2009 [13th] Japan Media Arts Festival Event Information

Award-winners’ live

In celebration of a music video, Hibi No Neiro, winning the Grand Prize in Entertainment Division, NAKAMURA Magico, NAKAWAMURA Masayoshi, KAWAMURA Masashi and Hal KIRKLAND as Grand Prize winners will give a presentation with the members of SOUR. Also SOUR will give a live performance.

Date 13:00-14:30 Wednesday, February 3, 2010
Place Auditorium on the 3rd floor
Artists SOUR / NAKAMURA Magico / NAKAWAMURA Masayoshi / KAWAMURA Masashi / Hal KIRKLAND
 

Presentation

During the award-winning works exhibition, presentations by award winners and festival directors from all over the world will be held at the Presentation Booth in the exhibition Gallery 2E. Also performances by Award winners will be presented.


Award-winners’ Presentation

The festival will feature presentations by award-winners in each division. This project offers the rare opportunity to hear artists themselves tell the background stories to the production of their award-winning works as well as talk about their activities in the future.


Excellence Prize in Art Division "Mr. Lee Experiment" Junghwan SUNG

Date 14:00-14:45, Wednesday, February 3, 2010

Encouragement Prize in Manga Division "hesheit aqua" Wisut PONNIMIT

Date 17:00-17:45, Wednesday, February 3, 2010

Jury Recommended Work in Art Division "Box 2" Primoz NOVAK

Date 11:00-11:45, Thursday, February 4, 2010

Excellence Prize in Art Division "Nemo Observatorium" Lawrence MALSTAF

Date 14:00-14:45, Thursday, February 4, 2010

Excellence Prize in Animation Division "In the Attic" Jiri BARTA

Date 17:00-17:45, Thursday, February 4, 2010

Grand Prize in Art Division "growth modeling device" David BOWEN

Date 15:30-16:15, Friday, February 5, 2010

Excellence Prize in Animation Division "The Cable Car" Frank BRAUN

Date 17:00-17:45, Friday, February 5, 2010
 

Festivals Presentation

Directors of various international festivals talk about their festivals, which focus on art, technologies, and digital culture.


"Moving Image and Media Art in Australia" Alessio CAVALLARO (Australian Centre for the Moving Image Senior Curator)

Date 11:00-11:45, Wednesday, February 3, 2010

"The Activity of Eyebeam in New York" Amanda MCDONALD CROWLEY (Eyebeam Executive Director)

Date Date 12:30-13:15, Wednesday, February 3, 2010

"Current Status and prospect of the digital contents in Korea" Han Young KANG (President of SICAF)

Date 15:30-16:15, Wednesday, February 3, 2010

"Contemporary Art and Culture in Turkey" Fatma COLAKOGLU (Pera Museum Curator)

Date Date 12:30-13:15, Thursday, February 4, 2010

"The Golden Age of Computer Animation" Leo HOURVITZ (SIGGRAPH ASIA 2009 CAF Chair)

Date 11:00-11:45, Friday, February 5, 2010

"The Fusion of Art, Science and Technology" Aysenur AKMAN (Santralistanbul Coordinator)

Date 14:00-14:45, Friday, February 5, 2010

"CODED CULTURES" Georg RUSSEGGER (CODED CULTURES Director) / KANESHIMA Takahiro (FEC Director)

Date 12:30-13:15, Sunday, February 14, 2010
 

Theme Presentation

Jury members and other participants talk about various topics including media arts and their history, art and entertainment, and technologies.

*Presentations in this category will be in Japanese only.


Report Presentation

The activities and development of the Japan Media Arts Festival in Japan and abroad are presented.

*Presentations in this category will be in Japanese only.


Others

Presentations will be made by the organizers of events held during the same period as the Festival, i.e., the Computer Graphics Contest for Students, the Leading Edge Technology Showcase, and Technoclasm Cyber Arts Japan/Ars Electronica 30 Years for Art and Media Technology.

*Presentations in this category will be in Japanese only.


* The title and schedule are provisional and subject to change without notice.

 

Collaboration on MV with Students

This year marks the sixth year of this workshop for students. Students will videotape the exhibition of the award-winning works of the festival and produce a single music video by digital editing.

Date Monday, February 8, 2010-Wednesday, February 10, 2010, Screening on Thursday, February 11, 2010

*The orientation, videotaping, editing, and screening are scheduled during the period stated above.

Lecturer : TERAI Hironori (Visual Creator)
Lecturer : KIZU Hiroshi (Director, CG Creator, Sound Creator)
Music : Omodaka
 

*The information on panelists, and schedule is provisional and subject to change without notice and will be updated on this website.

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
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