【Press Release】

Total number of pages: 9 pages
UPDATED on February 18, 2016
MAT Committee

MEDIA AMBITION TOKYO, now fastly becoming the annual cultural showcase oftechnological art with an experimental twist in urban Tokyo,
is being brought to you this year
February 26(Fri)‐March 21(Mon/Ntl Holiday)!

Organizer: MAT Committee

Dates: February 26(Fri)‐March 21(Mon/Ntl Holiday), 2016

Roppongi Hills/CG‐ARTS/JTQ Inc./Rhizomatiks*Event Calendar will vary according to venue.

Venues:01. Roppongi Hills (Roppongi)
02. INTERSECT BY LEXUS‐TOKYO (Aoyama)
03. IMA CONCEPT STORE (Roppongi)
04. INSTITUT FRANÇAIS TOKYO (Iidabashi)
05. Digital Hollywood University (Ochanomizu)
06. Apple Store, Ginza (Ginza)
07. Apple Store, Omotesando (Omotesando)
About

08. TSUTAYA ROPPONGI TOKYO (Roppongi)
09. DAIKANYAMA T‐SITE (Daikanyama)
10. teamLab (Suidobashi)
11. Warehouse TERRADA (Tennozu)
12. National Museum of Emerging Scienceand Innovation (Odaiba)
13. Toranomon Hills (Toranomon)

MEDIA AMBITION TOKYO 20162016 will be MEDIA AMBITION TOKYO (MAT)’s 4th year in running. To fans and the curious, the event is a real‐life showcase of top‐notch technological culture that takes an experimental approach to urban implementation. With its headquarters (MAT Lab) situatedin Roppongi, venues have further multiplied to Aoyama, Ginza, Iidabashi, Ochanomizu, and Odaiba, at which super‐edgy artwork,
video, music, performances, hacks and talk shows will be hosted.
Programs have organically increased, expanded and connected simultaneously with the number of domestic and international
participants by way of innovators, organizations and events, allowing MAT to mature as an active body.
With 2020 and beyond in mind, and not omitting the largely evolving systematic designs of transportation, communication andinformation, the event addresses the potential of technology in creating the city’s future. MAT aims to substantialize the reformative
movement in technology art through experimental validations unbound by genre or category.
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Main Programs*Venues are numbered 01‐13. Please confirm list.

＜MAT EXPERIENCE＞
01. Roppongi Hills
ʻMAT LAB’, Mori Tower 52F, TOKYO CITY VIEW
Artists; Rhizomatiks Architecture, Genta Kondo+Hiroshi Yamaura+Tetsuya Konishi (exiii), WOW, Norimichi Hirakawa x LEXUS, Naotaka Fujii +GRINDER‐MAN+EVALA, EUGENE NAKAGAWAx Spiber x THE NORTH FACE, Tetsuya Mizuguchi + Rhizomatiks Architecture + KeioMedia
Design etc. (DIGITAL CHOC 2016 Collaboration Artists; 1024 architecture, Alex Augier)Dates; February 26(Fri)‐March 21(Mon, Ntl Holiday) / Time; 10:00‐22:00 / Entrance; DOOR¥1,800 , ADV¥1500 (TOKYO CITY VIEW Charge)①

ʻMAT LAB’, Mori Tower 3F, Presentation Room / Title; 3D GRAFFITI / Artist; IMG SRC

Dates; March 9(Wed)‐13(Sun) TBD / Entrance; DOOR¥1,800 , ADV¥1500(TOKYO CITY VIEW Entrance Charge)②

Relight Days, Roppongi Hills Keyakizaka ‘Counter Void’
Artist; Relight Project
Dates; March 11(Fri)‐13(Sun) / Entrance; Free③

‘Everything is as it is’, West Walk 2F, Temporary Barricade
Artists; Douglas Diaz + Rhizomatiks Architecture
Dates; February 16(Tue)‐29(Mon) / Entrance; Free
There will be a live painting performance by Douglas Diaz during the event.

