March 10th, 2010 - marikot -
March 8th, 2010 - marikot -
A record number of visitors attended the 13th Japan Media Arts Festival held in The National Art Center, Tokyo, in February. The 12 day festival was launched in 1997, to promote the creation and development of media arts. This years festival received more than 2,500 works from 54 countries, about 180 award-winning works and jury-recommended works. The festival highlights four art divisions including media based art, entertainment, animation and manga.
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© 2009 Japan Media Arts Festival. All rights reserved.
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Twitter Plaza / Photo: Kayo Tamura
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Kosuke Kawase “Bearings Glocken II”/ Photo: Kayo Tamura
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Lawrence Malstaf “Nemo Observatorium”/ Photo: Kayo Tamura
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Ei Wada “Braun Tube Jazz Band”/ Photo: Kayo Tamura
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David Bowen “growth modeling device”/ Photo: Kayo Tamura
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Magico Nakamura, Masayoshi Nakamura, Masashi Kawamura, Hal Kirkland “Hibi no Neiro”/ Photo: Kayo Tamura
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Makoto Yukimura “VINLAND SAGA”/ Photo: Kayo Tamura
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© Yukimura Makoto/Kodansha / “VINLAND SAGA”
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Takahiro Yamaguchi “Urbanized Typeface : Shibuya08-09″/ Photo: Kayo Tamura
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Reading manga/ Photo: Kayo Tamura
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© Alvaro CASSINELLI / Alvaro CASSINELL, MANABE Daito, KURIBARA Yusaku, Alexis ZERROUG “scoreLight”
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© Junghwan Sung / Junghwan SUNG representing Mr. Lee Experiment creative team “Mr. Lee Experiment”
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© 2009 Japan Media Arts Festival. All rights reserved.
February 8th, 2010 - marikot -
Strongly inspired by Japanese manga, Fantasista Utamaro creates works across several creative mediums including illustration, textile, graphic design and film production. Examples of Utamaro’s work include an illustration for Tokyo Bar in NY and manga works for mashcomix.
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January 31st, 2010 - marikot -
January 29th, 2010 - marikot -
The Flash festival FITC Tokyo 2009, was held in Japan for the first time last year.
One of the largest and longest running events of its kind in the world, FITC covers everything from Flash design, to motion design, creative inspiration, to other technologies like Flex, Air and processing. The festival, now in its’ eighth year, has toured through ten cities and five countries, with over 700 presentations and over 10,000 attendees annually.
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Entrance at FITC Tokyo 2009 / Photo: FITC Tokyo 2009
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Presentation by Lee Brimelow “Sneak Peek of Max 2009″ / Photo: FITC TOKYO 2009
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Audience at FITC Tokyo 2009 / Photo: FITC Tokyo 2009
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Presentation by Keith Peters “Making Things Move”/ Photo: FITC Tokyo 2009
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Presentation by Mario Klingemann “Connecting the Dots” / Photo: FITC TOKYO 2009
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Presentation by Grant Skinner “Quick as a Flash” / Photo: FITC TOKYO 2009
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Photo: FITC TOKYO 2009
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Presentation by Joshua Hirsch “Big Spaceship: Digital Creative Agency” / Photo: FITC TOKYO 2009
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Finale at FITC Tokyo 2009 / Photo: Kayo Tamura
January 8th, 2010 - marikot -
NANOOK has launched his first solo exhibition entitled “POP WAR NOW!” at Kinkan gallery in Meguro, Tokyo this month.
NANOOK is one of the 12 artists whose work was selected for visuals of SHIFT 2010 Calendar competition. With his pop and good sense of humor, his creation is based on his motto of “STAY KIDS”, with an innocent and mischievous viewpoint.
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