28 Jun. 2008

Since 1963, Shuya Abe worked with Nam June Paik as his engineer.VCT had an interview with Abe in electric parts shop in Akihabara where Paik and Abe have met. He told about robot series and video synthesizer by collaboration of Paik and Abe. interview:Kentaro Taki, video camera: Naoe Ooe, assistant: Sayaka Nasu cooperated by Kokusai Radio, Uchida Amateur Showroom

VIDEOART CENTER Tokyo's Achievements (selected)

[Distribution of Video Art work]
Sep. 06 “Documentary and Videoart feat. VCTokyo” Yamagata in Tokyo at Athene Francais
Mar. 06 “INTERSECTION” Belfast , Ireland
Nov. 04 "Sight Eizo-ten 2004" at Ginza Somido Hall, Tokyo
Oct. 04 "Avicon 2004 VCT in Bandung" Selasar Sunaryo, Bandung, Indonesia
Sep. 04 "Seni" at Singapore Art Museum(Singapore)
Aug. 04 "AUTONOM IST NOCH NICHT EINMAL DER MOND"at ACC", Weimar, Germany
Jul. 04 "D'Konschtkescht"Luxemburg
Nov. 03 "City-Video-Object" at Maison de Creteil(France)

[Videoart Library]
Visitor can watch video works from collection of videoarts, and refer information of overseas festival, catalogues, and books. (Amount of the video collection are domestic 100 works and 50 works from abroad as now)

Videoart Center Tokyo is subsidized by several cultural support program as below.

[Subsidized by]
Arts Council Tokyo(2014) Tokyo Cultural Support Program
Japan Foundation(2013) International Cultural Exchange support program
The Japan World Exposition 1970 Commemorative Fund　(2011) Film and Television Program Support
JICEF/Japan International Cultural Exchange Foundation　(2008) Invitation Support
ICF International Communications Foundation（2007）　Social Cultural Project Support Program
Japan Arts Fund(2004, 2005)　Pioneering Art Exhibition Supports
Society for The Administration of Remuneration for Audio Home RecordingSARAH(2002) Exhibition Support
Japan Foundation(2002)　Invitation Support