02. INTERSECT BY LEXUS ‐ TOKYO, 1F GARAGE / Artists; Takahiro Matsuo (LUCENT) / Title; White Rain for LEXUS

Dates; February 26(Fri)‐March 21(Mon, Ntl Holiday)/Time; 11:00‐22:00/Entrance; Free
03. IMA CONCEPT STORE, AXIS BLDG 3F / Artist; FIG LAB, obx / Title; RGB, Peek‐A‐Boo

Dates; February 26(Fri)‐March 12(Sat), closed Sun&Mon/Time; 11:00‐19:00/Entrance; Free
04. INSTITUT FRANÇAIS TOKYO (and others) / The 5th ‘DIGITAL CHOC’, DIGITAL CHOC 2016

Dates; February 19(Fri)‐March 21(Mon, Ntl Holiday)
05. Digital Hollywood University, Ochanomizu Sola City Academia / ‘FashionTech Summit #001’

Dates; March 4(Fri)19:00 start, 5(Sat)10:00‐19:00, 6(Sun)10:00‐16:00 Fin.*There is possibility the time may be modified /Entrance; Free for March 4(Fri.), ¥3000 per Day (¥1000 for Student), ¥5000 for all days
09. DAIKANYAMA T‐SITE, Garden Gallery / Artist; meleap
10. teamLab / Artist; teamLab
Title; HADO/ Dates; March 12(Sat) – 15(Tue) / Entrance; Free
Title; teamLab Office Tour / Dates; February 29(Mon) 15:00‐16:00 /Entrance; Free
11. Warehouse TERRADA / Artists; Kohei Nawa + Damien Jalet

Title; Vessel / Dates; March18(Fri)19:00‐20:30 / Entrance; Free *Talk session by Kohei Nawa and Marihiko Hara(Musician) to be held.
12. National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation (Miraikan), 7F ‘Campus Genius Meeting’Dates; March 4(Fri)17:00‐20:30, March 5(Sat)&6(Sun)10:00‐17:00 / Entrance; Free
Organizer; CG‐ARTS (http://campusgenius.jp)
13. Toranomon Hills / Playable City Tokyo / Artists; Chomko & Rosier

Title; Shadowing / Dates; February 26(Fri)‐March 21(Mon, Ntl Holiday) / Entrance; Free

＜ MAT TALK ＞
01. Roppongi Hills, Mori Tower 52F, TOKYO CITY VIEW

Entrance; adv¥1500, door¥1800 (TOKYO CITY VIEW )Entrance Charge)
Tetsuya Mizuguchi x Seiichi Saito Date; March 3(Thu) /Time;19:00‐20:00
Norimichi Hirakawa x Tadao Mori, Junji Tanigawa(moderator) Date; March 15(Tue)/Time; 19:00‐20:00

04. INSTITUT FRANÇAIS TOKYO (Capacity; 100persons) DIGITAL CHOC 2016 Collaboration Event

1024 architecture x Seiichi Saito, Kei Wakabayashi(moderator)Date; February 24(Wed)/Time; 19:00‐21:00/Entrance; ¥500 (Students, Members; Free)
06. Apple Store, Ginza (Capacity; 100persons)Seiichi Saito x Toshiyuki Inoko, Junji Tanigawa(moderator) Date; March 13(Sun) / Time; 16:00‐17:00 / Entrance; Free
Tatsuo Miyajima x Junji Tanigawa, Kei Wakabayashi&Teiya Iwabuchi(moderator) Date; March 13(Sun) / Time; 18:00‐19:00 / Entrance; Free
07. Apple Store, Omotesando (Capacity; 50persons)

Kosuke Oho x Takahiro Matsuo, Junji Tanigawa(moderator) Date; March 5(Sat)/Time; 17:00‐18:00/Entrance; Free
02. INTERSECT BY LEXUS ‒ TOKYO

An introductory speech by Takahiro Matsuo on his artwork ‘White Rain for LEXUS’

Date; March 5(Sat)/Time; 18:20‐19:00/Entrance; Free

11. Warehouse TERRADA

Kohei Nawax Marihiko Hara, Junji Taniigawa(moderator) Date; March 18(Fri)/Time; 19:00‐20:30/Entrance; Free

