"YCAM media kitchen - annual lecture series" vol.1
- Lecturer: Haruna Nakayama (food designer)
- Date :
- 2010-06-12 (sat)
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Time :
- 15:30
- Venue :
- Foyer /
- Admission :
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Admission free
A host of experts from various fields gathering at YCAM!
Lecture series locating the position of media (art) in daily life
Experts from various fields hold lectures on the connection between our daily routine and media art. While discussing the topics included in YCAM's own mission of "charting new territories in art, media and physical expression" on a level of everyday issues, they will explore the possibilities and prospects of media art. This particular kitchen cooks with media that connect YCAM with its visitors, and serves menus of innovative ideas. A total of three lectures will inspire visitors to discover how to double the fun one can have with the artworks on display here.
Lecture series locating the position of media (art) in daily life
Experts from various fields hold lectures on the connection between our daily routine and media art. While discussing the topics included in YCAM's own mission of "charting new territories in art, media and physical expression" on a level of everyday issues, they will explore the possibilities and prospects of media art. This particular kitchen cooks with media that connect YCAM with its visitors, and serves menus of innovative ideas. A total of three lectures will inspire visitors to discover how to double the fun one can have with the artworks on display here.
Hands-on studies of contemporary "media" from commonplace perspectives
Discover new values that add color to daily routine
YCAM organizes a variety of programs designed to guide visitors who "never had to do with" but "wish to know more about" new forms of artistic expression using media technology to proper ways of enjoying shows and displays at the Center. This lecture series zooms in on areas in the broad field of "media art" - at once a central theme of our work at YCAM - with a closer connection to real life.
Against the backdrop of increasingly diversified media, and the transformations in society and communication they bring along, it will become more and more elemental for the user to explore methods of making creative use of technologies and tools based on a profound understanding of their mechanisms. YCAM Media Kitchen proposes a new lecture format that approaches media from commonplace topics, and conveys knowledge through practical experience. Departing from subjects like food, clothing and living environments, each of these lectures by distinguished artists and specialized professionals is going to stimulate curiosity with a discussion of media technology as an extension of daily life, highlighting means and functions of informatization as a hidden part of the everyday. The events will be occasions to learn about the skills of applying and utilizing information that are necessary for life in the present age, and discover by way of the unique views of experts new concepts of values.
Even for visitors less familiar with the term "media", the discussion based on such everyday life subjects as dressing, eating and living will be a useful introduction to technologies and tools in information society from an unusual perspective. The dishes prepared in this kitchen range from new ideas to media connecting YCAM and the visitor, who will encounter in these lectures new values that add color to daily routine.
Lecturer at the first installment is food designer Haruna Nakayama, who will talk about the relationship between "food" and "algorithms".
(c) .automeal （BankART1929, 2006）
Haruna Nakayama "QR Cake"（2009）
YCAM organizes a variety of programs designed to guide visitors who "never had to do with" but "wish to know more about" new forms of artistic expression using media technology to proper ways of enjoying shows and displays at the Center. This lecture series zooms in on areas in the broad field of "media art" - at once a central theme of our work at YCAM - with a closer connection to real life.
Against the backdrop of increasingly diversified media, and the transformations in society and communication they bring along, it will become more and more elemental for the user to explore methods of making creative use of technologies and tools based on a profound understanding of their mechanisms. YCAM Media Kitchen proposes a new lecture format that approaches media from commonplace topics, and conveys knowledge through practical experience. Departing from subjects like food, clothing and living environments, each of these lectures by distinguished artists and specialized professionals is going to stimulate curiosity with a discussion of media technology as an extension of daily life, highlighting means and functions of informatization as a hidden part of the everyday. The events will be occasions to learn about the skills of applying and utilizing information that are necessary for life in the present age, and discover by way of the unique views of experts new concepts of values.
Even for visitors less familiar with the term "media", the discussion based on such everyday life subjects as dressing, eating and living will be a useful introduction to technologies and tools in information society from an unusual perspective. The dishes prepared in this kitchen range from new ideas to media connecting YCAM and the visitor, who will encounter in these lectures new values that add color to daily routine.
Lecturer at the first installment is food designer Haruna Nakayama, who will talk about the relationship between "food" and "algorithms".
(c) .automeal （BankART1929, 2006）
Haruna Nakayama "QR Cake"（2009）