Grand Opening of NTT InterCommunication Center http://www.ntticc.or.jp.TOKYO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 1, 1997-- NOTE TO MEDIA: Photo available on BW PhotoWireExpress/AP PhotoExpress, PressLink, Business Wire's photo BBS (1) (Bulletin Board System) A computer system used as an information source and forum for a particular interest group. They were widely used in the U.S. and Home Page on World Wide Web (url http://www.businesswire.com). Call (US) 800/221-2462 or 1-212/752-9600 to receive photo free. (TRIM) - The opening of Tokyo's newest museum on April 19, 1997 provides a major, world-class forum for artists working on the leading edge of digital technology. The NTT InterCommunication Center NTT InterCommunication Center (ICC) is a media art gallery in Tokyo Opera City Tower in Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan. It was established by NTT to commemorate the 100th anniversary of telephone service in Japan and opened in 1997. (ICC ICC See: International Chamber of Commerce ) has been established by Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (日本電信電話株式会社 Corporation (NTT NTT Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation NTT New Technology Telescope NTT National Technology Transfer, Inc NTT Name That Tune (TV game show) NTT National Tree Trust NTT Number Theoretic Transform ), Japan's largest telecommunications company See telecom company. , as the culmination of a project launched by NTT in 1990 to mark the 100th anniversary of the inauguration INAUGURATION. This word was applied by the Romans to the ceremony of dedicating some temple, or raising some man to the priesthood, after the augurs had been consulted. It was afterwards applied to the installation (q.v. of the telephone service in Japan. ICC, located in the Tokyo Opera City Tower Tokyo Opera City Tower (東京オペラシティ , is dedicated to inspiring people with the enriching possibilities of a new age of science, technology, art and culture through digital technology. Just as it is revolutionizing communications and business and industry, digital technology is bringing sweeping change in art and culture by transforming how we see the world and broadening the range of artistic expression. Through digital technology, artists are gaining the freedom to transcend categories and explore new directions. The impact on creativity is dynamic, following in a progression from the inventions of the camera, cinema, video technology and computers. The ICC will devote itself to encouraging this new dimension of artistic expression and presenting significant new trends. It will feature experimental works by new artists and those taking advantage of the latest technologies to create new art forms. The ICC's regular exhibitions will be complemented by a full range of activities, such as workshops, performances and symposia sym·po·si·a n. A plural of symposium. , in which artists can participate and expand their artistic vision. The ICC will also be a meeting place where people can discover the work of new artists and become acquainted with a new era of creativity. -0- Location: Tokyo Opera City Tower 4F 3-30-2 Nishishinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 163-14, Japan A 3-min. walk from Hatsudai Station (Keio New Line) Opening Hours: 10:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m., Fridays until 9:00 p.m. Closed Mondays (Tuesdays when Monday is a holiday) (x)No admission within 30 minutes of closing Admission: 800 yen (Adults) 600 yen (High school and university students) 400 yen (Primary and junior high school students) Telephone: +81-3-5353-0800 E-mail: query@ntticc.or.jp URL: http://www.ntticc.or.jp Opening Exhibition "The Mirage City" - Another Utopia April 19-July 13, 1997 Architect Arata Isozaki Arata Isozaki (磯崎新, Isozaki Arata; born 23 July 1931) is a Japanese architect from Ōita, Ōita. He won the RIBA gold medal in 1986. He is a graduate of the University of Tokyo and is an apprentice of Kenzo Tange. stages a working experiment, open to all, to create a Utopian-21st century city. His concept for the designing process involves four aspects: a prototype for the virtual city of Haishi that draws on China's cultural heritage; signatures, discrete sub-projects that will be collaged into a coherent whole; visitors, twelve visiting "digital" architects who will conceptualize con·cep·tu·al·ize v. con·cep·tu·al·ized, con·cep·tu·al·iz·ing, con·cep·tu·al·iz·es v.tr. To form a concept or concepts of, and especially to interpret in a conceptual way: plans in collaboration other participants; and Internet, the Internet, the, international computer network linking together thousands of individual networks at military and government