＜ MAT LIVE ＞
01. Roppongi Hills, Mori Tower 52F, TOKYO CITY VIEW

MEDIA AMBITION TOKYO OPENING LIVE ‘Digitally Show’ produced by Keiichiro Shibuya
Artist : Live ‐ Keiichiro Shibuya,Seiho, SKY‐HI, Yasei Collective Alex Augier (DIGITAL CHOC 2016 & Scopitone Collaboration Artist）/ DJ‐ ELLI ARAKAWA, Tomad / VJ ‐ HEXPIXELS, Daihei Shibata
Date; February 26(Fri) / Time; 20:00‐24:00 / Entrance; door¥4,320 adv¥3,780(inc.Tax)【Press Contact】
HiRAO INC. Rep: Mifune (mifune@hirao‐inc.com), Sakaguchi (tomomi@hirao‐inc.com)
Phone: +81‐(0)3‐5771‐8808 Fax: +81‐(0)3‐5410‐8858

＜MAT EXPERIENCE＞
01. Roppongi Hills［Roppongi］

Mori Tower 52F, TOKYO CITY VIEW

‘MAT LAB’ ‐ A Platform for Urban Experimentation by Artists and Businesses
Dates; February 26(Fri)‐March 21(Mon, Ntl Holiday) / Time; 10:00‐22:00
Entrance; DOOR¥1,800 , ADV¥1500 (TOKYO CITY VIEW entrance charge)

Ticket : peatix ‐ http://peatix.com/event/147267

Solaris Protocol by Rhizomatiks Architecture@ Arata Isozaki exhibition "solaris" @ ICC 2014

‘An Experiment; the Search for New Expressions in
Architecture and Space’

Rhizomatiks Architecture
Title：SPACE EXPERIMENT#001,002,003©2014 exiii Inc.

‘Changing Society with Revolutionary, Myoelectric Prosthetic
Hands’

Genta Kondo+Hiroshi Yamaura+Tetsuya
Konishi (exiii)

Title：handiii / HACKberry

Norimichi Hirakawa x LEXUS
Title：the view [ for LEXUS LF‐LC ]Photo by Masaki Miyai
Photographs courtesy of Contemporary Art Museum, Kumamoto‘A New Experience of Self‐Awareness and Physical Senses’‘An Experience of Multi‐Sensory Stimulation’‘Pursuing Visual Experiment with 3D Hologram’

Naotaka Fujii +GRINDER‐MAN+EVALA,
Title：The Mirror

Tetsuya Mizuguchi + Rhizomatiks
Architecture + Keio Media Design
Title：Rez Infinite ‐ Synesthesia Suit

WOW
Title： Light of Birth‘The Philosophy of Innovative Fiber Made from Artificial
Synthetic Spider Web ‘‘Wearable Technology; Using Conductive Adhesive forFabric Design’‘The View on the Other Side of Earth’

EUGENE NAKAGAWATitle： Syndrome / Earth THE NORTH FACE Spiber with EUGENE KANGAWA
Title： MOON PARKA with SANSUIHoleDIGITAL CHOC 2016

Collaboration Artists

Olga[ Etw.Vonneguet ]Title; FABOLOGY
Mori Tower 3F Presentation Room
March 9 (Wed)- 13(Sun) / Time：15:00-22:00‘A Simple Cube Comes to Life’‘An Audio‐Visual Sculpture; Questioning the Relationshipof Real and Virtual’‘3D Digital Graffiti on the real world ’1024 architecture
Title: WALKING Cube

Alex Augier
Title： vVvoxel

IMS SRC
Title： 3D GRAFFITI【Press Release Information URL】

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＜MAT EXPERIENCE＞
01. Roppongi Hills

Roppongi Hills Keyakizaka ‘Counter Void’［Roppongi］

The first ‘Counter Void’ relighting in 5 years since March 13th 2011, the 3‐day event
sheds light on how humans need to live in the future.
Artist; Relight Project
Title; Relight Days
Dates; March 11(Fri)‐13(Sun) / Entrance; Free
Hosted by ; Tokyo Metropolitan Government, Arts Council Tokyo, NPO inVisible
Special cooperation by ; MEDIA AMBITION TOKYO

Tatsuo Miyajima「Counter Void」2003 TV Asahi

01. Roppongi Hills

West Walk 2F, Temporary Barricade［Roppongi］‘Visualization of Direct Expression’
Artists; Douglas Diaz + Rhizomatiks Architecture
Title : Everything is as it isDates; February 16(Tue)‐29(Mon) / Entrance; Free
The painting performance by Douglas Diaz to be held as following schedule:
February 19(Fri), 20(Sat), 26(Fri), 27(Sat) 12:00‐18:00

