Japan Media Arts Festival 20 th Anniversary Exhibition
Press Release August 30, 2016

“Japan Media Arts Festival 20th Anniversary Exhibition - Power to Change”【Updated Information】Satellite Venue: NTT InterCommunication Center［ICC］

Artists Selected for the Exhibition“New Styles, New Artists:

The Contemporary Trend of Artists”

The Japan Media Arts Festival 20 th Anniversary Exhibition Executive Committee presents the “Japan Media Arts
Festival 20 th Anniversar y Exhibition - Power to Change” from October 15, to November 6 , 2016 at 3331 Arts
Chiyoda and other locations.
This year, to mark the festivalʼs 20 th anniversary, with the keyword “change”, four past Jury members have chosenAward-winning Works and Jury Selections from previous Japan Media Arts Festivals to be exhibited or screened,
exemplifying the diverse expressive forms and changing nature of Media Ar ts（ Japanese: Media Geijutsu ）over that period.
We have the pleasure to announce that an exhibition: “New Styles, New Artists: The Contemporary Trend of Artists” will
be held at our Satellite Venue located at the NTT InterCommunication Center［ ICC ］as one of our feature exhibitions.

■New Styles, New Artists: The Contemporary Trend of Artists

Abstract
In recent years, we have witnessed the establishment of a new trend in media artistsʼ style of activity; they freely
traverse the fields of art, design, and entertainment, sometimes engaging in works commissioned by clients, and atother times expressing themselves through creative activities in the ar ts field. They also tend to establish
production entities together with fellow artists rather than engaging in activities on their own. The emergence of
new artists who engage in such expansive realms of activity in expressing themselves has been increasing inprominence since the late 1990 s, which coincides with the beginning of the annual Japan Media Arts Festival. In
this exposition, we will give a selective introduction to the works of art by these new creators.

Period: Saturday, October 15 - Sunday, November 6, 2016

Venue: NTT InterCommunication Center［ICC］（Tokyo Opera City Tower 4th Floor, 3-20 -2 Nishi Shijuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 163-1404）● Opening hours: 11:00 to 18:00 ※Last entry 30 minutes prior to closing.
● Open every day during the exhibition period（except Mondays）.
Exhibition Supervisor:
Contentsof the Exhibition:

SEKIGUCHI Atsuhito［Visual Artist / Professor, Aichi University of Arts / Former Japan Media Arts
Festival Jury Member（ Art Division）］

4 sets of artwork, each presenting the new trend
by way of making free use of technology, plus video
projections and panel descriptions which reflect
on the wide scope of activities of the artists.

1st JMAF, Grand Prize,
Digital Art（Interactive Art）
Division

KAGE（ foundation / first-time win for JMAF）
List of Artistsʼ Works
CHIKAMORI MOTOSHI
Present at the Exhibition 1. WOW（1997／2009）http://www.w 0 w.co.jp
2. plaplax（2004／1997 Awarded as CHIKAMORI Motoshi）
http://www.plaplax.com
3. Rhizomatiks（2006／2007）http://rhizomatiks.com© plapla x
4. takram（2006／2008）http://www.takram.com
Contact Information: Japan Media Arts Festival Secretariat Public Relations Department［c/o hilo Press］
Email: jmaf-pre@hilopress.net

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【Continued Coverage】Main Venue: Arts Chiyoda 3331; Satellite Venue: UDX THEATER

Additional Announcement on Exhibition & Screening
3 rd JMAF, Grand Prize, Digital Art（ Interactive Art ）Division

Entertainment Robot AIBO（ERS-110）“Entertainment Robot AIBO（ERS-110）” Development Team© 1999 Sony Corporation

4th JMAF, Grand Prize, Digital Art（ Interactive Art ）Division

DRAGON QUEST VII -Warrior of Edden-“DRAGON QUEST VII” Development Team（HORII Yuji（Game design & scenario direction）/
SUGIYAMA Koichi（Music compose）/ TORIYAMA Akira（Charactor design）/
YAMANA Manabu（Program direction）/ MAJIMA Shintaro（Art direction）, Representatives）© 2000 ARMOR PROJECT/BIRD STUDIO/HEART BEAT/ARTEPIAZZA/SQUARE ENIX All Rights Reserved.

