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04.01 (Thu) – 04.04 (Sun), 2021

Open Hour=10:00AM – 06:00PM

Venue=Panasonic Center Tokyo A studio

General Admission=1,000YEN / Under-25 Admission=500YEN

Talk Session=500YEN per person

Tickets here

*** Please note that admission is limited to 49 people for each session.
Please purchase tickets as early as possible.

Notes: *** In order to prevent the spread of COVID-19, the number of the audience for each session will be limited. Please gather at the reception counter 20 minutes prior to the admission time. Please note that you may not be allowed to enter if you miss the time.; *** Please note that you will be asked to take off your shoes for the performance. Please bring a bag to put your shoes in.

Plan and Organized by Rhizomatiks /
Production by TOW CO., LTD.

Choreography:MIKIKO(ELEVENPLAY)

Performance:Sara(ELEVENPLAY)

Provision of Data:ELEVENPLAY

Technological support by Panasonic Corporation /
Venue Cooperation by Panasonic Center Tokyo

Supported by Arts Council Tokyo,
Tokyo Metropolitan Foundation for History and Culture

THE FUTURE IS ART Tokyo.Tokyo FESTIVAL
ARTS COUNCIL TOKYO

Overview

Rhizomatiks and ELEVENPLAY presents young artists with
open opportunities to output their works.

In recent years, toolkits and software environments for digital creation evolve and prevail drastically, and the number of creators working with media technology has increased rapidly. Additionally, with the spread of VR devices and the lower cost of projectors, the hardware environment has also been paved so that you can find immersive creative works with a variety of ideas.

Rhizomatiks, as have long been involved in the development and support of the next generation, calls for artists under the age of twenty five last year spring to provide an environment for creation and place to present them. We will hold an exhibition where new large-scale projection mapping works by those selected young creators, aged between 20 and 24, will be projected on three screens set up in the Panasonic Center Tokyo A Studio.

Three of Panasonic's DLP® SOLID SHINE laser projectors will create an immersive space where the audience can experience the most cutting-edge visual expression.

*** SOLOD SHINE is the registered trademark of Panasonic Corporation.
*** DLP® (Digital Light Processing), DLP® chip and DLP Medallion logo are the registered trademarks of Texas Instruments Incorporated.

In this exhibition, the motion of the dancers from "ELEVENPLAY", a dance company led by a director and choreographer MIKIKO, are take as motion capture data, and those data will be used to create works by Rhizomatiks and four young creators, which will also be presented on the web.

In addition, a talk event will be held during the exhibition period, where young creators and Rhizomatiks will talk about creations of the next generation in open discussion.

Please enjoy the creation by young creators who will lead the next generation and their collaboration with Rhizomatiks, which provide the wide range of opportunities for presentation for the young generation.

Exhibition Info

Time / Venue

Panasonic Center（3-5-1, Ariake, Koto, Tokyo）　Map4/1, 2021(Thu) - 4/4, 2021(Sun) 10:00AM - 6:00PM
Special Online Venue
4/1, 2021(Thu) - 4/28, 2021(Wed)

Ticket Info

Ticket to join at Panasonic Center General Admission: 1,000YEN(tax included) Under-25 Admission: 500YEN(tax Include)

*** A parent or guardian must accompany elementary school students and younger must be accompanied by a parent or guardian.
*** In order to prevent the spread of COVID-19, the number of the audience for each session will be limited. Please gather at the reception counter 20 minutes prior to the admission time. Please note that you may not be allowed to enter if you miss the time.
*** Please note that you will be asked to take off your shoes for the performance. Please bring a bag to put your shoes in.

Online Viewing Price: 500YEN Tickets on sale: 3/26, 2021(Sun) 10:00 -

Tickets sold at: https://rhizomatiks.zaiko.io

Tickets will be on sale from 10:00. For other details, please check here

Measures to prevent the spread of Covid-19: For the safety and security of visitors to the show, Rhizomatiks is taking measures to prevent the spread of Covid-19.

