Ogaki Biennale 2006
Janken: The Power of Chance
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Ogaki Biennale 2006
Janken: The Power of Chance
From the countries of Asia,
Summon the power of chance in media art to Ogaki
The 2nd Gifu Ogaki Biennale 2006 international media art festival
will be held this forthcoming Friday October 6 to Sunday October 15.
The Biennale will be directed by media art curator and
internationally active critic, Gunalan Nadarajan, and media
aesthetics professor at the Institute for Advanced Media Arts and
Sciences, Hiroshi Yoshioka. We present Janken as the universal theme
at Biennale, reinterpreting the non-European game as a flexible and
mythical idea.
This Biennale has two distinct features: First, it will be the first
exhibition in Japan that focuses on Asian media artists from
countries such as Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines, Indonesia,
India, China and South Korea which have in recent years grown with
rapid momentum, drawing global attention. Second, these exhibitions
will be deployed throughout various places on the streets of Ogaki
City, Gifu.
In addition to the works above, there will be artist talks, symposia,
workshops, performances and exhibitions of artworks by artists from
Japan and other countries, IAMAS (Institute of Advanced Media Arts
and Sciences, International Academy of Media Arts and Sciences)
students and graduates.
This will be an event full of fresh ideas and the latest information
technology such as a unique stamp collecting activity developed
specifically for the Biennale and sound events from a specially
customized bus.
- Event Dates
Oct 6 [Fri] – Oct 15 [Sun], 2006
11: 00 - 19:00
- Venue
Throughout Ogaki City, Gifu, Japan
- Directors
Ganalan Nadarajan (Critic and Curator) + Hiroshi Yoshioka (Prof.
IAMAS Institute of Advanced Media Arts and Sciences)
- Theme
Janken: The Power of Chance
Janken is a game used to decide something no one wants to decide.
Derived from the Buddhist term ryanken hoi, as the etymology suggests
it is the act of invoking the will of the universe (hoi) for problems
that cannot be concluded through human rational understanding
(ryanken). Janken consists of a three-way deadlock of gu (rock),
choki (scissors) and pa (paper). Differing from contemporary global
economics where the strongest is the lone winner, in Janken there is
no ultimate winner, rather it is based on the world-view that winning
and losing circulates through the world.
The elements of ‘chance’ and ‘luck’ that intervene in
rational ‘schedules’ and ‘planning.’ The unforeseen
developments and serendipity in arts and sciences, and in our own
lives. Ogaki Biennale 2006 takes up Janken, the familiar game where
the power of ‘chance’ manifests directly, calling attention to the
trichotomy at work (gu, choki and pa) that mythically symbolizes the
fluid and cyclical structure of the world, in contrast to dichotomies
such as coin tosses (heads / tails). Janken also serves to help us
understand that cyclical structures are universal challenges in the
natural environment, economic society, and all other realms with
which we are close in contact.
- Exhibitions and Performances
Exhibitions and artwork displays by artists from Japan and around the
world will be displayed using various areas in the city.
- Exhibitions and performances
Venzha Christ (Indonesia / media installation)
Tad Ermitaño (Philippines / video, media installation)
Seo Hyo Jung (South Korea / media installation)
Jamsen Law (China [Hong Kong] / video installation)
Zulkifle Mahmod (Singapore / sound performance)
Kamol Phaosavasdi (Thailand / video installation)
Raqs Media Collective (India / Video installation)
Saso Sedlacek (Slovenia / media installation, Interactive public
installation)
Marcia Vaitsman Janken (Brazil, Germany / video installation)
Shinta Inoue +H.584 (Japan / Installation, Video)
Kazuki Saita+Soichiro Mihara+Hiroko Mugibayashi (Japan / Sound
installation)
Nobuya Suzuki (Japan / Media installation)
Masami Hirabayashi (Japan / Web)
Hisako K. Yamakawa (Japan / media installation)
dracom (Japan / Musical performance)
HANA JOSS+Takahiro Hayakawa (Indonesia+Japan / Visual Performance)
MOBIUM (Japan / Sound event)
Yoshihisa Suzuki (Japan / Sound workshop)
- Hosts
IAMAS, Gifu Prefecture, Ogaki City, Japan Center for Local Autonomy
- Admission
Free
- Please see the detail,
http://www.iamas.ac.jp/biennale06
- Inquiry
Center for Media Culture (CMC)
IAMAS
Institute of Advance Media Arts and Sciences / International Academy
of Media Arts and Sciences
3-95 Ryoke-cho, Ogaki-shi, Gifu 503-0014 Japan
Tel: +81-(0)584-75-6606 / Fax: +81-(0)584-75-6604
E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
URL: http://www.iamas.ac.jp/biennale06
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