YCAM Portal

Daito Manabe + Motoi Ishibashi new installation "particles"

Sat, 12 Feb 2011 21:00:51 +0900

The continuously burgeoning work of Daito Manabe and Motoi Ishibashi in a showcase of unique ideas and excellent skills inspired by media art

Daito Manabe and Motoi Ishibashi, two creators that have been utilizing media technology in their various endeavors traversing a wide area between art, design, advertising and music, unveil their newest work in the particles exhibition at the Yamaguchi Center for Arts and Media [YCAM].
Part of a special program of the Japan Media Arts Festival installed with the aim to offer opportunities to appreciate outstanding works of media art, the exhibition is co-hosted by YCAM and the Agency for Cultural Affairs. Next to producing and presenting the newest work of Daito Manabe and Motoi Ishibashi, prizewinners at the Japan Media Arts Festival, YCAM will also be showing video footage of award-winning works at the 13 th (2009) and 14 th (2010) Japan Media Arts Festival. In addition, a concurrently held exhibition introduces two recent acclaimed works by the artists that have been attracting attention with their combination of unique ideas and excellent programming skills.
Experience the fascination of media art and new forms of technology-based expression in this first major showcase of the artists' continuously burgeoning work exploring the potentials of media art through repeated research, studies and experimentation.

*The exhibition is open through March 31st as a special program of the Japan Media Arts Festival, after which it will continue until May 5th, then hosted by the Yamaguchi City Foundation for Cultural Promotion.

Noritoshi Hirakawa new installation"Beyond the sunbeam through trees"

Wed, 05 Jan 2011 00:00:00 +0900

A new artistic hybrid of installation and performance - internationally renowned artists from different genres present the fruits of their collaboration

The Yamaguchi Center for Arts and Media [YCAM] is hosting an exhibition of contemporary artist Noritoshi Hirakawa's new installation - a fusion of imagery, sound and body expression conceived with the aim to explore new horizons in artistic expression. The installation integrates elements of light, imagery and sound that together contain the manifestation of spiritual energy and human awareness. The visitor generates through his activate participation various interaction between the elements of light (sunbeams falling through trees), music and video footage inspired by a single woman's subtle feelings and behavior.
Composer/musician Michael Rother and dancer Yoko Ando took charge of the creation of visuals and sounds that, in concert with the dynamics of light, define the piece's distinctive flavor. Their residence at YCAM was for the three artists a period of mutual inspiration and stimulation, and we are now proud to present the much anticipated result of these internationally renowned creators' first ever collaboration.

Yoko Ando new installation"Reacting Space for Dividual Behavior"

Tue, 04 Jan 2011 00:00:00 +0900

Dancer Yoko Ando's interactive installation co-developed with YCAM
The Yamaguchi Center for Arts and Media [YCAM] hosts an exhibition of "Reacting Space for Dividual Behavior", an interactive installation co-developed by YCAM and dancer Yoko Ando, a central member of The Forsythe Company.
In this work, Ando focuses on methods of intellection, perception and communication in the realm of physical expression that she has cultivated during her career to date, and illustrates these subjects by means of an installation to be experienced by every visitor to the Center. Through their interaction with the virtual environment that is part of the installation, visitors can discover movements, memories and motifs that lie dormant in their own bodies. Applying the structure of various installations shown at YCAM in the past to the realm of body expression, the piece encourages visitors to perceive aspects of space, body and movement in an entirely new way. During the exhibition period, the potentials of this work as an experimental environment for rediscovering one's body will be widely showcased also in a workshop and demonstration with/by the artist herself, using the actual display at YCAM.

scopic measure #13 Ryoichi Kurokawa "rheo: 5 horizons"

Mon, 03 Jan 2011 00:00:00 +0900

Ryoichi Kurokawa - an artist pursuing the sophisticated art of "temporal sculpting" with sound and imagery

In volume 13 of the ongoing scopic measure series introducing works and projects by up-and-coming artists at the Yamaguchi Center for Arts and Media [YCAM], Berlin-based video/sound artist Ryoichi Kurokawa presents his piece rheo: 5 horizons. In this installation, Kurokawa uses a 5-channel sound system and five large monitors to create a spatial/temporal sculpture. His elaborate technique and delicate artistic expression are highly regarded both in Japan and abroad (*1). The scenery, merging together sound and imagery in a flowing transformation, inspires a new sensory experience of watching sound and hearing images.
In connection with this exhibition, YCAM also introduces a number of related works, and hosts a live music event with Kurokawa and other artists. Their various sophisticated performances will highlight the diverse potential of sound-based expression.

*1) Winner of a Golden Nica in the digital music category of one of the world's largest media art festivals, Ars Electronica, in 2010, and nominated by the review committee in the art category (installation) at the 14th Japan Media Arts Festival.
[In the sound tectonics #10 live concert that takes place concurrently with scopic measure, Kurokawa performs his piece Rheo (2009), which served as a foundation for rheo: 5 horizons. The event marks at once the first ever combined staging of both installation and performance in Japan.]

sound tectonics installation #3 / #4

Sun, 02 Jan 2011 23:58:43 +0900

In this next event in the sound tectonics series introducing the latest efforts in electronic sound and related fields by artists from Japan and abroad, the Yamaguchi Center for Arts and Media [YCAM] presents a live concert paired with an installation.
As a new feature in this series, evala and Ryoichi Kurokawa will additionally introduce specially commissioned works in YCAM's patios, incorporating sound systems set up in the venue's basement. A rare opportunity to experience performances and sound installations at once, this showcase of the diverse potential of acoustic expression will highlight the featured artists' finely-honed senses and broad imagination.

Guest Research Project vol .1 Related Exhibition

Sun, 02 Jan 2011 12:19:05 +0900

The Yamaguchi Center for Arts and Media [YCAM] invites engineers and researchers focusing on cutting-edge subjects related to media art, to participate in the "Guest Research Project" and work on joint projects with YCAM's own "InterLab" research and development team.
In this first installment, New York-based engineer/artist Kyle McDonald will stay and work at YCAM for about three months. His joint research at the Center will revolve around "calibration" technology as used in computer vision, and culminate in the presentation of a "projector camera toolkit" developed during that period.
In tandem with the research program, two works realized with McDonald's participation are on display at two separate locations at YCAM.

LabACT vol.1 We connect to the world through our eyes- Eye-Tracking study"The EyeWriter"

Sun, 02 Jan 2011 00:00:00 +0900

Drawing with the eyes.
YCAM launches an exhibition project showcasing and practically applying The EyeWriter, a device for drawing by using just the eyes

The Yamaguchi Center for Arts and Media [YCAM] announces "LabACT": a series of exhibitions introducing creative work inspired by a dialogue between science and art, in a broad context including social aspects, and with a special focus on the technical aspects of media art. This year's program includes two exhibitions themed around eye-tracking technology. The first one presents The EyeWriter, a device for drawing by the line of sight that has been developed in the USA.
Along with a general overview of The EyeWriter project, and an explanation of the technical development, the exhibition features a hands-on booth for visitors to try the latest version of the device for painting pictures with their eyes. A workshop and display of new installation work based on the latest technology complete the program of this multidisciplinary exhibition demonstrating the media-informed developments in technology, thought, and artistic expression, using examples of The EyeWriter's practical application.

