Video Sparks/Reflexive　2014-2015

Art Promenade in ASAGAYA/ “Wall to Wall”

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Asia- Vacuumed Cityscape

venue: Sakaiki

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VIDEOREFLEXIVE Vol.3 Video : Collage / Montage
vol.1 Kentaro TAKI Video Collage/Puzzling
7 Nov.(fri.) 2014
vol.2 Shuhei NISHIYAMA Video Montage/Shredding
14 Nov.(fri.) 2014

talk session: Kentaro Taki & Masahiro Hiramoto( Japanese only)
talk session Shuhei Nishiyama & Ryo Sawayama( Japanese only)

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Video reflexive series
Ko NAKAJIMA Video Vicissitudes
vol.1 Generation and Vicissitude of Media
10(fri.) Oct 2014
vol.2 5th Elements of Video Art
17(fri.) Oct 2014
Venue: UPLINK 1F factory(shibuya, Tokyo)

talk session Ko Nakajima & Sen Uesaki (Japanese only)
talk session: Ko Nakajima & Christophe Charles (Japanese only)

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INSPIRATION AND TRANSFORMATION by Madelon Hooykaas　 the Netherlands’video pioneer from the 70's till now

Date: 1 June(sun.) 2014
Venue: Sakaiki

artist talk: Madelon Hooykaas(japanese only)

"Kikai de Mirukoto=Eye Machine/To See by Chance -the Pioneers of Japanese Videoarts-" was showed in a symposim held in Srishti School of Art, Design and Technology, Bangalore, India.

date:18 – 19 December 2014
"Comparing Experimental Cinemas" WEB link
many thanks to: Miaca

[related artist info]
Festival report movie of "A Cruna", the Experimental Film Festival in Spain, tells about Takahiko iimura's film performance "White Caligraphy"(1967-2014), film works as "Kuzu/Junk"(1962) and  "AI/Love"(1962-63). (around 15minutes/ Spanish voice over)

「"Kikai de Mirukoto=Eye Machine/To See by Chance -the Pioneers of Japanese Videoarts-" will be screened at KHM/Koeln Mediaart University with Prof.Heide Hagebölling and video artist Aki Nakazawa who translated dialogues into German.

27 Nov. 2014 19:00- (Aula Filzengraben 2)
information web site
cooperated by Cultural House of Japan in Koeln

"Eye Machine/To See by Chance -the Pioneers of Japanese Videoart-" Filmpräsentation auf Einladung von Prof. Heide Hagebölling und des Japanischen Kulturinstituts Köln. Mit Aki Nakazawa (Übersetzungen). Donnerstag, 27. November, 19 Uhr, Aula Filzengraben 2, 50676 Köln
web link.

official website is here

Video Sparks presents video screening event titled as "Asia- Vacuumed Cityscape".

date: 15(sat.) Nov. 2014  start19:00-
entrance fee:1500yen with 1 drink
venue: Sakaiki (Yotsuya sanchome/ Tokyo) http://sakaiki.modalbeats.com/
how to access to Sakaiki:click





[program]
"Nostalgia"(2014 7') Nguyen Nhu Huy (Vietnam )
"KAMPUNG HAKKA" (2014 5'30" ) Andrew Stiff (Malaysia)
"Bleached Nightmare"(2013, 13')Richard Coronel (Philippines)
"MUD GAME" (2014 3'40")　KOK Siew-Wai(Malaysia)
"16 x 9 Capsule" (2014 6'40") Wuttin Chansataboot (Thailand)
"CAGE" (2012 9'44") LIM Chee-Yong(Malaysia/Taiwan)
"Iqra" (2005, 3')Ari Satria Darma (Indonesia)
"MIST" (2012 3'50") WONG Eng-Leong (Malaysia)



presented by VCT/VIDEOART CENTER Tokyo
supported by Arts Council Tokyo
cooperated by KLEX Kuala Lumpur Experimental Film & Video Festival, VIDEO ART Philipinas, Zero Station/ga 0 O.K. Video Festival

Chopping off videos into pieces, an experiment of the two young video artists from 2000’s,Kentaro Taki and Shuhei Nishiyama’s, will be analyzed as video collage and montage.

VIDEOREFLEXIVE Vol.3  Video : Collage / Montage 

vol.1  Kentaro TAKI  Video Collage/Puzzling
7 Nov.(fri.) 2014 start 19：30(open19：00）- 21:30 
screening and talk session with Kentaro TAKI + Masahiro HIRAMOTO(musician)   

vol.2 Shuhei NISHIYAMA Video Montage/Shredding
14 Nov.(fri.) 2014 start 19：30(open19：00）- 21:30   
screening and talk session with Shuhei NISHIYAMA + Ryo SAWAYAMA(art critic )   

venue: UPLINK　1F Factory(1F totsune build. Udagawacho Shibuya, Tokyo) TEL.03-6825-5503
fee : 1500yen, student1000yen
presented by UPLINK, VIDEOART CENTER Tokyo
supported by Arts Council Tokyo

