2009 [13th] Japan Media Arts Festival Festival Information

The 2009 [13th] Japan Media Arts Festival will be held from Wednesday, February 3, 2010 to Sunday, February 14, 2010 at The National Art Center, Tokyo.

The exhibition will include approximately 180 award-winning works and jury-recommended works of art, animations, films, games, web works, manga and others selected from among 2,592 entries from 54 nations and regions. Apart from many works that audiences can actually touch and experience, there will be various symposia where award-winners and jury members participate as well as presentations in which artists from Japan and abroad talk about their own works. Our aim is for the Festival to be a kind of "live" event, where visitors can experience what media art really is.

Further, there are various events scheduled throughout the exhibition period. There is an exhibition of award-winning works from the Computer Graphics Contest for Students. The Leading Edge Technology Showcase introduces new representation technologies. Media Arts in the World introduces overseas media art festivals. Students MV Collaboration is a workshop where students create a music video together. Technoclasm Cyber Arts Japan/Ars Electronica 30 Years for Art and Media Technology will be held at Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo.

  • Exhibition / Exhibition will feature Award-winning Works and Jury Recommended Works of the Japan Media Arts Festival. The audience is welcome to get a hands-on experience of interactive art works and games. It will also feature animation storyboards and originals of manga works. The Leading Edge Technology Showcase, which introduces new technologies for presentations, and the Computer Graphics Contest for Students are also spectacular.
  • Screening / The Japan Media Arts Festival also has a film festival side to it. There will be screenings of film works in a wide range of genres including theatrical animations, short animations, MVs, CMs, VFXs, and visual images of art on a big screen every day. There are also plans to hold an exhibition called Media Art in the World, which will introduce international media art festivals.
  • Symposia / Symposia will be held with leading experts as guests, such as Award Winners Symposia attended by award winners and jury members and Theme Symposia, where artists, educators and researchers talk about media arts under various themes.
  • Event / Not only performances and presentations by artists,but also the workshop for students and cooperative events will also be held.

Details and schedule of the Festival

The Exhibition and presentations will be held at the exhibition hall on the 2nd Floor, and Symposia and Screenings will be held at the Auditorium on the 3rd floor. Please check the Festival Guide for more information.

  • Festival Guide
* Tickets will be handed out in order of arrival in the reception area of the Auditorium on the 3rd floor at 10:00 p.m. on the day the symposium and screening are scheduled

Festival Reports

The Festival Reports sum up the 2009 [13th] Japan Media Arts Festival.  Besides featuring exhibited works from each division, this section reports on the symposia held during the festival and has interviews with overseas artists who won prizes.

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Organizer : Japan Media Arts Festival Executive Committee
[Agency for Cultural Affairs / The National Art Center, Tokyo /
CG-ARTS Society]
Date : From Wednesday, Feb. 3rd to Sunday, Feb. 14th, 2010
(Closed on Tuesday, Feb. 9th, 2010)
10:00 - 18:00 (open until 20:00 on Friday)
Place : The National Art Center, Tokyo
7-22-2 Roppongi, Minato-ku, Tokyo Japan
Admission fee : Free
Summary of the Festival