LabACT vol.2Seiko Mikami "Eye-Tracking Informatics"

Sat, 01 Jan 2011 00:00:00 +0900

Masterworks of media art reincarnated through joint development at YCAM
The visualized line of sight stimulates interactive communication with the virtual world.

The Yamaguchi Center for Arts and Media [YCAM] has launched the "LabACT" series of exhibitions showcasing from a broad point of view creative and social values generated through a dialogue between science and art. Following the currently showing "The EyeWriter", in the upcoming second installment artist Seiko Mikami is going to unveil her new installation titled "Eye-Tracking Informatics". This piece is a remake of one of Mikami's most representative works from the 1990s, in which two participants communicate and navigate within a three-dimensional virtual space through movements of their own visualized lines of sight, updated and enhanced at YCAM by reflecting the latest technological trends. This rather exquisite yet at once dynamic reincarnation in terms of imagery, sound, hardware and other aspects, presents an opportunity for visitors to enjoy a totally new form of spatial sculpting by means of eye-based communication and visualized traces of the eyes' movements

Seiko Mikami new installation "Desire of Codes"

Thu, 15 Apr 2010 00:20:22 +0900

Takashi Ikegami "MTM [Mind Time Machine]"

Thu, 15 Apr 2010 00:20:21 +0900

From perceiving cells to the coded individual.

We are pleased to announce the opening of the "Desire of Codes" exhibition introducing a brand new installation piece by Seiko Mikami at YCAM. Mikami chose "information society and the human body" as the central theme of her artistic endeavors since the 1980s, and stepped into the spotlight of the international art scene after introducing computing technologies to her critical and provocative examinations of technology and art in the '90s.
Next to the presentation of a new co-production by Seiko Mikami and YCAM that forms the centerpiece of this exhibition, the "surveillance society and human desires" themed event encompasses also a display of Takashi Ikegami's new installation incorporating aspects of brain science and complex system, as well as a revised version of "gravicells--gravity and resistance", a work on which Mikami collaborated with Sota Ichikawa.

Exhibition website: http://doc.ycam.jp/

- Exhibited work
Seiko Mikami "Desire of Codes" (new work / commissioned by YCAM)
- Related works
Takashi Ikegami "MTM [Mind Time Machine] " (new work / commissioned by YCAM)
Seiko Mikami + Sota Ichikawa "gravicells - gravity and resistance"(revised version / commissioned by YCAM)

In this event YCAM challenges a new exhibition format that includes an additional display of a new installation realized with complex systems scientist Takashi Ikegami as a supplementary work based on the same "human body in surveillance society" theme. Ikegami has designed this interactive installation in reference to the dynamics of mind time, inspired by the idea of self-organizing, subjective timeline in brain science.

Seiko Mikami ＋ Sota Ichikawa "gravicells - gravity and resistance" [revised version]

Thu, 15 Apr 2010 00:20:20 +0900

From perceiving cells to the coded individual.

We are pleased to announce the opening of the "Desire of Codes" exhibition introducing a brand new installation piece by Seiko Mikami at YCAM. Mikami chose "information society and the human body" as the central theme of her artistic endeavors since the 1980s, and stepped into the spotlight of the international art scene after introducing computing technologies to her critical and provocative examinations of technology and art in the '90s.
Next to the presentation of a new co-production by Seiko Mikami and YCAM that forms the centerpiece of this exhibition, the "surveillance society and human desires" themed event encompasses also a display of Takashi Ikegami's new installation incorporating aspects of brain science and complex system, as well as a revised version of "gravicells--gravity and resistance", a work on which Mikami collaborated with Sota Ichikawa.

Exhibition website: http://doc.ycam.jp/

- Exhibited work
Seiko Mikami "Desire of Codes" (new work / commissioned by YCAM)
- Related works
Takashi Ikegami "MTM [Mind Time Machine] " (new work / commissioned by YCAM)
Seiko Mikami + Sota Ichikawa "gravicells - gravity and resistance"(revised version / commissioned by YCAM)

Seiko Mikami + Sota Ichikawa "gravicells - gravity and resistance" was produced and subsequently unveiled at YCAM in May 2004, from where it embarked on a journey around the world. Celebrated exhibitions at twelve different locations in eight countries, including Tokyo, Berlin and Torino, solidified the piece's reputation as one representative work of media art. This work provides a space with hypothetical dynamics having the opposing forces of gravity and resistance, through special devices and sensors. Walking freely in the site, audiences are able to feel gravity that they are seldom aware of, resistance to it, and the effects caused by other participants. All movements and changes made by participating audiences are transformed into the movements of sound and geometrical images through special sensors,.whole space develops or changes in this interactive installation.

Fujiko Nakaya + Shiro Takataninew installation "CLOUD FOREST"

Thu, 15 Apr 2010 00:20:07 +0900

"artistic environmental spheres" formed by fog, light and sound
Large-scale project unveiled simultaneously in three public spaces in and around YCAM

The upcoming CLOUD FOREST exhibition at the Yamaguchi Center for Arts and Media [YCAM] presents examples of newly discovered environmental creation, realized with an "artistic environments" themed fusion of artistic expression and information technology. Currently on show in three different public spaces in and around YCAM will be a large-scale collaborative project featuring "fog sculptures" by Fujiko Nakaya, an artist whose works have gained much attention at various occasions in Japan and overseas, along with the original light and sound art of Shiro Takatani.
These commissioned installations conceived in-residence at YCAM combine artificial fog, sunlight and sound, orchestrating with the help of originally developed devices and responding to changing weather conditions a variety of impressive sceneries. Visitors can experience transformations in their perception as they interact with artworks incorporating information technology while walking in the fog in the patios or surrounding park. While introducing and reevaluating foresighted art and science projects originally presented at the EXPO'70 Osaka, which eventually inspired this new project, the exhibition anticipates the future of environmental creation, "informational spheres" of tomorrow, and possible creative quests through art.

Related events
■Opening events
Demonstrative Performance
August 7 (sat) 19:00 - 20:00
Venue: Foyer, Patios Admission free
Artists: Fujiko Nakaya, Shiro Takatani, softpad (Takuya Minami, Tomohiro Ueshiba, Hiroshi Toyama) In addition to Fujiko Nakaya and Shiro Takatani, the members of Kyoto-based art/design collective softpad, who took charge of the sound design for this exhibition, participate in a special experimental live performance incorporating the fog, light and sound installations in the patios and foyer.

Artist Talk
August 8 (san) 14:00-16:00
Venue: Studio B Admission free
Guests: Fujiko Nakaya, Shiro Takatani　Moderator: Akira Asada
Artists involved in this exhibition appear as special guests in a casual talk session that gives them the opportunity to introduce their works. Moderator will be Akira Asada, a specialist in the field who is familiar with each artist's endeavors to date. While referring to the work of E.A.T. at the 1970 Osaka Expo's Pepsi Pavilion, which inspired this project in the first place, the artists will look back at such trailblazing achievements as Nakaya's "fog sculptures" and David Tudor's soundscapes originally presented at the Expo, and discuss the developments and prospects now, four decades later.
* There will be guided gallery tours offered during the period of the exhibition. Please check the exhibition website for more information on additional event.

