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KOBATA, Kazue
Professor - Department of Intermedia Art |
31 December, 2005 |
| 1946 | Born in Tokyo |
| 1969 | BA in Journalism, Sophia University |
| 1970-75 | Editor, TBS-Britannica Co., Ltd. |
| 1975-78 | Editor, Kosakusha + Forum International |
| 1981 | Founding researcher, Dance Resources on Earth, Japan |
| 1985- | Adjunct Curator/Representative in Tokyo, P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center/MoMA, New York, USA |
| 1988-2000 | Secretary General, annual Artcamp Hakushu, (now called Dance Hakushu)Yamanashi, Japan |
| 1998 | President, DeX, Inc. (art producing and publishing) |
| 2000- | Professor, Tokyo University of the Arts |
Research activities
Publications (Journal Articles and Books)
| 2002 | “Place of Voice and Body,” Creation of 21st Century Literature, Vol. 6, Iwanami-shoten |
| 2004 | "Sadism and Obscenity in Image-27 Years after Susan Sontag' s On Photography," Kanagawa Univedrsity Journal,No.24 |
| 2005 | "Korean Diaspora Art" (lecture), Exchange Seminar, Korean National University of the Arts, August 25, 2005, Seoul |
Translations
| 1982 | Lyall Watson “Lifetide: A Biology of the Unconscious,” Kosaku-sha, (joint work with Keiko Murata and Etsuko Nakano) |
| 1985 | Lyall Watson “Heaven's Breath: A Natural History of the Wind,” Kawaide-shobo Shin-sha |
| 2001 | Tony Godfrey “Conceptual Art,” Iwanami-shoten |
| 2002 | Susan Sontag “In Our Time; in This Moment,” NTT Publishing |
| 2004 | Susan Sontag "Territory of Conscience," NTT Publishing |
| 2005 | Laurie Anderson "Record of the Time," NTT Publishing |
Exhibitions, Theater Performances, Projects (Planning, Direction and Producing)
| 1990 | “Le Sacre du printemps” (Directed by Min Tanaka, Art by Richard Serra, Opera Comique of Paris) |
| 1996 | “A Conquista,” (Conceived and Directed by Min Tanaka, Artaud Centenary Executive Festival, Sao Paulo) |
| 1998 | “Le Sacre du printemps (end of the century version),” (Directed by Min Tanaka, dance by Russian Seasons Company, Moscow Performance Executive Committee, and Moscow Art Theater-Chekhov Art Theater) |
| 2000 | “Toru Takemitsu, River of Sounds,” (Niigata City Art and Culture Promotion Foundation, and Ryutopia, Niigata) |
| 2000-01 | Gordon Matta-Clark Research Project (Toride Art Project Administration Committee, Toride) |
| 2001 | “Buzz Club: News from Japan” (P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, New York) |
| 2004 | "The Perpetual Moment- Vision from within Okinawa and Korea," (photography exhibition), P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, New York |
Educational Activities
| In IMA courses, Kobata's teaching is focused on education related to body, language, music, and social, artistic actions, extending beyond fine arts, with an emphasis on international approaches in artistic activities in a broad sense. |
Social activites
Researcher, Dance Resources on Earth since 1985
Committee member, performance space/studio “plan B”, artists' cooperative since 1982
Advisory Producer for contemporary arts, Ryutopia (Niigata City Art and Culture Promotion Foundation)
Advisory Producer and Village Master, NGO Global Village, Expo 2005 Aichi, Japan
Language and Body/“be site-specific but not be subjugated by the place" |
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