【MOT 30th Anniversary Symposium】How Museums Change?

Founded in 1995, MOT will be welcoming its 30th anniversary this year. Looking back on the last 30 years marked by the spread of the Internet and diversification of values, the role of museums is also being reconsidered along with shifts in society. As a “contemporary art museum” that aims to constantly represent the era’s new forms of expressions, we have always challenged ourselves in exploring ways that go beyond the traditional museum. Looking ahead, what kind of place will museums become in the future? In this symposium, we invite young curators from Hong Kong, South Korea, and Indonesia to discuss with us the new possibilities of museums. With experience in running alternative spaces and activities by art collectives, these speakers have realized many projects in a variety of places that go beyond the museum framework. Rethinking museums as “places to gather”, we will share our thoughts on the future role of museums. https://www.mot-art-museum.jp/en/news... ■Date/Time March 22 (Sat), 2025 2:00-4:30 PM ■Venue Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo, Auditorium (B2F) ■Speakers Eunice Tsang (M+ Associate Curator/Hong Kong), Jiwon Yu (Leeum Museum of Art, Curator/South Korea), Leonhard Bartolomeus (Yamaguchi Center for Arts and Media [YCAM], Curator/Indonesia) ■Organized by Sanghae Kwon, Mayu Torigoe, Mio Harada (Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo) *Simultaneous interpretation (Eng/Jp | Kayoko Yokota, Shio Sato) Filming & Editing: Akira Ohta