"polarm [mirrored]" Opening Event: International symposium "Decennial environmental observations in art"

Thu, 15 Apr 2010 00:20:06 +0900

As a special event held as part of the festivities commemorating 150 Years of Friendship between Germany and Japan, this symposium is led by the artists and curators involved in this exhibition, together with a number of invited intellectuals from Germany and Japan. The artists discuss via a scientific standpoint supposed future developments and possibilities of modeling invisible data into visual or acoustic works of media technology-based art, and explore new ways of perceiving the environment while referencing Nikola Tesla's and other historical achievements, as well as current endeavors in the field.

International symposium - 150 Jahre Freundschaft Deutschland-Japan
"Decennial environmental observations in art"
November 13 (sat) 13:00-16:00
Guests: Carsten Nicolai, Marko Peljhan, Andreas Broeckmann (Director of the Dortmunder U) , etc.
Moderator: Yukiko Shikata (Guest curator), Kazunao Abe (YCAM)
* interpretation available
Co-sponsor: Goethe-Institut Japan in Osaka

Carsten Nicolai + Marko Peljhan new installation "polarm [mirrored]"

Thu, 15 Apr 2010 00:20:06 +0900

* Exhibition website http://polar-m.ycam.jp/

Decennial environmental observations in art focusing on a global informational network's polar areas
The "polar" project centers on fixed-point observations of the earth's natural and informational environment from an artist's position. The previous polar I, presented in Tokyo in 2000, introduced a network-based original search engine, developed in order to observe the earth as an environment based on a variety of information. The updating process was translated into images and sounds exhibited in an audio-visual installation. The following ten years have seen significant developments in information technology, which have in turn triggered repeated massive changes in human sensibility and perception. While considering unreachable places on the earth as more or less non-existent, we are directly confronted with an extensive invisible world of information and other data. The aim of this second installment is to establish an original platform for investigations into the diverse environments that surround us in the year 2010. By searching specific information, visitors can proactively explore uncharted polar areas, and discover their meanings. Two of the world's leading artists get together again to highlight current natural and informational environments, and propose methods for us to apply for their research.
(In-residence production period: late October - early November)

Lecture + Dance Demonstration

Thu, 07 May 2009 17:12:43 +0900

This is one particularly noteworthy event held as part of this time's exhibition. The artist himself gives a dance demonstration in the same exhibition space where the "Phantom Exhibition" is on view, so visitors will have the unique opportunity to witness how Paxton's ﬂesh-and-blood movement overlap with those on the screens.

"Peace"

Wed, 23 Nov 2011 21:53:45 +0900

2010／Japan・America・Korea／75min／Digital
Directed by Kazuhiro Soda

The 90th anniversary of Shochiku "Actress kingdom-Ten actresses representing Shochiku ""Minoru Shibuya Retrospective"

Wed, 23 Nov 2011 20:04:37 +0900

2/3(Fri) 13:30-Aizenkatsura／19:00-Shubun（Scandal）
2/4 (Sat)　 13:30-Shukin ryoko／16:00-Aizenkatsura
2/5(Sun)　 13:30-Shubun（Scandal）／16:00-Shukin ryoko

2/10(Fri) 13:30-Kimino na ha／19:00-Anma to onna
2/11（Sat） 10:00-Akitsuonsen／12:15-Zero no syoten／15:00-Kimi no na ha
2/12（Sun） 12:30-Anma to onna／15:00-Akitsuonsen／17:30-Zero no shoten

2/17（Fri） 13:30-Sanga ari／19:00-Tokyo boshoku
2/18（Sat） 12:30-Anjyoke no butokai／15:00-Sanga ari
2/19（Sun） 11:30-Tokyo boshoku／15:00-Anjyoke no butokai
　
2/24（Fri） 13:30-jiyugakko／19:00-Seigiha
2/25（Sat） 13:00-Okusama ni Shirasubekarazu／15:00-Jiyugakko
2/26（Sun） 12:30-Seigiha／15:00-Okusama ni shirasubekarazu

3/2（Fri） 13:30-Kichigaiburaku／19:00Banana
3/4（Sun） 13:30-Banana／15:30-Kichigaiburaku

3/9（Fri） 13:30-Honjitsu kyushin／19:00-Akujyo no kisetsu
3/10（Sat） 13:30-Akujyo no kisetsu／16:00-Honjitsu kyushin

3/16（Fri） 13:30-Kojin kojitsu／19:00-Gendaijin
3/17（Sat） 12:30-Mozu／15:00-Kojin kojitsu
3/18（Sun） 12:00-Gendaijin／15:00-Mozu

"The Mill&The Cross"

Wed, 23 Nov 2011 19:53:04 +0900

2011／Sweden・Poland／91min／Digital
Directed byLech Majewski
Cast:Rutger Hauer

"Miral"

Wed, 23 Nov 2011 19:08:26 +0900

2010/France・Israel・Italy・India/112min
Directed by Julian Schnabel
Cast:Hiam Abbass

"L'Illusionniste"

Thu, 15 Sep 2011 20:43:47 +0900

L'Illusionniste
2010／80min／England,France
Directed by　Sylvain Chomet
Writers:Jacques Tati

"Frederick Wiseman Retrospective"

Thu, 15 Sep 2011 20:09:17 +0900

11/30（Wed）
13:30-Central Park／17:30-Meat　

12/1(Thu)
13:00-Domestic Violence／17:15-DV2

12/2(Fri)
13:30-Titicut Follies／16:00-Sinai Field Mission

12/3 (Sat)
12:00-Meat　／15:00-Titicut Follies／17:30- Domestic Violence

12/4(Sun)
12:00-Sinai Field Mission／15:00-DV2／19:00-Central Park

12/7(Wed)
13:30-Belfast, Maine

12/8(Thu)
13:30-Ballet／17:30-Law and Order

12/9(Fri)
13:30-Manœuvre ／16:30-Hospital

12/10(Sat)
12:30-Law and Order／15:00-Manœuvre／18:00- Ballet

12/11(Sun)
12:00-Hospital／17:00-Belfast, Maine

12/14(Wed)
13:30- Welfare

12/15(Thu)
13:30-Model／16:30-La Derniere letter

12/16(Fri)
13:30-Essene／16:00-Boxing Gym

12/17(Sat)
13:00-LaDerniere letter ／15:00-Essene／17:30-Model

12/18(Sun)
12:30-Boxing Gym／15:00-Welfare

Special Screening"Jerzy Skolimowski "

Thu, 15 Sep 2011 19:46:17 +0900

11/23(Wed)　
13:30-Barrier
15:30-Essential Killing
17:30-Essential Killing

11/24(Thu)
13:30-Identification Marks:None
15:30-Walkover

11/25(Fri)
13:30-Essential Killing
15:30-Hands Up!
19:00-Essential Killing

11/26(Sat)
12:30-Walkover
15:30-Essential Killing
17:30-Barrier

11/27(Sun)
12:30-Essential Killing
15:30-Hands Up!
17:30-Identification Marks:None

"Des Hommes et Des Dieux"

