{"id":3834,"date":"2024-09-17T20:00:19","date_gmt":"2024-09-17T20:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/itp\/news-mary-mark-itp-alum-directs-the-world-bank-s-understanding-risk\/"},"modified":"2024-09-17T20:00:19","modified_gmt":"2024-09-17T20:00:19","slug":"news-mary-mark-itp-alum-directs-the-world-bank-s-understanding-risk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/itp\/news-mary-mark-itp-alum-directs-the-world-bank-s-understanding-risk\/","title":{"rendered":"Mary Mark, ITP Alum, Directs the World Bank&#8217;s Understanding Risk Opening Ceremony in Himeji, Japan"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"100%\" src=\"https:\/\/tisch.nyu.edu\/content\/dam\/tisch\/itp\/NewsEvents\/ur24_itp_ima.png\" alt=\"large scale painting\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<h3>Understanding Risk Opening Ceremony<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Over the Summer, <b>ITP alum Mary Mark<\/b> was the&nbsp;Creative Director for the World Bank\u2019s Understanding Risk Opening Ceremony in Himeji, Japan. She worked on creating a show intended to craft a balance of tradition and innovation in the context of disaster resilience. The ceremony featured Shodo and Taiko performances, a keynote by a renowned&nbsp;architect Shigeru Ban, many inspiring speakers, and custom-designed elements such as programmable Andon LED lanterns. <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/gVBmm-vixZs?feature=shared\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click here to watch the ceremony<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"100%\" src=\"https:\/\/tisch.nyu.edu\/content\/dam\/tisch\/itp\/NewsEvents\/ur24_itp_ima_1.png\" alt=\"Drummers performing together\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<h3>Taiko Performance<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" align=\"left\" hspace=\"5\" src=\"http:\/\/tisch.nyu.edu\/content\/dam\/tisch\/itp\/NewsEvents\/ur24_itp_ima.png\" \/>The World Bank&#8217;s Understanding Risk Opening Ceremony in Himeji, Japan this Summer was diirected by ITP Alum Mary Mark.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3834","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/itp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3834","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/itp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/itp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/itp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3834"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/itp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3834\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/itp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3834"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/itp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3834"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/itp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3834"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}