Art for Social Innovation – Art Collaborating with ESG and SDGs
VIEW EVENT DETAILSArts Committee Signature Symposium 2022
≫ 日本語の概要
In our world today, corporate activities have an impact on all types of societal concerns and issues not to mention global warming. It is no longer possible to conduct corporate engagement without being aware of ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) and SDGs (Sustainable Development Goals).
At the same time, in the art world, the use of art as a means of expression to arouse people’s interest in social issues is seen with the emergence of socially engaged art, rather than simply being used by artists as a means of self-expression.
Art is also beginning to embrace and tackle directly on ESG and SDG issues. For example, last April – May, the Kitakyushu Future Creation Art Festival “ART for SDGs” was held in the Higashida area of Kitakyushu City with the theme of how the SDGs can be expressed through art. The director of the festival was Fumio Nanjo (Curator, Former Director, and Current Special Advisor to the Mori Art Museum), and Yoichi Ochiai (Media Artist, Associate Professor at the University of Tsukuba) participated with a video work using the latest technology under the keyword digital nature. Sputniko! (Artist, Associate Professor at Tokyo University of the Arts) is actively involved in the SDGs from an artist’s perspective, promoting the project “WDGs ~Women Development Goals~,” which disseminates information and messages related to the SDGs by women, centered on the realization of gender equality as stated in the SDGs.
In this way, we are now seeing an overlap between ESG and SDG activities undertaken by corporations and social issues addressed from the perspective of art. Recent corporate support for art and artists has moved beyond the once-mainstream activities in which companies support cultural and artistic activities and CSR activities that help companies fulfill certain social responsibilities. It is moving toward cooperation and the art world to solve social issues.
In this symposium, we will welcome Fumio Nanjo, Yoichi Ochiai, and Sputniko!, all of whom not only have a broad perspective in the arts but also are globally active with strong ties to the business community. Our discussions will revolve around the relationship between ESG and SDGs and art, taking into account the new trend in corporate management towards solving social concerns and issues.
Reception will follow for networking.
Event and Registration Details
- This event will be conducted in-person and online, and registration is required.
- In-person participation is open to the public. Please pay your fee by credit card or at the door.
- Online participation is open to the public and free.
Schedule
4:00 p.m.
Opening Remarks
4:10 – 5:00 p.m.
Opening remarks from each panel
- Fumio Nanjo, President & CEO, N and A Inc.
- Yoichi Ochiai, Media Artist
- Sputniko!, Artist / Associate Professor at Tokyo University of the Arts
Moderator
Tsutomu Horiuchi, Asia Society Japan Center, Arts Committee Co-Chair
5:00 – 5:50 p.m.
Discussion and Q&A
5:55 p.m.
Closing Remarks
6:00 – 7:30 p.m.
Reception at Kabayama Matsumoto Room
Speaker Bios
Fumio Nanjo
Senior Advisor, Mori Art Museum
Curator
Art Critic
CEO, N and A Inc.
Graduated from Faculty of Economics (1972) and Faculty of Letters (Philosophy, Aesthetics & Science of Arts, 1977), Keio University. Now a Senior Advisor of Mori Art Museum, Tokyo (since Jan. 2020), Nanjo formerly served as the Museum’s Deputy Director (2002-2006) and Director (Nov. 2006-2019), after working for the Japan Foundation (1978-1986). The directorship of international exhibitions he has assumed from the 1990s to date includes: the Japan Pavilion, Venice Biennale; Taipei Biennale; Yokohama Triennale; Singapore Biennales; KENPOKU ART, Ibaraki, Japan; Honolulu Biennial; and Kitakyushu Art Festival Imaging Our Future: ART for SDGs. He most recently curated Future and the Arts: AI, Robot, Cities, Life – How Humanity Will Live Tomorrow (2019-2020) at Mori Art Museum. His publications include A Life with Art (2012) amongst others.
Yoichi Ochiai
Media Artist
Born in 1987, Ochiai received his Ph.D. in Applied Computer Science from the University of Tokyo’s Graduate School of Interdisciplinary Information. He is an Associate Professor at the University of Tsukuba where he is also Head of Research and Development Centre for Digital Nature. He is the Principal Investigator for the JST CREST xDiversity project and has received Super Creator / Genius Programmer titles from the Information-Technology Promotion Agency, Japan. From 2017 to 2019, he was an advisor to the President of the University of Tsukuba. Since 2018, he has held positions as a member of the Special Committee on IP Strategy Vision as well as the Visionary Council on the Moonshot Research and Development Program (both under the Cabinet Office). He has also been a member of the Digital Transformation Committee as well as Japan Cultural Envoy, and the thematic project producer for the World EXPO 2025, Osaka, Kansai, Japan, since 2020.