Thu, 15 Sep 2011 19:38:09 +0900

Des Hommes et Des Dieux
2010／120min／France
Directed by Xavier Beauvois
Cast:Lambert Wilson

"Zhalainuoer"

Thu, 15 Sep 2011 19:28:06 +0900

Zhalainuoer
JALAINUR
紮賚諾爾／扎賚諾爾
2008／92min／China／Digital
Directed by Ye Zhao
Cast:Zhi-Zhong Li

Select CINE TECTONICS=15「Harun Farocki」

Thu, 15 Sep 2011 11:38:40 +0900

10/21（Fri）
13:30　Nicht löschbares Feuer

14:00　Wie man sieht

15:30　Bilder der Welt und Inschrift des Krieges

19:00　Videogramme einer Revolution

10/22（Sat）
12:10　Arbeiter verlassen die Fabrik

13:00　Stilleben

15:10　Klassenverhältnisse

10/23（Sun）
13:00　Gefängnisbilder

15:10　Erkennen und Verfolgen

16:30　Nicht ohne Risiko

10/26（Wed）
13:30　Nicht ohne Risiko

15:00　Erkennen und Verfolgen

16:30　Gefängnisbilder

10/27（Thu）
13:30　Stilleben

15:00　Arbeiter verlassen die Fabrik

16:00　Videogramme einer Revolution

10/28（Fri）
13:30　Bilder der Welt und Inschrift des Krieges

15:00　Wie man sieht

16:30　Nicht löschbares Feuer

19:00　Klassenverhältnisse

10/29（Sat）
10:30　Nicht löschbares Feuer

11:00　Wie man sieht

12:30　Bilder der Welt und Inschrift des Krieges

15:00　Arbeiter verlassen die Fabrik

15:45　Videogramme einer Revolution

17:40 Lecture

10/30（Sun）
10:30　Stilleben

12:00　Gefängnisbilder

13:00　Erkennen und Verfolgen

15:30　Nicht ohne Risiko

17:00　Klassenverhältnisse

"Kebetsu"

Thu, 15 Sep 2011 11:16:51 +0900

2011／136min／Japan
Directed byRyuichi Hiroki
Cast:An Suzuki, Kengo Kora

"La teta asustada"

Thu, 15 Sep 2011 10:48:27 +0900

The Milk of Sorrow
La teta asustada
2008／97min／Peru
Directed by Claudia Llosa
Cast:Magaly Solier

Special Screening"Priit Parn"

Thu, 16 Jun 2011 12:24:13 +0900

■A(77min)
「Time Out」1984／9min

「Karl And Marilyn」2003／24min

「Life without Gabriella Ferri」2008／44min
＊Joint production：Olga Parn

■B（72min)
「Is The World Round?」1977／10min

「And Plays Tricks」1978／10min

「Pärnography」／2005／52min
Directed：Hardi Volmer

■C(76min)
「The Triangle」1982／15min

「Hotel E」1992／30min

「A Night Without The Pope」2006／7min
Directed by：Raphaël Gianelli-Meriano

「Divers in the Rain」2010／24min
＊Joint production：Olga Parn

Bunkacho yushueiga kansyo suishinjigyo

Thu, 16 Jun 2011 12:23:25 +0900

「Akatsuki no dasso」
1950／Japan／110min
Directed by Senkichi Taniguchi
Cast:Ryo Ikebe、Sakae Ozawa、Yoshiko Yamaguchi

「Kakushitoride no sanakunin」
1958／Japan／138min
Directed by Akira Kurosawa
Cast:Toshiro Mifune、Minoru Chiaki

「Yukinojyo henge」
1963／Japan／113min
Directed by Kon Ichikawa
Cast:Kazuo Hasegawa、Fujiko Yamamoto、Ayako Wakao

「Akumyo」
1961／Japan／94min
Directed by Tokuzo Tanaka
Cast:Shintaro Katsu、Jiro Tamiya、Tamao Nakamura

"Tokyo Koen"

Thu, 16 Jun 2011 12:17:35 +0900

2011／Japan／119min
Directed by Shinji Aoyama
Cast:Haruma Miura、Manami Konishi、Nana Eikura、Haruka Igawa

‘Reacting Space for Dividual Behavior‘ Workshop

Thu, 02 Jun 2011 15:34:02 +0900

Yoko Ando hosts a body expression-themed workshop based around her new installation. Guest instructors will be dancers Amancio Gonzalez and Yasutake Shimaji, both members of The Forsythe Company.

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.

meet the artist 2011 "Library Radio"Artist lecture "Library Radio Manifesto"

Fri, 22 Apr 2011 15:41:18 +0900

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

"Double Film Screening vol. 1 - Short animated film"

Fri, 22 Apr 2011 15:14:36 +0900

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

Gallery tour (Noritoshi Hirakawa "Beyond the sunbeam through trees" / Yoko Ando "Reacting Space for Dividual Behavior")

Fri, 22 Apr 2011 14:52:00 +0900

Through the tours, participants will discover together with YCAM educational staff, most attractive features of the exhibition.

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.

"tecpot - media factory for learning and creation"

Fri, 22 Apr 2011 14:51:30 +0900

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

"Double Film Screening vol. 2 - Short film"

Fri, 22 Apr 2011 14:45:25 +0900

"YCAM Summer Exploration Tour"

Fri, 22 Apr 2011 14:40:00 +0900

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

YCAM Gallery tour (LabACT vol.1- related event)

Fri, 22 Apr 2011 14:30:01 +0900

Through the tours, participants will discover together with YCAM educational staff, most attractive features of the exhibition.

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]

Symposium "The EyeWriter - Perspectives beyond development and sharing"(LabACT vol.1- related event)

Fri, 22 Apr 2011 14:30:00 +0900

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]

Dialogue & Concert "The Future of Art and Environment as seen from the Year 2050"

Fri, 22 Apr 2011 14:21:00 +0900

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.

YCAM Original Workshop "Eye2Eye"(LabACT vol.1- related event)

Fri, 22 Apr 2011 14:20:00 +0900

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]

YCAM Original Workshop (Related event: Zan Yamashita new performance piece "It is something like a garden")

Fri, 22 Apr 2011 14:14:00 +0900

The aim of this original workshop is to focus on and explore Zan Yamashita's interpretation of the "relationship between body and language", which defines at once the method of his own creative work. The experience of a unique production process in which elements of dance and language are used to fill a framework of space and time will at once be an opportunity for discovering a new level of imagination informed by the combination of dance and language.
[Details will be announced in late October]

meet the artist 2011 "Library Radio"Final presentation

Fri, 22 Apr 2011 14:13:07 +0900

The results of previous installments of the "meet the artist" series have been showcased in a broad range of formats, such as exhibitions, publications and performances. We look forward to the outcome of this year's event! The instructor and the collaborators are going to present the fruits of their year-long work at a public presentation.

