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Videoart/Network/Exhibition"TELEPIDEMIC!"
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"TELEPIDEMIC!" festival is an international video festival that aims
at introducing an activity of "TELEPIDEMIC!" which is an art movement
organized by some artists from the world to prevail videoart. It has
various presentations like screenings of domestic and overseas artists'
video works, workshops, art management report and symposium.

details are
http://www.vctokyo.org/telepidemic/ (now we're making English page....)

If you live in Kansai Area, you can see details in L-magazine(p.111),
Kansai Pia(p.22,134).

2002 7/24(wed)-7/28(sun)

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at Kobe Art Village Center
(http://kavc.or.jp)
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5-3-14 Shinkaichi Hyogoku Kobeshi 652-0811
TEL (078) 512-5500? FAX (078) 512-5356
about 5 minutes by walk from Kobe Kosoku "Shinkaichi" Sta.
about 10 minutes by walk from JR "Kobe" Sta.
about 15 min by walk "Minatogawa Koen" Sta.
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- fee:\800(for 1 program)/\4000(for all programs)
(Gallery space is free to see.)

- <TELEPIDEMIC! Artists> Harrald Busch(Germany)
Nose Chan(Hong Kong)
Mark Chan(Hong Kong)
Ulrich Fisher(Switzerland)
Katsuyuki Hattori(Japan)
Kazumi Kanemaki(Japan)
Masayuki Kawai(Japan)
Martin Krenn & Oliver Ressler(Austria)
Janne Ketola(Finland)
Yves Mettler(Austria)
Marc Plas(France)
Akiko Nakamura(Japan)
Shuhei Nishiyama(Japan)
Nicolas Siepen & Tara Herbst(Germany)
Kentaro Taki(Japan)
Hugo Verlinde & He'l`ene Deschamps(France)

<Guest artists> Takahiko Iimura
Keiji Aiuchi
Yutaka Tsuchiya
Ichiro Sueoka

<Screening> ++24th(wed)-28th(sun) Videoart Screening
Main event of this festival. Videoart Screening which has some artist's
works chosen by each theme.
Most of works have english subtitle or english dialogues. And we have
bilingal catalogues for programs.

<TELEPIDEMIC! Program> A "Criticism on Mass-media"
B "Form and Concept"
C "Revolution and Illusion"
D "Politics and Activism"
E "Homogenized and Textualized City"
Special Program
F "Theory of Image Arts"
G Praxis of Image Arts"
H "Tide of New Videoart Generation"
I "Documentations of Video Artist Workshop"?

Works of TELEPIDEMIC! artists(A-E), Works of domestic guest artist(F,G),
Works of coming artist from U.S.A., Russia, Yugoslavia, Italy.(H),
Documentation works of VIDEO ARTIST WORKSHOP which was held since 1999. (I)
Over 50 works of 40 artist's from 13 courtiers are shown in this
festival! Go to Kobe in this summer!

<Time Table> ________13:00- 14:30- 16:00- 18:00- 18:30- 20:00-
7/24(wed)_C______B______A______J1________Opening party(19:30-)
7/25(thu)_H______E______D_____________F______G
7/26(Fri)_B______C______A_____________E______D
7/27(Sat)_I______H______J2____________B______A
7/28(Sun)_E______F______G_____________C______D
each program is about 60min -80min.

<Events> ++24th(wed)-28th(sun)Videoart Exhibition
12:00-21:00
**TELEPIDEMIC! artist exhibition
Documentation of video installation and video performance are exhibited.
**Semiology of Video
Takahiko Iimura's DVD-Rom artwork "Seeing/Hearing/ Speaking".
**Activity of VIDEOART CENTER Tokyo

++24t(wed)-28th(sun) Video Gallery
12:00-21:00
At Video Gallery corner, you can watch the screening programs with
monitor, video player and headphone.

++24th(wed)18:00- TELEPIDEMIC! Opening event
Artists' statement and Program Guide of TELEPIDEMIC!

++24th(wed)19:30- Opening Party (at 1F Gallery space)

++27th(sat) 16:00- Symposium
"Where image arts go in the global media situation?"
<Panelists> Guest artist : Keiji Aiuchi (Japan), Ichiro Sueoka (Japan)
TELEPIDEMIC! artist:
Tara Herbst (Germany)
Marc Plas (France)
Masayuki Kawai (Japan)
M.C.: Kentaro Taki

++27th 22:00- Closing Party (details are to be announced)

++28th 16:00- Art & Management Report
Introduction of videoart group "V-tape" in Canada.
Report and discussion about art management of present day.
Reporter : Katsuyuki Hattori

Contact:
VIDEOART CENTER Tokyo
MK Build 3F 5-62-8 Nakanoku Nakano Tokyo, Japan
tel/fax +81-3-5380-8755
info(a)vctokyo.org http://www.vctokyo.org