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Yoko Ando hosts a body expression-themed...

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Target group: High school-age students and older, experienced in dance, theatre, music, martial arts or other form of physical expression/activity (any genre).
* English-speaking participants are welcome to the workshop.
e-mail workshop11@ycam.jp for more information.
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The "library" as a semipublic space: Lau...

webmaster The "library" as a semipublic space: Launch of a mini radio station
Volume 6 of this series workshop for grown-ups is all about "radio"

In the "meet the artist" workshop series, so-called "collaborators", which are consisted of citizens, work with artists on one specific creative project over the period of one year. Through their long-term collaboration, participants and artists share the process of creative production, and elaborate profound concepts together through studying about related ideas and backgrounds in their activities.
The theme for this sixth installment is "radio". While referring to the function of a library as a public information and contents provider, the project will encourage participants to discuss the diversity of information including visual and acoustic ones. Focusing on the library as a semipublic space, together with audio books and other electronic media, we are planning to set up a mini radio station at YCAM. In the course of the year, attendants will examine the future of information services in public spaces through a range of activities, including different kind of studies, workshops, lectures, the publication of electronic books, etc.
Lecturer Eishi Katsura will give a talk about the purpose and upcoming activities of the "meet the artist" workshop with the aim to drum up participants for the 2011 edition. Katsura will also give a presentation of his previous activities including consultation services for public institutions and archiving work among others.

Please Send email entitled "meet the artist" with
ⅰ) Name in full
ⅱ) Address; with telephone number, e-mail address.
ⅲ) Date of Birth Year Month. Day.

7-7 Nakazono-cho, Yamaguchi, 753-0075 JAPAN
YCAM (Yamaguchi Center for Arts and Media) Attn: educational staff FAX: +81-83-901-2216
e-mail: workshop11@ycam.jp
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Watch it, talk it, and watch it again De...

webmaster Watch it, talk it, and watch it again
Developing an appreciative and critical eye in a workshop-style film screening

This workshop-style film screening for kids and adults aims to communicate the pleasure of watching movies, and at once help participants develop a critical eye. In the procedure of watching a movie, talking about it, and then watching the same movie once again, participants share their impressions and experiences of the movie, which bring them the additional discoveries and pleasures sharing the intermediate commentaries among them. By repeatedly watching movies, participants will learn how to appreciate them properly, and at the same time, develop a critical eye by formulating and exchanging their thoughts.

vol. 1 - Short animated film
Works shown at this event are made by Jiri Barta (Czech Republic), Priit Parn (Estonia) and Ryan Larkin (Canada). They are the representative artists who are from countries with long traditions in the realm of animated film. Another part of the program is dedicated to Noburo Ofuji, who laid his films with the groundwork for the anime culture that eventually brought in a great reputation to Japan in the international animation scene. Animated films that one rarely gets to watch on TV will be shown twice, with short explanatory introductions sandwiched in between.

Screened works:
"Projekt" Director: Jiri Barta (1981 / Czechoslovakia)
"Street Musique" Director: Ryan Larkin (1972 / Canada)
"Time Out" Director: Priit Pärn (1984 / Estonia)
"Yureisen (The Ghost Ship)" Director: Noburo Ofuji (1956 / Japan)
"Kuronyago (Black Cat's Meow)" Director: Noburo Ofuji (1929 / Japan)

Please Send email entitled "Double Film Screening vol. 1" with
ⅰ) Name in full
ⅱ) Address; with telephone number, e-mail address.
ⅲ) Date of Birth Year Month. Day.

7-7 Nakazono-cho, Yamaguchi, 753-0075 JAPAN
YCAM (Yamaguchi Center for Arts and Media) Attn: educational staff
FAX: +81-83-901-2216
e-mail: workshop11@ycam.jp
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Through the tours, participants will dis...

