Thursday, April 28 06 PM,
Lehman Auditorium (Altschul Hall 202)
Barnard College, 3009 Broadway, New York, NY 10027
Join the Donal Keene Center of Japanese Culture and special guest, KEIJIRO SUGA, a poet, critic, and professor of critical theory at Meiji University. This 2016 Sen Lecture will also be accompanied by a symposium and artist talk.
The Great East Japan Earthquake and the following accidents at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant were probably the gravest trauma since WW II that the Japanese society has experienced. We are still living in its aftermath with no way out in sight. Many artists have responded seriously to this in their work, defying an unexpected horizon looming over them. I as a poet, too, have gone through a radical shift in my writing. Here I am taking up some Japanese artists from different genres to discuss the common ground they have to create meaningful works. Artists to be discussed include Hatakeyama Naoya (photography), Katagiri Atsunobu (flower arrangement), Okabe Masao (frottage), and Takayama Akira (theater, social performance, and installation). Along with a presentation of their works, I will read my own poems that I wrote before and after March 11.
For more information visit: http://www.keenecenter.org/
Free admission! RSVP to rsvp-sen@keenecenter.org