[spectre] The 7th ACA Media Arts Festival: LAST Call for Participation

Yoshihisa Abe abe at cgarts.or.jp
Wed Oct 8 11:58:16 CEST 2003


CG-ARTS Society and the Agency for Cultural Affairs
(Japanese government) organization "ACA Media Arts Festival".

Please entry your wonderful works.
And please introduce ACA Media Arts Festival to your friends.

Thank you for your consideration.
Yoshihisa ABE

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    The 7th ACA Media Arts Festival: Call for Participation
Å@ http://plaza.bunka.go.jp/festival/english/
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   This is to notify you of the ACA Media Arts Festival
   held in Japan and to extend an invitation to be part of
   this brilliant opportunity.

   "The ACA Media Arts Festival" is held annually by the
Å@Agency for Cultural Affairs in Japan and other related
Å@organizations to acknowledge and honor the artists who
Å@have produced works of outstanding creativity, thereby,
Å@to introduce their creative activities to a wider
Å@audience throughout the world.

   The number of entries continues to grow on an annual
   basis, with last years festival featuring 1,375 works
   from 20 countries across the world.
   The Exhibition of Prize-Winning Works attracted
   approximately 30,000 visitors last year, and many of
   the award-winning artists of this festival have also
   won a prize at other international festivals.
   These facts clearly show that this festival is emerging
   as the leading media arts event originating from Japan.

   The wide range of categories this festival encompasses
   represents various forms of media arts including manga,
   animation, games, Web sites, computer graphics, and
   interactive art.
   Participation is welcome irrespective of whether the
   artist is a professional or an amateur and regardless of
   whether the works involved are independent creations or
   were produced for commercial purposes.

   Online applications are available on the following Web page:
   URL<http://plaza.bunka.go.jp/festival/english/>

   We look forward to your applications.


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    The 7th ACA Media Arts Festival
Å@ http://plaza.bunka.go.jp/festival/english/
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   [Application Period]
    August 1 (Fri.) - October 20 (Mon.), 2003


   [Works]
   *Art Division
Å@ Works of art employing digital technology.
Å@ (still pictures, installation, interactive art, Web sites,
     motion pictures,etc)

   *Entertainment DivisionÅ@
Å@ Works of entertainment employing digital technology
Å@ (games, play equipment, Web sites, characters,VFX,etc)

   *Animation Division
Å@ Animation and motion pictures employing digital technology
Å@ (full-length animation and shorter animation,etc)

   *Manga DivisionÅ@
Å@ Manga works
Å@ (full-length manga, short manga, cartoons,etc)


   [Prizes]
   *Grand Prize
    (Certificate, Trophy, Supplementary Prize of 600,000 yen)

   *Prize of Excellence
    (Certificate,Trophy, Supplementary Prize of 300,000 yen)

   *Encouragement Prize
    (Certificate, Trophy, Supplementary Prize of 150,000 yen)

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   [Inquiries]
    Secretariat of the ACA Media Arts Festival,
    CG-ARTS Society

    1-11-2 Kyobashi, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 104-0031 Japan
    Phone Å{81-3-3535-3501
    Fax   Å{81-3-3562-4840
Å@ <mailto:contest at plaza.bunka.go.jp>
Å@ <http://plaza.bunka.go.jp/festival/english/>
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