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Fourth Session / 第4回26th November / 11月26日 This, our fourth session for Voicing Care, will be an opportunity to explore art and design as acts of care. This is partly inspired by the practice of ikebana, the Japanese art of flower arranging, or ‘making flowers alive’, which in Buddhism can also be understood as anContinue reading “— Acts of Care?”

Third Session / 第3回29th October / 10月29日 In our third session, ‘Documenting Care’ we are changing format: for this session, we want to hear from all of you! How do we document our lives? How do we record / make records/ try to capture the people, the moments, and the things, that we care for?Continue reading “— Documenting Care?”

Feminist perspectives across cultures / 文化を越えたフェミニストの視点 Second session — 24 sep / 第２セッション — 9月24日 In our second session we will discuss motherhood through a feminist lens, considering two key texts as starting points: one excerpt from King Kong Theory (by Virginie Despentes and translated to english by Frank Wynne) that is focused on theContinue reading “— Voicing “Motherhood”「母性」の声”

Opening session / オープニング・セッション27th August In our first session we will introduce ourselves, and the project, and host a short reading group and discussion. Our hope is to open up the discussion and debate in Europe about care, feminism and socially engaged art to a Japanese audience, and consider it in relation to the JapaneseContinue reading “—Voicing Care?”