Super Flying Tokyo 2019
*Information at the time of adoption.
- Name of the organization or individual
- Rysomatics Inc.
- subsidy category
- Tokyo Tokyo FESTIVAL Grant
- Grant Type
- single year
FY 2018 Tokyo Tokyo FESTIVAL Grant Term 2
Business Overview
Forum sessions and events focused on digital creativity, hosted by Rysomatics. At a time when the relationship between digital culture and human society is undergoing major changes worldwide, we will hold talks, discussions, workshops, and live performances with the aim of understanding and sharing the changes occurring in the depths of digital culture. We will invite digital creators and developers active at the forefront of the world to Tokyo. We will gather creativity and present possibilities and issues for the future from Tokyo. The program consists of a workshop for students (A hands-on workshop with renowned American media artists Kyle MacDonald and Lauren McCarthy), a club event (Performance by guests and others who came to Japan on the occasion of Super Flying Tokyo 2019), and a talk session (An explanation of the production site by a lysomatics staff, a presentation and talk by an international artist, and a talk about creators and business, industry, and urban planning across fields). Various experts such as artists, developers, ministries, agencies, and financiers from Japan and overseas are invited. Eyes: Aka Kojin/Kenji Minamikawa (Japan), VT ProDesign (USA), Kyle MacDonald (USA), Lauren McCarthy (USA), Ian Simon/Strangeloop Studios (USA), Pink; Money (Hong Kong/China), Kode9 (UK), Nosadge Thing (USA), MIKIKO, Minoru Manabe, Motoshi Ishibashi (Japan), Mika Takagi, Ken Matsumoto, Erika Nakagawa, Keisuke Toyoda
- Period of Activity / Project
- Friday, August 23, 2019, 24th (Sat), 25th (Sun)
- Venues
- National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation, UNIT
Profile
[Rysomatics]
Rysomatics explores new possibilities of technology and expression, focusing on projects with strong R & D elements such as media art and data art, and presents unseen things to the world. He is responsible for every process in the project, from the development of hardware and software to the operation, and practices collaboration work with various creators while researching the relationship between people and technology.