[Details will be announced in late December]
*Other public events with the instructor and collaborators will be held during the period of the project

"Double Film Screening vol. 3"

Fri, 22 Apr 2011 13:58:33 +0900

meet the artist 2011 "Library Radio"

Sun, 06 Mar 2011 12:26:55 +0900

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

sound tectonics #9

Mon, 25 Apr 2011 11:27:37 +0900

In connection with the main exhibition, YCAM will host another installment of the "sound tectonics" live concert series introducing works of sound art incorporating media technology, realized with the Center's own world class audiovisual technology and equipment. A solo performance by Michale Rother, who has been exerting immeasurable influence on the current electro pop scene both as a guitarist for German rock bands such as NEU! and Harmonia, and as a solo musician and composer. One of special guests will be Jim O'Rourke, an internationally operating artist and part-time member of the band Sonic Youth. The other will be Y.Sunahara, a Japanese electro pop musician, composer, and producer, who released several outstanding albums including DENKI GROOVE. Look forward to a set of top quality, cutting-edge sound and music that you will only be able to experience at YCAM.

sound tectonics #10

Mon, 25 Apr 2011 11:25:17 +0900

In combination with the exhibition of Ryoichi Kurokawa's new work, the artist himself will give a live concert with special guests. Kurokawa skillfully incorporates in his performance synchronized and reciprocal action of digitally generated material and audiovisual field recordings. YCAM's architectural characteristics will help magnify the beauty and vigor of electronic sound, to be experienced in spatially shifting sound images and large screen projections.
[Details will be available from announced in late July]

Demonstrative PerformanceFujiko Nakaya + Shiro Takatani "CLOUD FOREST"

Thu, 15 Apr 2010 00:15:13 +0900

In addition to Fujiko Nakaya and Shiro Takatani, the members of Kyoto-based art/design collective softpad, who took charge of the sound design for this exhibition, participate in a special experimental live performance incorporating the fog, light and sound installations in the patios and foyer.

Demonstrative Performance
August 7 (sat) 19:00-20:00
Venue: Foyer, Patios Admission free
Performance: Fujiko Nakaya, Shiro Takatani, softpad (Takuya Minami, Tomohiro Ueshiba, Hiroshi Toyama)

YCAM sound tectonics #8audio-visual concert performances "raster-noton evening"

Thu, 15 Apr 2010 00:15:12 +0900

The ultimate electronic sound experience offered by a supreme team of artists in an ideal environment

The "polar" project observing natural and informational environments, initiated by two internationally renowned artists, resurfaces after ten years in the form of the "polar^m" exhibition. Via an original platform developed in order to monitor the invisible world of data, the visitor can experience polar electromagnetic force from a unique perspective on the environment.
An exquisite lineup of artists from the field of electronic sound art/music will get together at YCAM to celebrate the exhibition's opening. Look forward to an overwhelming display of visuals and sound, designed with YCAM's own high-end technical equipment and setting.

Opening sound live "fmtm"

Sat, 10 Apr 2010 11:28:00 +0900

* Please note that the exhibition of "MTM" in the Foyer will be close on the following opening events: 20th of March from 18:00 till 19:00 and 21st of March from 13:00 till 16:30.

sound tectonics #7 "ATAK NIGHT 4"

Thu, 26 Mar 2009 20:39:32 +0900

Artist change "ATAK NIGHT 4"
Due to member Mika Vainio's sudden illness, Pan sonic, who were scheduled to appear at the "ATAK NIGHT 4" event on April 29 (Wed/holiday), were forced to cancel their Japan tour.
We apologize sincerely for the inconvenience to all those who have been looking forward to Pan sonic's performance in particular, as well as to the members of the press and other related individuals and institutions.

As a substitute for Pan sonic, Ryoji Ikeda confirmed his appearance at the event.

For more information on tickets and refunds, please contact the Yamaguchi City Foundation for Cultural Promotion ticket counter (at YCAM): TEL +81-83-920-6111

We are looking forward to seeing you at YCAM.

ATAK NIGHT 4 - Top sound artists touring the world
A group of renowned artists stop over at YCAM to challenge the Center's top-notch sound and video facilities.

This is the seventh installment of "sound tectonics", a series of concerts of sound art created using media technology, designed top quality of the world-class sound and video technical facilities of YCAM. Artists this time are Keiichiro Shibuya, who returns to Yamaguchi after touring Europe with the ATAK Night 4, as well as New York-based legendary sound artist Yasunao Tone, who makes his belated YCAM debut. Completing the lineup are Finnish duo Pan sonic, and Japanese artist Evala. Look forward to a festival of sharp-pointed audio-visual expression as it is possible only in the high-quality sound environment of YCAM.

ENSEMBLES closing live "Networks"

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 13:12:33 +0900

1st set
Choi Joon-Yong(opened cdplayer/Seoul), Hong Chulki(turntable/Seoul), Jin Sangtae(hard-disk drives, laptop/Seoul), Otomo Yoshihide(turntable/Tokyo)

2nd set
Yamamoto Seiichi + Otomo Yoshihide Project

3rd set
FEN [Yuen Chee Wai(laptop, piano/Singapore), Ryu Hankil(inside clock/Seoul), Yan Jun(laptop, voice/Beijing), Otomo Yoshihide(guitar, turntable/Tokyo)], Yamamoto Seiichi(guitar/Kyoto)

orchestras opening live "Musics"

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 13:02:58 +0900

1st set: OTOMORCHESTRA

The first set is a session in which participating musicians perform pieces of music simultaneously in many different places in the building of YCAM. Elementary school children and junior high school students participating in the sound workshop join this performance.

Performers: ONJO, Takamine Tadasu, Ameya Norimizu, sound workshop participants, Oto-asobi-no-kai, rewall, Ogawa Kimiyo, Watanabe Hideki, Makino Takuma, Mohri Yuko, Gosho Junko, Yuasa Manabu,
Matsushima Tamasaburo, and many others

2nd set: ONJO(otomo yoshihide's new jazz orchestra)

In the second set, musicians give competitive performances in an installation of scrap materials in Studio A.

2nd set: ONJO(otomo yoshihide's new jazz orchestra)
Performers: ONJO [Otomo Yoshihide(g, perc, tt), Kahimi Karie(vo), Okura Masahiko(as, bcl, tubes), Aoki Taisei(tb, flute), Ishikawa Ko(shou), Sachiko M(sinewaves), Unami Taku(computer with objects), Takara Kumiko(vib), Mizutani Hiroaki(b), Yoshigaki Yasuhiro(ds, tp), Kondoh Yoshiaki(live sound engineering)], Ameya Norimizu(noise), UNO-MAN(tentekomai）etc

ENSEMBLES opening live "Songs"

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 12:15:04 +0900

1st set:    Kahimi Karie's Invisible Songs
2nd set:    without songs
3rd set:    Otomo Yoshihide's Invisible Songs

Ryoji Ikeda audiovisual concert "datamatics［ver.2.0］

Wed, 09 Jan 2008 15:17:04 +0900

Ryoji Ikeda's project datamatics is an art project that explores the potentials to perceive the invisible multi-substance of data that permeates our world.

datamatics [ver 2.0] is the new, fullﾐlength version of Ryoji Ikeda's acclaimed audiovisual concert. Ikeda has significantly developed the earlier version of this piece (premiered in March 2006), adding a newly commissioned second part.

Driven by the primary principles of datamatics, but objectively deconstructing its original elements - sound, visuals and even source codes - this new work creates a kind of meta-datamatics. Ikeda employs real-time programme computations and data scanning to create an extended new sequence that is a further abstraction of the original work.