agencies, educational institutions, nonprofit organizations, industrial and financial corporations of all sizes, and commercial enterprises vehicle of participation for anyone who wants to contribute ideas. This working paradigm is intended to demonstrate how a plan can take shape through the interaction of a multitude of contributors. For more information, please see the Web site: http://www.ntticc.or.jp/special/utopia Permanent Exhibition The ICC's Permanent Exhibition features ten works by media artists from Japan and abroad. The ICC provides encounters with media environments to be found in no other museum: One work employs a CAVE(x) three-dimensional virtual reality system, and with another, visitors can experience an anechoic chamber Noun 1. anechoic chamber - a chamber having very little reverberation room - an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling; "the rooms were very small but they had a nice view" . "CAVE Systems are compressed of four screens - one each on the floor, to the left, to the right, and in the foreground foreground - (Unix) On a time-sharing system, a task executing in foreground is one able to accept input from and return output to the user in contrast to one running in the background. . Three- dimensional images are projected on the screens, creating a sensation of floating images in an enclosure enclosure (inclosure) n. land bounded by a fence, wall, hedge, ditch or other physical evidence of boundary. Unfortunately, too often these creations are not included among the actual legally-described boundaries and cause legal problems. ENCLOSURE. surrounded by the screens. 1. IWAI Toshio (Japan) Seven Memories of Media Technology 2. Karl SIMS (U.S.) Galapagos 3. MIKAMI Seiko (Japan) World, embrane and the Dismembered Body 4. Ulrike GABRIEL (Germany) Terrain_02 Solar Robot Environment for Two Users 5. Gregory BARSAMIAN (U.S.) Juggler 6. Dumb Type (Japan) Installation OR 7. Heri Dono (Indonesia) Garmelan of Nommunication 8. Christa SOMMERER (Australia), Laurent MIGNONNEAU (France) Life Species - An Evolutionary Communication and Interaction Environment 9. TOWATA Masayuki and MATSUMOTO Yasuaki (Japan) Transgression 10. Agnes HEGEDUS (Hungary-note: the "U" in this name carries an umlaut), Jeffrey SHAW (Australia), Bernd LINTERMANN (Germany) ConFIGURING the CAVE The Trace of Toshio Iwai's Media Art - Open Studio April 19-June 22, 1997 Toshio Iwai's unique interfacing of images, sounds and human elements has pioneered a new world of audio-video-sensory experience. This exhibition traces Iwai's media art from his earliest period, typified by the use of pre-cinematic imaging devices, to his recent work on the relationship between images and sound. Workshops will also be held, with schedules posted on the Internet. The ICC Opening Series Opening Symposium symposium In ancient Greece, an aristocratic banquet at which men met to discuss philosophical and political issues and recite poetry. It began as a warrior feast. Rooms were designed specifically for the proceedings. Theme: Toward the Museum of the Future The symposium anticipates growing demand for more activist cultural facilities where visitors can interact and participate, going beyond the museum's conventional role of preserving and presenting works of art. International artists and experts will explore the problems and prospects of how this need can be met. Dates: April 19, 20, 22. Location: Tokyo Opera City B1, Recital Hall, Admission free. Opening Performance Audio Ballerinas Location: Tokyo Opera City Galleria Dates: April 18, 2:00 p.m. April 19, 7:00 p.m. Die Audio Gruppe are known worldwide for fascinating sound concerts in which members don electro-acoustic clothing fitted with samplers and miniature loudspeakers, and perform in public spaces. Their performances offer an ironic commentary on the meaning of the noise which pervades our daily life. The Germany- based sound and dance group will appear at ICC on their first visit to Japan. Network Event Perfectly Strange April 18-May 31, 1997 Installation artist Jan Kopp brings total strangers together by linking mobile instant photo booths through the Internet. Portraits are compiled randomly on disk, and each time a person has a picture taken, one of someone else taken at the remote locations is delivered. A booth at the ICC will be linked to one at the Centre National de Photographie in Paris. CONTACT: InterCommunication in·ter·com·mu·ni·cate intr.v. in·ter·com·mu·ni·cat·ed, in·ter·com·mu·ni·cat·ing, in·ter·com·mu·ni·cates 1. To communicate with each other. 2. To be connected or adjoined, as rooms or passages. Center(ICC) query@ntticc.or.jp, http://www.ntticc.or.jp |
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