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June 4 (Sat), 5 (Sun), 11 (Sat), 12 (Sun), 25 (Sat), 26 (Sun)
July 2 (Sat), 3 (Sun), 9 (Sat), 10 (Sun), 16 (Sat), 17 (Sun), 30 (Sat), 31 (Sun)
August 6 (Sat), 20 (Sat)
14:00-15:00 Admission free

* Application: Please visit YCAM 1F Ticket Information prior to each tour.
* Held concurrently with the exhibition of Yoko Ando's new installation.
* English-speaking participants are welcome to the Gallery Tour.
e-mail workshop11@ycam.jp for more information.
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Programming, filmmaking, electronic engi...

webmaster Programming, filmmaking, electronic engineering, sound creation, software education:
A special place for encountering and experiencing media technology opens

YCAM will set up a special environment for casual ventures into the exciting world of media art through various studies and exercise on practical themes with media technology.
At "tecpot", visitors can attend courses according to their individual interests and purposes, guided by resident instructors specializing in programming, imagery and sound production, electronic engineering, software education, etc. In addition, participants can use computers and other permanent equipment for their own creative projects.

Date: [16 times during the event period]
July 2, 3, 9, 10, 16, 17, 18, 30, 31
November 3, 4, 10, 11, 19, 24, 25

*English-speaking participants are welcome to the workshop.
e-mail workshop11@ycam.jp for more information.
Please Send email entitled "tecpot" with
ⅰ) Expected date of workshop
ⅱ) Name in full
ⅲ) Address; with telephone number, e-mail address.
ⅳ) Date of Birth Year Month. Day.

7-7 Nakazono-cho, Yamaguchi, 753-0075 JAPAN
YCAM (Yamaguchi Center for Arts and Media) Attn: educational staff FAX: +81-83-901-2216
e-mail: workshop11@ycam.jp
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Watch it, talk it, and watch it again De...

webmaster Watch it, talk it, and watch it again
Developing an appreciative and critical eye in a workshop-style film screening

This workshop-style film screening for kids and adults aims to communicate the pleasure of watching movies, and at once help participants develop a critical eye. In the procedure of watching a movie, talking about it, and then watching the same movie once again, participants share their impressions and experiences of the movie, which bring them the additional discoveries and pleasures sharing the intermediate commentaries among them. By repeatedly watching movies, participants will learn how to appreciate them properly, and at the same time, develop a critical eye by formulating and exchanging their thoughts.

vol. 2 - Short film
The program includes an international selection of distinguished short films. Visitors can discover their own individual ways of appreciating movies while relishing the world of short film, a genre that seems to be containing the essence of cinema.
[Details will be announced in late April]

Please Send email entitled "Double Film Screening vol. 2" with
ⅰ) Name in full
ⅱ) Address; with telephone number, e-mail address.
ⅲ) Date of Birth Year Month. Day.

7-7 Nakazono-cho, Yamaguchi, 753-0075 JAPAN
YCAM (Yamaguchi Center for Arts and Media) Attn: educational staff
FAX: +81-83-901-2216
e-mail: workshop11@ycam.jp
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Discover YCAM, the country's premier la...

webmaster Discover YCAM, the country's premier launching pad for information art
A fascinating on-the-spot experience of media art previewing the future of the art center

This special summer holiday event takes visitors behind the scenes of YCAM's facilities, introducing the backstage work of staff members in charge of exhibitions and stage performances in addition to current exhibitions. The idea behind this tour is to introduce the aims, functions and features of YCAM, while cultivating future audiences by guiding participants around the facility and offer a chance to take a peek at what normally happens behind closed doors at an art center.

*English-speaking participants are welcome to the workshop.
e-mail workshop11@ycam.jp for more information.
Please Send email entitled "YCAM Summer Exploration Tour" with
ⅰ) Expected date of workshop ⅱ) Name in full
ⅲ) Address; with telephone number, e-mail address.
ⅳ) Date of Birth Year Month. Day.

7-7 Nakazono-cho, Yamaguchi, 753-0075 JAPAN
YCAM (Yamaguchi Center for Arts and Media) Attn: educational staff FAX: +81-83-901-2216
e-mail: workshop11@ycam.jp
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Through the tours, participants will dis...

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October 8 (Sat), 9 (Sun), 10(Mon), 15(Sat), 16 (Sun), 22 (Sat), 23 (Sun), 29 (Sat), 30(Sun) November 3 (Thu), 5 (Sat), 6 (Sun), 12 (Sat),19 (Sat), 26 (Sat), December 10 (Sat),17 (Sat),18 (Sun)
14:00-15:00 Admission free

* Application: Please visit YCAM 1F Ticket Information prior to each tour.
* English-speaking participants are welcome to the Gallery Tour.
e-mail workshop11@ycam.jp for more information.


