TAB Talks | Tokyo Art Beat

Provocative talks by luminaries from the art and design world

Organized by Tokyo Art Beat since early 2008, TAB Talks are Tokyo’s only bilingual talk events held on a regular basis. Keeping our fingers on the pulse of what is going on in art and design in Tokyo, TAB invites creators from different fields to promote inter-cultural dialogue around art and design.
Each event ends with the “30 second pitch”, a brief moment in the spotlight for creators eager to introduce their latest project.”

TAB Talks #15 Featuring Yokohama Vol.2 “Dance ‘Here & Now’ - Reconsidering Early 21st c. Contemporary Dance”

Coinciding with the highly anticipated international contemporary art exhibition to be held this fall, the Yokohama Triennale 2008, we are hosting a total of 3 TAB Talks! Volumes 1 & 2 will be held at BankART Mini on the 1st floor of BankART Studio NYK, one of the venues for the Yokohama Triennale.

TAB Talk Vol.2 takes as its theme contemporary dance, whose bodily expressions will also be one of the subjects of the Yokohama Triennale, bringing together various artists active in the contemporary dance scene.

Joining us for Vol.2 will be Keisuke Sakurai. Sakurai has made a strong impact on contemporary dance with his unique concept of “kodomo shintai (child body)”. He also organized “Azumabashi Dance Crossing”, which introduces dance in a unique omnibus format that crosses this particular form of art with the latest modes of bodily expression taken from various other genres such as theater and music.

Drawing on his wealth of video archive material, Sakurai will introduce the post-2000 Japanese contemporary dance scene while sharing his own thoughts on the subject with the audience.

Anyone interested in contemporary dance and other forms of bodily expression, as well as those for whom this will be a tentative first exposure to dance at the Yokohama Triennale, are all welcome!

Full Event Details: http://www.tokyoartbeat.com/event/2008/5DCC

Next talks

September, 16 (tue) : TAB Talks #16 Featuring Yokohama Vol.3 Yokohama Presentation Night

*TAB Talks Featuring Yokohama Vol.1, Vol.2 are supported by BankART1929 and Yokohama Arts Foundation.

Contact us

Send us an email at: talks [at] tokyoartbeat.com

Past Talks

TAB Talks #14 Feat. Yokohama Vol.1 “Designing Localized Media Sources”
TAB Talks #13 “The Future Through the Eyes of Media Art”
TAB Talks #12 “Japanese Aesthetics and Design”
TAB Talks #11 “Making Of Towada Art Center”
TAB Talks #10 “Takeshi Ishiguro: From Obscure Inventions to Poetic Products”
TAB Talks #9 “Wooly Publisher Masato Tsuruta”
TAB Talks #8 “Laurent Ghnassia “Evolutionary Brand Strategy and Art”
TAB Talks #7 “Takashi Azumaya: What Do We Do About Contemporary Art?”
TAB Talks #6 “Arts and Law”
TAB Talks #5 “Open Mic night with Free Entry!”
TAB Talks #4 “Christian Schwartz: Type Designer”
TAB Talks #3 “French à Tokyo”
TAB Talks #2 “Blah Art Blah Blah?”
TAB Talks #1 “with Yoshio Suzuki”