Ochiai has received numerous awards, including a World Technology Award in 2015, the Prix Ars Electronica 2016, a 2019 SXSW Creative Experience ‘ARROW’ Award, MIT Technology Review Innovators Under 35 Japan 2020, Apollo magazine 40 UNDER 40 ART AND TECH 2021, Young Global Leader class of 2022 and more. His work explores the intersections between images and materials, nature and computers, and freely crosses the boundaries of computer science, applied physics, and media arts.
Sputniko!
Artist
Associate Professor, Tokyo University of the Arts
Sputniko! is a multi-media artist and filmmaker creating works on themes of technology, gender, and feminism. Her work has been exhibited at the MoMA, Centre-Pompidou Metz, V&A, the Cooper Hewitt, Mori Art Museum, and she was awarded Vogue Japan Woman of the Year in 2013.
Sputniko! taught at the MIT Media Lab as an Assistant Professor and was the director of Design Fiction Group from 2013 to 2017. She is currently an Associate Professor at the Tokyo University of Arts. Sputniko! has also been selected as a TED Fellow and gave her TED Fellow talk in TED 2019. She was also selected as one of the Young Global Leaders by the World Economic Forum and moderated sessions in Davos 2020. To date, she has had her works included in the permanent collections of museums such as the Victoria and Albert Museum (UK) and the 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa (Japan).
Tsutomu Horiuchi
Co-chair, Asia Society Japan Arts Committee
Professor & Deputy Director, Center for Social Investment, Tama University
Director, 100-Year Corporate Strategy Research Institute
Executive Chairman, Vortex Co., Ltd.
Up until 2015, as the Chief Financial Officer and Senior Executive Managing Officer of Mori Building Co., Ltd., Mr. Horiuchi was responsible for the operations of Mori Art Museum (MAM) and Academy Hills of Mori Arts Center. Prior to Mori, he worked for Goldman Sachs Japan as Vice President of Legal & Capital Markets Department after his extensive career at the Industrial Bank of Japan group (current Mizuho Financial Group). He graduated from The University of Tokyo, Faculty of Law in 1984, and received an LL.M. degree from Harvard Law School in 1988.
He is a member of several organizations including the Japan Association of Corporate Executives, the Japan Gastronomy Association and the New York Bar Association, and is qualified as a wine expert of the Japan Sommelier Association.
地球温暖化は言うまでもなく、企業活動があらゆる社会問題に影響を及ぼしている現在、ESG （環境・社会・ガバナンス）やSDGs（持続可能な開発目標）を意識せずに行う企業経営はもはや考えられなくなっています。
同時にアートの世界でも、単に作家が自己表現の手段として使うものではなく、ソーシャル・エンゲージメント・アートの登場に見られるように、アートという表現手段を用いて人々の社会問題への関心を喚起していく流れが生まれています。
アートがESGやSDGsの問題を正面から取り上げる試みも始まっています。例えば、昨年の4-5月、北九州市東田地区を舞台に、アートでSDGsをどのように表現できるのかをテーマに、「北九州未来創造芸術祭 ART for SDGs」が開催されました。このディレクターを務めたのが南條史生さん（キュレーター、森美術館前館長・現特別顧問）で、ここに「デジタルネイチャー」というキーワードで、最新のテクノロジーを使った映像作品で参加したのが落合陽一さん（メディア・アーティスト、筑波大学准教授）です。スプツニ子！さん（アーティスト、東京藝大准教授）は、SDGsが掲げるジェンダー平等の実現を軸に、女性が手掛けるSDGsに関する情報やメッセージを発信するプロジェクト「WDGs ~Women Development Goals~」を推進するなど、アーティストの立場からSDGsの問題に積極的に関わっています。
このように、企業が取り組むESGやSDGsの活動とアートの立場から社会問題に取り組む領域は、日々オーバーラップしてきています。また、昨今の企業によるアートやアーティスト支援は、かつて主流であった企業が文化芸術活動を支援するメセナ活動や、企業が一定の社会的責任を果たすためのCSR活動の領域を超えて、社会問題の解決に向けてアートの世界と協力していく方向に進んでいます。
今回のシンポジウムでは、アートのみならず幅広い視点からグローバルに活動を展開し、ビジネスの世界ともつながりが強い、南條史生さん、落合陽一さん、スプツニ子！さんの三人を迎え、ESGとSDGsとアートとの関わりを、社会問題解決に向けた企業経営の新潮流も踏まえた上で議論していきます。
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プログラム
4:00 p.m.
開会の挨拶
4:10 – 5:00 p.m.
パネリストのプレゼンテーション
- 南條史生（エヌ・アンド・エー株式会社代表取締役）
- 落合陽一（メディアアーティスト）
- スプツニ子！（アーティスト／東京藝術大学デザイン科准教授）
モデレーター
堀内 勉（アジア・ソサエティ・ジャパン・センター理事、アート委員会共同委員長）
5:00 – 5:50 p.m.
パネル・ディスカッション、質疑応答
5:55 p.m.
閉会の挨拶
6:00 – 7:30 p.m.
懇親会（樺山・松本ルーム）
Event Details
(In-person / Online: open to public)
International House of Japan