Organized by: Yamaguchi City Foundation for Cultural Promotion
In association with: Yamaguchi City, Yamaguchi City Board of Education
Supported by: The Agency for Cultural Affairs, Government of Japan (FY 2011)
Corporate sponsor: Shiseido Co., Ltd.
Technical support: YCAM InterLab
Produced by: Yamaguchi Center for Arts and Media [YCAM]

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Symposium "The EyeWriter - Perspectives ...

webmaster Symposium "The EyeWriter - Perspectives beyond development and sharing"
October 1 (Sat) 15:30-18:00 Admission free　 Venue: Studio A
Panelists: Zach Lieberman, exonemo, Ryoji Tanaka (Semitra), Hideyuki Ando (Associate professor at Osaka University)
Moderator: Kazunao Abe (YCAM), Takayuki Ito (YCAM InterLab) ）
*interpretation available

Next to presentations of the exhibited works by their respective creators, the program will include a discussion in which experts exchange views on creativity facilitated by technology, sharing culture and the new artistic possibilities it introduces, and other topics related to social aspects and future prospects brought along by the fusion of science and art.


Organized by: Yamaguchi City Foundation for Cultural Promotion
In association with: Yamaguchi City, Yamaguchi City Board of Education
Supported by: The Agency for Cultural Affairs, Government of Japan (FY 2011)
Corporate sponsor: Shiseido Co., Ltd.
Technical support: YCAM InterLab
Produced by: Yamaguchi Center for Arts and Media [YCAM]

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Ryuichi Sakamoto comes to YCAM in order ...

webmaster Ryuichi Sakamoto comes to YCAM in order to formulate a message to future generations, and transmit from the heart of Yamaguchi out into the world.

Assuming the post of artistic director for the program celebrating the ten year anniversary of YCAM, a facility dedicated to art ist ic creat ive work reviewing human involvement in society and the environment from a new perspective, Sakamoto aims to formulate and transmit a message to future generations.
In a dialogue on "civilization from the viewpoint of the year 2050,"Sakamoto and cultural anthropologist Shinichi Takemura will discuss from a long-term point of view aspects of society and the environment in the future, and reflect on how we are supposed to deal with environmental issues in light of the significant changes that our society is currently going through. Ryuichi Sakamoto and YCAM, an institution that aims to function as a launching pad for media art that facilitates exchange between individuals and regions around the globe, will together work out and announce a set of possible new solutions.
Additionally, in his first ever joint concert with Sachiko M, Sakamoto will challenge a combination of improvised piano and sine wave performance.
This event will be streamed live via Internet.


]]> Reflecting on the future of art and environment from a long-term perspective focused on the year 2050

New possibilities opened up by art and culture. Preceding the Center's anniversary celebrations, YCAM hosts an event in which Ryuichi Sakamoto and guests will formulate and send out a message to future generations around the world.

In November 2013, the tenth anniversary of the opening of the Yamaguchi Center for Arts and Media [YCAM] will be celebrated with a special program designed to showcase and promote diverse creative endeavors inspired by "art and media" as a message sent out to future generations.
Aiming to re-examine human involvement in culture and the environment from a new perspective, and develop the Center's activity into an urban practice model, YCAM appointed musician Ryuichi Sakamoto as artistic director for the anniversary program.

"The Future of Art and Environment seen from the Year 2050" is an event themed around "civilization from the viewpoint of the year 2050," combining a dialogue between Ryuichi Sakamoto and cultural anthropologist Shinichi Takemura, as well as Sakamoto's first ever coperformance with musician Sachiko M.
How are we supposed to envision the future, and face environmental issues against the backdrop of a rapidly transforming and progressing information society? The outline of this event is based on the importance of a long-term perspective on the compelling problem of the relationship between art and environment that we are confronted with especially since the great earthquake and nuclear accident in March 2011.
The answers on the questions what we are supposed to create for the future, and what art and culture can contribute, which Sakamoto and his guests will work out with an eye to the year 2050, are going to be broadcast live around the world via Internet streaming.

