[related artist info]

MihaRI( Kentaro TAKI + Naoya Ooe)video performance will be in Creative Space 9001.

[date] 14(sun.) Mar. 2010 17:00- (about 25min)
[entrance fee] free
[access] Creative Space 9001 Next door to Exit of JR keihintohoku line "Sakuragicho" sta. (Kanagawa Pref./ 5min from "Yokohama" sta.)

the performance will be shown as closing event of following exhibition;
Follow Up! the final event of Creative Space 9001
by Kenta Kishi + Kentaro Taki

[related artist]

Takahiko iimura's interviews are several web sites about cinema, experiment cinema.

1.CloseUp(Video libraly / showcase, london
2.Cork(Experimenta Conversation-Irish experiment film
3.Film/Video Online-blogs& docs(Barcelona)
4.Interview by studentsof New York Univ.

Vital Signals Japanese and American Video Art from the 1960s and 70s

A retro spective video art screening will be held in Yokohama Museum of Art.
Taka iimura from VCT also takes part in video screening with his video pieces as "Camera, Monitor, Frame"('76), "Observer/Observed", "Man and Woman" etc.
Talk events with Taka iimura, Kohei Ando and Nobuhiko Obayashi.

official site is here(japanese only)

date: 14(thu.), 15(fri.) January 2010
at Ono kinen hall at Waseda University
presented by Waseda University, EAI

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.
09VCT_VideoTracking.pdf

IDFA's Jan Vrijman Fund supports documentary filmmakers and festivals in developing countries. Its goal is to stimulate local film cultures and to turn the creative documentary into a truly global film art. (general regulation is here.)

VIDEOEX International Experimentalfilm & Video Festival

22- 30 MAY 2010 Zurich Switzerland

They are looking for :experimental films 8mm / 16mm / 35mm (screened in original format),videos, (experimental, videoart, ...)innovative animation,experimental digital & graphic productions (to be screened),experimental documentaries,experimental music videos

Entry deadline 30 January 2010    
Entry Form is here.

Call for Entries from International Videofestival Bochum.(Germany)

Deadline 15 Feb. 2010: details are on their web site!

related event info (artist Soon Nan Hang, Shuhei Nishiyama and  Masayuki Kawai)

What's Far East Audio Visual Socialization？
Far East Audio Visual Socialization (hereafter, FEAVS) is a conceptual group, established for FEAVS 2009.
The main activities are organizing of FEAVS 2009 Audio Visual Festival, the planning, curating, PR and running the FEAVS.

The purpose of FEAVS is to hold the event or the festival of Audio Visual works once every two years, to introduce works by Audio Visual artists. Artists using various methods of production from different regions and representing diverse points of views will be involved in FEAVS 2009. FEAVS presents to consider social system through the various art scenes as well.

date: Dec. 6th(sun.)-19th(sat.) 2009
venue: Getsumin Gallery in Chuo-ku, Osaka

Details are here.(in Japanse)
Taka iimura also takes part in video screening with his video pieces as "Camera, Monitor, Frame"('76), "Observer/Observed", "Man and Woman" etc.

Vital Signals:Japanese and American Video Art from the 1960s and 70s

date: 21(sat.), 22(sun.), 23(mon) November 2009
at Lecture hall, Yokohama Museum of Art
presented by Yokohama Museum of Art, EAI

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

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.

(related event)
Japan Malaysia Videoart Exchange

Naoya Ooe, Sung Nam Han, Shuhei Nishiyama from VCT
will join the event, "Japan Malaysia Videoart Exchange"held by SVP2.
SVP2 site is here.
http://svp2.com/news/2009breiko/tokyo/index1.html

at Roppongi Stripe's Space

Screening event of three artists is in
3rd Oct. 2009 14:30-15:30(program C)

Kentaro Taki's video installation will be shown in
the 1st Tokorozawa Biennial of Contemporary Art
SIDING RAILLOAD

28 Aug(fri.)-23 Sep.(wed) 2009
get off at Tokorozawa sta. (seibu ikebukuro line, shinjyuku line)
west exit, takes 2min by walk
Access Map
entrance free
10:00-18:00
ask:　080-3537-3021

web site: