[spectre] some of the people and places i encountered in sapporo

[Andreas Broeckmann]

folks,

last week, i visited sapporo on invitation by 
takemura-san and the city of sapporo; they are 
working towards an application to UNESCO to 
become an official "Creative City" in the field 
of "Media Art".
http://www.city.sapporo.jp/kikaku/creativecity/symposium/20111122.html

TAKEMURA Mitsuhiro
Professor of Media Design at Sapporo City University
http://www.scu.ac.jp

Takemura is an important driving force behind 
making Sapporo a city in which media art can 
thrive.

Contemporary Art Institute
http://www.cai-net.jp
HATA Satoshi

Hata curated an exhibition "Sub-Culture", with a 
lively mix of japanese pop, animé and manga 
culture, together with some positions in (mainly 
japanese) contemporary art, esp. several ones 
with a reflective attitude towards an 'art 
canon'; rather than 'sub-cultural' (besides two 
exhibits of laboriously decorated cars and 
motorcycles), to me the show felt more like a 
good contemporary art show that is not afraid of 
crossing over into commercial pop culture.

the exhibition is part of the preparations for the Sapporo Biennale 2014
http://www.sapporo-biennale.jp

it took place at Sapporo Art Museum
http://sapporo-art-museum.jp

artists included

Kutsushita Kikaku artist group
http://www.sox-ch.com
planner: KURODA Taku

Kutsushita Kikaku participated with an 
installation of fictitious projects and a live 
performance; they reflect on the japanese 
mentality in a both critical and funny way.

and german artist Thomas Neumann who was invited 
to develop new work for the show at:

S-AIR artist in residence program
http://www.s-air.org
director: SHIBATA Hisashi

some other people i met:

SUNOUCHI Motohiro
writer and assistant professor in media design
http://bloggers.ja.bz/sunouchi
http://labs.43d.jp

OGURO Junichi
sound media artist and composer
http://junichioguro.com

EIGA Hitoshi
Social Media Strategist
facebook: hitoshi.eiga

SATO Mitsuhiro
Marketing Evangelist
http://recolon.jp

YOSHIMURA Takumi
Sapporo Bizcafe, non-profit, supports start-up companies
http://www.bizcafe.jp

nice café: Niblick Café (West of Sapporo downtown centre)



regards,
-a