The technical dynamics of the piece, such as its extremely fast frame rates and variable bit depths, continue to challenge and explore the thresholds of our perceptions.

"datamatics [prototype] showed Ikeda at the height of his powers, building on his own unique and unmistakable artistic language." -The Wire, 2006

MOVIE
extracted from datamatics [ver.1.0] © Ryoji Ikeda 2006-08

concept, composition: Ryoji Ikeda
computer graphics, programming: Shohei Matsukawa, Daisuke Tsunoda, Norimichi Hirakawa, Tomonaga Tokuyama
co-commissioned by AV Festival 06, ZeroOne San Jose & ISEA 2006
produced by Forma
co-produced by Les Spectacles Vivants-Centre Pompidou and YCAM
supported by Recombinant Media Labs

YCAM performance lounge #2 / Rogues' Gallery Gasoline Music & Cruising in Yamaguchi

Fri, 26 Oct 2007 11:51:12 +0900

You can drive through familiar sights in town while time is felt alive with realistic soundsÑüthe scenery seen from a car window with sound effects of the engine, turn signal, etc.

opening event "Corpora in Si(gh)te" laptop sound concert

Mon, 24 Sep 2007 21:58:30 +0900

laptop sound concert

サン・ラ・アーケストラ / 太陽が招く宇宙のドラマ

Wed, 05 Sep 2007 00:06:27 +0900

JAZZから実験音楽まで、世界のあらゆる音楽シーンから多大なリスペクトを浴びているサン・ラー・アーケストラ。サン・ラー存命中に制作された秘蔵映像とともについにYCAM来演。

サン・ラー・アーケストラのリーダー、マーシャル・アレンと、ギタリストR.E.マホニー、映像作家ジェームズ・ハラーが繰り広げる映像×音楽によるスペシャルプログラム。太陽系と深い宇宙の闇を突き抜けてたどり着いた美しい旅が、ついにYCAMに舞い降ります。

"YCAM Foyer Concert" by Tokyo Metroporitan Brass Quintet

Wed, 01 Aug 2007 17:39:29 +0900

Yoko Ando Dance demonstration

Sat, 23 Apr 2011 21:35:26 +0900

The artist herself will show a demonstrative performance staged in the setting of the Reacting Space for Dividual Behavior installation.

*As a related event, a body workshop with Yoko Ando based on the exhibition is scheduled to be held the event period.

Android-Human Theater "Sayonara (Good-bye)" / Robot-Human Theater "I, Worker"

Mon, 11 Apr 2011 12:56:03 +0900

Collaboration between theatre and cutting-edge robot technology
A two-day opportunity for close encounters with robots and theatre entertainment of the third kind

This event comprises performances of two pieces realized as part of the Robot-Human Theatre project by Oriza Hirata, a Japanese leading playwright and director, and internationally renowned roboticist Hiroshi Ishiguro. The theatre play I, Worker features a communication robot named "wakamaru", while the android "Geminoid F", modeled on and bearing an astonishing resemblance to a real person, appears alongside a (human) actress in Sayonara. Illustrating a new kind of relationship between man and robot, this piece aims to encourage the viewer to ponder such concepts as "humanness" and "human soul". Each of the two performances will be followed by a different related event, including a talk event with special guests discussing the Robot-Human Theatre project and its evolvability, and on day two, an occasion for visitors to experience robots at close range.
The event will at once be an opportunity to familiarize with cutting-edge technology, and explore new creative territory ushered by the combination of robotics and theatre.

The World of Dance in Word and Image vol.2"Talk and Screening: A Tribute to Tatsumi Hijikata"

Mon, 11 Apr 2011 12:42:31 +0900

Rediscovering the history and fascination of performing arts
Tatsumi Hijikata - A Butoh dancer who continues to inspire artists around the globe

This second installment in a series of special screenings focusing on the history of performing arts, and the allurement of body-based expression as illustrated in moving images, is dedicated to Tatsumi Hijikata (1928-1986), whose influence as a dancer and initiator of Ankoku-Butoh has been affecting not only the realm of body expression, but also such varied fields as art and literature. In a dance performance inspired by and adopting the title of Hijikata's writing Yameru Maihime (Ailing Dancer/La Danseuse malade), up-and-coming choreographer Boris Charmatz adapts the philosophy of Butoh, a performing art that has been fascinating numerous dancers in Japan and around the world. In addition, specially invited talk guests will offer a broad introduction of one accomplished artist and his great achievements during the event period.
[Details will be available from announced in late July]

Rihoko Sato "SHE"

Mon, 11 Apr 2011 12:16:20 +0900

Solo dance performance directed by Saburo Teshigawara
A new dimension in body expression highlighted in a refined mixture of physical expression and spatial composition

This solo performance is directed by Saburo Teshigawara, a choreographer and dancer with a growing worldwide reputation also in the realms of visual and video art. Next to appearing in all group pieces staged under Teshigawara's choreography since 1996, Rihoko Sato has also been a solo dancer in some of Teshigawara's works. Her dance emphasizes a highly physical form of expression with a feeling of blending with the stage environment while freely changing the textures of her movements. Continuously fascinating audiences around the world since its first performance in 2009 with a refined spatial composition balancing aspects of noise and silence, narration and music, imagery and light, this piece ushers in a new dimension in body-based expression.

* Planned as an associated event is a workshop with Rihoko Sato.
* The performance will be followed by a talk session with the artist.

Zan Yamashita new performance piece"It is something like a garden"

Mon, 11 Apr 2011 11:53:00 +0900

Uniquely experimental modes of creation come together in an original co-production
A new encounter of "body and language"

The latest creation of Zan Yamashita, a choreographer/dancer who has been showing performances revolving around uniquely structured dance inspired by language, is a co-production with theatre facilities at YCAM, ST Spot (Yokohama) and AI-HALL (Hyogo). This time Yamashita challenges an experimental performance format that incorporates text elements by methods much different from orthodox theatre. Look forward to witnessing a form of communication that is razor-sharp and sometimes quite humorous, by an artist who is noted for his various creation methods and production processes, and in recent years especially also for his collaborations with several creators from across Asia.

Tsuyoshi Shirai×YCAM video dance project"Choreography filmed: 5 days of movement"

Tue, 24 Aug 2010 11:51:57 +0900

Original video piece co-produced by YCAM
Exploring relevant possibilities of "video and the human body" through live Internet streaming

Continuing our pursuit of new forms of artistic expression focusing on body expression and current film culture, the Yamaguchi Center for Arts and Media [YCAM] is currently producing the second video (dance) piece since the Center's opening.
Based on the idea behind one of choreographer/dancer Tsuyoshi Shirai's most well-known dance pieces, "mass, slide, &." (first staged in 2004), this project is an attempt to reconstruct the piece into a video in a collaborative process with the YCAM staff and the artist. The half-year-long project includes five days of filming and Internet streaming of all footage, and will culminate in a screening event with the artist, scheduled for January 2011. The idea is to pursue new forms of dance/video expression that emerge in the process from production to presentation from video images of the body, and from the choreographic component in the visual composition. In addition, the project's outline embraces technical aspects of filming and editing, as well as audio-visual environments including issues of distribution and access, with the aim to a examine the relationship between video and dance in the present age.