02. INTERSECT BY LEXUS ‐ TOKYO［Aoyama］

Meteor Shower‐like Lights Reflecting Off of LEXUS GS F
Rain Created with Advanced Motion Lighting
Artist; Takahiro Matsuo (LUCENT)
Title; White Rain for LEXUS
Dates; February 26(Fri)‐March 21(Mon, Ntl Holiday)
Time; 11:00‐22:00
Entrance; Free

03. IMA CONCEPT STORE［Roppongi］‘Innovative Photography; A Visualization of the Relationship Between Machinery and Man
by Pixel Information—the Circulation of Photography, Augmented Reality and the RealWorld’
Artists; FIG LAB,obx
Title; RGB, Peek‐A‐Boo
Dates; February 26(Fri)‐March 12(Sat), closed Sun&MonTime 11:00‐19:00
Entrance; Free

04. INSTITUT FRANÇAIS TOKYO［Iiabashi］‘‘Futurama’; Visualizing the Future of Artificial Intelligence, Bio‐technology and Robotics, inCollaboration with the 5th DIGITAL CHOC Event’
The 5th ‘DIGITAL CHOC’
Artists; David Benqué, Yoichi Ochiail, Alain Bublex, Goh Uozumi, Sati, and more
Dates; February 19(Fri)‐March 21(Mon, Ntl Holiday)
Hosted by; INSTITUT FRANÇAIS JAPANwww.institutfrancais.jp/tokyo/digitalchoc2016【Press Release Information URL】

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＜MAT EXPERIENCE＞
05. Digital Hollywood University［Ochanomizu］

FashionTech Summit #001 ‐ ‘Making Tokyo the Start‐up Hub of Fashion Tech
Talk Shows, Hacks, Panel Discussions, Exhibitions’Dates; March 4(Fri)10:00 ‐ 6(Sun)18:00 / Entrance; Free
Hosted by; FashionTech Summit Committee, Digital Hollywood University
Producer; Tomoyuki Sugiyama, Motoyoshi Hirata (Digital Hollywood Univ.)
Joint planning/management; STYLER, Psychic VR Lab
Courtesy of; Isetan Misukoshi Ltd. Unity Technologies Japan, Mouse Computer Co., Ltd.

09. DAIKANYAMA T‐SITE

Daikanyama T‐site Garden Gallery［Daikanyama］‘A Real‐life Monster Battle via Wearable and AR Technologies’
Artists; meleap
Title : HADO
Dates; March 12(Sat) – 15(Tue)
Entrance; Free

10. teamLab［Suidobashi］‘teamLab Tour; Where It All Begins’
Artist; teamLab
Title; teamLab Office Tour
Dates; February 29(Mon) 15:00‐16:00 / Entrance; Free
Capacity; 20persons
Application : http://teamlab.connpass.com/event/26725/

11. Warehouse TERRADA［Tennozu］‘Visual Expression; ‘Art and Stage Art’—Where the Two Worlds Meet’
Artists; Kohei Nawa + Damien Jalet
Title; Vessel
Dates; March18(Fri)19:00‐20:30 / Entrance; TBD / Capacity:70persons

Application : Peatix (http://peatix.com/event/148337)*Live performances by Damian Jalet from Belgium, and talk show by Kohei Nawa
and Marihiko Hara to be held after the film show “Vessel”(30min).

12. National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation (Miraikan)［Odaiba］‘Face‐to‐face with New Technology. Meet the New Creative Talents of Our Future’‘Campus Genius Meeting’Exhibition of the 21th Student CG contest, and talk show
Dates; March 4(Fri)17:00‐20:30, March 5(Sat)&6(Sun)10:00‐17:00
Entrance; Free
Organizer; CG‐ARTS http://campusgenius.jp【Press Release Information URL】

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Phone: +81‐(0)3‐5771‐8808 Fax: +81‐(0)3‐5410‐8858

＜MAT EXPERIENCE＞
13. Toranomon Hills［Toranomon］

An interactive exhibit that gives memory to a city's street lights, inviting interaction
between people who share a space through the shadows they leave behind Winner of
UK Watershed's 2014 Playable City Award debuts in Japan
Playable City Tokyo / Artists; Chomko & Rosier / Title; Shadowing
Dates; February 26(Fri)‐March 21(Mon, Ntl Holiday) / Entrance; Free
Organizer; British Council
Special Cooperation; Rhizomatiks, Watershed, Toranomon Hills
Supported by; Asatsu‐DK Inc.

