"Study Meeting: Art & Impact, Where Are We (the Earth) Going" will be held at Grand Cube Osaka from Monday, July 21st (National Holiday) to Tuesday, July 22nd, 2025.

The Osaka Kansai International Art Festival Executive Committee (within ARTLOGUE Inc.) is pleased to announce the details of the program for the symposium "Study Meeting: Art & Impact, Where Are We (the Earth) Going?" (held simultaneously with "Study × PLAS: Asia Art Fair") to be held at Grand Cube Osaka from Monday, July 21st (National Holiday) to Tuesday, July 22nd, 2025.
This symposium will be held as part of the official program associated with the art festival "Study: Osaka Kansai International Art Festival 2025," which has the theme of "social impact," and will coincide with the international art fair "Study × PLAS: Asia Art Fair," which commemorates the 60th anniversary of the normalization of diplomatic relations between Japan and South Korea.

*If you are attending this event, please purchase an "Art Fair Ticket" or an "Exhibition & Art Fair Set Pass."
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■ Overview of "Study Meeting: Art & Impact, Where are we (the Earth) Going?"
https://osaka-kansai.art/pages/study-meeting

■ Overview of "Study: Osaka Kansai International Art Festival 2025"
https://osaka-kansai.art/

About "Study Meeting: Art & Impact, Where are we (the Earth) Going?"

"Study: Osaka Kansai International Art Festival 2025" is one of the world's largest art festivals, taking advantage of the 2025 World Expo as an opportunity to approach social issues through culture and art (= social impact). During the festival, a multi-layered program based on the theme of "social impact" will be developed, aiming to "study" (verify and learn) the relationships and possibilities between art, people, and society.
This art festival, which will be the fourth since the pre-event in 2022, will host a symposium as a forum for international dialogue and co-creation centered on art, and has positioned this as one of the important programs of the festival.

This program aims to create a forum for illustrating the image of next-generation society by addressing global issues through transdisciplinary^* discussions that cross different fields, such as art, science, technology, and anthropology. It also aims to explore the potential of art as intellectual infrastructure for envisioning future society in collaboration with five organizations, including universities and research institutes.

*Transdisciplinary: Research that transcends the boundaries of academic fields and emphasizes collaboration involving not only researchers from different fields but also stakeholders in society, in order to achieve more practical goals such as solving social problems.

Event Outline

Title: Study Meeting: Art & Impact, Where are we (the Earth) Going?
Period: July 21 (Monday, national holiday) to July 22 (Tuesday)
Venue: Osaka International Convention Center (Grand Cube Osaka), 12F Special Conference Room, 10F Special Stage, 5-3-51 Nakanoshima, Kita-ku, Osaka, 530-0005
Venue information here＞
Participation fee: Admission to the Art Fair venue Advance tickets: 3,000 yen for adults, 2,500 yen for students, free for junior high school students and younger
Same-day tickets: 3,500 yen for adults, 3,000 yen for students, free for junior high school students and younger
Ticket information here>
Organized by: Osaka Kansai International Arts Festival Executive Committee (ARTLOGUE Inc.)
Co-organized by the Research Institute for Humanity and Nature Uehiro Center for Environmental Japanese Studies (hereinafter, RIHN UJES), "Life Conference", Osaka University's Institute for Advanced Interdisciplinary Research "Research Division for Future Society that Values ​​Life with a Focus on 'New Disaster Prevention'" (hereinafter, New-POD), and the National Museum of Ethnology.

Program details

The speakers are current as of June 20th. *Titles omitted

[July 21st (Monday/Holiday)]
■Opening Performance by Ryuho Sasaoka
■Opening Talk by Juichi Yamagiwa (Director of the Institute for Global Environmental Studies)
■ Session speakers (in alphabetical order)
Isogai Hizuki (Lecturer, Prefectural University of Hiroshima)
Akiko Ishigaki (dyeing and weaving artist, Koro Kobo, Okinawa Prefecture)
Yasunaga Ogita (Arctic adventurer)
Yusuke Kakuhata (author and explorer)
Yukiko Kada (Member of the House of Councillors, former Governor of Shiga Prefecture)
Michihiro Kita (Presidential Advisor, Vice Director of SSI, Head of New-POD Division, Professor, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University)
Shinmei P (author of "There is no such thing as a self.")
Daisuke Suzuki (Study General Producer, Visiting Researcher at Osaka University SSI)
Keiko Takemura (Executive Director, Vice President, and Professor of the Department of Foreign Studies, Graduate School of Humanities, Osaka University)
Yoshio Hata (Photographer, Director of the Osaka International Media Library)
Shingo Hidaka (Professor at the National Museum of Ethnology; Executive Committee Chair for the Minpaku 50th Anniversary Special Exhibition "Mikata Folk Tools Exhibition")
Kazuhiko Hiwa (Artist)
Fumiko Matsumoto (Project Associate Professor, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University; Joint Researcher in Cultural Resources, National Museum of Ethnology)
Yasunori Murakami (Chief priest of Higiri Daishi Kogenji Temple, Head of the Doctrine Department of Gokurakuji Temple, Head Temple of the Ishizuchi Shingon Sect, Advisor to the Yamajin-Inu no Kai, etc.)
Shigemi Yoshikawa (Director and Specially Appointed Professor, Research Institute for Humanity and Nature, Uehiro Center for Environmental Japanese Studies)

