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<ars●bit>—— A cross-disciplinary creator training project centered on games and play
“ars●bit” is a complex project that is a collaboration between “art bit,” a contemporary art x indie game exhibition series held annually at Hotel Anteroom Kyoto from 2021, and “404 Not Found,” a new indie game mecca that opened at Shibuya Sakura Stage in Shibuya, Tokyo in July 2024, to discover, nurture, and support unprecedented cross-disciplinary artists/creators in global challenges, with games/play as the core.
With Shibuya and Kyoto as international exchange hubs as its home, the project will develop new markets and foster cultural contexts from Japan through a wide range of activities, including support for the creation of works through seminars, study groups, and creative jams for artists/creators, exhibitions and events that provide a venue for presenting works both domestically and internationally, and exhibiting at international game shows and art fairs.
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【ars●bit】The GameArt project “CÔGEIMU” prototype exhibition will be held on November 15th. A new expression will be born from the collaboration between metalsmith Ryosuke Shiomi, and game creator Kamiena.
ars●bit will be holding a prototype presentation exhibition for their GameArt project “CÔGEIMU” at 404 Not Found on November 15th. This project, a collaborative effort between artist of metal smith Ryosuke Shiomi, a recipient of ars●bit training, and game creator Kamiena, aims to create new forms of expression that transcend the boundaries between games and…
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The second session of the Creator Practice Seminar Series “FIND YOUR VALUE,” titled “Creators and Money,” will be held on October 25.
This seminar is the second installment of the creator-focused seminar series hosted by the “ars●bit Project.” This session features guest speakers: Tahei Shii, a contemporary artist and CEO of Startburn Inc., which supports the authenticity assurance and value preservation of artworks utilizing blockchain technology; and Hiroyuki Jinno, a venture capitalist deeply involved in investing in…
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A new door to the future created by theater and gamesA two-day creative event expressing the worldview of the new science fiction play “Mono no Aware,” which will be performed at Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai,Japan, through games.
Event Overview Special Collaboration with SF KyogenThis is a special collaboration project with the theater program “Ken Liu Original New SF Kyogen Mono no Aware,” which will be held at Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai,Japan venue from September 30 to October 1, 2025. The “children’s games” that appear in the story’s setting, a spaceship in the…
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Shibuya Asobiba Production Committee