Request to visitors: - Please wear a mask at all times at the venue. Those who do not wear a mask are not allowed to enter the venue.; - At the entrance, we will take your temperature without a contact by a fever detecting thermal camera. Depending on the measurement results, we may re-measure your temperature, and if your temperature is higher than normal (e.g. if you have a fever of 1°C above the normal temperature or 37.5°C or higher) or if you have cold symptoms, you are not allowed to enter the venue.; - Shoe sanitizing floor mats are provided at the entrance, so please cooperate with us in disinfecting the soles of your shoes.; - Hand sanitizer is available at the entrance and in the restrooms. Please wash your hands frequently and disinfect your hands with alcohol disinfectant.; - When coughing or sneezing, please be sure to use a mask, tissue, handkerchief, or sleeve to cover your mouth and nose.; - Please keep a distance when entering and exiting the venue, using the restroom, and lining up for entrance, to ensure social distance.; - Please refrain from talking in the auditorium and lobby as much as possible.; - Please refrain from cheering loudly in the hall, and only applaud. We may ask you to stop shouting loudly in person.; - We will take photos at the entrance and inside the theater during the break time or before and after the show the purpose of recording in case infection is discovered. Thank you for your understanding.; - If you have any of the following symptoms on the day, please notify us at least two hours before the performance.; - If your temperature is higher than normal (e.g., if you have a fever of 1°C above the normal temperature or 37.5°C or higher), a sore throat, cough, tiredness (severe fatigue), cold symptoms such as shortness of breath, dyspepsia, dysgeusia, or any other physical condition that makes you feel uneasy.; - If you have a contact with a person who tests positive for coronavirus infection.; - If you know someone at home, at work, or at school who is infected with or may be infected with Covid-19; - If you have visited a country or region that requires entry restrictions or a post-arrival quarantine from the government, or if you have contact with those who visited those country or region within two weeks before the show.

Talk Session

Part 1“Future image expression environment, the Corona disaster, and other works”

Time: 4/2 (Sat) 7:00PM -
Speakers: Daito Manabe / Satoshi Horii / Yudai Okuyama / Kosaku Namikawa / Tatsuya Hosono / yuhu liu / and more
Moderator: Arina Tsukada

Part 2“Power Envisioning x Future Relationships - through Technology- (TBC)”

Time: 4/2 (Sat) 8:30PM -
Speakers: Shouyu Inoue / Takayuki Kashiwabara / Akimoto Ishida / Fumika Kimura (Panasonic Corporation) / Daito Manabe, and more
Moderator: Arina Tsukada

Venue: The special online venueHow to apply: Reservation required on the page above

Price: 500 YEN(tax included)

Participating Artists

Rhizomatiks

Rhizomatiks explores new possibilities of technology and expression focusing on experimental projects which involve R&D heavy approach, while taking responsibility in every process of the project from hardware and software development to operations. Rhizomatiks execute R&D projects and creation with elaborate research on the relationship between humans and technologies. Additionally, the company keeps presenting more cutting-edge research and works through collaboration with other artists, researchers, and scientists.

Official SNS:
MIKIKO

A stage designer/choreographer. As the director and chief choreographer of dance company "ELEVENPLAY", MIKIKO has been building up her very own creative world with the company's highly talented dancers. She has taken an artistic direction and choreographic direction for famous Japanese artists like Perfume, BABYMETAL, Ringo Shiina and more and for various MV, CM and stages. Her works have gained a highly reputation in the Media Arts world both of Japan and overseas. In the universe of MIKIKO, the mixture of the real and virtual worlds generates immediate fascination with her adept skills in utilizing the newest technology for her choreographies. She has collaborated with creators transcending a wide various of genres.

https://www.mikiko0811.net
ELEVENPLAY

Dance company directed by choreographer & art director, MIKIKO. ELEVENPLAY was founded by MIKIKO in 2009, in the hopes of creating dancers who would possess highly artistic sense and creativity on top of exquisite techniques, body and spirit. Composed of female dancers from a variety of genre, ELEVENPLAY has diverse methods of expression are diverse from stages to video works and still photos. We have many collaboration pieces with Rhizomatiks, directed by Daito Manabe and Motoi Ishibashi, we were privileged to present one of such pieces at "Sónar Festival," "Festival Internacional Cervantino," "MUTEK MEXICO," "MUTEK Montréal," and "Gray Area Festival."

https://elevenplay.net
Yuta Okuyama

Student at the University of Tsukuba, School of Information and Media Studies. He is pursuing visual expression using programming.

