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PORT JOURNEYS DIRECTORS MEETING YOKOHAMA 2020 @ONLINE

 

 

Zou-no-hana Terrace initiated “PORT JOURNEYS” to build sustainable relations upon an axis of cross-cultural exchange, through the collaboration of world port municipalities engaged in creative community development. Since the project started in 2011, it has gradually expanded and developed its objective to an extended interpretation of the cultural exchange.

 

While focusing on exchanging artists between the port cities, an online Directors Meeting will be held aiming to discuss on the same issue which the cities share. Since 2014, one of the member cities hosts an annual Directors Meeting. For the sixth edition Yokohama will be host, however, due to the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak, members will get together online.

 

 

Theme of the meeting is "International Exchange in the Era of Pandemics". We will share the latest situation about the movements that are happening in each city while limitation of mobility is spread all over the world. Through the presentations of partner cities, we will discuss on the significance and means of international exchange in the future.

Further, a new project "We Trees" will be introduced, in which members of the <PORT JOURNEYS> work together aiming to contribute in the urban development. This project had been planning before the outbreak of COVID19 focusing at a stage around the shopping street "Onomachi-dori Kyoeikai" in Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama. 

Japanese and English simultaneous translation is available.

 

February 7 (Sun) 

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Start 14:00ー

Opening

Greetings:

Ms Yukiko Gondo, Executive Director of Culture, Art and Creative City Promotion Department, Culture and Tourism Bureau,City of Yokohama

Mr Tsutomu Okada, Art Director, Zou-no-hana Terrace

 

【Program】

14：00-　Part I　Presentation by partner cities

（Speakers may change）

1. USA/Athens・・James Enos (The University of Georgia, Assistant Professor of Art, Chair Studio Art Core）, 

　　　Stephen Ramos（The University of Georgia, Professor of Art）　

2. China/Shanghai・・Evelyn Wang（Art Director）

3. Korea/Busan・・Jung Myeon TOTATOGA, Art Director）

4. Finland/Helsinki・・Iina Koski（FORUM BOX, Executive Director）

5. Germany/Hamburg・・Michael Kress（Hyper Cultural Passengers, Director）　6. Netherlands/Groningen・・Jan Derk Diekema（CareX, Director）

 

【Break】10 min.

 

15:00ーPart II  Announcement of the “We Trees Tsurumi” Project

Introduction/Presentation by artists・・so+ba, Mana Saito, Michael Kress

 

15：40-　Part III　Discussion

Keynote speech　France/Paris・・Clélia Zernik（École des Beaux-Arts, Professor）

Discussion

Panelists: James Enos, Stephen Ramos, Evelyn Wang, Jung Myeon, Michael Kress, Jan Derk Diekma, so+ba, Mana Saito, Clélia Zernik, WERC, Rintaro Hara, Marc Duncan

 

＜MC＞

Tsutomu Okada

Yoshie Ota, Zou-no-hana Terrace, Director, International Division

 

【End of the event】

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Session will be provided as online live webinar available by Zoom. 

You may join in the discussion via chat.   

Zoom Webinar URL for participants: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81865686709

 

【How to use simultaneous translation】

Japanese or English is available through the online Interprefy Remote Simultaneous Interpretation System

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Access: 「Interprefy」：https://interprefy.interpret.world/user/sign-in 

Token (pass code): PORTJOURNEYS

 

Have two devices ready: one to participate in the online meeting (e.g. PC) and another device for Interprefy to listen to the interpreter`s voice (e.g. tablet, smartphone etc.)

・Please refer to the Interprefy User Manual:

 User Manual: https://archive.zounohana.com/files/PJDMTG_interprefy_guide.pdf

・Please download the Interprefy app with the given token in advance

ZOU-NO-HANA TERRACE initiated the“ PORT JOURNEYS” in 2011, to build relations upon an axis of cross-cultural exchange, through the collaboration of world port municipalities engaged in creative community development, cultural facilities, and artists.

 

Yokohama’s ZOU-NO-HANA TERRACE has as its objective multi-dimensional and sustainable mutual exchange among artists, municipal administrators and cultural facility staff in each port city. Cities to be involved with this cultural exchange include Yokohama’s sister ports, port cities having partner relations with Yokohama, and other creative port cities.

 

With the globalization of the world’s economy and changes in economic spheres, there is a demand for cities to reconsider their traditional functions and reinvent themselves. It is in that setting that more and more metropolitan centers around the world are promoting community development with citizens and artists and creators at the core of their concepts.

 

As a platform for the promotion of community creation, this project’s pursuit is the autonomous development of creative inter-city exchange.

 

 

PORT JOURNEYS Official page：https://portjourneys.net/