
After receiving his doctorate in Economics from Keio University in 1972 and in Philosophy, Faculty of Letters, majoring in Aesthetics and Art History in 1977, he worked for the Japan Foundation in 1978 and director of ICA Nagoya in 1986, before participating in the opening of the Mori Art Museum as its deputy director in 2002. He became the museum's director in 2006 and special advisor in 2020. Internationally, he has served as commissioner of the Japan Pavilion at the Venice Biennale in 1997, as well as director of the Taipei Biennale in 1998, the Yokohama Triennale in 2001, the Singapore Biennale in 2006 and 2008, the Ibaraki Art Festival in 2016, and the Honolulu Biennale in 2017. Recent curation achievements include the Mori Art Museum's "Future and the Arts: AI, Robots, Cities, Life - How Will Humans Live Tomorrow?" in 2019-20.

◆ Mitsuhiro Suwa
Representative of Loftwork Inc.
Born in San Diego, USA in 1971. After graduating from Keio University's Faculty of Policy Management, he participated in the launch of "InterFM," an FM radio station founded by the Japan Times, and became the station's first creative director. In 1997, he moved to the US to study Digital Arts at the School of Visual Arts, and worked as a designer in New York. In 2000, he founded Loftwork, which handles over 200 projects a year, including web design, business design, community design, and spatial design. He operates the global digital manufacturing cafe "FabCafe," the creative lounge "MTRL" where people can work with materials, and "AWRD," a platform that promotes co-creation with creators.

[About the Art Project Production & Management Course]
This course features a lineup of highly experienced instructors who will provide practical lectures on the methodology of next-generation art projects, using a curriculum that teaches the art industry's knowledge areas and both production (concept) and management (construction) methods.

The course also emphasizes dialogue between students and between students and instructors, and is characterized by the fact that students can receive feedback and support for the projects they are actually working on. In addition, we plan to hold fieldwork at art project sites as part of club activities (voluntary activities outside of the course).

Application period: June 6th (Thursday) to July 12th (Friday) 2024 at noon
Application details:https://nnnnnnnnn.com/info/apm_2024

[About NINE Limited Liability Partnership (NINE LLP)]
NINE LLP is organized and operated as a joint venture between N&A Corporation, led by Nanjo Fumio, and Loftwork Inc.
Nine n's come together to form the number 'NINE'. 'n' or 'nano' represents a very small or indefinite number, and is an undefined numerical value, as expressed in 'n-dimension'. On the other hand, in Hinduism and Buddhism, n (un) is the letter that 'closes' the universe, and is the sound of wisdom.
NINE LLP aims to develop an advanced management system that will allow the ideas and visions of art project curators to be realized in the real world and blossom beautifully. NINE aims to be a practical implementer in the art world.

[Online distribution]
This event will be a hybrid of in person (venue: COOP10) and online. Those who register for online participation will watch the live stream on Zoom.

*The viewing URL will be sent to you by email via the ticket site you used to make your reservation.
*Please refrain from sharing the URL or transferring it to a third party.
*Please note that the broadcast may be interrupted due to the broadcaster's communication environment or line conditions. Please understand this before applying.
* Refunds will not be available if the broadcast is interrupted due to a deterioration in your communication environment.

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