YCAM Yamaguchi Center for Arts and Media

YCAM intends to offer support to visitors (users) unfamiliar but interested in new, media technology-based forms of expression, for a better understanding and appreciation of these kinds of artworks. It is our goal to develop and implement innovative educational programs with a focus on the relationships between media and such keywords as "expression", "corporeity", "communication", "society", and others.

Gallery Tour
Fujiko Nakaya + Shiro Takatani "CLOUD FOREST"

Date/Time :

2010-08-15 (sun)14:00-15:00
2010-08-28 (sat)14:00-15:00
2010-08-29 (sun)14:00-15:00
2010-09-04 (sat)14:00-15:00
2010-09-05 (sun)14:00-15:00
2010-09-11 (sat)14:00-15:00
2010-09-12 (sun)14:00-15:00
2010-09-18 (sat)14:00-15:00
2010-09-19 (sun)14:00-15:00
2010-09-25 (sat)14:00-15:00
2010-09-26 (sun)14:00-15:00
2010-10-09 (sat)14:00-15:00
2010-10-10 (sun)14:00-15:00
2010-10-16 (sat)14:00-15:00
2010-10-17 (sun)14:00-15:00

Admission :

free

Gallery Tour
Through the tours, participants will discover together with YCAM educational staff, most attractive features of the exhibition.
August 15 (sun), 28 (sat), 29(sun)
September 4 (sat), 5 (sun), 11 (sat), 12 (sun) 18 (sat), 19(sun), 25 (sat), 26 (sun)
October 9 (sat), 10 (sun), 16 (sat), 17 (sun)
14:00-15:00
* Application: Please visit YCAM 1F Ticket Information prior to each tour
"YCAM media kitchen - annual lecture series" vol.2

Lecturer: Danielle Wilde

Date/Time :

2010-10-23 (sat)15:30-17:00

Venue :

Foyer /

Admission :

Admission free

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.

Related event (Hiroaki Umeda performance): Back Stage Tour

Navigator: Hiroaki Umeda, YCAM educational staff

Date/Time :

011-01-30 (sun)14:00-15:00
2011-02-06 (sun)14:00-15:00

Venue :

Studio B /

Admission :

Admission free

This regularly organized backstage tour enjoys great popularity as an on-the-scene showcase of current resident creators' work at YCAM. Participants can witness the realization process of a new production, and learn about the mechanisms of lighting and sound behind the scenes.
Related event (Hiroaki Umeda performance): Workshop

Lecturer: Hiroaki Umeda

This workshop is designed as an experience of body expression utilizing technologies that artists experiment with during their residencies at the Center. The practice of pieces that are similar in contents to newly conceived stage productions helps participants familiarize with YCAM's technology development, and gain a better understanding of the purposes and concepts behind artists' works.
meet the artist 2010 "Create your own media"

Lecturer: Hikaru Fujii

Date/Time :

April, 2010-March, 2011(1year)

Yearlong workshop to set up a visual-based civic network in Yamaguchi

In the "meet the artist" workshop series, co-called "collaborators" - artists and citizens selected from applications from the general public - work together on the realization of one specific project for the period of one year. Through such long-term collaboration, participants and artists share a creative process, and together formulate profound concepts that emerge from the various ideas and backgrounds involved in the course of their collective work. Instructor for this year's fifth installment is Hikaru Fujii, an artist who has been confronting people's thoughts on social discrepancies and political issues through the medium of film. "Filmic expression" will at once be the central theme that participants in this workshop are going to approach by the methods of documentary. The popularization of personal computers, digital cameras, cell phones and other electronic devices has made video a familiar and casually usable tool for us today. Both citizens and artists will take advantage of this long-term workshop project, to explore the possibilities in the realm of film that these conditions have made accessible.

* Initial project members are recruited between April 1st and May 1st, however applications for later participation will still be accepted after this period.
meet the artist 2010 Final presentation

Date :

2011-03-26 (sat)–2011-03-27 (sun)

Venue :

Studio C /

Admission :

Admission free

The instructor and his "collaborators" present the results of their yearlong collaboration. A detailed outline of this event will be discussed and finally determined in the process of the workshop.