Program

Conferences / campus 08

campus | Tokyo Conference

06.09. | 10:00 - 16:30

Kunstuniversität Linz / Hauptplatz

Crossing the boundary between Art and Technology
Postgraduate research presentations from The University of Tokyo & Interface Cultures, University of Art and Industrial Design Linz & Zurich University of the Arts.

The boundary of Art and Technology has become vague gradually. Obviously, the number of researchers and artists crossing the boundary between the two fields – in both directions – has been steadily increasing.

The University of Tokyo is one of the world-leading universities especially on technology. In the campus | Tokyo exhibition they showcase their approaches with hybrid technology. The University of Tokyo is one of the world’s leading institutes of technology. The works on display in the campus | Tokyo exhibition are hybrid projects and interdisciplinary link-ups of media technology and artistic forms of expression. Staged jointly with the UfG-Linz Art University and ZHdK–Zurich University of the Arts, this conference will examine efforts at crossover between art and technology in order to give students and faculty members the opportunity to present their research and to get valuable feedback. This conclave is designed to promote exchange and to inspire further innovation.

Schedule:
Opening
10:00-10:20 Christa Sommerer & Laurent Mignonneau / University of Art and Industrial Design Linz
10:20-10:40 Gerhard M.Buurman / Zurich University of the arts
10:40-11:00 Michitaka Hirose / The University of Tokyo

First Session
11:00-12:30 Presentation by Students *

12:30 – 13:30 lunch break

Second Session
13:30-14:30 Presentation by Students *

14:30 – 15:00 break

Third Session
15:00-16:00 Presentation by Students *

16:00 – 16:30 Closing by Naemura Takeshi & Tomoe Moriyama / The University of Tokyo

* Students of the University of Tokyo, University of Art and Industrial Design Linz & Zurich University of the arts

Project Management: Young ah Seong, Emiko Ogawa, Mahir M. Yavuz