Art Division
Award
Jury Selections
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bubble cosmos
b.c.p.
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CREATUREs
UEKI Atsuro
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diorama table
TAKAHASHI Keiko, SASADA Shinji
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Drawn
Zachary LIEBERMAN（Software development, visual design）& Pardon KIMURA（Audio design）
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hanahana
plaplax
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Painting Soul
Creativity Lab/ITRI (Yao Yuan Chang, Representative)
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Save YourSelf !!!
ANDO Hideyuki Hide Andrew
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Tablescape Plus
KAKEHI Yasuaki+NAEMURA Takeshi+MATSUSHITA Mitsunori
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cotocoto
SUTO Seiko
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Sosu Hockey
TAKANO Jiro
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Virtual Ant-lion
ONOUE Koichi
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AQUATIC
Marianne DECOSTER-TAIVALKOSKI
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Drives
Erik OLOFSEN（director, concept, camera, editing）
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PingPongPixel
Jonathan den BREEJEN / Marenka DEENSTRA
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Takashi's Seasons
KAWASHIMA Takashi
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uku-fuyu
KOMATSU Kosei
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trace of moments from Tamazare
REM SKETCH KIMURA Takashi
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Wave
SUZUKI Hiroshi
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ANIMAL ZONE
INOUE Noriko
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C++
KUROYANAGI Teppei
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D・A・R
YAMAMOTO Norihiro
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infinity
YAMASHITA Mai ＋ KOBAYASHI Naoto
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La Magistral
YAMAKAWA Hikaru
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nakedyouth
SHISHIDO Kojiro
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No boundary
Cindy NG
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Que seran pasaran
OGATA Miki
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Quio: So Dazed
Christine LANG (Director) / Maria SCHOEPE (Productions Designer)
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Rain Song
TOGAWA Kei
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Francisco Gilardi House
USAMI Takuto
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KEITAIMU(K-TIME)
AMANO Yuichi
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BOON-BON α,β
OISHI Kouyuu
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Felt-Line space of the felt
AZEGAMI Nana
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Flow
Andy LOMAS
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motel 24
Derek Michael BESANT
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ROCKET
NAKAE Masaaki
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Uncomfortable Site
IKEGAMI Akira
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Information breeds even if the person and the animal are killed
KASAI Noriyuki
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The eyes which closed
SUZUKI Alto
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picnic
MIZUKOSHI Aya
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vegetables
XU Li
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"Butterfly Primes---Prejudicial Numbers---Metamorphosis"
Reginald BROOKS
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cyclone.soc
Gavin BAILY & Tom CORBY
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SOBJECT
Alberto FRIGO
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Surreal Scania
Anders WEBERG and Robert WILLIM
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The Sheep Market
Aaron KOBLIN
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to spin art history
Eva SCHINDLING
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cream
KAMIYAMA Go
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loworks
HIGASHI Haruki
Jury Critiques
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Head of the Jury
ASABA Katsumi
Art Director
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YANOBE Kenji
Artist
[Critique by work category] Interactive art, Others
This year, my general impression of the entries for this category was that they mostly strike a good balance between technique level and artistic expression. For instance, one can see that OLE Coordinate System is not just a game software style tool, but also a "moving painting", that shows the artist's intention clearly. Similarly, ×man vibration can be interpreted as a "moving sculpture", as it …
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HASEGAWA Yuko
Curator
[Critique by work category] Installation
In the Installation category, there were a wide variety of entries, from large screen projections to sculptures and interactive pieces. In presenting a female boxer fighting against the reality in front of her, whether virtual or physical, front is simple, but its visual impact and sensual impression is fresh. Drives captures as portraits the faces of people in passing cars, through use of a high …
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HARADA Daisaburo
Professor, Tama Art University
[Critique by work category] Visual Image
It has been a few years since I last served on a jury for the Japan Media Arts Festival , so it was very interesting for me to come back and judge this year's entries. First of all, I noticed that the artists who have been winning prizes at the Computer Graphics Contest for Students, a gateway for young media artists, a real so presenting highly accomplished art work. There must be pros and cons …
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ASABA Katsumi
Art Director
[Critique by work category] Still Image
I still believe that an image has the power to change the world. I want it to be able to shock me, as though I were struck in the face; that is art, I believe. It is difficult to identify such a work when exposed to a large number of varied still images; it would have been easier in the context of an exhibition or published medium. However, with the aid and advice of Ms. HASEGAWA Yuko, I have …
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HARASHIMA Hiroshi
Professor, University of Tokyo Graduate School
[Critique by work category] Web
In the days when Internet websites were not so common it was considerably easier for a stylish homepage to become famous. However, we have now become so used to them that they have become a normal part of our daily life. I think that what this means is that websites are now at an artistic turning point. If they limit themselves to presenting only beautiful still or moving imagery, they will not …
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The Art Division must set the pace for the future progress
The Art Division must set the pace for the future progress of the Japan Media Arts Festival. The international recognition that this festival has gained over the last ten years is a great achievement, but we cannot afford to rest on our laurels, stagnating after a period of planned and development. This years Grand Prize winner is Imaginary·Numbers 2006; it is a visual image that is also being …