* The progression of the entire project can be followed via a special website (http://c-filmed.ycam.jp/) that is now open.

Filming & Internet live streaming:
August 24 (Tue) - 28 (Sat) 13:00-20:00
http://c-filmed.ycam.jp/
Performance: Tsuyoshi Shirai(choreographer/dancer)
* Please understand that we might not be able to respond to inquiries on Tuesday, August 24, as YCAM is closed that day.
Screening of a new video piece:
January 23 (Sun) 14:00
Venue: YCAM, Studio C
Guest: Tsuyoshi Shirai Admission free

"A Tribute to Pina Bausch - The World of Dance in Word and Image"

Thu, 15 Apr 2010 12:17:45 +0900

Special event illustrating the history and fascination of dance in conversations and rare footage of Pina Bausch

This special program consists of three documentary films and a talk event recapitulating the achievements of the world-renowned choreographer who suddenly passed away in June 2009. In various rare footage, and a conversation with her former manager and supporter for 16 years, the event portrays a unique artist whose continuous impact exceeded by far the boundaries of dance, theatre and art, since the 1970s, and even after her death. While looking back on the transition of performing arts from modern to contemporary, visitors will be invited to surrender to the irresistible charm of Pina Bausch as a choreographer and as a person, and explore the possibilities of the human body as captured on video.

YCAM Performance Lounge #5 faifai "A Story of Y O'Clock"+ contact Gonzo's Performance

Wed, 14 Apr 2010 22:39:40 +0900

"YCAM Performance Lounge" is a series of events designed to convey the fun and fascination of a stage production, allowing the audience to experience dancers and actors up close. Held every year in the spring, the program aims at once to function as a stimulator encouraging people to come back and watch dance and theatre performances at YCAM, and to communicate in a direct manner the power of an up-and-coming new type of physical expression. As an additional gateway enhancing the enjoyment of performing arts, a temporary café invites visitors to exchange with the artists after the performances.
(faifai "A Story of Y O'Clock": Performed in Japanese with English supertitles. )

Hofesh Shechter "Political Mother"

Wed, 14 Apr 2010 22:00:24 +0900

Up-and-coming UK company visits Japan to show a captivating mix of energetic dance and reverberating percussion
This performance series was installed with the aim to showcase next-generation performing arts as represented by specially invited budding young artists from all corners of the globe. This year, we are happy to introduce Hofesh Shechter, a choreographer who relocated to the UK after working with Israel's own Batsheva Dance Company, and in recent years has won high acclaim as an internationally awarded choreographer and creator of pieces commissioned by leading theatres around the world. Also outside the realm of dance, Shechter has been attracting attention for his choreographies for popular TV plays among other things. On his visit to Japan, Shechter will unveil his latest production that is set to define a new set of values in contemporary dance through a compelling mixture of amazing high-tension dance and groovy live percussion.

2010 Theatre & Dance Family Program "Naso Rosso"

Wed, 14 Apr 2010 21:59:35 +0900

An opportunity to encounter performing arts for children aged 2 and up

This dance/theatre program is designed for children at pre-school age and their parents. Instead of difficult lines telling a complex story, the piece created in Italy immediately communicates the fun of performing arts through music, dance, and various gimmicks that appear as the story unfolds. Built with elements of contemporary dance and theatre, and a little box that keeps spitting out all kinds of colorful gadgets, this performance is sure to fascinate young and old alike.

2010 Theatre & Dance Family Program "Dallae's Story"

Wed, 14 Apr 2010 21:58:57 +0900

Precious moments to focus on family ties and human love

Based on the story of the Korean War in the 1950s, this piece is not directly about the war itself, but illustrates the earnest attempts of a family to overcome all kinds of hardships. Korean traditional music, glamorous sets, and a uniquely vivid combination of human performers and puppets make for an exciting performance that appeals to both children and their parents. Look forward to a topical piece that graphically conveys the magnificence and importance of love between human individuals and family members.

Megumi Nakamura & Yasuyuki Shuto dance performance

Wed, 14 Apr 2010 21:57:36 +0900

Artistically and technically distinguished dancers from Japan and abroad provide hints for defining contemporary dance and its fascination

This performance focuses on the technically advanced and artistically diverse skills of physical expression of dancer/choreographer Megumi Nakamura and dancer Yasuyuki Shuto. Building their careers on a solid foundation of Classical ballet under such internationally renowned masters of choreographers as Jirí Kylián and Maurice Béjart respectively, both Nakamura and Shuto have vaulted their acquired techniques into spheres of truly unique art. Their works highlight the beauty of dance itself while hinting at the diversity and potential of artistic expression, inviting the viewer to explore the creative nature of studying and experiencing dance and other forms of body expression, and ponder the meaning of originality, stringency and reality in the realm of dance. Here are two artists who have come to make something as seemingly unintelligible as contemporary dance accessible to a broad audience.
* A talk session with the performers is planned as related event.

Tsuyoshi Shirai×YCAM video dance project"Choreography filmed: 5days of movement" - Presentation of a new video piece

Tue, 13 Apr 2010 22:06:27 +0900

Focusing on dance and other forms of body expression by way of video Volume two in YCAM's original video dance production & screening series

In this second installment, choreographer/dancer Tsuyoshi Shirai will make use of YCAM's technology and creative environment to realize a new video dance piece. Through a filmed version of one of his most well-known works, "mass, slide, &." (2004), Shirai redefines dance from a viewpoint that differs from a conventional stage production, while exploring the refined and dynamic movements of the human body.
Next to unveiling a new video piece created in the course of this project, this event looks back on the project by way of a talk session with the artist and guests. Also introduced are various examples of previous works that illustrate the possibilities of dance expressed on film.

Tsuyoshi Shirai×YCAM video dance project
"Choreography filmed: 5days of movement" project website
http://c-filmed.ycam.jp/index_en.html

Hiroaki Umeda "Holistic Strata" (world premiere)

Tue, 13 Apr 2010 21:47:02 +0900

*Special website http://holistic-strata.ycam.jp/

YCAM performing arts original production 2010 unveiled!
The criticality of perception highlighted in a spectacle of light, sound, and the human body

Hiroaki Umeda, a choreographer who has been attracting attention in Japan and abroad with his "visual performances" blending imagery, sound and dance, presents his brand new dance piece at the Yamaguchi Center for Arts and Media [YCAM]. Holistic Strata is a YCAM original production developed with the Center's expert staff during the artist's stay in Yamaguchi, with the aim to break new ground in the filed of body expression integrating media technology.
Based on his own set designs mixing imagery and sound, Hiroaki Umeda equivalently combines in his pieces elements of light, sound, and the human body. For his audiences, these performances are opportunities to experience their own bodies' primary reactions triggered by intensely stimulating light and sound. Visitors to the performance at YCAM are likely to witness another leap forward by the choreographer who has been harnessing information technology to conquer the world with nothing but his body and a computer. Look forward to a novel type of performance that will rock your body senses and challenge your perception.