[Tuesday, July 22nd]
■ Session speakers (in alphabetical order)
Kenichi Abe (Research Institute for Humanity and Nature)
Megumi Kawase (Professor, National Museum of Ethnology)
Kim Deok-woo (Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University)
Takayuki Shiose (Associate Professor, Kyoto University Museum)
Daisuke Suzuki (Study General Producer, Visiting Researcher at Osaka University SSI)
Emi Takada (Engineer/GROOVE X)
Takuo Doume (Presidential Advisor, Osaka University; Director of SSI; Professor Emeritus, Graduate School of Economics)
Park Hyunsoon (CEO of Laundry Rice Co., Ltd.)
Chikahiro Hanamura (Landscape Designer, Associate Professor at Osaka Municipal University)
Fumiko Matsumoto (Project Associate Professor, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University; Joint Researcher, Cultural Resources, National Museum of Ethnology)
Yuto Yabumoto (Director of Production Zomia, Kinan Art Week)
Taizo Yoshikawa (Robotics Engineer, Doctor of Engineering/IEEE Robotics and Automation Society Human Movement Understanding Chair)

About "Study × PLAS: Asia Art Fair"

The Japan-Korea joint international art fair "Study × PLAS: Asia Art Fair" will be held at the Osaka International Convention Center (Grand Cube Osaka) for three days from July 21st (Mon., holiday) to July 23rd (Wed.), 2025. This fair is an international art event that commemorates the 60th anniversary of the normalization of diplomatic relations between Japan and Korea, and aims to promote future-oriented cultural and artistic exchange and develop the creative economy throughout Asia.
Organized by: Osaka Kansai International Art Festival Executive Committee Co-organized by: Korea's leading plastic arts fair "Plastic Art Seoul (PLAS)"

■ Two features of "Study × PLAS: Asia Art Fair"

- More than 60 galleries from Asia are scheduled to participate: A diverse range of artists and galleries from around the world, mainly from Asia, including Japan, Korea, China, and Indonesia, will come together to create an exhibition space where diverse perspectives and expressions intersect.
- A wide range of related events will also be held: a Science Art Award, a Creative Business Contest, an interdisciplinary international conference, and other programs that explore the relationship between creativity and society from a variety of perspectives.
*Study×PLAS Asia Art Fair has been certified by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as a "60th Anniversary of the Normalization of Diplomatic Relations between Japan and South Korea" project.

About "Study: Osaka Kansai International Art Festival 2025"

Study: Osaka Kansai International Art Festival is an art festival that studies the relationship between art, people and society. With the theme of "social impact," we aim to revitalize the economy and visualize social issues through culture and the arts. With an eye on the Osaka-Kansai Expo, we have been conducting research three times since 2022 in Osaka. This year marks the year of the Expo, and 93 artists from 24 countries and regions will participate (as of June 8th), and the festival will be held during the Expo as an art festival that plays a role in connecting the Osaka-Kansai Expo with the entire Osaka area. The venue will be spread out inside and outside the Expo site on Yumeshima, and will be held in various places that symbolize Osaka, such as the Osaka Culturarium Tempozan designed by Tadao Ando, ​​the Umekita area, Nishinari area, Semba area, Matsubara City, the National Museum of Ethnology in Expo Commemoration Park where the 1970 Expo was held, and the Osaka Prefectural International Convention Center (all built by Kisho Kurokawa), the venue of "Study × PLAS: Asia Art Fair". This art festival is supported and supported by embassies and consulates from 18 countries, and will create a place for new dialogue and discovery on a global scale by developing art projects in collaboration with international organizations such as Germany, South Korea, and the EU (European Union). Taking advantage of the opportunity of the Osaka-Kansai Expo, which will see the participation of 158 countries and regions and nine international organizations, we aim to promote culture and art from Kansai to the world, and to use culture and art to revitalize the economy and make social issues visible.


■Company Profile 
ARTLOGUE Inc.
- Representative: ARTLOGUE Inc. CEO Daisuke Suzuki
- Head office location: Kita-ku, Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture
- Established: July 7, 2017
- Business operations: Planning and management of "Study: Osaka Kansai International Art Festival" / Planning and management of web media "ARTLOGUE" and "Art Tourism"