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Global Pop Cultures. Moving Beyond the High–Low, East–West Divide Conference and Workshop Organized by Kyoto Seika University and Zurich University of the Arts (Zhdk) Global Pop Cultures. Moving Beyond the High–Low, East–West Divide Conference and Workshop Organized by Kyoto Seika University and Zurich University of the Arts (ZHdK) Hosted by Kyoto Seika University Shared Campus July 29 — 31, 2019 Global Pop Cultures sities from Europe and Asia (see below). We consider Pop culture is one of the most salient driving forces in close cooperation as imperative to tackle issues of glob- the globalization and innovation of cultures. Pop is also al significance. We are convinced that especially the arts a sphere where politics, identities, and social questions can, and indeed ought to, play an important role in this are negotiated. Rather than denoting only the culture respect. Shared Campus endeavours to create connec- for and of the masses, pop is characterized by the dia- tions that bring value to students, faculty and research- lectical interplay between mainstream and subculture, ers by developing and offering joint transnational educa- their respective milieus and markets. Today, the theory tion and research activities. These collaborative ventures and practice of pop is thoroughly globalized and will enable participants to share knowledge and compe- hybrid. Pop exists only in plural. Global pop cultures are tences across cultural and disciplinary boundaries. characterized by a high degree of variability, plasticity, The platform is designed around thematic clusters of and connectivity. A further reason for the growing com- international relevance with a distinctive focus on trans- plexity of global pop cultures is the fact that pop is no cultural issues and cross-disciplinary collaboration. longer only a DIY culture of amateurs. Pop has become The five thematic clusters are “Critical Ecologies”, academic, oscillating between educational institutions, “Cultures ⁄ Histories ⁄ Futures”, “Pop Cultures”, “Social” mainstream entertainment, underground (sub)cultures, and “Tools”. the fine arts, and various mixed forms. www.zhdk.ch/en/international/shared-campus As a part of the Shared Campus cooperation platform (see below), the working group Pop Cultures is es- Shared Campus Partners tablishing a research network dedicated to the study • China Academy of Art, Hangzhou of global pop cultures. The conference and internal (CAA) eng.caa.edu.cn workshop “Global Pop Cultures. Moving Beyond the • Hong Kong Baptist University, Academy of Visual High–Low, East–West Divide” will initiate this network. Arts and Department of Music (HKBU) hkbu.edu.hk Our aim is to discuss the globalization of pop cultures • Kyoto Seika University (SEIKA) kyoto-seika.ac.jp from a transcultural perspective (Europe and Asia), • LASALLE College of the Arts, considering commonalities as well as spatial and his- Singapore (LASALLE) lasalle.edu.sg torical idiosyncrasies. The internal workshop is intend- • School of Creative Media, City University ed for the development of future joint projects and of Hong Kong (SCM) scm.cityu.edu.hk events. • Taipei National University of the Arts (TNUA) tnua.edu.tw About Shared Campus • University of the Arts London (UAL) arts.ac.uk Shared Campus is a cooperation platform for interna- • Zurich University of the Arts (ZHDK) zhdk.ch tional education formats and research networks. The platform has been launched by eight arts univer- 2 Shared Campus (2019) 3 Conference and Workshop Conference Program July 29 15:00 Daniel Späti, ZHdK: 12:30 dj sniff (Takuro Mizuta Lippit), “Eventisation” as a Global Trend freelance: Anti-pop to Turntablism Global Pop Cultures. Moving Beyond 9:00 Welcome ⁄ Introduction 15:30 Mitsuhiro Kokita, SEIKA: Cross the High–Low, East–West Divide Cultural Development of Fish 13:00 Lunch Panel 1 Skin as Next Generation Conference and Workshop Theories, Methodologies, Sustainable Material for Fashion Panel 6 Organized by Kyoto Seika University Periodizations Gender, Body & Identity and Zurich University of the Arts (ZHdK) 16:00 Summary, Final Discussion Day 1 9:15 Francis Müller, ZHdK: 16:30 End of Day 1 14:30 Alison Green, Central Saint Martins: Organizing Comitee Pluralizing Perspectives Iconicity in Art, Popular Feminism Jörg Scheller (ZHdK, lead), Masahiro 9:45 Masahiro Yasuda, SEIKA: 18:00 Dinner at the restaurant and Emotional Transnationalism Yasuda (Kyoto Seika University, lead), What Is It that Moves REATA (Conference 15:00 Fanny Bratahalim, Judith Mair (ZHdK), Takuro Mizuta Lippit When Music Moves Across Speakers and Organizers Only) LASALLE: Religious Elements Cultural Boundaries? in Animated Films Hosted by Kyoto Seika University 10:15 Burkhard Meltzer, freelance: 15:30 Rada Leu, ZHdK: From Shared Campus → July 29 — 31, 2019 The Comfort of Smart Devices July 30 High-Brow to Low-Brow: —the End of Pop? Authenticity and Beauty Apps Panel 4 (Lecture Performance) 10:45 Coffee break Transcultural Exchange 16:00 Coffee Break & Hybridization 16:30 Yuichi Kishino, freelance: Panel 2 The Meaning and Difficulties Image & Body Politics, 9:30 I–Wen Chang, TNUA: Salsa in Organizing Events Digitalization as a Hybrid Art in Public