KTV NEW MEDIA LAB

Cyber Arts Japan

30 Years celebration of Ars Electronica

Christmas Interactive Art exhibition

Namba Parks

COBACA-JA Night

Movie art event for students

In celebrating of the 30th anniversary of the worldwide media art festival Ars Electronica, the Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo (MOT) held Cyber Arts Japan, a special media art exhibition focusing particularly on art and technology in Japan. The ties between Ars Electronica and Japan have been close since the festival's founding in 1979, thanks to the many Japanese artists who have participated and won awards in the festival. They include Isao Tomita, Ryuichi Sakamoto and Toshio Iwai, and Maywa Denki, for example. Cyber Arts Japan will focus on the works from the festival to explore new possibilities for connecting art, science and technology, and society.

“Takahiro Matsuo's The Xmas Playing Lights”was held for the second time in 2009. Exhibition works called media art are combined with lights and movies and sounds in interactive creations as an infinitely evolving hands-on works influenced by visitor's physical movement. The concept of the exhibition is that visitors by themselves have an extraordinary experience with the lights. There were three works of art at the exhibition. “Fairy Christmas”is an exhibit where visitors stand on white mats that invoke a snow scene and they appear with a fairy on the screen.

“COBACA-JA Night” is movie art event which anyone who is a student regardless of school or department can apply for. Any theme is fine!
You can apply through the Web site by uploading a movie file within 5 minutes in length.
The top selected movies were shown at “COBACA-JA Night”and judges chose the best picture on location.
The best and excellent movies received valuable prizes!
“COBACA-JA Night” finds student artist with hidden talent.
It has created a new art scene in Kansai.