Symposia: Japanese media arts in the view of creators abroad
We will invite creators and journalists abroad who are working in the Japanese media arts environment and discuss the attractions, characteristics, and challenges of media arts in Japan.
| [Date] 3.1 (Tue.), 1:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. [Place] 1F Hall, Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography |
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| [Panelists] | Savin Yeatman-Eiffel (the founder of Sav! The World Productions) NGUYEN Ilan (a researcher of animation), and another guest will participate YAMAMOTO Junya (Special Achievement Prize) |
| [Presenter] | HAMANO Yasuki (an operating member of Japan Media Arts Festival) |
Device Arts Symposia -How We Create Media Arts Works
Device arts offer an unimaginable experience by keeping the features of technology and materials. Leading artists who are active in this new genre which is receiving international attentions analyze the basis of idea and obsession.
| [Date] 3.3 (Thu.), 6:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. [Place] 1F Hall, Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography |
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| [Panelists] | IWATA Hiroo (Professor, University of Tsukuba) KUWAKUBO Ryota (Device Artist) KODAMA Sachiko (Media Artist) |
| [Presenter] | KUSAHARA Machiko (Head Jury for the Art Division of Japan Media Arts Festival) |
Symposia are participated in by this year’s award-winners and juries of each division. While discussing the trend of entries this year and listening to the award-winners’ comments on their own works, the jury summarize the 2004[8th] Japan Media Arts Festival division by division and report on the “present” of media arts.
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[Manga Division] [Date] 2.26 (Sat.), 3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. [Place] 1F Hall, Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography |
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| [Panelists] | KONO Fumiyo (Grand Prize: YUNAGI NO MACHI SAKURA NO KUNI)
TOBE Keiko (Excellence Prize: HIKARI TO TOMONI～Living with an autistic child～) YAMAMOTO Junya (Special Achievement Prize) |
| [Presenter] | SATONAKA Machiko (Head Jury for the Manga Division of Japan Media Arts Festival) |
| [Art Division] [Date] 2.27 (Sun.), 1:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. (a simultaneous interpretation will be provided) |
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| [Panelists] | Electronic Shadow (Grand Prize:  )HIRAKAWA Norimichi (Excellence Prize: GLOBAL BEARING) |
| [Presenter] | KUSAHARA Machiko (Head jury for the Art Division of Japan Media Arts Festival) |
| [Visual Image] [Date] 2.27 (Sun.), 3:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. (a simultaneous interpretation will be provided) |
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| [Panelists] | Simon Goulet (Excellence Prize in Art Division:  )YOON Takeshi/IGUCHI Hiroshi (Excellence Prize in Entertainment Division: YKK AP EVOLUTION) NISHIGORI Isao (Excellence Prize in Animation Division: ACIDMAN shortfilm  ) |
| [Presenter] | NAKAJIMA Shinya (Head Jury for the Entertainment Division of Japan Media Arts Festival) |
| [Entertainment Division] [Date] 3.5 (Sat.), 1:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. |
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| [Panelists] | ABE Goro (Grand Prize: WarioWare: Twisted!!)
KURASAWA Mikitaka (Excellence Prize: Opening Cinematics of “Onimusha 3”) |
| [Presenter] | ISHIHARA Tsunekazu (Jury for the Entertainment Division of Japan Media Arts Festival) |
| [Animation Division] [Date] 3.5 (Sat.), 3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. |
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| [Panelists] | YUASA Masaaki (Grand Prize: MIND GAME) DAICHI Akitaro (Excellence Prize: MAKASETEIRUKA!) |
| [Presenter] | TOMINO Yuki (Jury for the Animation Division of Japan Media Arts Festival) |
