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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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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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ars●bit Symposium #2, “Creating a New Trend in Art x Games: Toward a World Where ‘Play’ and ‘Art’ Converge,” will be held on August 12 at Shibuya 404 Not Found which is celebrating its first anniversary.
The Beyond Creator Project “ars●bit” is a new-era initiative that transcends all forms of art and entertainment, centered around games and play. Following the kickoff event held in March, the second symposium, “Creating a New Wave in Art × Games: Toward a World Where ‘Play’ and ‘Art’ Converge,” will take place in 12 Aug at…
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The contemporary art and indie game exhibition “art bit #5” will kick off with an opening event titled “Phantom Game Center is Coming!” on June 21st and 22nd.
Header: Yutaka Oiwa, Card Game, Photo: Sae Yuda Hotel Anteroom Kyoto, which shares the ever-changing art and culture of Kyoto, will host an exhibition titled “art bit – Contemporary Art & Indie Game Culture – #5” from June 21 (Sat) to August 23 (Sun), 2025, exploring the mutual appeal of contemporary art and indie games.…
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Shibuya Asobiba Production Committee