＜MAT TALK＞
01. Roppongi Hills［Roppongi］［六本木］‘The New Embodiment of Digital and Physical’

Date; March 3(Thu)
Time; 19:00‐20:00
Place; Roppongi Hills, Mori Tower 52F, TOKYO CITY VIEW
※The talk session will be held in front of 「Rez Infinite ‐ Synesthesia
Suit」by Tetsuya Mizuguchi and Rhizomatiks Architecture.

Resonair

Rhizomatiks

Tetsuya Mizuguch

Seiichi Saito

Capacity; 50persons
Application: Please send email to info@mediaambitiontokyo.jp with “March 3(date)”, Name,phone#, address, age by February 25th.
※ Tokyo City View entrance fee is needed and you can enjoy the MAT exhibition with it too.
Entrance; DOOR ¥1,800 ADV ¥1,500 (TOKYO CITY VIEW Entrance Charge)
Ticket：peatix(http://peatix.com/event/147267)

Tetsuya Mizuguchi (Media Designer/Founder of Resonair Project Professor/Keio University Graduate School of Media Design (KMD))
Along with his pursuit of research on the links between human desires and media, Tetsuya Mizuguchi engages in a wide range of creative activities in synesthesia around the globe, spanninggenres such as video games, music and visual creation. His works include Rez (2001), Lumines (2004), and Child of Eden (2010).

Seiichi Saito（Creative&Technical Director, Rhizomatiks /Media Ambition Tokyo Committee）
Born in Kanagawa in 1975, Mr. Saito began his career in New York in 2000 after graduating from Columbia University with a Master of Science degree in Advanced Architectural Design (MSAAD).
Since then, he has been active in creative work at the Arnell Group, and returned to Japan upon being selected for the Echigo‐Tsumari Art Triennial event. He produces works in the commercial art
field which are three‐dimensional and interactive while also being based on the firm grounding in logical thought that he cultivated through architecture. Mr. Saito has won numerous international
awards at the 2009‐2014. He currently serves as Director of Rhizomatiks Co., Ltd., while also lecturing part‐time at the Department of Architecture in the Faculty of Science and Technology at Tokyo
University of Science. 2013 D&AD “Digital Design” Jury, 2014 Cannes LIONS “Branded Content and Entertainment” jury. Milan Expo Japan pavilion theatre space director, Media Art Director at
Roppongi Art Night 2015.Good Design Award 2015 Jury.

‘Passage of Human Emotions and Technology;
A New Horizon of Expression’

Date; March 15(Thu)
Time; 19:00‐20:00
Place; Roppongi Hills, Mori Tower 52F, TOKYO CITY VIEW
※The talk session will be held in front of 「the view [ for LEXUS LFLC ]」by Norimichi Hirakawa.
Capacity; 40persons
Application: Please send email to info@mediaambitiontokyo.jp with “March 15(date)”, Name,phone#, address, age by March 3rd.

ArtistLexus Design
Project Chief Director

Norimichi Hirakawa Tadao Mori

JTQ

Junji Tanigawa(moderator)※ Tokyo City View entrance fee is needed and you can enjoy the MAT exhibition with it too.
Entrance; DOOR ¥1,800 ADV ¥1,500 (TOKYO CITY VIEW Entrance Charge)
Ticket：peatix(http://peatix.com/event/147267)

Norimichi Hirakawa
Hirakawa’s works centralize in real‐time processed, computer programmed audio visual installations, and have been shown at national and international art exhibitions as well as the Media Art
Festivals. He is a recipient of many awards including the Award of Distinction at Prix Ars Electronica in 2008. He involves himself in a wide range of activities, such as concert piece production for
Ryoji Ikeda, collaborations with Yoshihide Otomo, Haruko Mikami, live performances as Typingmonkeys, and artistic direction for the ARTSAT project (Satellite Art Project).

