Device Art Symposium "On Specific Elements in Japanese Media Art"

13 May 2010

Waseda University, Toyama Campus

Chair: Machiko Kusahara / Panelists: Erkki Huhtamo, Hiroo Iwata, Kazuhiko Hachiya,

Masahiko Inami, Novmichi Tosa(Maywa Denki)

Gadget OK! Device Art in Japan

19 February 2010

CNSI Auditorium (California NanoSystems Institute, UCLA)

Chair: Victoria Vesna, Erkki Huhtamo, Machiko Kusahara, Peter Lunenfeld

Panelists: Hiroo Iwata, Sachiko Kodama, Masahiko Inami, Eddo Stern, Kazuhiko Hachiya,

Machiko Kusahara, Novmichi Tosa(Maywa Denki), Erkki Huhtamo, Frederik Schodt

Device Art Symposium at Device_art 2009-2010 link

27 October 2009

Jedinstv Factory & Conference hall of Zagreb Center for Independent Culture and Youth

Chair: Suncica Ostoic (KONTEJNER)

Panelists: Hiroo Iwata, Machiko Kusahara, Novmichi Tosa (Maywa Denki)

#1 Overview by Machiko Kusahara

#2 Presentation

- Hiroo Iwata

- Novmichi Tosa (Maywa Denki)

Device Art Symposium at Ars Electronica 2009

4 September 2009

Brucknerhaus History Lounge, Linz, Austria

Chair: Machiko Kusahara / Panelists: Hiroo Iwata, Hideyuki Ando, Ryota Kuwakubo,

Kazuhiko Hachiya, Novmichi Tosa (Maywa Denki)

#1 Overview by Machiko Kusahara

#2 Presentation

- Hiroo Iwata

- Hideyuki Ando

- Ryota Kuwakubo

- Kazuhiko Hachiya

- Novmichi Tosa (Maywa Denki)

CREST Project

Device Art Symposium "Reflections on Commercializing Media Art"

30 September 2007

The National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation, 7F MiraiCAN Hall

Chair: Machiko Kusahara / Panelists: Hiroo Iwata, Ryota Kuwakubo,

Novmichi Tosa (Maywa Denki), Kazuhiko Hachiya

Guest Speaker: Dominique Chen (Creative Commons Japan)

#0 Introduction by Machiko Kusahara

#1 Overview by Hiroo Iwata

#2 Presentation

- Ryota Kuwakubo

- Kazuhiko Hachiya

- Novmichi Tosa (Maywa Denki)

- Comment by Dominique Chen
#3 Panel Discussion "Reflections on Commercializing Media Art"

Device Art CREST Symposium

18 May 2007

Venue: Akihabara UDX 4F AKIBA 3D Theater

Chair: Hiroo Iwata

Panelists: Masahiko Inami, Hiroo Iwata, Machiko Kusahara, Ryota Kuwakubo, Sachiko Kodama,

Kazuhiko Hachiya, Taro Maeda, Novmichi Tosa (Maywa Denki), Hiroaki Yano

#1 Overview "The Creation and Development of Expressive Technology in Device Art" by Hiroo Iwata

#2 Presentation

- "Easy Control System for Robots" by Masahiko Inami

- "Ferrofluid Sculpture" by Sachiko Kodama

- "Enabling the Audience to Experience the Process of Creating Various Devices" by Novmichi Tosa (Maywa Denki)

- "Tool Kit with Electronic Devices Facilitating the Production of Media Art" by Ryota Kuwakubo

- "Boosting the Productivity of Device Art by Developing Functional Modules"; "Establishing an Objective Evaluation System and Methodology for Producing Device Art -- Biometric Measurement of Audience Response" by Hiroaki Yano

- "3D Display Cube/ Fairy Finder Series" by Kazuhiko Hachiya

- "Device Art With Sensory Illusion: Site Visit to the Field of Digital Media" by Taro Maeda

- "Research Study on Device Art" by Machiko Kusahara

Device Art Symposium Lecture Series

"The History and Present State of Media Art: Playfulness, Science and Technology"

18 December 2006

Waseda University, Toyama Campus

Chair: Machiko Kusahara / Panelists: Itsuo Sakane, Erkki Huhtamo

#1 "Crossing the Borders Between Science and Art:

From Playfulness to Media, a Personal Retrospect" by Itsuo Sakane

#2 "Origins of Interactive Media Art" by Erkki Huhtamo

CREST Project

Device Art Symposium "Which Came First, the Chicken or the Egg?

-- The Relation Between Concept and Technology"

21 June 2006

Akihabara UDX 6F Conference Room

Chair: Machiko Kusahara / Panelists: Masahiko Inami, Hiroo Iwata, Machiko Kusahara,

Sachiko Kodama, Kazuhiko Hachiya

Guest Lecturer: Usman Haque (Architect)

#1 Presentation

- Hiroo Iwata

- Masahiko Inami

- Sachiko Kodama

- Kazuhiko Hachiya

#2 Special Lecture "Misadventures in Technology" By Usman Haque #3 Panel Discussion "Which Came First, the Chicken or the Egg?

-- The Relation Between Concept and Technology"

Device Art Symposium "The Relation Between Art and Objects"

07 May 2006

The National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation, 7F MiraiCAN Hall

Chair: Machiko Kusahara / Panelists: Hiroo Iwata, Ryota Kuwakubo, Sachiko Kodama,

Kazuhiko Hachiya

Guest Lecturer: Erkki Huhtamo (Professor of UCLA, Department of Design | Media Arts)

#1 Special Lecture "Device Art: A Western Perspective" by Erkki Huhtamo

#2 Special Lecture "Device Art as a CREST Project" by Hiroo Iwata

#3 Presentation

- Kazuhiko Hachiya

- Ryota Kuwakubo

- Sachiko Kodama

#4 Panel Discussion "The Relation Between Art and Objects"