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The continuously burgeoning work of Daito Manabe and Motoi Ishibashi 
in a showcase of unique ideas and excellent skills inspired by media art

Daito Manabe and Motoi Ishibashi, two creators that have been utilizing media technology in their various endeavors traversing a wide area between art, design, advertising and music, unveil their newest work in the particles exhibition at the Yamaguchi Center for Arts and Media [YCAM].
Part of a special program of the Japan Media Arts Festival installed with the aim to offer opportunities to appreciate outstanding works of media art, the exhibition is co-hosted by YCAM and the Agency for Cultural Affairs. Next to producing and presenting the newest work of Daito Manabe and Motoi Ishibashi, prizewinners at the Japan Media Arts Festival, YCAM will also be showing video footage of award-winning works at the 13th (2009) and 14th (2010) Japan Media Arts Festival. In addition, a concurrently held exhibition introduces two recent acclaimed works by the artists that have been attracting attention with their combination of unique ideas and excellent programming skills.
Experience the fascination of media art and new forms of technology-based expression in this first major showcase of the artists' continuously burgeoning work exploring the potentials of media art through repeated research, studies and experimentation.


Yamaguchi Center for Arts and Media [YCAM]: Exhibition
Daito Manabe + Motoi Ishibashi new installation "particles"


Date & Time:March 5 (sat)−May 5 (thu) , 2011 10:00−19:00
Venue: Yamaguchi Center for Arts and Media [YCAM] Studio B
*Closed Tuesdays (except May 3, 2011)
Admission free

*The exhibition is open through March 31st as a special program of the Japan Media Arts Festival, after which it will continue until May 5th, then hosted by the Yamaguchi City Foundation for Cultural Promotion.
Organized by: Yamaguchi City Foundation for Cultural Promotion
Co-sponsor: Agency for Cultural Affairs
In association with: Yamaguchi City, Yamaguchi City Board of Education
Production support: rhizomatiks, DGN
Technical support: YCAM InterLab
Produced by: Yamaguchi Center for Arts and Media [YCAM]

Concurrent Event: YCAM exhibition series for the future artist"scopic measure"
#11 Daito Manabe "electric stimulus to face"
#12 Daito Manabe + Motoi Ishibashi "fade out"


Date & Time:March 5 (sat)−May 5 (thu) , 2011 10:00−19:00
Venue: Yamaguchi Center for Arts and Media [YCAM] Foyer, 2F Gallery
*Closed Tuesdays (except May 3, 2011)
Admission free

Organized by: Yamaguchi City Foundation for Cultural Promotion
In association with: Yamaguchi City, Yamaguchi City Board of Education
Production support: rhizomatiks, DGN
Special support: Aoyama Gakuin University College of Science and Engineering Department of Chemistry and Biological Science Jiro Abe
Laboratory, Itoh Optical Industrial Co.,Ltd., KANTO CHEMICAL Co., INC.
Technical support: YCAM InterLab
Produced by: Yamaguchi Center for Arts and Media [YCAM]