- Date & Time
- Saturday, March 8, 2014 13:30~15:30
- Venue
- Talk Hall at Art Fair Tokyo (Tokyo International Forum, Exhibition Hall on the 2nd basement floor)
- Sponsor
- Talk Hall at Art Fair Tokyo (Tokyo International Forum, Exhibition Hall on the 2nd basement floor)
- cooperation
- Arts Council Tokyo（Tokyo Metropolitan Foundation for History and Culture）
*This symposium was held as part of "AMIT 2014" at Art Fair Tokyo 2014.
Art has created new expressions by incorporating the latest technologies of each era. Today, not only do artists make use of a variety of everyday devices, but the latest technology has ushered in an era in which anyone can express themselves as they wish. This new form of creation, called "personal fabrication," is producing creators from Japan all over the world who connect art, technology, and craft. Media art, which can be said to be at the forefront of this, expands expression through the joining and collaboration of old and new media, and further transforms urban landscapes through participatory projects in the streets. Under the theme of art × technology × craft, we will have people active in various fields of media art talk about cities and art, and explore the unknown creative power of Japanese media art.
Outline of the meeting
- Date and Time
- Saturday, March 8, 2014 13:30~15:30
- Venue
- Talk Hall at Art Fair Tokyo (Tokyo International Forum, Exhibition Hall on the 2nd basement floor)
- Sponsor
- AMIT Executive Committee
- cooperation
- Arts Council Tokyo（Tokyo Metropolitan Foundation for History and Culture）
speaker
Seiichi Saito
Director, Rysomatics Co., Ltd.
Born in Kanagawa in 1975. He studied architectural design at Columbia University's Department of Architecture (MSAAD) and began his work in New York in 2000. After that, he worked as a creative with the ArnellGroup, and returned to Japan when he was selected as an artist at the Echigo-Tsumari Triennale in 2003. After working as a freelance creative, he founded Rysomatics in 2007. Based on the logical thinking that he developed in architecture, he continues to create many three-dimensional and interactive works in the field of art and commercials. 2009 – 2013 Won many advertising awards in Japan and abroad. He is currently the representative director of RIZOMATICS Co., Ltd., and a part-time lecturer at the Department of Architecture, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Tokyo University of Science.
Reichi Noguchi
Curatorial Group Manager, Mitsubishi Ichigokan Museum
He became a curator at the Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Contemporary Art in 1993 and at the University Art Museum, Tokyo University of the Arts in 96. He has also been a member of the executive committee of the regional art event "art-Link Ueno-Yanaka," which has been held since 97. Since 2004, he has worked for the Agency for Cultural Affairs as an arts and culture investigator, and has been involved in overseas training, planning of the "DOMANI Tomorrow Exhibition," and media arts festivals. He assumed his current position in 2011. Last year, he was in charge of the "Ukiyoe Floating World: Gems of the Saito Collection" exhibition. (Photo by Takayoshi Suzaki)
Yuko Mori
Artist
Born in 1980. They create installation works that sense invisible forces such as magnetism, gravity, light, and temperature by placing three-dimensional objects that are reconstituted from everyday items, junk, and machine parts close to the exhibition environment. His major solo exhibitions include Orochi in 2013, Circus (Bloomberg Pavilion, Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo) in 2012, and Media Art Kitchen (National Gallery of Indonesia, Jakarta) in 2013. Supervised "Moremore Tokyo," a field work on the handling of water leaks in Tokyo stations.
Moderator Sachiko Shikata
media arts curator
media arts curator. Visiting professor at Tama University of Art and Tokyo University of Art and Design, part-time lecturer at IAMAS (International Academy of Information Sciences and Arts). Atsuko Baloo, artistic director of arts drinks talk and associate curator of SIAF 2014 (Sapporo International Art Festival). He has held numerous exhibitions and projects across art and science both in Japan and overseas, including the Independent (1990- present), Canon Art Lab (1990-2001), Mori Art Museum (2002-04), and NTT ICC (2004-10). He has advocated "extended curation" since 2010.