https://yutaokuyama.dev/
Kosaku Namikawa

With programming as his backbone, Kyusaku is engaged in production activities and expression using digital technology, regardless of field or area of work ranging from systems to expression, from management to engineers and creators. He is interested in expressions that utilize the characteristics of systems and technologies, and expressions that combine various technologies.　

https://github.com/73-ch
Tatsuya Hosono

Born in Odawara City in 2000. Tatsuya is a student at Tama Art University, Department of Information Design, Information Design Course.
At university, He is studying user experience design, mainly through video and programming, and expression that crosses various media with a theme. His current focus is developing various forms of expression through the medium of video. He aims to give viewers a sense of deviation from their daily lives by converting digital data taken from the normal lives unconsciously such as sound into visual images.
yuhu liu

Studying at The University of Tokyo Graduate School of Information Science and Engineering Department of Intelligent Machines and Informatics Laboratory of Intelligent Systems Informatics(as of March 2021). She graduated from The University of Tokyo Faculty of Engineering　Department of Mechanical and Information Engineering. Her research areas include human-computer interaction, virtual reality, and haptics with interest in the design of human perception through the combination of engineering and psychology.

Rhizomatiks

Rhizomatiks explores new possibilities of technology and expression focusing on experimental projects which involve R&D heavy approach, while taking responsibility in every process of the project from hardware and software development to operations. Rhizomatiks execute R&D projects and creation with elaborate research on the relationship between humans and technologies. Additionally, the company keeps presenting more cutting-edge research and works through collaboration with other artists, researchers, and scientists.

Official SNS:
ELEVENPLAY

Dance company directed by choreographer & art director, MIKIKO. ELEVENPLAY was founded by MIKIKO in 2009, in the hopes of creating dancers who would possess highly artistic sense and creativity on top of exquisite techniques, body and spirit. Composed of female dancers from a variety of genre, ELEVENPLAY has diverse methods of expression are diverse from stages to video works and still photos. We have many collaboration pieces with Rhizomatiks, directed by Daito Manabe and Motoi Ishibashi, we were privileged to present one of such pieces at "Sónar Festival," "Festival Internacional Cervantino," "MUTEK MEXICO," "MUTEK Montréal," and "Gray Area Festival."

https://elevenplay.net
Kosaku Namikawa

With programming as his backbone, Kyusaku is engaged in production activities and expression using digital technology, regardless of field or area of work ranging from systems to expression, from management to engineers and creators. He is interested in expressions that utilize the characteristics of systems and technologies, and expressions that combine various technologies.　

https://github.com/73-ch
yuhu liu

Studying at The University of Tokyo Graduate School of Information Science and Engineering Department of Intelligent Machines and Informatics Laboratory of Intelligent Systems Informatics(as of March 2021). She graduated from The University of Tokyo Faculty of Engineering　Department of Mechanical and Information Engineering. Her research areas include human-computer interaction, virtual reality, and haptics with interest in the design of human perception through the combination of engineering and psychology.

MIKIKO

A stage designer/choreographer. As the director and chief choreographer of dance company "ELEVENPLAY", MIKIKO has been building up her very own creative world with the company's highly talented dancers. She has taken an artistic direction and choreographic direction for famous Japanese artists like Perfume, BABYMETAL, Ringo Shiina and more and for various MV, CM and stages. Her works have gained a highly reputation in the Media Arts world both of Japan and overseas. In the universe of MIKIKO, the mixture of the real and virtual worlds generates immediate fascination with her adept skills in utilizing the newest technology for her choreographies. She has collaborated with creators transcending a wide various of genres.

https://www.mikiko0811.net
Yuta Okuyama

Student at the University of Tsukuba, School of Information and Media Studies. He is pursuing visual expression using programming.

https://yutaokuyama.dev/
Tatsuya Hosono

Born in Odawara City in 2000. Tatsuya is a student at Tama Art University, Department of Information Design, Information Design Course.
At university, He is studying user experience design, mainly through video and programming, and expression that crosses various media with a theme. His current focus is developing various forms of expression through the medium of video. He aims to give viewers a sense of deviation from their daily lives by converting digital data taken from the normal lives unconsciously such as sound into visual images.

Other News

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3/20, 2021 (Sat) - 6/20, 2021 (Sun)
10:00AM - 6:00PM (No admission later than 5:30PM)
Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo, B2F
https://www.mot-art-museum.jp/exhibitions/rhizomatiks/