Symposia attended by Award Winners of this year and the Judges in each Division. Back grounds and concepts of award-winning works, untold stories behind their creation and other information will be introduced. Also 2006 Japan Media Arts Festival will be summed up by Division.
[Award Winners Symposium: Art Division]
| Date | : | 2/25 (Sun) 15:00-16:00 |
| Place Place | : | The 1st Floor Hall of Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography |
| Presenter | : | ASABA Katsumi (Head jury for the Art Division) HARADA Daizaburo (Jury for the Art Division) |
| Panelist | : | KIMOTO Keiko (Grand Prize / Imagenary・Numbers 2006) |
[Award Winners Symposium: Manga Division]
| Date | : | 3/3 (Sat) 14:30-15:30 |
| Place | : | The 1st Floor Hall of Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography |
| Presenter | : | Monkey Punch (Head jury for the Manga Division) FUJIMOTO Yukari (Jury for the Manga Division) |
| Panelist | : | KAWAGUCHI Kaiji (Grand Prize/ A Spirit of The Sun) |
[Award Winners Symposium: Animation Division]
| Date | : | 3/3 (Sat) 18:30-19:30 |
| Place | : | The 1st Floor Hall of Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography |
| Presenter | : | TOMINO Yoshiyuki (Head jury for the Animation Division) HIGUCHI Shinji (Jury for the Animation Division) |
| Panelist | : | HOSODA Mamoru (Grand Prize / THE GIRL WHO LEAPT THROUGH TIME) |
[Award Winners Symposium: Entertainment Division]
| Date | : | 3/4 (Sun) 13:30-14:30 |
| Place | : | The 1st Floor Hall of Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography |
| Panelist | : | ISHIHARA Tsunekazu (Head jury for the Entertainment Division) |
| Panelist | : | KAMIYA Hideki (Grand Prize / OKAMI) TSUJIKAWA Koichiro (Excellence Prize / CORNELIUS “ Fit Song”) |
[Media Art in the World]
Gathering directors from festivals of media arts worldwide.
Discuss the globalization and diversity of media arts with a focus on trends and
characteristics of works in each country. ( Simultaneous Interpretation)
| Date | : | 2/25 (Sat) 17:00-18:30 |
| Place | : | The 1st Floor Hall of Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography |
| Presenter | : | NAKAYA Hide (NHK commentator) |
| Panelists | : | Gerfried STOCKER (Electrofringe / Austria) Cat JONES (Electrofringe / Australia) KWON, Soon-Hung (SICAF / Korea) Paul DEBEVAC (SIGGRAPH / USA) |
[Challenge for the new visual representation
- Seeking for the method to maximize the creator's discretion and sensitivity - ]
The Animation Directors SANO Shiro and KIMURA Toshiyuki talk about the thoughts and ideas that have gone into their work and reveal the untold stories behind its production, and explore the shape of a creator's future and provide a clue to the growth of the image industry.
| Date | : | 2/27 (Tue) 17:00-18:30 |
| Place | : | The 1st Floor Hall of Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography |
| Panelists | : | KIMURA Toshiyuki (Mat Artist, Director) SANO Shiro (Actor and Director) |
[The Encounter of Art and Technology Brings Originality
- For Nurturing Future Artists - ]
Freewheeling thinking and impression breed new art and technology.
Interweaving stories of panelists’ experiences send a message to young people who pursue careers as
artists or academics and think about the environment which fosters the originality of children who will shoulder the future.
| Date | : | 2/28 (Wed) 16:30-18:00 |
| Place | : | The 1st Floor Hall of Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography |
| Presenter | : | HARASHIMA Hiroshi (Professor, University of Tokyo Graduate School) |
| Panelists | : | UCHIDA Mahoro
(Science Technology Specialist, National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation)
HIROSE Michitaka (Professor, University of Tokyo) FUJIHATA Masaki (Professor, Tokyo National University of Fine Arts & Music) |
[The 10th anniversary Symposium
- Evolution of Digital Technology within the Expanding Game Market -]
With Game Works as a theme, game producers and creators who have served as Jury members in past Festivals,
discuss the presentation of games utilizing the developments in digital technologies and the changes in the market.
| Date | : | 3/4 (Sun) 16:00-17:30 |
| Place | : | The 1st Floor Hall of Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography |
| Presenter | : | ISHIHARA Tsunekazu (Game Producer) |
| Panelists | : | SAITO Yutaka (Game Designer) MATSUURA Masaya (Artist) |