Organized by: Yamaguchi City Foundation for Cultural Promotion
In association with: Yamaguchi City,Yamaguchi City Board of Education
Cooperation: Kab America Inc., Kab Inc., Yamaha Corporation
Produced by: Yamaguchi Center for Arts and Media [YCAM]]]> tag:www.ycam.jp,2011:/en/education//13.2788 2011-04-22T05:20:00Z 2012-01-11T09:11:00Z

YCAM Original Workshop "Eye2Eye" October...

webmaster YCAM Original Workshop "Eye2Eye"
October 1 (Sat), November 6 (Sun), December 4 (Sun) 13:00-15:00
*Full tour on each day; number of participants limited to 20 per tour (reservation required)
Lecturer: YCAM Education staff
Target group: 4rd grade students and older
Fee: 500yen

This workshop focuses on the practical application of The EyeWriter's eye-tracking software. By way of simple games including visualizing one's own perspective, or sharing the trajectory of one's gaze with others, participants can experience various forms of communication generated through "vision" - a subject that draws increasing attention in the realms of marketing, psychology and economics.

※English-speaking participants are welcome to the workshop.
e-mail workshop11@ycam.jp for more information.


Organized by: Yamaguchi City Foundation for Cultural Promotion
In association with: Yamaguchi City, Yamaguchi City Board of Education
Supported by: The Agency for Cultural Affairs, Government of Japan (FY 2011)
Corporate sponsor: Shiseido Co., Ltd.
Technical support: YCAM InterLab
Produced by: Yamaguchi Center for Arts and Media [YCAM]

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The aim of this original workshop is to ...

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The results of previous installments of ...

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[Details will be announced in late December]
*Other public events with the instructor and collaborators will be held during the period of the project ]]> tag:www.ycam.jp,2011:/en/education//13.2775 2011-04-22T04:58:33Z 2011-04-23T10:57:03Z

Watch it, talk it, and watch it again ...

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Developing an appreciative and critical eye in a workshop-style film screening

This workshop-style film screening for kids and adults aims to communicate the pleasure of watching movies, and at once help participants develop a critical eye. In the procedure of watching a movie, talking about it, and then watching the same movie once again, participants share their impressions and experiences of the movie, which bring them the additional discoveries and pleasures sharing the intermediate commentaries among them. By repeatedly watching movies, participants will learn how to appreciate them properly, and at the same time, develop a critical eye by formulating and exchanging their thoughts.

vol. 3
A guest lecturer will give a talk about the summary of this yearlong series.
[Details will be announced in late January, 2012]

Please Send email entitled "Double Film Screening vol. 3" with
ⅰ) Name in full
ⅱ) Address; with telephone number, e-mail address.
ⅲ) Date of Birth Year Month. Day.

7-7 Nakazono-cho, Yamaguchi, 753-0075 JAPAN
YCAM (Yamaguchi Center for Arts and Media) Attn: educational staff
FAX: +81-83-901-2216
e-mail: workshop11@ycam.jp
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The "library" as a semipublic space: La...

webmaster The "library" as a semipublic space: Launch of a mini radio station
Volume 6 of this series workshop for grown-ups is all about "radio"

In the "meet the artist" workshop series, so-called "collaborators", which are consisted of citizens, work with artists on one specific creative project over the period of one year. Through their long-term collaboration, participants and artists share the process of creative production, and elaborate profound concepts together through studying about related ideas and backgrounds in their activities.
The theme for this sixth installment is "radio". While referring to the function of a library as a public information and contents provider, the project will encourage participants to discuss the diversity of information including visual and acoustic ones. Focusing on the library as a semipublic space, together with audio books and other electronic media, we are planning to set up a mini radio station at YCAM. In the course of the year, attendants will examine the future of information services in public spaces through a range of activities, including different kind of studies, workshops, lectures, the publication of electronic books, etc.

Please Send email entitled "meet the artist" with
ⅰ) Name in full
ⅱ) Address; with telephone number, e-mail address.
ⅲ) Date of Birth Year Month. Day.

7-7 Nakazono-cho, Yamaguchi, 753-0075 JAPAN
YCAM (Yamaguchi Center for Arts and Media) Attn: educational staff FAX: +81-83-901-2216
e-mail: workshop11@ycam.jp
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