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VCT history
[2007]


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[2006]
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V-LOUNGE vol.3 3/24(fri) at Tokyo Wonder Site Shibuya

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World Videoart Channel
Lounge and talk by Kentaro Taki fucuses on independent videoart groups in the
world.
3/11(sat.)-12(sun.) at Art Space Tetra(Fukuoka)
3/18(sat.)-19(sun.) at Bar Sugar Kane(Nagoya)
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Video/economy - Distributions in Global Format(GER.)
VIDEOART CENTER Tokyo's activity was introduced
at ZKM/Center for Art and Media in Karlsruhe, Germany
1 Dec.2005 -12 Feb. 2006(detail)

[2005]
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Videoart on the WHITE Wall!! at Polonium Kitanaka WHITE, Yokohama

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Swiss Videoart Channel/Elodie Pong"Peripheral Area"

http://www.vctokyo.org/j/channel/ch200509EP.html
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[2001-2004]

Video showing

2001-2004 see Channel site
Festival 2003 AVICON (Asia Videoart Conference)
2002 Videoart Network Exhibition "TELEPIDEMIC!"
2002 inVex (Intercultural Videoart Exhibition)
Touring program 2003 TELEPIDEMIC! International
Invitation of foreign artist 2002 Maurice Lemaitre and Letterisme
Workshop 2004 Videoart Channel "RECORDED"
1999-2003 Video Artist Workshop

[Exhibition in abroad]
2004 Avicon in Bandung Bandung, Indonesia
Seni Singapore
AUTONOM IST NOCH NICHT EINMAL DER MOND Weimar, Germany
2003 Old Habit Die Hard Berlin, Germany
TOKYO-SEOUL: City/Video Creteil, France
OK Videoart Festival Bandung, Indonesia
2002 Puddles 2002 Tokyo, other
2001 Batofar Paris, France

[relative event]

artist talk "art meets Mac bicameral world "

vol4 feat. Kentaro TAKI/ Tokyo Video Texturing
participating artists:
Kato Chika, Kazuhito Sahara, Kentaro Taki, Hajimu To, Daisuke Nagaoka, Chikara Matsumoto, etc…
Live performance: Akiko Samukawa, Yoko Nakamura, Yukiko Watanabe, Kentaro Taki


26 April 2008
start 17:30-19:30 entrance free
at Apple Store GINZA




About Masayuki Kawai's HDV piece at ”Who's Next” exhibition in Tokyo

"Who's Next"
date: 3rd - 25th April,2008 (closed on Mondays) time: 12:00?19:00 opening: 3rd April 19:30-21:30 
venue: Museum at TAMADA PROJECTS tel:03-3531-3733    Asahi warehouse 2F, 1-14-7 Tsukishima, Chuo-ku, Tokyo map: http://www.tamada-pj.co.jp/access/access_en.html




RUMBLE at UPLINK

18 Mar. 19:00 open/ 19:30 start
at UPLINK FACTORY

Naoya Ooe's videoart will be shown as a guest work in the event by Tama Art University at UPLINK FACTORY.
http://www.uplink.co.jp/factory/log/002510.php




Videoscape/Cityscape
- video monument project for Yokohama City-


Kentaro Taki will make a proposal to highlight urban space in Yokohama. He is known as a double winner of Grand Prix and Peter Cook Prize of "Graz Art Project BIX Media Competition" in Austria 2005.Last year, he projected on a public space in front of Kawaguchi station at Kawaguchi city, Saitama Prefecture. He is remarkably noticed by his unique approach of video art to public spaces.

Symposium (Theatre, main building 3F)
date:Thursday(holiday), 20 March 15:00-17:00
fee:free
theme: "Videoscape/Cityscape"
panelist: Kentaro Taki
guest: Kenta Kishi, architect, director of LWL
http://www.aktakt.net/index2.html


LIVE IMAGES II: The Conversation in Images Festival
(a.k.a. Everything is Everything) - Tasman Richardson & Kentaro Taki Performance

9:30-10:30 Tue 8 Apr 2008
9:30pm - 10:30pm @ Workman Arts
In " Images Festival" in Toronto, Canada, Kentaro Taki will show video art performance with canadian videoartist,Tasman Richardson.


Taking part in Mueum show

Kentaro Taki took part in a contemporaly art show "Emerging Artists in MEGURO"at Museum of Art, Meguro, Tokyo.Taki shows two installation "Living in the Box"&"Bild:Muell#3".

4 Dec. - 13 Jan 2008
website: http://www.mmat.jp/

"Living in the Box"single channel version and "Bild:Muell" documentation are included in VCT compilation DVD"Vidiot in Contemplation".




Kawasaki Short 2007
Naoya Ooe's videoart is nominated for grandprix 10 works at "Kawasaki Short 2007 festival"and the work won a prize there. "The Lost in the Backyard of Surface" (Naoya Ooe 7min 2006) is included in vct compilation DVD.

http://www.ksp.jp/shortfilm/award/award2007.html


Freeze sound&vision 2007 vol.2

Naoya Ooe, participaiting artist of "Vidiot in Contemplation" will join into group exhibition as Rhizome TV. This time Rhizome TV collaborates with Kentaro Taki and show video/sound installation.

