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OKADA Tomohiro

岡田 智博

OKADA Tomohiro (Japanese), was born in 1971 in Matsumoto, JAPAN.

He graduated from the University of Tokyo with M.A. in information studies, and Kyushu Institute of Design with M.S. in visual art and design studies, and has been the director of non profit new media culture and social development nation wide initiative, the Creative Cluster of Japan, also the director of culture and ICT policy and planning consultancy company, Cool States Communications Laboratories of Tokyo.
He is also teaching Creative Economics and Creative and Art Management at Komazawa University and Atomi University (Tokyo) as a lecturer.

He has been interested in social innovation as a result of cultures using communication technology and new media.

He has worked on pre-production investigations and project start-up activities and curating and developing new media art and design field in Japan such as Japan Media Arts Festival (Agency of Cultural Affair), Yokohama City Art Network, DiVA (Digital and interactive/information Visual Art Research Completion and Exhibition), Global Media -OTAKU- (Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photograph), Electrical Fantasista, Evolution Cafe and Y Innovation (Ministry of Economics and Trade and Industry and Yokohama City Government), Creative Cafe OSAKA (Osaka City Government), Digital Art Festival Tokyo (NHK), Ars Electronica in Japan, and evaluating and advising of creative economy and social development policy for local governments in nation wide Japan (Osaka, Nagoya, Sendai, Shibuya, Yamaguchi, etc...) and has written and edited for international publications in the fields of new media culture and art and design.

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Web Site: http://creativecluster.jp/

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Discription of all art work on "Elactrical Fantasista 2008" and a site map on the exhibition map is now on pdf.

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Old Former Financial Ministry Building changing Wonder Apartment by art and design works by "Electrical Fantasista"

New generation of media and technology artists and interaction designers, "Electrical Fantasistas" create and propose new life style on communication age by their works that you would experience at the exhibition, Electrical Fantasista 2008 in Yokohama, July 18th through August 6th, 2008, one of most cyber-arts-Metropolis area in the world.

3 POINTS OF WONDER

point1 New Media Arts Telling Seamless Future Life

KUWAKUBO Ryota (New work with TOYOSHIMA Nanase) = Media artist / TEAM LAB (New work) = Ultra technologist company / dilight (New work) = Interaction designer / TABEI Masaru = Media artist / OKADA Kenichi = Interaction designer

Photo :
Emotoscope = A device that gives you an experience of missing time by OKADA Kenichi

point2 New Visual World - Visual Landscape, Interior, and Digital Signage

WOW (New work) = Visual art company ・SHIMURABROS = Video artist ・Bascule = Interactive design agency ・MAKABE Tomo + AMANO Yumiko = Media artist

Photo
Abobe : The image plays the reality (photo = momoko japan)= Visual experiment you will be into inside films by SHIMURABROS.
Down : Polar Candle = Trick art on digital video by WOW

point3 Between Interactive Art & Electronic Product

MURATA Chiaki - METAPHYS = Product designer・MATSUYAMA Junichi (New work) = Interaction designer・Crispin Jones = Interaction designer (UK) ・KURAMOTO Jin (New work) = Product designer ・MILE = Product designer

Photo
Right : METAPHYS susuki = LED lights would tell you WABI-SABI at field on autumn silently by MURATA Chiaki
Left : Write-Bulb = A electric switch with drawing by MATSUYAMA Junichi

EXHIBITION DITAIL

• Exhibition Name : Electrical Fantasista 2008 Wonder Apartment
• Date & Time = 7/18 Fri - 8/6 Wed 13:00-19:00
• Fee： 700JPY
• Venue : ZAIM Annex - Yokohama Creative Core　 http://www.za-im.jp/
  34 Nihon-O-Dori, Naka-ku, Yokohama
• Trafic : JR Line "Kannai" walk by 5min / Mitaomirai Line (vis Tokyu Toyoko Line) "Nihon-Odori" walk by 3min
• Official HomePage = http://fantasista.creativecluster.jp/
• Inquire e-mail = yokohama@creativecluster.jp (Creative Cluster)
• Phone : Sponsor +81-(050)-2404-3359 (Creative Cluster)　Venue +81-(045)-222-7030 (ZAIM)
• Sponsor: Creative Cluster
• Co-Sponsor : ZAIM (Yokohama Arts Foundation)
• Support: Japan Arts Fund
• Curator & Producer = OKADA Tomohiro

ZAIM Story

ZAIM is a landmark of 150 years international port city, Yokohama, after national isolation of Edo regime. Yokohama has faced Japanese modernized history and one of biggest international port in Japan. ZAIM was former Ministry of Finance local office in Tokyo Metropolitan Area build for 80 years.

After moving the ministry, City of Yokohama has converted for a creative core, place for start up offices of cultural industry and artist and art galleries and halls.

City of Yokohama aims to be Creative City that city development based on culture power.

Reference web site

• ZAIM = http://za-im.jp/ (English available) / Creative City Yokohama = http://www.city.yokohama.jp/me/keiei/kaikou/souzou/en/

About Creative Cluster

Creative Cluster is non profit organization contributing to create new life　style on new information and communication technology with new design and media art talents since 2002, headquarters in Yokohama, offices in Kyoto and Tokyo.

Reference web site Creative Cluster = http://creativecluster.jp/ (English available)

MORE REFERENCE:
Artist Web Site on Electrical Fantasista 2008

• KUWAKUBO Ryota = http://www.vector-scan.com/
• TEAM LAB = http://www.team-lab.com/ http://www.team-lab.net/
• OKADA Kenichi = http://kenichiokada.com/
• WOW = http://www.w0w.co.jp/
• SHIMURABROS. = http://shimurabros.boomboomfilm.com/
• Bascule = http://www.bascule.co.jp/
• MURATA Chiaki - METAPHYS = http://www.metaphys.jp/
• Crispin Jones = http://www.mr-jones.org/

Venue = ZAIM
web site http://www.za-im.jp/ 
Phone +81-(045) 222-7030

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