FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 1st Press Conference , Japan—May 27, 2013

PARASOPHIA: Kyoto International Festival of Contemporary Culture 2015 Artistic Director and General Overview

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Parasophia: Kyoto International Festival of Contemporary Culture 2015 to be held in Spring 2015 with the artistic direction of Shinji Kohmoto the presentation of Parasophia: Kyoto International Festival of Contemporary Culture 2015 from early March to early May, 2015. - - ment, from infrastructure to culture. As of April 2013, Mr. Shinji Kohmoto, former Chief Curator at the National Museum of Modern Art, Kyo- city of Kyoto, and has ties with artists and professionals around the world. We expect that under Mr. Parasophia: Kyoto International Festival of Contemporary Culture 2015-

Information Title Parasophia: Kyoto International Festival of Contemporary Culture 2015 Dates Early March to early May, 2015 Venues Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art, The Museum of Kyoto, and other locations in Kyoto Artistic Director 250,000 visitors - - The Japan Foundation pices of

About Kyoto - ties and more students per capita than in any other prefecture, with many instructors, researchers, and

Artistic Director

Artistic Director, Parasophia: Kyoto International Festival of Contemporary Culture 2015 Former Chief Curator, The National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto

1981; Chief Curator from 2006 to 2010. Kohmoto was one of the four Artistic Directors of Yokohama 2001: International Triennale of Contem- porary ArtMega-Wave—Towards a New Synthesis, with Against Nature: Japanese Art in the Eighties- Project for Survival 1996, all underrepresented in Japan up to that point, that deal with the ways an individual or an insti- William Kentridge—What We See & What We Know: Thinking About History While Walking, and Thus the Drawings Began to Move awarded for its excellent curation.

Selection Process Kyoto International Festival of Contemporary Culture 2015 (working title) Artistic Director Selection Committee

Chairman Chairman, Kyoto Association of Corporate Executives

Waro Kishi Tsutomu Mizusawa Kan Shimamoto Kozo Shioe Director, Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art

From the Artistic Director

Parasophia: Kyoto International Festival of Contemporary Culture 2015 Artistic Director About the Title Shinji Kohmoto

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Contemporary Culture 2015 to people of various cultures overseas. This criteria led para me to the word “Parasophia.” sophiapara, the para and sophia- paradox, parasol, parachute, paraphrase, paranoia, parameterpara - ortho and metaOrtho orthodox, and meta paraorthometa. - sit on the eastern and western ends of the Asian continent, in a para orientation from one another on - duction. - to the power and potential of Kyoto. “Parasophia” is meant to represent Kyoto’s position as an instru- ment of intellectual and cultural production, rather than a city that merely consumes. Parasophia: Kyoto International Festival of Contemporary Culture 2015 will feature approximately forty whole family.

Website www.parasophia.jp

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Main Venues

Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art

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Director: Kozo Shioe Architect: Kenjiro Maeda 2 The Museum of Kyoto

Opened in 1988 as a comprehensive cul- tural facility that introduces the history and culture of Kyoto.

2 Kyoto

* Important Cultural Property

Time Table 2013.04

2013.05 1st Press Conference

2013.06

2013.09 Prelude details announced

2013.10 Rimpa forum

2014.02 The Refusal of Time 2014.03 announced 2014.09

Upcoming Events

Open Research Program conduct research on artists and projects as well as situations and issues that are particularly relevant

Open Research Program [Lecture] → See attachment for details. * Lecture in Japanese only. Details for events in July and later TBA.

Prelude [Exhibition] William Kentridge: The Refusal of Time Asia Premiere (tentative title) - umenta 13, The Refusal of Time

Venue: Former Rissei Elementary School → See attachment for details.

Rimpa forum (title and details TBA)

Organization

Kyoto International Festival of Contemporary Culture Organizing Committee Chairman - ophy: “Curiosity and Adventurousness.” Joined the Kyoto Association of Corporate Executives in 1987; Chairman since April 2011. President of a committee on the development of Karasuma Street.

Committee Chairman Chairman, Kyoto Association of Corporate Executives Vice Mayor of Kyoto City Chairmen Keiji Yamada Governor of

Council Fumio Amano President, Kyoto Culture Foundation Toshimaru Inoue Chairman, Kyoto Association of Corporate Executives President, Kyoto Arts and Culture Foundation Board Executive Director, Kyoto Tourism Federation Vice Chairman, Kyoto Association of Corporate Executives Superintendent of Education, Kyoto City Board of Education Director General for Cultural Policy, Department of Culture and the Environment, Kyoto Prefecture Yoshito Naya Chairman, Special Committee for the Kyoto International Festival of Contemporary Culture, Kyoto Association of Corporate Executives Superintendent, Kyoto Prefectural Board of Education Executive Director, Kyoto City Tourism Association Motoyoshi Shimoda Director, Kyoto Prefectural Center for Arts and Culture Kozo Shioe Director, Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art Senior Executive Director, Kyoto Convention Bureau Advisors Raitei Arima President, Kyoto Buddhist Association Chairman, Kyoto Industrial Association Kazuo Inamori President, Inamori Foundation Yasuo Kashihara Chairman, Kyoto Tourism Federation; Chairman, Kyoto City Tour- ism Association Jun-ichi Murata President, Kyoto Convention Bureau Genshitsu Sen Director, Ohara Museum of Art Chairman, Kyoto Employers’ Association Yoshio Tateisi Auditors

Professional Advisory Board*

Andrew W. Mellon Professor, Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts, Chris Dercon Director, Tate Modern Toshiya Echizen Vasif Kortun Art Critic Senior Curator, Kyoto Film Archive, The Museum of Kyoto Morihiro Satow Kan Shimamoto Museum Mayumi Yamamoto

* The Professional Advisory Board consists of professionals who provide ad- vice and support to the Artistic Director.

Artistic Director Shinji Kohmoto Curator Executive Director Vice Executive Directors International Relations

Process of Establishment

2012 The Kyoto Association of Corporate Executives, Kyoto Prefecture, and Kyoto City form

2013