vol.1 Facebooksite
vol.2 Facebooksite






vol.1 Artist Profile  Kentaro TAKI Born in 1973. In 1996 Completion, Master degree of fine arts of ‘Master course of Department of Imaging Arts and Sciences Musashino Art University. As dispatched artist granted by Cultural Agency of Japan(2002), POLA Art Foundation (2003) in Karlsruhe. Germany. Won "Graz BIX Media Competition" Grand Prix + Peter Cook Prize double winner(2005, Graz, Austria), Bochum Video Festival Organizer Prize(2005, Bochum, Germany).
Exhibition and screening in "Aviso Especial" installation (2009, Centro Multi Media, Mexicocity), "Nippon Connection"(2009, mousontrum, Frankfurt Germany),"Asian Art Biennial 2009 Viewpoints and Viewing Points"(2009,Taiwan National Art Museum), MJVAX:Malaysia-Japan Video Art Exhibition(2010, National Art Gallery Malaysia), "VIDEO LIFE"(2011, two men show with Ko NAKAJIMA, st.Paulst Gallery at AUT, Auckland, New Zealand)etc. http://takiscope.jp



vol.2 Artist Profile  Shuhei NISHIYAMA
Born in 1976, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. Majored art criticism at Ritsumeikan University. Influenced from avangarde cinema and videoart and started to make video works from 1998. Works are made as not only media for representation but also tools and words tools for thought. Making single channel video, installation, performance works. Stayed in Australia from 2007 to 2008 and had an indivisual exhibition in Sydeney. Living and making works in Tokyo from 2009. The Works has been shown for many film festivals in France, Germany, America, Brazil, Indonesia, Malaysia, Korea. http://www.shuhei2480.net/

[related event] Gallery exhibition Kentaro TAKI+Shuhei NISHIAYAMA UPLINK1F Gallery 5 (wed.)-24 (mon.) November 2014 open10：00-22：00 entrance free

Observer/Observed A video workshop with Takahiko iimura
Oct.18,(Sat) Takahiko iimura Workshop with his video "Observer/Observed" at no.w.here, London


Takahiko Iimura & Julian Ross: Films and Performance Oct.21(Tue) Takahiko iimura film:Ai/Love (12’, 1962), Kuzu/Junk (7’, 1962), On Eye Rape (10’, 1962), 24 Frames per Second (12’,1975) One Frame Duration (13’, 1977). Performance:White Calligraphy (10’). at Eye Film Institute, Amsterdam

Video Sparks!
is a series of events about cross over genre with videoart. It's forcusing on the session and improvisation of video and other art field, as dance, music, poetry reading and theater piece, or video screening show of foreign condition of visual art.
coming up event:
"Asia - Vcuumed Cityscape" 15 Nov. 2014
"Hakudo Kobayashi - video performance" Jan. 2015

previous event:
"Madelon Hooykaas -the Netherlands’video pioneer from the 70's till now-" June 2014
"Man and Woman" Mar. 2014
"Voice and Silence" Jan. 2014

also we're providing the other video retrospective event as "Video Reflexive" focuses on Masayuki Kawai(Dec. 2013, Jan. 2014), Ko Nakajima(Oct. 2014),  Kentaro Taki+ Shuhei Nishiyama(Nov.2014)

[video sparks vol.4]
INSPIRATION AND TRANSFORMATION by Madelon Hooykaas　
the Netherlands’video pioneer from the 70's till now

Retrospective video art screening and artist talk by Madelon Hooykaas. Also she will have a short live performance by using video screening and action drawing.

Date: 1 June(sun.) 2014  19:00-21:00 (screening, performance and artist talk)
Entrance fee:1500yen with 1 drink
Venue: Sakaiki (Yotsuya sanchome/ Tokyo)  http://sakaiki.modalbeats.com/
how to access to Sakaiki:click

[artist info]
Takahiko iimura Live Augmented Reality performance

introduced by Julian Ross　
date: Friday May 2, 19:00-
at MICROSCOPE Gallery
address: 4 Charles Place, Brooklyn, NY 11211 tel:1-347-925-1433
http://www.microscopegallery.com/?page_id=13377

[video reflexive vol.1]
The Omniazimuth Video Art of Masayuki Kawai

　Retrospective video art screening event of Masayuki Kawai, who is known as video performer or event organizer, however since late 1990's, he continued to make single channel video works. This screening traces his footprints.

vol.1:: 15 December 2013  open 14:50, start 15:00-
               after screening/talk event:Masayuki Kawai x Yu Kaneko
vol.2:: 26 January 2014 open 14:50, start 15:00-
               after screening/talk event:Masayuki Kawai x Natsuko Tezuka
entrance 1500yen/ students 1000yen

details/reserve　UPLINK WEBsite

screening list
vol.1 15 Dec. 2013
1.”a not = a or For Devatas Who Keep On Dancing” (2000 16min.)
2. “About a Theological　Situation in the Society of Spectacle” (2001 6min.)
3. “Man’yo/Tokyo” （2004 23min.）
4. “IN/OUT” (2009, 5min.)　
all pieces with English subtitles.

vol.2   26 Jan. 2014
1.”De Visione Absentis”（2004 37min.）
2.”Who are these wanderers, even more transient than we ourselves? ” (2007 40min.)
all pieces with English subtitles.