09 Sep 2011

JAPAN MEDIA ARTS FESTIVAL Dortmund 2011

Japan Media Arts Festival
Hartware MedienKunstVerein (HMKV) at Dortmunder U
10 September – 2 October 2011

Curated by Stefan Riekeles

Participating artists:

ART
HIRAKAWA Norimichi/ QUE Houxo, KUROKAWA Ryoichi, KUWAKUBO Ryota, MIYAMOTO Naotaka, ONISHI Yasuaki, SHINTSUBO Kenshu/ IKEGAMI Takashi, UKAWA Naohiro

ENTERTAINMENT
FUJIKI Jun, SUZUTA Ken/ FUJIKI Jun/ SUZUKI Tatsuya, HAYASHI Tomohiko/ SENBO Kensuke/ KOYAMA Tomohiko, MASE Jitsuro/ NAGAE Tom (DIRECTIONS.Inc), MIYAWAKI Osamu, MIZUGUCHI Tetsuya, NAKAMURA Haruki, UCHIDA Shinya

ANIMATION
ANNO Hideaki, HARA Keiichi, HOSODA Mamoru, ISO Mitsuo, KOIKE Takeshi, MIYAZAKI Hayao, OSHII Mamoru, SHINKAI Makoto, TANIGAWA Nagaru/ ISHIHARA Tatsuya, YUASA Masaaki

MANGA
AZUMA Kiyohiko, INOUE Takehiko, IWAAKI Hitoshi, YAMADA Yoshihiro, YAMAMOTO Naoki, YOSHINAGA Fumi, MATSUOKA Waka, Christina Plaka, Dirk Schwieger

SHORT MOVIES
ISHIDA Hiroyasu, KAWAMURA Masashi, Hal KIRKLAND, MASHIMA Riichiro, MIZUGUCHI Tetsuya, NAKAMURA Magico, NAKAMURA Masayoshi, OKAWARA Ryo, SAKAMOTO Yusuke, SEKI Kazuaki, TAKAHASHI Nobuo, TAKEUCHI Taijin, TAMAI Kenji, OKAMOTO Noriaki, YKBX



Organised by the Japanese Agency for Cultural Affairs and produced by Hartware MedienKunstVerein (HMKV), the Japan Media Arts Festival Dortmund 2011 presents prominent representatives of Japanese art, entertainment, manga, animation and music.

After Beijing, Shanghai, Singapore, Vienna and Istanbul, Dortmund (Germany) is the location of the sixth Japan Media Arts Festival (JMAF) overseas exhibition in 2011. Interactive installations, games, photography, manga, animated films and music can be experienced in a varied exhibition for which the award winners of the last festivals in Tokyo were selected.

Many elements of the comprehensive festival program are presented for the first time in Germany. Well known artists such as the Oscar winning director Hayao Miyazaki (Spirited Away, Howl's Moving Castle) will meet the art of newly discovered talents like Shinya Uchida, an iPad-magician. The custom-built large-scale installation days and nights by Norimichi Hirakawa and Houxo Que is blending colour-intensive paintings with video projections. Naohiro Ukawa presents his project The Final Media Dommune in a specially arranged clubroom. The installation is connected to the actual Dommune club in Shibuya, Tokyo, via live Internet streaming. Miniature models of animation characters, animals and monsters from the last 50 years pay tribute to the legendary figurine-maker Kaiyodo. Festival visitors can interact with Jun Fujiki's highly innovative computer game, echochrome. The pocket-sized 3-D cinema i3DG by Jitsuro Mase and Tsutomo Nagae invites you to give it a try. The manga café offers a selection of current Japanese comics and anime series while many more works of Japanese art and entertainment wait to be discovered.

The live event on the opening night of the JMAF at VIEW, the club in the Dortmunder U, promises to be a cutting-edge event of Japanese pop culture. On 9 September at 20:00 sasakure.UK will feature Hatsune Miku, the most popular Japanese virtual singer and famous Pop-star. Hatsune Miku will also perform together with Momoiro Clover Z, the most energetic idol-group in Japan. In addition, one of the founders of Japanese VJing, Naohiro Ukawa, will create an impressive VJ-live-performance to round up an exciting night.

Furthermore, a special film program features current and classic anime films on the big screen. Masaaki Yuasa's films will be a special highlight. Three of his most important films will be screened: Kaiba, Mind Game and the new series The Tatami Galaxy. On 11 September at 18:00 the director himself will explain his work during a film talk. Moreover, the exhibition Proto Anime Cut on the 3rd floor of the Dortmunder U is dedicated to the theme of anime and makes up, together with the Japan Media Arts Festival Dortmund 2011, this year's Japan focus of Hartware MedienKunstVerein. The Japan Media Arts Festival is an authorized event in the context of 150 years friendship between Japan and Germany.

www.hmkv.de
www.dortmund.bunka-jmaf.jp

Location:
Dortmunder U – Zentrum für Kunst und Kreativität (Centre for Art and Creativity)
Hartware MedienKunstVerein (HMKV) at Dortmunder U (6th floor, RWE FORUM | U Cinema, ground floor)
Leonie-Reygers-Terrasse
D-44137 Dortmund

Duration:
10 September – 2 October 2011

Opening:
Friday, 9 September

18:00 (6th floor, Dortmunder U – Centre for Art and Creativity, free admission)
with welcome addresses by:
Dr. Inke Arns (artistic director of HMKV, Dortmund)
Ullrich Sierau (Lord Mayor of the City of Dortmund)
Dr. Ingrid Stoppa-Sehlbach (Ministry for Family, Children, Youth, Culture and Sport of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia)
Kiyoshi Koinuma (Consul General of Japan, Düsseldorf)
Seiichi Kondo (Commissioner for Cultural Affairs, Japan)

20:00 (VIEW, 7 th floor, Dortmunder U – Centre for Art and Creativity, free admission),
concert and club program with:
Momoiro Clover Z (live)
sasakure.UK feat. Hatsune Miku (live)
onom+kmd (VJ)
Naohiro Ukawa (VJ)
Fabian Saavedra-Lara (Angst DJ-Team)

Opening hours - JMAF:
Tue – Wed 10:00 – 18:00
Thu – Fri 10:00 – 20:00
Sat – Sun 11:00 – 18:00
Closed on Mondays

Admission:
5 € / 3 €
Valid for one day: exhibition plus film program

Guided tours:
Each Thursday at 19:00 and each Sunday at 17:00 (included in the admission)
If you would like to book a private guided tour, please contact us via info@hmkv.de

Organized by:
Agency for Cultural Affairs, Japan
Hartware MedienKunstVerein (HMKV), Dortmund

Honorary Patronage:
Japanese Consulate General, Düsseldorf

In Cooperation with:
Japanisches Kulturinstitut
Goethe-Institut Japan
NHK International

Authorized Event of 150 Jahre Freundschaft Deutschland-Japan

Media partner:
ARTE Creative creative.arte.tv
De:Bug

JMAF-Symposium:
Saturday, 10 September 2011, 14:00 – 16:00
Sunday, 11 September 2011, 18:00 – 20:00
RWE Forum | U Cinema, ground floor

JMAF-Film Program:
Screenings for the Japan Media Arts Festivals (JMAF) run from 10 September through 2 October in RWE Forum | U Cinema
Thursdays at 20:00
Fridays at 20:00 (except 23 September 2011)
Saturdays at 16:00, 18:00, 20:00
Sundays at 16:00, 18:00, 20:00
Please check www.hmkv.de for the complete film program

Contact:
info@hmkv.de

Press contact:
steffen.korthals@hmkv.de