Junji Tanigawa ( CEO of JTQ Inc./ Space Composer / Media Ambition Tokyo Committee )Born 1965. He founded consulting firm JTQ Inc. in 2002, providing creative direction for clients to “deliver [their] messages through the medium of space”. Going beyond the designing of physicalstructures, he applies all forms of communication to branding development and promotion. His major works include Japan Media Arts Festival (2005 ‐ 2008), JAPAN BRAND EXHIBITION (2007), Kansei
Exhibition (2009) at the Palais du Louvre’s Museum of Decorative Arts, Yakushiji Hikari Emaki (2010) to commemorate the 1300th anniversary of Heijyokyo, GOOD DESIGN EXPO (2007 ‐ 2011), GOOD
DESIGN EXHIBITION (2007‐2013), KRUG Bottle Cooler (2011, 2013), MARC JACOBS ICONIC SHOWPIECES EXHIBITION (2013), UT POP‐UP! TYO (2013), MEDIA AMBITION TOKYO (2013 – 2014) and IMA
CONCEPT STORE (2014). Tanigawa has been selected for the D&AD Awards, as well as winning numerous DSA (formerly DDA) Awards for his outstanding contributions to spatial design.

＜MAT TALK＞
06. Apple Store, Ginza［Ginza］‘Ambitions of Technology Art’
Place; Apple Store, Ginza 3F Theater
Date; March 13(Sun)Time; 16:00‐17:00

Rhizomatiks

teamLab

JTQ

Seriichi Saito

Toshiyuki Inoko

Junji Tanigawa(moderator)

Capacity: 100persons
Entrance; Free
Application; Apple Store official site :https://s.apple.com/dE4c4o8o8N

Toshiyuki Inoko (teamLab)Toshiyuki Inoko, Founder of teamLab was born in Tokushima City in 1977.He graduated from the University of Tokyo in 2001, from the Department of Mathematical Engineering andInformation Physics. He attended the University of Tokyo Graduate School of Interdisciplinary Information Studies before leaving in 2004.
teamLab is an Ultra‐technologists group made up of specialists in the information society such as; Programmers (User Interface Engineers, Database Engineers, Network Engineers, Hardware
engineers, Computer Vision Engineers, Software Architects), Mathematicians, Architects, CG Animators, Web Designers, Graphic Designers, Artists, Editors and more. We create works
through “experimentation and innovation” making the borders between Art, Science, and Technology, more Ambiguous.

‘Time Elapse & Co‐creation; Elements of Evolution in Art’
Place; Apple Store, Ginza 3F Theater
Date; March 13(Sun)Time; 18:00‐19:00

Courtesy Lisson Gallery Milano

Artist／Relight Project

JTQ

Chief editor /『WIRED』Japan

Editor in Chief, Bijyutsu Techo

Tatsuo Miyajima

Junji Tanigawa

Kei Wakabayashi(Moderator)

Teiya Iwabuchi(Moderator)

Capacity: 100persons
Entrance; Free
Application; Apple Store official site:
https://s.apple.com/dE4q2o2G0L

Tatsuo Miyajima (Artist/Relight Project)
Tatsuo MIYAJIMA is a contemporary artist. He graduated from the Tokyo University of Arts in 1986 and also received an honorary doctorate from the London Institute in 1998. His participation in
the Venice Biennale (1988) brought him international attention. Since then, based on the idea of ‘Art in You,’ he has produced a number of works that uses digital light‐emitting diode (LED) andmaterials such as electric circuits, video, and computers. He serves as Vice President of Kyoto University of Art and Design and Tohoku University of Art and Design.

Kei Wakabayashi ( WIRED Japanese Edition )Born in 1971. Spends his early childhood in London and New York.
After graduating from Waseda University’s Faculty of Letters, Arts and Sciences (his major was in French literature), joins Heibonsha, a publishing company. Through editing for thecompany’s monthly magazine ‘Taiyo (sun)’, he becomes affiliated with Japan’s traditional cultures including cooking, architecture, design and literature.
Becomes independent as a freelance editor in year 2000 and thereon works on editorial production for magazines, free‐papers, corporate PR brochures, as well as editing exhibition
illustration books and other written works. He is also active as a music journalist and edits music‐related articles ranging from free jazz to K‐pop. Is also a consultant for music labels,
Editor‐in‐Chief for WIRED JAPAN since 2011.

Teiya Iwabuchi (Editior in Chief, Bijyutsu Techo)
Born 1975. Graduate of Faculty of Economics, Keio University. Has been a member of ‘Bijutsu Techo’’s editorial department since 2002, Editor‐in‐Chief since 2008. Also holds post as Editor‐
in‐Chief for ‘Bijutsu Techo Global Edition’ founded in 2015, and online art news site, ‘Bitecho’.

