Ryota Kuwakubo
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Ryota Kuwakubo is a Japanese multimedia artist. Kuwakubo was born in Tochigi Prefecture
. In 1998 he co-produced the project BITMAN with the art unit Maywa Denki. Kuwakubo works with varying mediums, most commonly utilizing digital or electronic aspects, and a typical theme his works center around is contrasting matter.
In 2010 Kuwakubo exhibited at Cyber Arts Japan, a special media art exhibition hosted by the Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo
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A 2011 interactive art
piece of his, The Tenth Sentiment, was displayed at the "Ways of Worldmaking" exhibit at the National Museum of Art, Osaka
. In The Tenth Sentiment the viewers walk around a room as a model train with an LED light maneuvers along a set a of tracks, focusing a light at commonplace objects on the ground which subsequently cast large shadows on the walls of the room. These shadows change from crowds of people, to cityscapes, to tunnels as the piece continues. The Tenth Sentiment was awarded a prize of excellence at the 14th Japan Media Arts Festival which described it as an "attractive work" which avoids the "cliché interactive art works that tend to depend too much on technology", and described by art critic for The Japan Times
, Matthew Larking, as "arguably the most attractive work" of the exhibit.
Tochigi Prefecture
is a prefecture located in the Kantō region on the island of Honshū, Japan. The capital is the city of Utsunomiya.Nikkō, whose ancient Shintō shrines and Buddhist temples UNESCO has recognized by naming them a World Heritage Site, is in this prefecture...
. In 1998 he co-produced the project BITMAN with the art unit Maywa Denki. Kuwakubo works with varying mediums, most commonly utilizing digital or electronic aspects, and a typical theme his works center around is contrasting matter.
In 2010 Kuwakubo exhibited at Cyber Arts Japan, a special media art exhibition hosted by the Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo
Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo
The is a contemporary art museum in Tokyo, Japan. The museum is located in Kiba Park. It was opened in 1995.- Prominent exhibits :*Marilyn Monroe by Andy Warhol *Girl with Hair Ribbon by Roy Lichtenstein -External links:* website...
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A 2011 interactive art
Interactive art
Interactive art is a form of installation-based art that involves the spectator in a way that allows the art to achieve its purpose. Some installations achieve this by letting the observer or visitor "walk" in, on, and around them; Some others ask the artist to become part of the artwork.Works of...
piece of his, The Tenth Sentiment, was displayed at the "Ways of Worldmaking" exhibit at the National Museum of Art, Osaka
National Museum of Art, Osaka
The is a subterranean Japanese art museum located on the island of Nakanoshima, located between the Dōjima River and the Tosabori River, about 5 minutes west of Higobashi Station in central Osaka....
. In The Tenth Sentiment the viewers walk around a room as a model train with an LED light maneuvers along a set a of tracks, focusing a light at commonplace objects on the ground which subsequently cast large shadows on the walls of the room. These shadows change from crowds of people, to cityscapes, to tunnels as the piece continues. The Tenth Sentiment was awarded a prize of excellence at the 14th Japan Media Arts Festival which described it as an "attractive work" which avoids the "cliché interactive art works that tend to depend too much on technology", and described by art critic for The Japan Times
The Japan Times
The Japan Times is an English language newspaper published in Japan. Unlike its competitors, the Daily Yomiuri and the International Herald Tribune/Asahi Shimbun, it is not affiliated with a Japanese language media organization...
, Matthew Larking, as "arguably the most attractive work" of the exhibit.
Education
- University of Tsukuba, Plastic Art and Mixed Media course 1993
- University of Tsukuba, M.A., Design (Plastic Art and Mixed Media Dept.) 1996,
- International Academy of Media Arts and Sciences, 2001
Major exhibitions
- Cocosocoasoco (2006) together with Reico Yamaguchi under the name Perfektron, Lucy MackintoshLucy mackintoshThe Lucy Mackintosh gallery is a commercial contemporary art space located in Lausanne, Switzerland, that exhibits Swiss and international contemporary art and artists. The gallery also regularly invites designers to present their work.-History:...
Gallery, Lausanne–Switzerland - Cyber Arts Japan (2010), Museum of Contemporary Art, TokyoMuseum of Contemporary Art, TokyoThe is a contemporary art museum in Tokyo, Japan. The museum is located in Kiba Park. It was opened in 1995.- Prominent exhibits :*Marilyn Monroe by Andy Warhol *Girl with Hair Ribbon by Roy Lichtenstein -External links:* website...
- Ways of Worldmaking (2011), National Museum of Art, OsakaNational Museum of Art, OsakaThe is a subterranean Japanese art museum located on the island of Nakanoshima, located between the Dōjima River and the Tosabori River, about 5 minutes west of Higobashi Station in central Osaka....
Major works
- Bit-hike (1999)
- Vomoder(2000)
- Heaven Seed(2000)
- Duper/Looper(2001)
- Video Bulb
- PLX (2001)
- ShiriFurin (2009)
- Nikodama (2009)
- The Tenth Sentiment (2011)
External links
- Artist's homepage (Japanese)