[spectre] symposium&lecture of "YCAM" on nov.24, 25
yukiko shikata
sica@dasein-design.com
Fri, 02 Nov 2001 17:42:18 +0900
*sorry for the cross-postings...
yukiko shikata
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November 2nd, 2001 Yamaguchi Center for Arts and Media
"People, City, and Future; Toward a Creative Society in the 21st Century"
Pre-opening event #3 of Yamaguchi Center for Arts and Media
Symposium and Lecture inviting Gerfried Stocker, Ars Electronica Center
-Organized by:
Yamaguchi City, The Board of Education of Yamaguchi City, Pre-opening
event executive committee of Yamaguchi Center for Arts and Media
-Support: Yamaguchi Cultural Promotion Foundation
-Coordinator: Yukiko Shikata (curator/media art)
"Yamaguchi Center for Arts and Media" (*1), opening in autumn, 2003,
invites Gerfried Stocker, director of Ars Electronica Center, Linz, Austria,
for a symposium and lecture as its pre-opening event #3. The purpose of
the event is to study how the combination of "information technology"
and "art/culture" will have influences on urban society in the near future
as well as other aspects of daily life.
Since the second half of the 1990s, various media centers mostly in Europe
have launched social and cultural activities and drawn public attention by
pursuing new interactions of "Art and Media Technology." They are trying
to activate the urban life and develop the new visions in the postindustrial
society, using many kinds of expressions made possible by information and
communication technologies.
Invited for this pre-opening event #3 is Gerfried Stocker, director of Ars
Electronica Festival and Center in Linz, Austria. This center is regarded as
a precedent of such media center. Its activities will be used as a case
study, to examine how a media center can develop and revitalize industries,
tourist business, education, etc., and to investigate directions in which
local cities and media centers should progress in the future both on a local
and global basis.
(*1) "Yamaguchi Center for Arts and Media" is a complex of facilities
that will open in autumn 2003, in the center of the city, as the key base
for "Yamaguchi Information Culture City," which Yamaguchi Prefecture
is working to create. The complex includes studios, media laboratory, and
library for productions, performances, and exhibitions on such themes as
"information," "culture," and "cultural exchanges." Centered on art/
culture, its aims include development of art programs to be participated
by local people, international networking through producing latest arts and
performances, and interchanges among different genres such as education,
industry and science.
<Symposium>
"Future of Art, Culture and City
- Information, Art and Society in the 21st century"
Date/Time: November 24 (Sat.), 2001; 14:00-18:00
Venue: PaRuRu Plaza Yamaguchi, 4F hall
1-15, Sodayu-cho, Yamaguchi-shi, Yamaguchi Prefecture
Language: Simultaneous interpretation in Japanese and English
Admission: Free
Panelists: Gerfried Stocker (Director / Ars Electronica Center)
Katsura Hattori (Staff Writer of Asahi,Shimbun newspaper)
Chihiro Minato (Photographer, Critic and associate
professor of Tama Art University)
Munefusa Saito (President / Yamaguchi Cable Vision
Corporation)
Moderators:
Part I: "Media Center and Vitalization of Local Communities"
Junya Yoshimitsu (Yamaguchi Center for Arts and Media)
Part II: "Media Technology and Possibilities of Culture and Arts"
Kazunao Abe (Yamaguchi Center for Arts and Media)
Panelists:
・瘢雹Gerfried Stocker
Born in Austria in 1964. Studied at Graz Electronic Communication
University. He has actively worked as a media artist since 1990, and
established "x-space" in 1991 to realize interdisciplinary projects. He
produced many installations and performances in the areas of interaction,
robotics, and telecommunication. In 1996, he was appointed a managing
director of Ars Electronica Center in Linz, Austria, and also works as an
artistic director of "Ars Electronica," together with Christine Schoepf.
・瘢雹Katsura Hattori
Born in 1951. He is a staff writer of the Asahi Shimbun, and studied the
media industry in the United States for two years as a researcher at the
MIT media laboratory. After working as a reporter of the science section,
and the chief editor of "PASO," he is now in charge of the digital section
of the news editorial office. He covers extensively the trends of media in
general, and is knowledgeable about the latest technologies and theories
of media. His books include "The World of Artificial Reality" (Industrial
Study Association in 1991), "The World of Artificial Life" (Ohm Publishing
Co., 1994), and "A Prophet of Media -Rediscovery of McLuhan--" (Kosai-
do Publishing Co., 2001). He also translated "A Hacker Laughs" (NTT
Publishing Co., 1995).
・瘢雹Chihiro Minato
Born in 1960 and is an associate professor of Tama Art University. He
presents his works as a photographer, and actively works as a critic in
different areas such as film and media art, and also curated "Serendipity:
Photography, video, experimental film and multimedia installation from
Asia" in 2000.His has written many books including "Thinking Skin--On
Touching Culture" (Seido-sha, 1993), and "The Third Eye--Imagination
in the Digital Age" (Kosai-sha Publishing Co., 2001). His collections of
photographs include "At the Plaza Tomorrow---in Europe, 1989 - 1994"
(Serika-shobo, 1995).
・瘢雹Munefusa Saito
Born in 1953. He is president of Yamaguchi Toyota Automobile Corporation,
a board director of TV Yamaguchi, and assumes many other high positions.
He rendered service in establishing Yamaguchi Cable Vision in November
1991 to cope with the radio wave problem around Yamaguchi. He became
president and succeeded in tapping a potential demand for the services
of information communications. He has worked on providing local
information through cable TV, and launched the cable Internet service
this year with the catch-phrases of high speed, ample capacity, and
reasonable price, to strategically arrange local information networking.
<Special Lecture by Gerfried Stocker>
"Present, Past and Future of Ars Electronica"
Date/Time: November 25 (Sun), 2001; 14:00-16:00
Venue: The Yamaguchi Prefectural Museum of Art, Lecture Room
3-1 Kameyama-cho, Yamaguchi-shi, Yamaguchi Prefecture
Language: Word-for-word translation English to Japanese
Admission: Free
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For furtuer information, please contact:
Executive committee office of Yamaguchi Center for Arts and Media,
Yamaguchi Cty
2-1 Kameyama-cho, Yamaguchi-shi, Yamaguchi Prefecture, 753-8650
E-mail: artscafe@mbd.sphere.ne.jp
Tel: 083-934-2718
Fax: 083-934-2670
http://www1.sphere.ne.jp/artscafe/
Yukiko Shikata aka carmela * sica@dasein-design.com
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