07. Apple Store, Omotesando / 02. INTERSECT BY LEXUS ‒ TOKYO［Omotesando/ Aoyama］‘Art and Commerce; Potential of Expression’
１. Talk Session by Mr.Oho, Mr.Matsuo and Mr.Tanigawa
Place; Apple Store, Omotesando
Date/Time; March 5(Sat) 17:00‐18:00
Capacity: 50persons / Entrance; Free
Application：Apple Store official site : https://s.apple.com/dE4W7p4z4v
WOW

LUCENT

JTQ

Kosuke Oho

Takahiro Matsuo

Junji Tanigawa

Kosuke Oho （WOW Creative Director）

2. The work introduction session by Mr.Matsuo
Place; INTERSECT BY LEXUS ‐ TOKYO
Date/Time; March 5(Sat) 18:20‐19:00※ The work “White Rain for LEXUS” introduction session by Mr.Matsuo
to be held in INTERSECT BY LEXUS (Aoyama) after the talk event at
Apple Store Omotesando subsequently.

After graduating from Tama Art University, joins a major advertising firm then proceeds to WOW.
Has worked in overall visual planning (CM, VI, PV) and creative direction mainly via advertisement.
His recent works have been focused on spatial visual expressions. His activity areas have expanded overseas and has worked as director on numerous installation visual projects.

Takahiro Matsuo (LUCENT)
Born 1979. CEO of LUCENT DESIGN INC. Engages in interactive light installations integrating video, light, technology and aesthetic representation.
Matsuo’s artwork is created via his own video, light and programming systems and is diverse in expression and technique. They display Nature’s phenomena and laws, the delicatenessof light within our imaginations and provoke intuitive participation from visitors. He has provided his creativity to international art exhibitions, public spaces, commercial facilities
and luxury brand salons.

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Phone: +81‐(0)3‐5771‐8808 Fax: +81‐(0)3‐5410‐8858

＜MAT TALK＞

11. Warehouse TERRADA［Tennozu］

Show and Discussion : ‘Sculpture and Stage; Our Approach on the ‘Body’ ‐ Discussion on Dance Performance ‘Vessel’’Place; G36F Warehouse TERRADA
Date; March 18(Fri)Time; 19:00‐20:30 (‘Vessel’show 19:00‐, Discussion 19:30‐)
Entrance; Free / Capacity;70persons
Application: Peatix: http://peatix.com/event/148337
Photo:Nobutada OMOTE｜SANDWICHSANDWICH

Musician

JTQ

Kohei Nawa

Marihiko Hara

Junji Tanigawa(moderator)

Kohei Nawa

(Sculptor/SANDWICH)

Born in Osaka,1975. Currently based in Kyoto. Director of a multidisciplinary creative platform “SANDWICH Inc.”. Professor of graduate school/Art and Design Studies at Kyoto Universeity of
Art & Design. Working with the unique concept of PixCell as an axis, his works continues to unfold in diverse expressions.

Marihiko Hara

(Musician)Marihiko Hara is a composer residing in Kyoto, Japan. Graduated from Kyoto University (Faculty of Education). A project member of Dumb Type, Shiro Takatani. His main interest is tocompose serene silence in music and to pursue his own texture of sounds. He composes music for performance such as Shiro Takatani “ST/LL” with Ryuichi Sakamoto, Damien Jalet +Kohei Nawa “Vessel”, and visuals, Kawai‐Okamura “Columbos” (Awarded The Silver Dragon Prize at Krakow Film Festival), Eugene Kangawa “sansui”.

04. INSTITUT FRANÇAIS TOKYO

Digital Choc ＆ Media Ambition Tokyo Collaboration Talk

［Iidabashi］‘Entre Architecture Physique et Numérique’Between Physical and Digital Architecture
Place; NSTITUT FRANÇAIS TOKYO
Date; February 24(Wed)Time; 19:00‐21:00

audio visual label

Rhizomatiks

Chief editor /『WIRED』Japan1024 architecture

Seiichi Saito

Kei Wakabayashi(Moderator)

Entrance; ¥500 (Students, Members; Free)
Application: DOOR ticket only and the ticket to be distributed an hour
before the session’s starting time.
http://www.institutfrancais.jp/tokyo/events‐manager/le‐labo‐vol‐10/1024 architecture1024 architecture is a company created by Pier SCHNEIDER and François WUNSCHEL.1024 focuses on the interaction between body, space, sound, visual, low‐tech and hi‐tech, art and architecture.
1024 make audio‐visual installations, micro‐architecture, urban intervention, performances, exhibitions and others. www.1024architecture.net/

