[Call for Participation] "ART PUB WEEK" Event - 13 Leaders at the Forefront of Art × Business Speculate on the Future

Dentsu Inc. Art Hub, Dentsu Inc.'s cross-functional organization connecting art and business, will host the online talk event "ART PUB WEEK" for five days from December 7 to 11. Featuring 13 guests including leading artists, entrepreneurs, and researchers, the event will explore the potential of art and business to create new futures through six perspectives: artistic thinking, infrastructure, technology, and more. Registration is currently open (deadline: December 11).

*Dentsu Art Hub is a cross-functional organization within Dentsu Inc. that researches and practices methodologies for utilizing art across various business aspects. It also aims to support artists and invigorate the art market by connecting art with business.

 

【ART PUB WEEK Overview】

ART PUB WEEK
-A Night to Imagine the Future Created by Art and Business-
Hosted by Dentsu Art Hub

Dates: 5 days from Monday, December 7, 2020 to Friday, December 11, 2020
Hours: (Mon) 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM (Tue-Fri) 8:30 PM - 9:30 PM
　　　(Zoom webinar opens 10 minutes prior)
Format: Online Event (Free Admission)
Capacity: Up to 500 participants per session (first-come, first-served)
Application Deadline: December 11, 2020
Registration URL:
https://artpubweek.peatix.com

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Content and Speakers (Titles Omitted)

December 7 (Mon)　First Half　[Overview] The Future Created by Art and Business
　Shu Yamaguchi (Independent Researcher)
　Kuniyoshi Sasō (BIOTOPE CEO)

December 7 (Mon)　Second Half　The Future of Artists and Capitalism
　Noboru Tsubaki (Professor, Kyoto University of the Arts)
　Kaori Iwasaki (Art Project Promotion, SMBC Trust Bank)

December 8 (Tue)　The Future Created Through Artistic Thinking
　Ai Hasegawa (Artist)
　Dominique Chen (Researcher)

December 9 (Wed)　Infrastructure Transforming the Future of Art
　Tahei Shii (President & CEO, Startburn)
　Hiroyuki Fushitani (President, ORIGINAL INC.; Representative, Time Out Tokyo)
　Takaaki Umezawa (Chairman, A.T. Carney Japan; Chairman, CIC Japan)

December 10 (Thu) The Future Expanded by the Art Market
　Naohiko Kurisu (Representative Director, Art Tokyo)
　Hota Hayashi (Assistant Director, Cultural Economy and International Affairs Division, Agency for Cultural Affairs)

Friday, December 11: A Future Where Technology and Art Resonate
　Hiroshi Sugiyama (Mori Building New Business Development Department)
　Rei Wakita (Artist, Dean and Professor, Faculty of Environment and Information Studies, Keio University)

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【Event Statement】

To confront an era where all conventional wisdom is being overturned.
From "art thinking"—incorporating artistic approaches into business—to the myriad values born from the convergence of art and business, the potential here could profoundly reshape our society's future.
Leading artists, entrepreneurs, and researchers in this field surely sense this potential and harbor unspoken "fantasies about the future."

"ART PUB WEEK" is a five-day online talk event inviting such guests to freely expand their visions of the future created by art and business in a relaxed atmosphere.
Even the hazy fantasies you keep hidden, or the futures you thought impossible, might begin to take shape as our guests converse. Perhaps these "fantasies" could transform into "concepts."
Please enjoy this special night of dreaming about the future through wild talk.