2008 [12th] Japan Media Arts Festival Interviews

Introducing interviews with award-winning overseas artists including Markus KISON, creator of touched echo, an Excellence Prize winner in the Art Division, and Matt CHANDLER, creator of Carbon Footprint, an Excellence Prize winner in the Entertainment Division, a dialog between the directors of CICDAF and SICAF, as well as presentations of media art festivals in other countries.

Dialog: Media arts streaming out from Asia

LOU Baiqian × PARK Seong Sik LOU Baiqian × PARK Seong Sik
We invited the directors of CICDAF in China and SICAF in Korea to talk about the cultural situation in each country and the media arts currently streaming out from Asia.
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Media Art in the World Presentation & Interview

Presentation on Ars Electronica Presentation on Ars Electronica
OGAWA Hideaki, who is in charge of planning at Ars Electronica in Austria, described how the festival operates and what the concepts are behind it, and gave an outline of the new Ars Electronica Center.
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SIGGRAPH Director Interview

SIGGRAPH Director Interview

Interview with Jill SMOLIN, the director of SIGGRAPH, the world largest international conference on CG and interactive technology.

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SIGGRAPH ASIA Festival Chairs Interview

SIGGRAPH ASIA Festival Chair Interview

Interview with Jinny H.J. CHOO who is festival chair of SIGGRAPH ASIA, which started in 2008.

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Interviews with award-winning artists from abroad

Markus KISON

Markus KISON

An interview with Markus KISON, who won an Excellence Prize in the Art Division with touched echo, which recounts the tragedy of the air raid on Dresden.

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