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PORT JOURNEY Yokohama ⇔ Melbourne

30 November 2011

ZOU-NO-HANA Terrace will invite an Australian writer and contributing editor for "Broadsheet" (*), Dan Rule, at the 'talk salon' PORT JOURNEY Yokohama⇔Melbourne’ on 30 November. 

The ZOU-NO-HANA project conducts cultural exchanges with Yokohama’s sister port cities across the world.  Under the project, leaders and well-informed people from cultural fields are invited to hold a series of discussions, and develop cultural content that creates opportunities to engage with urban culture in various genres.  In September 2011, the project started an exchange with Melbourne, Australia, which has a very active publishing culture and various local media contributed to its art community.

In the first section, Mr Rule will introduce his activities with "Broadsheet", The Age (one of Melbourne's leading newspapers) and his own publishing company and bookstore.  He will look at the potentiality of media to influence urban culture and the role of niche versus more mainstream media.

In the second section, a round table talk will be held with guests involved in Yokohama’s media and art communities and Mr Rule.  They will discuss the ideal form of local media, its possibilities and explore the answer for what kind of media is necessary for Creative City Yokohama which, like Melbourne, offers cultural programs on a daily basis.

*"Broadsheet" is a local newspaper published in Melbourne - a cultural capital of Australia.  It is a quarterly free paper and a daily web magazine, which delivers local information on art and entertainment, events, nightlife, restaurants, and fashion.

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