THE PROJECT TO SUPPORT EMERGING MEDIA ARTS CREATORS
The Project to Support Emerging Media Arts Creators encourages young creators in order to improve the industry standards in media arts for the coming generations. Additionally, the program sends curators and other personnel overseas to develop global human resources for the purpose of prompting the improvement and development of Japan’s media arts standards.
Organizer: Agency for Cultural Affairs, Government of Japan (Bunka-cho)
ABOUT TWO PROGRAMS
The Program for Japanese Creators with Exploratory Projects, artists with winning works or who were chosen for Jury Selections in the Japan Media Arts Festival, are invited to present new work proposals. Selected proposals are then supported with a production budget, advice and technical assistance from experts, and an opportunity to interact with other creators, and to exhibit the new piece.
The Program for Next Cultural Producer Incubation Project aims to train the next generation of curators and cultural producers who can envision media arts across fields such as science, education, and business, and create new cultures and frameworks without being bound by existing concepts.
ADVISORS OF “Program for Japanese Creators with Exploratory Projects”, 2022
TANAKA Katsuki
Manga Artist
MORI Masaaki
Animation Artist, Professor Emeritus of Tokyo Zokei University
MORITA Nae
Planner and Producer, maart Ltd.
YAMAKAWA Fuyuki
Artist, Khoomei Singer
YAMAMOTO Kana
Editor, Writer, Producer
ADVISORS OF “Program for Next Cultural Producer Incubation Project”, 2022
KAKEHI Yasuaki
Professor, The University of Tokyo
HATANAKA Minoru
Chief Curator, NTT InterCommunications Center [ICC]