Joanna Choumali, an artist of this festival, Claud Grunitzky and Oussaby Sacko, will talk in detail about he work shown in KYOTOGRAPHIE and delve into the themes and issues explored through her multidisciplinary practice.
Important Notice
* Please gather at DELTA/ KYOTOGRAPHIE Permanent Space. After viewing the artworks, we will move to Kyoto Seika University Satellite Space Demachi for the talk event. (about 5 minutes walk) It is possible to participate only in the tour or only in the talk event.
* Advance reservation is required for the tour.
* There will be a later delivery.
Speakers
Joanna Choumali (KYOTOGRAPHIE 2023 Artist)
Claude Grunitzky (Founder of TRACE and TRUE Africa)
Claude Grunitzky is the founder of TRACE, a fast-growing media company which was successfully sold to a French investor group in 2010, and TRUE Africa, a media tech platform championing young African voices all over the world. In 2017, TRUE Africa was funded by Google’s Digital News Initiative. Grunitzky was raised between Lomé, Togo; Washington, DC; Paris and London. Growing up, Grunitzky was exposed to many different cultures. These foreign interactions shaped his transcultural philosophy and informed the creative energy of his media ventures. A graduate of London University and MIT Sloan, where he received an MBA, Grunitzky is also a trustee at MASS MoCA, a contemporary art museum in Massachusetts, and at Humanity in Action, a foundation that works internationally to build global leadership, defend democracy, protect minorities and improve human rights. Grunitzky is a Visiting Social Innovator at the Harvard Kennedy School’s Social Innovation and Change Initiative. Grunitzky is currently working with MIT on TRUE Africa University, an ambitious African higher education project aiming to accelerate the continent’s development by enabling and empowering African youth.
Moderator
Oussouby Sacko (Professor, Human Environment Design Program [Faculty of Design], Kyoto Seika University)
Born in Mali, West Africa, Dr. Oussouby SACKO is a full time Professor of Architecture at the Human Environmental Design Program, Faculty of Design, and the Graduate School of Design (Architecture) in Kyoto Seika University.
He got a Bachelor degree from South-East University (Dongnan Daxue), Nanjing China, and got a Master degree and a Doctor Degree of Engineering in the field of Architecture and Architecture Planning from the Graduate School of Engineering at Kyoto University, Japan. He has served as the Dean of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences at Seika University from April 2013 to March 2017, and President of Kyoto Seika University from April 2018 to March 2022.
Since April 2022, along with his title as the Vice President of the Japan Association for the World Expo 2025 and is also serving as the Director of Integrated Research Institute (which covers all research centers and laboratories of Kyoto Seika University) and Director of the Center for Contemporary African-Asian Contemporary Cultural Studies (CAACCS).
He has conducted research on the relationship between society and architecture from a variety of angles, including the "revitalization of machiya townhouses in Kyoto" and "community revitalization," and has advocated a society that recognizes diverse values from familiar perspectives in daily life.
His major publications include "「Kore kara no Sekai」wo ikiru kimi ni tsutaetaikoto" (Yamato Shobo) and "Afurika shusshin Sako gakucho, Nihon wo kataru" (Asahi Shinbun Publications).
日時
2023.4.1510:00–12:30
会場
DELTA/KYOTOGRAPHIE Permanent Space
Address
62, Sanei-cho, Kamigyo-ku, Kyoto
Access
Keihan Line "Demachiyanagi" station. 5 min on foot from Exit 5
