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
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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
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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
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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/
