Device_art 3.010 Croatia_Slovenia_Japan
Tokyo / 23 September – 1 October 2010
Miraikan – National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation / Exhibition opening 23 (Thu) September 2010 6:00 pm – 8:30 pm / Sound performance 7:00 pm
SuperDeluxe / Sound performances 27 (Mon) September 2010 open/start 7:00 pm
Waseda University Toyama Campus / Round table 1 (Fri) October 2010 6:30 pm – 9:00 pm
Device art as a project was initiated independently and serendipitously in Croatia and Japan in 2004, sharing the name but differing in concept, goals, artistic, cultural and historical background. The audience will have the chance to compare these two approaches at the exhibition in Tokyo Miraikan Museum, at the performances in SuperDeluxe and by participating in the round table discussion with the artists and the curators of both projects about the relationship between art, technology and culture, regarding art practice and experience in each cultural context.
Croatian Device_art is a triennial international exhibition initiated by the curatorial team KONTEJNER from Zagreb, and organized in collaboration with Slovenian curator Sandra Sajovic. The term “device art” relates to art production grounded in the use and creative tooling of analogue/digital, low/high technologies, including machines, gadgets and devices. It’s a research and comparative project with the initial aim of encouraging the regional art scene to explore the field, support new projects and to present and contextualize local projects within an international framework.
The first Device_art in 2004 focused on the projects at the intersection of art, technologyand science from Croatia and Slovenia, while the second edition in 2006 presented the regional production (Croatia, Slovenia, Serbia) juxtaposed to the Californian machine/robotic and maker-art scene. Device_art 3 in 2009 contrasted the works of Croatian and Slovenian artists with the Japanese Device Art scene along with projects by young artists studying at IAMAS.
This new version, Device_art 3.010 includes a selection of projects by artists practicing in Croatia, Slovenia and Japan, including many presented in previous Device_art exhibitions. The projects included often emphasize a more conceptual approach, rather than a machine- or design-oriented one. The tendency of hacking and re-using technology is emphasized as well as the humorous, ironic and even absurd characteristics of the works on display.
The exhibition at Miraikan – National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation (www.miraikan.jst.go.jp) will feature a sound performance by Miha Ciglar (SI) at the exhibition opening on the 23rd of September as well as the works of artists – Yoshi Akai (JP), Stefan Doepner (DE/SI), Sanela Jahic (SI), Janez Jansa (IT/SI), So Kanno (JP), Ines Krasic (HR), Margareta Lekic (HR), Ivan Marusic Klif (HR), Martina Mezak (HR), Satoshi Morita (JP/DE), Magdalena Pederin (HR), Borut Savski (SI), Saso Sedlacek (SI), Silvio Vujicic (HR). The exhibition will be open from the 24th until the 29th of September, 10:30 am – 4:30 pm. The performances at SuperDeluxe (www.super-deluxe.com) on 27th September will feature Yoshi Akai (JP), Miha Ciglar (SI) and So Kanno (JP) with SOUNDROOM feat. DJs: inu (nonSectRadicals_JP), KUKNACKE (JP) and 37A (PANTY_JP).
And finally, at the Waseda University Toyama Campus (www.hyosho-media.com) round table on the 1st of October the audience will have a chance to discuss about Device_art 3.010 Art & Technology in Croatia_Slovenia_Japan together with the prominent experts in the field – Hiroo Iwata/Tsukuba University (JP), Machiko Kusahara/Waseda University (JP), Olga Majcen Linn/Kontejner (HR), Suncica Ostoic/Kontejner (HR), Sandra Sajovic/Praksa & Kapelica Gallery (SI) and Novmichi Tosa/Maywa Denki (JP).
Curators: Kontejner (Olga Majcen Linn, Suncica Ostoic), Satoshi Morita, Sandra Sajovic Organizers: Kontejner/Zagreb (HR), Praksa/Ljubljana (SI), sonic space labs/Berlin (DE) Round table organizer: Machiko Kusahara Partners from Tokyo: CREST of Japan Science and Technology Agency, SuperDeluxe, Waseda University
The project is supported by: The Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Slovenia, Zagreb City Office for Culture, The Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Slovenia
Media partner: Neural / www.neural.it
The project is financially supported by the National Foundation for Civil Society Development, Croatia.