Freeze sound&vision 2007 vol.2
12(fri)-21(sun) Oct 2007
11:00-19:00(fri&Sat until-20:00)
ZAIM Yokohama Annex 3F/4F
entrance free
http://za-im.jp/php/news+article.storyid+200.htm

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"SPECIAL EVENT WITH EXPERIMENTAL FILMMAKER IIMURA TAKAHIKO"

at Yale University on 21st and 22nd, September Masayuki Kawai will join the discussion and performance on 22nd.
web


Takahiko iimura web site: http://www.takaiimura.com/homej.html
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Art meets Mac bicameral world vol.2

Kentaro Taki participates video and visual art event at Apple Store Ginza.

9/29 sat 5:30p.m.-7:30p.m.
at Apple Store Ginza 3F Theater free entrance

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Sung Nam HAN solo-screening

To celeblate to finish her video trilogy about "Love", three of episodes will be screened. Also new video work of Han "Becoming" will be shown.

12 May. 2007 15:00-pro1. 16:00-pro2. 17:00-pro1. 18:00- pro2.
fee 500 yen for 1program, 800yen for two.
at ZAIM yokohama 3F theater

produced by dosFox art TV cooperation: AKT

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Kazumi Kanemaki Screening and talk event
As traveling store event by art DVD label "am K.Y.", Kazumi Kanemaki spoke about her latest video works produced in Berlin, Germany. atEbisu Gift_lab
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Kentaro Taki Screening and talk event
As travel store event by art DVD label "am K.Y.",Kentaro Taki had his video work show and talk.
at Gift_lab


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Masayuki Kawai/ Kentaro Taki AKT openstudio

24 Mar. - 1 Apr. 2007 at Yokohama creative zone ZAIM

Kawai showed his latest video art shot by HDV"Who are these wanderers, even more transient than we ourselves?"and Taki showed video installtion "Bild;Muell(Image/Junk)#2"at Sound and Vision Exhibition.




Shuhei Nishiyama Video Screening at ZAIM theater

2007.3.3(sat.)at ZAIM yokohama,

VIDEOART SHOWING
"Flickers Of Maldoror"
Shuhei Nishiyama
Time:60min Digital Video

Date : 2007.3.3(SAT)
Place: ZAIM main build 3F theater http://za-im.jp/php/
Time : 14:00- / 16:00- / 18:00-
Artist Talk: 17:00-
Price: 1000yen
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[SHOWCASE]VCT is participating the art initiative fair of 50 art organizations from the nation.
2/2(fri) artists' works at VCT was screened.

date: 2007.2.2(fri)-4(sun) 12:00-19:00 (12:00-17:00 on the last day)
place: ZAIM annex 1F-3F
organizer: Art Initiative City Comittee Office
tel : 080-5071-5703 (AAN)
detail: http://a-a-n.org/AIC
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Related Event
Wave Front The Cutting Edget of Contemporary Art
VCT had helped one of the Australian artist, Shaun Gladwell with his production in Tokyo. Shaun Gradwell and other artists' works were shown at an exhibition at Tokyo Wonder Site Shibuya.The exhibition features the current contemporary art scene in Australia.

title: Wave Front Australia/The Cutting Edget of Contemporary Art
date: 2006.12.20(Wed)-2007.2.17(Sat)
place: Tokyo Wonder Site Shibuya
hours: 11:00-19:00(enterance until 18:30)
Fee: 500 yen artists: Shaun Gladwell, Craig Walsh, TV Moore and others
detail: http://www.tokyo-ws.org/
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"Kazuaki Project#2" video screening & artist talk
27-28 Oct. 2006 at:Out-lounge
Two artists, Kazumikanemaki and Akiko Nakamura's showing. They made video work based on same theme.

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M e l a n c h o l i c U t o p i a ---"e-scape into the realworld"--
Kentaro Taki "Bild:Muell"(Image/Junk) [video installation]
1 -22 Sep.2006 at YPG/Yokohama Portside Gallery
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M e l a n c h o l i c U t o p i a
-- "e-scape into the realworld"
Masayuki Kawai "Color Scenes"[video installation]
21 Jul. - 12 Aug. 2006
atYPG/Yokohama Portside Gallery

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Kazumi Kanemaki  VIDEO SCREENING
Her latest video works production in Berlin, Germany, inkl. FOOLOSOPHY (9'15" 2005) were showed.
3 Sep. 2006 19:00-
produced by VIDEO CALLING www.calling.jpn.org

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out-lounge "Guu" vol. 5 "Electronic Super Niagara Falls"

GOLDENSHIT(Katsuyuki Hattori+Yusuke Shinmura)held a week video jam session event.
24-29 July 2006 at out-lounge (out-lounge was closed in 2006)


VIDEOART CENTER Tokyo (c) 2007