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404 Game Center: ars●bit Selection — A New Permanent Exhibition Launching at Shibuya’s 404 Not Found, Now in Its Second Year, Where Experimental Indie Games That Defy Genre Can Be Played Year-Round
ars●bit, a cross-disciplinary creator support project, launched 404 Game Center: ars●bit Selection on May 20, 2026 — a permanent exhibition program offering ongoing showcase of the work and activities of its supported creators. The program is housed at 404 Not Found (Shibuya Sakura Stage, 4F), located in Shibuya, Tokyo.ars●bit’s approach to creator support goes beyond helping individual work…
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art bit #6: Game Playing Society to Close on July 12 with a Philosophy Café — “Can Play Change Society?” — Plus a Limited Exhibition Catalog Available on the Day.
art bit #6: Game Playing Society, currently on view at HOTEL ANTEROOM KYOTO, is scheduled to close on July 12. To mark the occasion, we will be hosting a closing event: a philosophy café titled “Can Play Change Society?” The event will be facilitated by Kazunori Yamamoto, representative of Yohaku Seisakusho, an organization with a track record of hosting philosophy cafés. Rather than a…
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“art bit #6: Game-Playing Society” — A Contemporary Art × Indie Game Exhibition Coming to Hotel Anteroom Kyoto
art bit – Contemporary Art & Indie Game Culture – #6: Game-Playing Society, is set to take place at Hotel Anteroom Kyoto — a venue dedicated to showcasing the ever-evolving art and culture scene of Kyoto — from Saturday, May 16 through Sunday, July 12, 2026.The day after the opening, on Sunday, May 17, an international symposium co-hosted with the Ritsumeikan Center for Game Studies (RCGS) wil…
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International Symposium: Thinking Through the Game-Playing Society: At the Interface of Play and Art — To Be Held at Ritsumeikan University on Sunday, May 17, 2026
The ars●bit Project and the Ritsumeikan University Research Center for Game Studies (RCGS) will host the international symposium “Reflecting on Game-Playing Society: From the Interface Between ‘Play’ and ‘Art’” on Sunday, May 17th, 2026, at Ritsumeikan University’s Kinugasa Campus.This symposium is a companion event to the contemporary art and indie game exhibition “art bit #6: Game-Playing Societ…
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Permanent Exhibition “Japanese Indie Games” Opens at Strong National Museum of Play on February 27, 2026. The opening event includes a commemorative symposium featuring the MotionRec development team and a dedication ceremony.
Beyond Creators Project〈ars●bit〉 cooperated with The Strong National Museum of Play and the Ritsumeikan Center for Game Studies (RCGS) on a joint project to introduce the history and present state of Japanese indie games to the world with the permanent exhibition, Japanese Indie Games. The exhibition will be open starting February 27, 2026, and will run for at least t…
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Experimental Game Exhibition “Is This a Game? Exhibition 3” Held at 404 Not Found from February 11 to February 14 during SHIBUYA GAMES WEEK 2026
ars●bit will co-host the experimental game exhibition “Is This a Game? Exhibition 3” at “404 Not Found” (Shibuya Sakura Stage 4F) in Shibuya, Tokyo, from February 11 to 14, 2026. This exhibition will be held as a linked program within the “404 Game Center” event, taking place at the same venue during the “SHIBUYA GAMES WEEK 2026 (SGW 2026)” urban game festival (February 6-15), which transforms all…
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ars●bit Symposium #3 “New Developments in Art × Games: A Trajectory of Attempts to Disrupt the Boundaries Between Play and Art” will be held on February 8th and 15th at Shibuya 404 Not Found as part of SHIBUYA GAMES WEEK 2026.
ars●bit will be holding a symposium, “New Developments in Art × Games: A Trajectory of Attempts to Disrupt the Boundaries Between Play and Art,” over two days, February 8th and 15th, 2026, at “404 Not Found” (Shibuya Sakura Stage 4F) in Shibuya, Tokyo. This symposium will be held as a linked talk session within the “404 Game Center” exhibition event, which will …
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We have announced the project’s “Leaders” on the “Creator/Artist” page.
Today, we announced the members who will serve as “mentors” for this project on the “Creator/Artist” page. The members announced this time are primarily core members of the Shibuya Asobiba Production Committee, a general incorporated association that operates the ars●bit project and 404 Not Found. They are diverse specialists engaged in cross-disciplinary creative activities across various fields,…
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New Members Announced on the Creator/Artist Page
We have announced the members in this project on the “Creator/Artist” page. The members announced this time are those who have participated in or exhibited at events such as the “CREATIVE JAM” at 404 Not Found, which is currently being handled by the ars●bit project, the art and game exhibition “art bit -Contemporary Art & Indie Game Culture-” at Hotel Anteroom Kyoto, and the first overseas mu…
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Beyond Creators Project “ars●bit” Official Website Launched
The Shibuya Asobiba Production Committee has opened an official website to serve as the base for communication for the new-age Beyond Creators Project “ars●bit,” which transcends all art and entertainment with a focus on games and play. This website will provide information on the various creators/artists and events supported by the project, collaboration projects, and exhibitions both…