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Documentary of the Early Japanese Videoart

kikai_AD_omote.jpgDocumentary video screening about the Early Japanese Videoart
"Kikai de Mirukoto -Eye Machine/Seeing by chance-"

date: 15 Thr. Dec 2011 19:00-20:45 (open:18:30)
venue: Okuma Auditorium/Small hall, Waseda University
screening: "Kikai de Mirukoto -Eye Machine/Seeing by chance-" (HDV/2011/75min) japanese only
lecturer:Kentaro TAKI

Appearing Artist:
Kohei ANDO, Michael GOLDBERG, Sakumi HAGIWARA, Mako IDEMITSTU, Takahiko iimura, Nobuhiro KAWANAKA, Hakudo KOBAYASHI, Shigeko KUBOTA, Toshio MATSUMOTO, Ko NAKAJIMA, Katsuhiro YAMAGUCHI, Keigo YAMAMOTO, Morihiro WADA

Connected People:
Shuya ABE(engineer of Nam June Paik), Barbara LONDON, Yoshimi NARA, Tomohiro NISHIMURA, Ann ADACHI, Rebecca CLEMAN, Yoshitaka SHIMANO, Hiroaki SATO, Nariaki SASAKI, Keisuke OKI, Takashi ECHIGOYA, Yoshiharu HAMASAKI, Yoshitomo MORIOKA, Peter WEIBEL,

presented by VCT/VIDEOART CENTER Tokyo
co-presented byKawaguchi Art School of Waseda University
supported by The Japan World Exposition 1970 Commemorative Fund
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Early Japanese Videoart
"Kikai de Mirukoto" To See through the Machine

optitle.jpgVCTokyo presents a documentary video "Kikai de Mirukoto - the pioneers of Japanese videoarts", with oral history and exact video pieces of early video artists in Japan.

We plan to show this documentary in film festival in public this year. You can get more information in this site or join to our mail news.

HDV,  65min, 2011
director: Kentaro TAKI, camera:Naoya OOE
presented by VCT/VIDEOART CENTER Tokyo


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JEC Fund Project(2011)
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KDDI Foundation (2007)


interview with mrs. Barbara London, MOMA, NY

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13 Jul. 2010
For VCT's documentary project, we had an interview with Mrs. Barbara London, curator of MOMA, NY. U.S.A..

Since 70's, Mrs. London found video pieces from Japan and she introduced them in U.S.A..We could have good conversation!

Shigeko Kubota, a pioneer of video sculpture

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11 Jul. 2010

VCT had an interview with Mrs. Shigeko Kubota, a pioneer of video sculpture. We could have good conversation about activities of FLUXUS, and early era of videoart walked with her husband, Nam June Paik.

Video Tracking:VCT chronicle '02-'09

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A documentation file from 2002 to 2009 of  VCT/Videoart Center Tokyo's  activities, is published. This shows you VCT's various achievements on videoart from the begenning  to the present.

download PDF file from here.
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interview with Hakudo Kobayashi

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26 Dec 2009

VCT had another interview with Hakudo Kobayashi, video artist of first generation in Japan.

cooperated byTVF

Michael Goldberg introduced SONY to J-videoartist in 1972

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26 Dec 2009

VCTokyo had an interview with Michael Goldberg, canadian videoartist who visited Japan in 1972, made efforts for videoart scene in Japan as new art expression with media communication tool. recently Goldberg finished his documetary video aboutDaisetsu Suzuki, a ZEN master

cooperated byIVW international video works

Undefined Boundary Project in Yokohama, 2010

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interview with Kohei Ando

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VCT focuses on pioneers of Japanese videoartists, and this time we had interview with Mr. Kohei Ando who treated "Mother"(1969) was made with feedback video shot by 16mm film with using TV station equipments.

cooperation: Dept. promotion of cultural events:Waseda University

Exhibition at ZAIM, Yokohama

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VCT's videoart network project"Undefined Boudary" will be exhibited at the gallery space in Yokohama Creative Zone ZAIM.  This time, the project newly includes Kenta Kishi's piece to 3 other cities as Mexicocity, Rio deja neiro and Tokyo.

"emptiness/fullness"
15 -25 Oct 2009 at Yokohama Creative Zone ZAIM,、ZAIM Gallery
Kentaro Taki from VCT will join following exhibition with Kenta Kishi(architect)/Chikara Matsumoto(animation), on theme"emptiness/fullness" as group exhibiiton.
14th Oct 2009/ opening reception 18:00-
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