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Y-GSC Studio (Spatial Culture Design / Critical Media Creation / Sound Culture Studies / Video and Physical Expression)
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A graduate studio that considers art and culture across philosophy and thought.
AboutAbout the lab
Continually redrawing the map of art and culture.
The Y-GSC studio researches art and culture across fields including film, contemporary art, literature, dance, theater, popular culture, sound culture theory, and psychoanalysis.
The concept page describes the role of the faculty as that of a midwife, who works together with students to give form to the "something" they bring and sends it out into society.
In the Yokohama Urban Culture Course, students learn across practical studio subjects such as "Spatial Culture Design," "Critical Media Creation," "Sound Culture Studies," and "Video and Physical Expression," as well as theoretical subjects.
The Architecture and Urban Culture Course (Urban Culture track) is also called the Y-GSC Thesis Course, and the Yokohama Urban Culture Course is also called the Y-GSC Portfolio Course.
Key terms
- 2.5D Culture
- Cultural practices based on anime, manga, and games. It is studied as a culture that drifts between fiction and reality.
- Sound Culture Theory
- A field of study dealing with the history, theory, and philosophy of sound in art since the late 19th century.
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The Y-GSC studio explores the art and culture of the 21st century across the fields of art and culture and of philosophy and thought. It aims to give form to the "something" that students bring, through collaboration with the faculty, and to send it out into society.
*Illustrative imageTheoretical and Historical Studies of Art and Culture
The studio covers film, contemporary art, literature, dance, theater, popular culture such as animation and 2.5D culture, sound culture theory, psychoanalysis, and gender and sexuality studies. Students study these theoretically and historically while also engaging with sites of practice.
*Illustrative imageCreative Work, Activities, and the Portfolio
Students work across practical studio subjects such as "Spatial Culture Design," "Critical Media Creation," "Sound Culture Studies," and "Video and Physical Expression," as well as theoretical subjects, and carry out their own creative work and activities. They present the results inside and outside the university, write essays, and compile them into a portfolio.
MembersFaculty
The staff of the Y-GSC studio consist of faculty members and studio assistants.As of 2026
- ProfessorTomonori Kiyota
- ProfessorNorihisa Kurenuma
- ProfessorMasayasu Komiya
- ProfessorAkiko Sugawa
- ProfessorTomohiro Hikoe
- ProfessorKei Hirakura
- Associate ProfessorKatsushi Nakagawa
- Associate ProfessorFabien Carpentras
- LecturerNodoka Odawara
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- Top image: “MARIMORENA-Madrid-España 06” Inés Para Editar / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Theoretical and Historical Studies of Art and Culture: “South Ionian Wild Goat Style SiA Ic - Swallow Painter - krater - men and mythological animals - Roma MNEVG - 08” ArchaiOptix / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Creative Work, Activities, and the Portfolio: “Art FUSION Stuttgart 2023 – Stand C21 (Joss Toledo Art Studio & Gallery)” HonysTorresArt / CC BY 4.0 (cropped)
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