Art &Technology Tohoku 2023 Competition

■ ENTRIES

Competition entries should be interactive and non-interactive works and digital technologies in media arts. This will be a hybrid event with both online and in-person participation for the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) countermeasures. For online submissions, entries will be accepted in the form of the artwork itself (still images, videos), or a video of the artwork (including a description of the piece and a demonstration). For in-person submissions (interactive works and digital technology), applicants will be required to present and demonstrate their work themselves on the day of the exhibition at the venue. Additionally, depending on changes in the social situation, the event may be changed to an online-only format. Some of the possible works and technologies are presented below, while the entries are not just limited to the examples.

◆Interactive works：

　Interactive contents and interactive systems: games, media arts, VR/MR contents, robots, interactive installations, physical computing, Web designs, ...

◆Non-interactive works：

　Still images and movie contents created using digital technologies: computer graphics, perspective drawings, design drawings, rendering, movie installations, animations, videos, projection mappings, ...

◆Digital technology：

　Digital technologies and tools that support creation of works and whose validity is confirmed through viewing: CG, CAD, CV, VFX, image/movie processing, communication technologies, sensor technologies, sound technologies, HI/VR devices, real-world interface, physical computation, simulation technologies, visualization technologies, display technologies, ...

(Note: If a presentation or demonstration is not conducted, please make efforts to enable the understanding of the appeal points of the work through the work itself or demo visuals.)

■ APPLICATION PROCEDURE

◆Details of competition

1. Anybody can apply for this competition. Residence, occupation, and affiliation do not matter.
2. You may send one or more works.
3. Apply for the competition from the link described below.
4. Before you apply for the competition, confirm that your works do not infringe copyright or any other rights; otherwise, get the permission for the art images, movies, pictures, or music used in your works.
5. If third parties claim violation of the rights or any damages, the applicants shall deal with them on their own responsibility and cost. The committee of the competition will assume no responsibility for them.
6. The committee may inquire about contents for exhibition.
7. If your work is applied to the following cases, send the demonstration video of your work:
   - The size of your work is so large, such as a large-scale installation, and it seems to be difficult to exhibit it, since a special lighting environment is required, or a lot of staffs are required to set your works at the venue.
   - Your work may make the venue dirty or damage it.
8. If your works produce a quite large sound, let us know it in advance.
9. If the venue manager or audience complains or claims any damages, the applicants shall deal with them on their own responsibility and cost. The committee of the competition will assume no responsibility for them.
10. No network environment is provided in the exhibition gallery.
11. Please comply with the Art & Technology Tohoku Code of Conduct.

◆Exhibition

Works that do not have a presentation or demonstration on the day of the event will be exhibited online. Using the thumbnails and links submitted at the time of application, we will prepare an Art & Technology Tohoku 2023 portal site where you can view each applicant's work. Additionally, we plan to screen these works at the venue.

1. Any work that does not conduct a presentation or demo on the day of the event will be displayed online and projected onto a screen at the venue. However, if there are many submissions, the works to be screened at the venue may be selected in advance through a preliminary screening process.
2. .For interactive works and digital technologies （presentation / demo at the venue）, a table (in width about 80cm, in depth about 80cm) and electrical outlets will be prepared at the exhibition gallery. The applicants may use your own computers. If you need a wider space, let us know it through Submission Site when you apply for the competition.
3. If your works produce a quite large sound, let us know it in advance.
4. No network environment is provided in the exhibition gallery.
5. If the venue manager or audience complains or claims any damages, the applicants shall deal with them on their own responsibility and cost. The committee of the competition will assume no responsibility for them.

◆How to apply the competition

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Non-interactive works (still images)
　Submit the URLs for thumbnails and still images

Non-interactive works (movies)
　Submit the URLs for thumbnails and movies.
　Note: The first 3 minutes of the movies will be judged.

Interactive works (no presentation/demonstration at the venue)
Digital technology (no presentation/demonstration at the venue)
　Submissions: thumbnails, work descriptions, URLs to videos
　Note: Please include a description of the work and a demo. The judging will be for the first 3 minutes.

Interactive work (presentation and demonstration at the venue)
Digital technology (presentation and demonstration at the venue)
　Submissions: Thumbnails, work descriptions, exhibition details PDF.

※Thumbnails and URLs submitted at the time of application will be used as links to the works displayed on the Art & Technology Tohoku 2023 portal site at the time of exhibition. For the convenience of screening at the venue, please make it available for YouTube or download
※Thumbnails should be jpg files with a size of 1280 horizontal and 720 vertical. (It may be resized here for convenience)

◆Schedule

Submissions will be accepted from May 8 (Mon.), 2023.
The deadline for uploading work is June 9, 2023 (Fri.) >>June 20(Tue.).
Exhibition will be held on July 15, 2023 (Sat.) in Design and Media Technology Collaboration
Studio, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Iwate University, Japan, and portal site.

 

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　

 

■ JUDGMENT AND ANNOUNCEMENT OF WINNERS

1. Judging: The committee will judge the works impartially and severely at the exhibition gallery
   Before exhibition, the committee may have the elimination and request submission of videos or some other materials to explain your interactive works.
2. Prizes:　"Most Excellence Prize" and "Excellence Prize" will be awarded to excellent works and technologies. Special prize, such as "Special Jury Prize", might also be given
3. Announcement of winners: The winners will be announced in the awarding ceremony to close the exhibition. After the workshop event, they will be exhibited on the website of Art & Technology Tohoku 2023
4. Admission for the workshop event is free and anyone may attend it. Access to the portal site requires pre-registration.

■ JUDGING COMMITTEE

The Art & Technology Tohoku 2023 executive committee judges the competition entries.

■ EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

The Art & Technology Tohoku 2023 executive committee consists of:
Chairperson: Takuya Akashi
Vice chairperson: Kenta Motomura
Members: Board members of Tohoku branch

■ CONTACT

Art & Technology Tohoku 2023 executive committee office
E-Mail：　at-committee(AT)ｌk.cis.iwate-u.ac.jp　
TEL：　019-621-6464，019-621-6569