art hack day
*Information at the time of adoption.
- Name of the organization or individual
- Volocity Corporation
- subsidy category
- Tokyo Tokyo FESTIVAL Grant
- Grant Type
- single year
FY 2018 Tokyo Tokyo FESTIVAL Grant Term 1
Business Overview
This is a hackathon dedicated to art that continues to be held on a non-profit basis with the aim of producing new art groups and art-related startups (companies). Approximately 1 month before the event, the public was invited to participate, and approximately 60 artists were selected (Professional and amateur artists, engineers, designers, researchers, directors, etc.). On the day of the event, teams of five or six people are formed, and for three days they create works based on a theme. The works created will be shown to the public and disseminated in the media at the exhibition, and the group that won the top prize will have the opportunity to hold a solo exhibition. It was held in 2014 as the first hackathon dedicated to art in Japan. It has been held five times, four times independently and one time by request. A total of about 330 people participated and about 60 works were created and exhibited at the International Expo and the International Art Festival. It is becoming recognized as an initiative in which artists explore new ways of expression with engineers and researchers in other fields, or in which non-artists participate in art production activities.
- Period of Activity / Project
- Around August 2019 (scheduled)
- Venues
- Tokyo Metropolitan Area (TBD)
Profile
Volocity Co., Ltd.
A consulting firm that designs systems for generating ideas through co-creation with the creative community. It also supports corporate marketing and product development activities.
September 2011 Volocity Co., Ltd., established
August 2014 Established '3331 α' with 3331 Arts Chiyoda
December 2015 3331α Studio opened
In June, 2016, outdoor music festival TAICOCLUB and "TAICO LAB." were established.
2016 July Established "ALife Lab." with Professor Ikegami of the University of Tokyo and Associate Professor Oka of the University of Tsukuba.
In August 2016, he formed the art group "The TEA-ROOM" with Urasenke tea master Sosuke MATSUMURA and others.