Art Hack Day
*Information at the time of adoption.
- Name of the organization or individual
- Volocity Corporation
- subsidy category
- Creation Grant
- Grant Type
- single year
FY29 Creation Grant [Single-Year Grant Program] 1st term
Business Overview
Art Hack Day is a hackathon event dedicated to art. 50~60 artists, engineers and researchers selected from the general public will come together in 3 days to create works combining art and technology. On Day 1, we created a concept for the work and formed a team with about 5 members who agreed with the concept. After that, after a two-week period of independent activity (procurement of parts and technical verification), they create works on Days 2 and 3. On Day3, the final day of the event, artists and researchers from various fields including technology, art and media will review and judge their works. All the works created will be displayed in the exhibition held after the Art Hack Day, and the winning works will be supported by holding a separate solo exhibition and media dissemination.
With the aim of producing new art groups and art-related start-ups (companies), this hackathon was started in 2014 as Japan's first hackathon specializing in art, and has been held a total of 4 times, including co-sponsorships. So far, 237 people have participated, from which 49 teams have been formed and 49 works have been produced. Some of the work created at the event has been exhibited at international art festivals and prestigious galleries, and is gaining recognition as an effort for artists to explore new modes of expression with engineers and researchers in other fields, or for non-artists to participate in art-making activities.
- Period of Activity / Project
- Saturday, February 3, 2018 - Sunday, March 18
- Venues
- National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation (Koto Ward, Tokyo)
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Profile
Volocity Co., Ltd.
Using software design techniques and thinking methods, he works on community design, event design, project production and business development, mainly in arts, science and culture.
September 2011 Volocity Co., Ltd., established
August 2014 Established '3331 α' with 3331 Arts Chiyoda
In June, 2016, outdoor music festival TAICOCLUB and "TAICOLAB." were established.
In July 2016, he 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.