[ISEA2002] Curator Statement: Mediaselect — The Early Works of Video Art in Japan

Curator Statement

Mediaselect Programme
October 26-31, 2002. Assembly Hall, Nagoya Port Building 4F

The dawn of “Video Art” started to form simultaneously with the personalization of video equipment which used to belong to special facilities like public broadcasting stations. There was a time, you had to wander from place to place to get the equipment you wanted. It was an era where 8mm film was still spry. Video Art should do something that film and TV can not do. was the slogan of video artists at the time. In this exhibition, we present works exhibited in the early decade of video art in Japan.

Artists:
Ko Nakajima, Toshio Matsumoto, Hakudo Kobayashi, Takahiko Iimura, Nobuhiro Kawanaka, Katsuhiro Yamaguchi, Norio Imai, Duck Jun Kwak, Keigo Yamamoto, Akira Kurosaki, Hiroya Sakurai, Yoshiomi Yamaguchi, Tetsuo Mizuno, Mako Idemitsu, Shinsuke Ina, Makoto Saitoh, Yasuo Shinohara, Yoshitaka Shimano, Hironori Terai, Tsuneo Nakai, Masatomo Toyohara, Hiroshi Hayafuji
Director: Yoshiorni Yamaguchi, Shinsuke Ina
With cooperation of Kumico Sejima

  • Mediaselect, Nagoya, Japan, is an organisation that organises regular media art events and was the organiser of ISEA2002