Japan Media Arts Festival 20th Anniversary Exhibition - Power to Change

20 years that marked a revolution in media. This comprehensive festival assembles a large number of artworks mirroring their time!

To mark the festival's 20th anniversary, the Japan Media Arts Festival Executive Committee presents the "Japan Media Arts Festival 20th Anniversary Exhibition - Power to Change" from October 15, to November 6, 2016 at 3331 Arts Chiyoda and other locations.
Since its inception in 1997, the festival has presented awards to outstanding works in each of its four divisions: Art, Entertainment, Animation, and Manga. As a comprehensive festival of Media Arts (Japanese: Media Geijutsu) it also provides a platform for appreciation of the award-winning and other notable works and has in recent years been demonstrating its continuing evolution as an established annual international festival.
This year, to mark the festival's 20th anniversary, with the keyword "change", four past Jury members have chosen Award-winning Works and Jury Selections from previous Japan Media Arts Festivals to be exhibited or screened, exemplifying the diverse expressive forms and changing nature of Media Arts over that period. By tracking 20 years of the festival, this exhibition provides a precious opportunity to fully comprehend Media Arts as well as the changes and trends in the society, culture, and technology that surround and derive from it. What is the relationship between these changes and trends and the inherent power of the works?
This exhibition serves as an opportunity to ponder the future of Media Arts as an extension of their "Power to Change".

"Japan Media Arts Festival 20th Anniversary Exhibition - Power to Change
Period: Saturday, October 15 - Sunday, November 6, 2016
Venue: Main venue: 3331 Arts Chiyoda (6-11-14 Sotokanda Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 101-0021)

• Opening hours: 11:00 to 19:00 *Last entry 30 minutes prior to closing.
• Open every day during the exhibition period.

Satellite venue: NTT InterCommunication Center [ICC], UDX THEATER, The National Art Center, Tokyo and other locations.
*Exhibition days and opening hours vary according to venue.
Admission free *A few events within the festival will be subject to fees.
Organizer: Japan Media Arts Festival 20th Anniversary Exhibition Executive Committee
Cooperation: 3331 Arts Chiyoda
Japan Media Arts Festival 20th Anniversary Exhibition Website: http://20anniv.j-mediaarts.jp
*Detailed information will be announced on the above website.

Exhibition highlights – A walkthrough of the 20 years of JMAF

• Past Award-winning Works and Jury Selections chosen by past Jury members will be exhibited and screened.
• Animations and video works carefully chosen from past Award-winning Works and Jury Selections will be screened.
• Complete editions of Award-winning Works and Jury Selections in the Manga Division will be available for reading.
• A rich program of lectures, performances, workshops, etc. by Award-winners and Jury members will be held.

16th JMAF, Grand Prize, Art Division
Pendulum Choir
Cod.Act (Michel DÉCOSTERD / André DÉCOSTERD)
© Cod.Act Photo: Xavier Voirol

4th JMAF, Grand Prize, Digital Art (Interactive Art) Division
DRAGON QUEST VII –Warrior of Eden–
DRAGON QUEST VII Development Team Representative
HORII Yuji (Game design & scenario direction) /
SUGIYAMA Koichi (Music composition) / TORIYAMA Akira (Character design) /
YAMANA Manabu (Program direction) / MAJIMA Shintaro (Art direction)
© 2000 ARMOR PROJECT/BIRD STUDIO/HEART BEAT/ARTEPIAZZA/SQUARE ENIX All Rights Reserved.

12th JMAF, Grand Prize, Animation Division
The House of Small Cubes
KATO Kunio
© ROBOT

17th JMAF, Grand Prize, Manga Division
JOJOLION -JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part8-
ARAKI Hirohiko
©LUCKY LAND COMMUNICATIONS/SHUEISHA