08. TSUTAYA TOKYO ROPPONGI

Relight Project

MEDIA AMBITION TOKYO Collaboration Talk

［Roppongi］

Relight Project MEDIA AMBITION TOKYO・Relight Session Vol.2‘Socially Engaged Art; Men in Motion’Place; TSUTAYA TOKYO ROPPONGI 2F
Date; January 28(Thu)
Time; 19:30‐21:00

Photo:Courtesy Lisson Gallery Milan

Artist／Relight Project

Journalist /Media Activist

Rhizomatiks

Creative Director, NPO inVisible / Relight Project

Tatsuo Miyajima

SeiiDaisuke Tsuda

Seiichi Saito

Hiroko Kikuchi

Capacity;
50personsHosted by ; Tokyo Metropolitan Government,
Arts Council Tokyo, NPO inVisible
Special cooperation by ; MEDIA AMBITION TOKYO*Registration closed.

Daisuke Tsuda (Journalist /Media Activist)
Daisuke TSUDA is a journalist and media activist. He is the editor‐in‐chief of an online magazine about politics Politas. Graduated from the Social Sciences Department, Waseda University. He
is a visiting professor at Osaka University of Economics and Kyoto University of Art and Design. He is a Representative Director of Movements for the Internet Active Users. He also appears on
television network including TV Asahi and Fuji Television. He has written numerous articles and books on subjects such as media, journalism, IT, internet‐service, contents‐business, copyright,
and others, as exploring ‘new’ journalism using social media.

Hiroko Kikuchi (Creative Director, NPO inVisible / Relight Project)
Hiroko KIKUCHI is an artist and community designer. Her experiences extend from creating socially engaged art projects, to providing engagement based strategic direction and leading
educational and leadership programs for arts and cultural institutions. She has worked for the MIT and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and her consulting clients include Berkeley Art
Museum, the Washington DC Office of Planning, the Kentucky Foundation for Women, and Vietnamese American Civic Association and others. In Japan, she has worked for the WAWA project,
Aichi Triennale 2013 and lectures at Rikkyo University and Musashino Arts University.

【Press Contact】
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＜MAT LIVE＞
01. Roppongi Hills［Roppongi］

Roppongi Hills, Mori Tower 52F, TOKYO CITY VIEW

MEDIA AMBITION TOKYO OPENING LIVE ‘Digitally Show’produced by Keiichiro Shibuya
Artist :Live ; Keiichiro Shibuya, Seiho, SKY‐HI, Yasei Collective
Alex Augier (DIGITAL CHOC 2016 & Scopitone Collaboration Artist）
DJ ; ELLI ARAKAWA, Tomad
VJ ; HEXPIXELS, Daihei Shibata

Keiichiro Shibuya

Date; February 26(Fri) / Time; 20:00‐24:00
Entrance; door¥4,320 adv¥3,780
Ticket : Peatix (http://peatix.com/event/147275)

Seiho

SKY‐HI

Yasei CollectiveTomad

HEXPIXELS

Daihei Shibata

ELLI ARAKAWADIGITAL CHOC 2016 & Scopitone Collaboration artist

Alex Augier

MAT Committee
ROPPONGI HILLS / CG‐ARTS / JTQ Inc. / Rhizomatiks
MAT Partner
INTERSECT BY LEXUS – TOKYO / Culture Convenience ClubMedia Partners
The Asahi Shinbun Company / WIRED JAPAN / BIJUTSU TECHO / HIP / Roppongi Mirai Kaigi
PR Partners
HiRAO INC / Getty Images Japan K.K.
Special Cooperation
Warehouse TERRADA / Digital Hollywood University / Relight Project / Institut français du Japon ‐ Tokyo/
IMA CONCEPT STORE(amana inc.) / National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation (Miraikan) / British Council / IntelWEB http://www.mediaambitiontokyo.jp

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HiRAO INC. Rep: Mifune (mifune@hirao‐inc.com), Sakaguchi (tomomi@hirao‐inc.com)
Phone: +81‐(0)3‐5771‐8808 Fax: +81‐(0)3‐5410‐8858