Podcast Program
SIAF Director's Lounge
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This newly launched podcast is a program in which Director OGAWA converses with a guest from a field that differs each time. Through various topics, they talk about the future, which is the keyword for SIAF2024. In Hide's One Minute Keyword for SIAF2024, OGAWA introduces one keyword each time that can be a hint to explore SIAF2024. Listen on |
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Vol. 08: Wednesday, November 2 *This episode is available only in Japanese.
[Guest: Tomoko Ono (Chief Director of New Chitose Airport International Animation Festival)]
The guest speaker for the eighth episode is Tomoko Ono. She is the Chief Director of New Chitose Airport International Animation Festival, which presents various screening programs from around the world every year, delivering the look of animation “today” from various perspectives. In this episode, Ono talks about the uniqueness of the festival held in an airport and shares her discoveries in year’s festival programs.
New Chitose Airport International Animation Festival
*The 9th festival is held November 3–6, 2022.
Vol. 07: Wednesday, October 19 *This episode is delivered in English.
[Guest: Gerfried Stocker (Co-CEO/Artistic Director of Ars Electronica)]
The guest speaker for the seventh episode is Gerfried Stocker, the Co-CEO and Artistic Director of Ars Electronica. Ars Electronica is a global creative organization which has been proposing innovative ideas and future visions. In this episode, we explore the ideas and history of the institute with Stocker describing it as an ecosystem. He also talks on the Ars Electronica Festival 2022, that was held in September with the title “Welcome to Planet B”. Let’s find out the new discoveries in this year’s festival. This episode is delivered in English.
Vol. 06: Wednesday, September 21 *This episode is available only in Japanese.
[Guest: Shihoko Iida (Aichi Triennale 2022 Chief Curator/SIAF Committee Member)]
The guest speaker for the sixth episode is Shihoko Iida, a curator working internationally. Iida was the Associate Curator for inaugural SIAF2014, and now she supports SIAF as a member of SIAF Committee. In this episode, Iida shares the highlights of Aichi Triennale 2022, an international art festival where she serves as the Chief Curator, and also discuss with Ogawa the future of art festivals.
Vol. 05: Wednesday, July 31 *This episode is delivered in English.
[Guest: Agnieszka Kubicka-Dzieduszycka (Flagship Project Concept Developer European Capital of Culture Chemnitz 2025)]
The guest speaker for the fifth episode is Agnieszka Kubicka-Dzieduszycka, who was the SIAF2020 Curatorial Director of Media Art. Opening with Dzieduszycka’s introduction of her current activities, the discussion between Dzieduszycka and Ogawa, who have been involved in the media art community for years, is filled with topics such as “What is media art?” and “Are media artists the ‘future citizens’?” This episode is delivered in English.
Vol. 04: Wednesday, July 27 *This episode is available only in Japanese.
[Guest: TANAKA Kensuke (Chairperson of Tanaka Gakuen / Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters Special Advisor)]
The guest speaker for the fourth episode is TANAKA Kensuke, Chairperson of Tanaka Gakuen / Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters Special Advisor. Today’s topic is “Education”. With his unique point of view as a former professional baseball player, TANAKA shares his stories from how he has got engaged in education after his baseball careers including Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters and San Francisco Giants, to what he is currently challenging at the elementary school he has established in April 2022.
Vol. 03: Wednesday, July 13 *This episode is available only in Japanese.
[Guest: Mayunkiki (SIAF2020 Ainu Culture Coordinator)]
The guest speaker for the third episode is Mayunkiki. She was the Ainu Culture Coordinator of SIAF2020 which was canceled due to the impact of COVID-19. In this episode, she and Director OGAWA discuss together the behind the scenes of Upaste, the Ainu sub-theme for SIAF2024 prepared by Mayunkiki. She talks about the process and ideas for when she coins Ainu terms while explaining Upaste and Usa Mosir un Askay Utar Sapporo otta Uekarpa (Sapporo International Art Festival in Ainu).
Vol. 02: Wednesday, June 29 *This episode is available only in Japanese.
[Guest: MATSUSHIMA Michiaki (Editor-in-Chief of WIRED Japan)]
The guest speaker for the second episode is MATSUSHIMA Michiaki, Editor-in-Chief of WIRED Japan.
WIRED is known as a “media that implements the future”. While OGAWA was interviewed by MATSUSHIMA for the WIRED Japan VOL.45 “as a Tool” which was published on June 13, in this podcast episode, the interviewer is switched.
For surviving the climate crisis, and for heading toward the future, what can we see as a “tool”? How can we expand the concept of a “tool”? In this episode’s conversation, you can find some hints for future orientation.
Visit wired.jp for the OGAWA’s interview (the article is in Japanese)
Vol. 01: Wednesday, June 15 *This episode is available only in Japanese.
[Guest: AKIMOTO Katsuhiro (Mayor of Sapporo/Chair of SIAF Executive Committee)]
OGAWA welcomes AKIMOTO Katsuhiro, Mayor of Sapporo, for the first episode.
They talk about the theme of SIAF2024 "LAST SNOW", the meaning of "snow" which is very close to Sapporo, and their thoughts and expectations for SIAF2024, while setting their viewpoints on the future.