Space of Japan 10:00 Sookyung Yoo, SEIKA: 11:15 Morihiro Satow, SEIKA: Appearance of “Foreign” 17:30 Summary, Final Discussion From Purikura to SNS Selfies: Manga Artists of Day 2, Closing remarks Digital Photography 10:30 Yusuke Wajima, Osaka 18:00 End of Official Conference and Japanese Popular Culture University: A Genealogy Program 11:45 Joseph Imorde, Siegen University: of ‘Pseudo-International’ The Migration of Images. “World Songs 21:00 Party Art” in Popular Reproductions 12:15 Judith Mair & Bitten Stetter, 11:00 Coffee break ZHdK: So Sad Today ⁄ New July 31 Waves of Death Panel 5 Underground Avant-Gardes, 10:00 – 13:00 Internal Workshop 13:00 Lunch D.I.Y. & Amateur Cultures Shared Campus Panel 3 11:30 Kingsley Ng, Hong Kong Baptist Afternoon: Sound Walk Through Kyoto Markets, Events University: Secret Garden & Creative Industries — From Colouring Book to Urban Sanctuary 14:30 Jamie Brassett & Richard 12:00 Jörg Scheller, ZHdK: Reynolds, Central Saint Non-Popular Pop. Reassessing Martins: Superheroes: MCU the Avant-Garde Through and Excess Extreme Metal 4 Shared Campus (2019) 5 Program B Lecture (1994) which broke new academic ground in this area. As well as publishing in this Jamie Brassett & Richard Reynolds area, Richard also produces work on pedagogy & psychogeography. Richard & Jamie Central Saint Martins have written a chapter for a forthcoming volume on Comics & Violence about the villain Killgrave & concepts of biopower from the works of Michel Foucault & Giorgio Agamben. Superheroes: MCU and Excess C I–Wen Chang Lecture “While he [Wu Daozi] was showing the emperor the Taipei National University of the Arts landscape he had painted on a wall of the Imperial Palace, he pointed out a grotto or cave, stepped into Salsa as an Hybrid Art: On the Works it, and vanished. Some say that the painting disap of Taiwanese Contemporary Artist Larry Shao peared too.” (Rebecca Solnit, The Faraway Nearby, p. 57) Across these two talks, we will focus on the elements of excess in the construction of the Marvel Cinematic The transcultural dance form of salsa is popular around Universe [MCU]. Richard Reynolds will examine the the world. Scholars have attempted to locate an ori- relationship between the MCU’s meta-narratives, myths gin for salsa and to associate it with pan-Latin identity. and wider processes of cultural dissemination available However, there is also an emerging cosmopolitan sal- Orquesta de la Luz to Marvel – specifically, television and the internet sa scene. For example, , a Japanese – as these have become integral both to the creator ⁄ salsa band that is well-known in Puerto Rico, Perú and audience ⁄ fan relationships and the constructions of an other Latin American countries, provides evidence of immersive fictional world. Jamie Brassett will examine salsa-as-global discourse. In this lecture, I scrutinize the ways in which the ontologies of the interconnected Taiwanese leading dance instructor Larry Shao’s salsa The World’s First Nachata MCU movies and their related television series express works. One is called , a video important creative processes and their relations to installation about a new music style “Nachata” created multiplicities and excess. Texts examined in detail will by Shao himself. This work illustrates a cross pollination include the two-part Avengers Epic Infinity War ⁄ End- between the Latin dance music Bachata and non-main- game (2018–19), the first Iron Man movie (2008), several stream Taiwanese music Nakashi, imported from Japan related MCU feature films and the TV series’ Jessica Jones during the colonial period. “Nachata” demonstrates the and Legion. globalized nature of Latin dance forms that are now localized in the context of Taiwan. By investigating salsa Dr Jamie Brassett is a Reader in Philosophy, Design & Innovation at University of the works by Taiwanese and Japanese practitioners in the Arts London & Programme Research Director at Central Saint Martins, where he has worked since 1995. He has been publishing philosophy since 1991 on many subjects – international salsa circles, I argue that there is an inau- including cyborgs, social design, futures studies, photography & is currently working on thenticity embodied in the dance that allows artists to two books: one on Anticipation & Creativity; the other called Superheroes & Excess, find ways to negotiate their own ideas through salsa which is co-edited by Richard Reynolds. Together they are also providing the closing Keynote at the forthcoming international conference on Comics & Graphic Novels. inventions. Richard Reynolds is Course Leader of MA Applied Imagination in the Creative Indus- tries & Joint-Head of Academic Support at Central Saint Martins. He is well-known Dr. I-Wen Chang is an Assistant Professor at Taipei National University of the Arts. She for his academic work on superheroes, producing Superheroes: A Modern Mythology received her PhD in Culture and Performance at the University of California, Los Ange- 6 Shared Campus (2019) 7 Conference and Workshop les (UCLA). Her areas of specialization include salsa dance, Taiwanese theatrical dance, Alison Green is Reader in Art, Curating and Culture at Central Saint Martins.
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