Transcultural Japan

Japanese artefacts have played an important role in the foundation of Designmuseum Denmark (or Kunstindustrimuseet, Museum of Arts and Craft, as it was formerly known). From the beginning, the museum collected and displayed objects from Japan as a means to provide inspiration for Danish artisans and designers, and still today Japanese art and culture has had a prominent position in the museum collection.

In this lecture event, four international experts will present new research on Japanese art and culture in a transcultural perspective. The four lectures refer to some of the basic and traditional Japanese art forms such as porcelain, architecture, wood block prints, and classical dance. At the same time, they will offer new perspectives on how Japanese art and culture has been part of a global interchange of artistic practices and aesthetics modes.

All four lectures demonstrate how the global flows of objects, persons, and ideas have a profound influence on how imaginaries of Other cultures are established, negotiated, and contested in the world, then and now.

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Free admission. However, seats are limited, so please sign up at Design Museum website.