Chelfitsch performance (new piece) "A Sonic Life of The Giant Tortoise"

Sun, 11 Apr 2010 22:10:22 +0900

The company presents their newest piece at YCAM
Beyond the "real" connection between language and body

Having received among others the Kishida Kunio Drama Award for "Five Days in March", a theatre piece that was staged at YCAM in 2007, Toshiki Okada keeps exerting an immeasurable influence on the current performing arts scene as a playwright and stage director. His pieces combining dialogues symbolic of today's youth culture with somewhat noisy physical exaggerations of daily routine are highly regarded in theatre circles and various other fields. With the performance of this long-awaited new piece, Okada considers a further development beyond the "real" kind of artistic expression he has established as a means to examine the contemporary relationship between body and language. * After the performance, the artist will appear in a talk session introducing the piece's main points of appeal.
* In conjunction with the performance, a workshop with playwright and director Toshiki Okada is scheduled for 3/6 (Sun).

LabACT vol.2 Seiko Mikami "Eye-Tracking Informatics" (2011.11.4 release)

Thu, 08 Dec 2011 18:50:25 +0900

Dialogue & Concert "The Future of Art and Environment as seen from the Year 2050"(2011.10.31 release)

Wed, 30 Nov 2011 18:41:39 +0900

Guest Research Project vol .1 - Projecter Camera Toolkit (2011.9.8 release)

Wed, 23 Nov 2011 11:56:09 +0900

LabACT vol.1 We connect to the world through our eyes- Eye-Tracking study "The EyeWriter" (2011.9.16 release)

Sun, 02 Oct 2011 15:45:03 +0900

scopic measure #13 Ryoichi Kurokawa "rheo: 5 horizons" (2011.8.24 release)

Sun, 02 Oct 2011 15:41:54 +0900

Live Concer t Series - sound tectonics #10 / Installation Series (commissioned by YCAM)- sound tectonics installation (2011.8.24 release)

Sun, 02 Oct 2011 15:37:57 +0900

YCAM Research and Development "YCAM InterLab Camp vol. 2 - TECHTILE" (2011.7.23)

Fri, 05 Aug 2011 19:44:13 +0900

Noritoshi Hirakawa "Beyond the sunbeam through trees"（commissioned by YCAM) (2011.5.8)

Sat, 28 May 2011 18:44:33 +0900

Yoko Ando "Reacting Space for Dividual Behavior" (commissioned by YCAM) (2011.5.9)

Sat, 28 May 2011 18:40:01 +0900

Carsten Nicolai + Marko Peljhan "polar m [mirrored]" (Commissioned by YCAM) (2011.01.08)

Sun, 09 Jan 2011 10:31:16 +0900

Fujiko Nakaya + Shiro Takatani new installation "CLOUD FOREST" (2010.7.01)

Wed, 21 Jul 2010 23:58:49 +0900

OPENING EVENTS - Fujiko Nakaya + Shiro Takatani new installation "CLOUD FOREST"

Wed, 21 Jul 2010 23:42:55 +0900

It is our great pleasure to announce "CLOUD FOREST" an exhibition proposing new forms of environmental creation through a fusion of artistic expression and technology, at Yamaguchi Center for Arts and Media [YCAM].

Located at three main venues in and around the YCAM building, the exhibition features the "fog sculptures" of Fujiko Nakaya, who has frequently exhibited her works to great international acclaim, coupled with Shiro Takatani' s creations using light and sound. The resulting large-scale installation project unfolded in a novel form of collaboration combining the elements each artist specializes in. e interaction with information technology, along with various sensuous and spatial transformations, will suggest new forms of environmental creation to those who witness the various appearances of these installations mixing arti cial fog, sunlight and sound. e exhibition is at once an occasion to introduce and reevaluate E.A.T's foresighted art and science projects originally presented at the EXPO '70 Osaka, which eventually inspired this new project, while exploring the possibility of creative quests through art.
Look forward to a prospect of future "artistic environmental spheres" emerging from contemporary informational environments, illustrated by means of commissioned original works created in-residency at YCAM.

■OPENING EVENTS
Demonstrative Performance
August 7 (sat) 19:00-20:00
Venue: Foyer, Patios　Admission free
Performance: Fujiko Nakaya, Shiro Takatani, softpad (Takuya Minami, Tomohiro Ueshiba, Hiroshi Toyama)
In addition to Fujiko Nakaya and Shiro Takatani, the members of Kyoto-based art/design collective softpad, who took charge of the sound design for this exhibition, participate in a special experimental live performance incorporating the fog, light and sound installations in the patios and foyer.

Artist Talk
August 8 (sun) 14:00-16:00
Venue: Studio B　Admission free
Guests: Fujiko Nakaya, Shiro Takatani
Moderator: Akira Asada
Artists involved in this exhibition appear as special guests in a casual talk session that gives them the opportunity to introduce their works. Moderator will be Akira Asada, a specialist in the field who is familiar with each artist's endeavors to date. While referring to the work of E.A.T. at the 1970 Osaka Expo's Pepsi Pavilion, which inspired this project in the first place, the artists will look back at such trailblazing achievements as Nakaya's "fog sculptures" and David Tudor's soundscapes originally presented at the Expo, and discuss the developments and prospects now, four decades later.

■Exhibition outline
Fujiko Nakaya + Shiro Takatani 　"CLOUD FOREST"
new installation, commissioned by YCAM
August 7 (sat) - October 17 (sun), 2010
10:00-19:00（in August -20:00）
Yamaguchi Center for Arts and Media [YCAM] Patio, Foyer, Central Park
Admission free
Closed Tuesday * Cancelled in case of rain at the Central Park

* There will be guided gallery tours offered during the period of the exhibition. Please check the website for more information on additional event.
* Please notice that the artworks cannot be viewed as part of the regular exhibition between 17:00 and 20:00 on August 7th, as the performance on this day takes place in the patios and foyer.

Fujiko Nakaya + Shiro Takataninew installation "CLOUD FOREST"

Thu, 01 Jul 2010 23:41:12 +0900

http://www.ycam.jp/en/art/2010/04/fujiko-nakaya-shiro-takatani-n.html

Seiko Mikami new installation "Desire of Codes"

Sat, 20 Mar 2010 13:17:44 +0900

http://www.ycam.jp/en/art/2010/04/seiko-mikami-desire-of-codes.html

The exhibition period for Keiichiro Shibuya＋evala "for maria installation version" has been extended.

Thu, 28 Jan 2010 09:00:00 +0900

The exhibition period for Keiichiro Shibuya＋evala new sound installation "for maria installation version" has been extended.

The new exhibition period for Keiichiro Shibuya＋evala new sound installation "for maria installation version" is; October 1(Thu.), 2009 - June 6 (Sun), 2010
(The last day has been extended from January 31 to June 6)

During the term, you can appreciate forthcoming exhibition, Seiko Mikami "Desire of Codes" starting on March 20, so please come to YCAM and enjoy the works.

Keiichiro Shibuya＋evala new sound installation "for maria installation version"
October 1 (Thu.), 2009 - June 6 (Sun), 2010
10:00-20:00
Closed: Tuesday (the next days if it falls on a holiday)
Keiichiro Shibuya＋evala new sound installation "for maria installation version"