6 th JMAF, Special Prize

HOSHI NO KOE（The voices of a distant star）

SHINKAI Makoto© Makoto Shinkai / CoMix Wave Films

8 th JMAF, Grand Prize, Art Division

3 minutes²

Electronic Shadow（Naziha MESTAOUI & Yacine AIT KACI）© Electronic Shadow

10 th JMAF, Grand Prize, Art Division

Imaginary・Numbers 2006
KIMOTO Keiko© Keiko Kimoto

10 th JMAF, Excellence Award, Manga DivisionOHOKU

YOSHINAGA Fumi
© FUMI YOSHINAGA/HAKUSENSHA

18 th JMAF, Grand Prize, Entertainment Division

IngressGoogleʼs Niantic Labs（John HANKE, Founder）© Google / Niantic Labs

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Photo: Google ʼs Niantic Labs

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■Animation Division: Short Animation Screening Program

Venue: Arts Chiyoda 3331, UDX THEATER

20 Years of Japanese Individual Artists（1）1997- 2007
Major Screenings

3 rd JMAF, Excellence Award, Animation Division

TYO STORY

10 th JMAF, Excellence Award,Animation Division

PIKA PIKAFURUKAWA Taku

NAGATA Takeshi +MONNO Kazue

20 Years of Japanese Individual Artists（2）2008- 2015

© Tochka

OthersMajor Screenings

17th JMAF, New Face Award, Animation Division

15th JMAF, Excellence Award,
Animation Division

WHILE THE CROW WEEPS

Muybridgeʼs Strings
YAMAMURA Koji

SUKIKARA Makiko / MATSUMURA Kohei© 2011 National Film Board of Canada /NHK / Polygon Pictures

Others

20 Years of Students in Art

20 Years of Commercial Short Animation

Major ScreeningsMajor Screenings

15th JMAF, New Face Award,Animation Division

12 th JMAF, Grand Prize,Animation Division

The Tender March
UEKUSA Wataru© Wataru Uekusa All Rights Reserved.

20 Years of Foreign Animation（1）The House ofSmall Cubes
KATO Kunio

Others© ROBOT

OthersMajor Screenings

8 th JMAF, Excellence Award, Animation Division

10 th JMAF, Excellence Award, Animation Division

BIRTHDAY BOY

La grua y la jirafa（The crane and the giraffe）

Sejong PARK

Vladimir BELLINI

13 th JMAF, Excellence Award,Animation Division

15th JMAF, New Face Award, Animation Division

Rabenjunge（Raven Boy）

The Cable Car

Claudius GENTINETTA /Frank BRAUN

Andrea DEPPERT© Claudius Gentinetta

Others

20 Years of Foreign Animation（2）Major Screenings※Detailed information will be announced

19 th JMAF, Grand Prize,
Animation Division

RhizomeBoris LABBÉ© Sacrebleu Productions

Otherson the Japan Media Arts Festival
20 th Anniversary Exhibition Website:
http://20anniv.j-mediaarts.jp/en/

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Japan Media Arts Festival 20 th Anniversary Exhibition
Press Release August 30, 2016

“Japan Media Arts Festival 20th Anniversary Exhibition - Power to Change”
Since its inception in 1997, the festival has presented awards to outstanding works in each of its four
divisions: Art, Entertainment, Animation, and Manga. As a comprehensive festival of Media Arts（Japanese:Media Geijutsu）. It also provides a platform for appreciation of the award-winning and other notable works
and has in recent years been demonstrating its continuing evolution as an established annual internationalfestival. By tracking 20 years of the festival, this exhibition provides a precious oppor tunity to fullycomprehend Media Arts as well as the changes and trends in the society, culture, and technology thatsurround and derive from it. What is the relationship between these changes and trends and the inherent
power of the works? This exhibition serves as an opportunity to ponder the future of Media Arts as anextension of their “Power to Change”.

Period: Saturday, October 15 - Sunday, November 6, 2016
Venue: Main venue: 3331 Arts Chiyoda（6-11-14 Sotokanda Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 101-0021）● Opening hours: 11:00 to 19:00 ※Last entry 30 minutes prior to closing.
● Open every day during the exhibition period.
Satellite venue: NTT InterCommunication Center［ICC］, UDX THEATER,
The National Art Center, Tokyo and other locations.
※ Exhibition days and opening hours vary according to venue.
Admission free ※A few events within the festival will be subject to fees.
Organizer: Japan Media Arts Festival 20 th Anniversary Exhibition Executive Committee
Cooperation: NTT InterCommunication Center［ICC］, 3331 Arts Chiyoda
Public Relations Cooperation: 1up, Akiba TV, BEACON AKIBA
Planning and Management: COMPUTER GRAPHIC ARTS SOCIETY（CG-ARTS）

Contact: Japan Media Arts Festival 20th Anniversary Exhibition Information
Japan Media Arts Festival Overview Website: http://j-mediaarts.jp/en.php
Japan Media Arts Festival 20th Anniversary Exhibition Website: http://20anniv.j-mediaarts.jp/en/
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Twitter: @JMediaArtsFes

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