This booklet documents the Internaitonal City Video Installation Akihabara TV, a site-specific art project in which video works by 25 participating artists were shown on TVs displayed in shops in Akihabara, Tokyo. The booklet includes color plates of installation views, artists' biographies, a project note, and texts by art critics and curators. Introduction by Masato Nakamura, Akihabara TV project leader and one of the participating artists. Only the artists with Asian backgrounds are listed below.

Access level

Onsite

author

Kazunao ABE, 阿部一直,

Peter BELLARS,

Hidetoshi CHIBA, 千葉英寿,

Motoaki HORI, 堀元彰,

Masato NAKAMURA, 中村政人,

Chiaki SAKAGUCHI, 坂口千秋,

Hiroko SEKI, 関ひろ子,

Takashi SERIZAWA, 芹沢高志,

Yukiko SHIKATA, 四方幸子,

Takehiro SHIMADA, 嶋田丈裕,

Jenny WHITE

publisher

commandN (Japan)

Location code

EXS.JAP.AKI

Language

English,

Japanese

Keyword

video art, installation, group exhibition

Publication/Creation date

1999

No of pages

ISBN / ISSN

Nil

No of copies

Content type

catalogue

Chapter headings

Sight Art - Masato NAKAMURA, 中村政人

Project Note - Hiroko SEKI, 関ひろ子

Replacing Software - Takashi SERIZAWA, 芹沢高志

Akihabara TV - Jenny WHITE

What Will Akiba's 'Otaku' Have Found in Akihabara TV? - Hidetoshi CHIBA, 千葉英寿

It Happened in One Night - Chiaki SAKAGUCHI, 坂口千秋

What Lead to 'Massage' - Peter BELLARS

Unofficial Sites - Takehiro SHIMADA, 嶋田丈裕

Film and Video Art: - After Experiencing Akihabara TV- - Motoaki HORI, 堀元彰

In an Electronic, Plant-like Shelter - Kazunao ABE, 阿部一直, Yukiko SHIKATA, 四方幸子

Related event

venue	date
Various public spaces in Akihabara and command N, Tokyo, Japan	1999

Artist

Device Girls, デバイスガールズ,

Hiroko ICHIHARA, イチハラヒロコ,

Kosit JUNTARATIP, โฆษิต จันทรทิพย์,

LEE Wen, 李文,

Makoto SASAKI, 佐々木誠,

Masahiro SEKII, 関井雅博,

Masato NAKAMURA, 中村政人,

Root R,

SHIN Myeongeun, 신명근,

Takehito KOGANEZAWA, 小金沢健人,

Takuya ISHIZUMI, 石住卓哉,

Tatsuo MAJIMA, 真島龍男

Organiser

commandN (Japan)

Citation

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