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Schedule

Ming Tiampo: Gutai in 15 minutes
Hirai Shoichi (National Art Center, Tokyo): From Hanshinkan Modernism to the Stage
Reiko Tomii (Independent Scholar): An Experiment in Collectivism: Gutai’s Prewar Origin and Postwar Evolution -- With a focus on Yoshihara’s collectivist experiences

Workshop Discussion

Break 

Kato Mizuho (Osaka University): Reconsidering Gutai “Painting”: Abstract Space in Concrete Terms
Midori Yoshimoto (New Jersey City University): Gutai and Environmental Art

Workshop Discussion

Lunch

Pedro Erber (Cornell University): Search for Concreteness
Judith Rodenbeck (Sarah Lawrence): Happenings and Gutai

Workshop Discussion

Break

Exhibition Walkthrough -- Alexandra Munroe and Ming Tiampo

Discussion

Break

Roundtable -- Caroline Jones (MIT), Christopher Ketcham, Carrie Lambert-Beatty (Harvard University), and Ikem Okoye (University of Delaware)

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