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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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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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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…
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A talk session “Hyper Museum Autumn Festival” commemorating the opening of Takakurakazuki’s exhibition “Characters are Words” will be held on December 6th.
ars●bit, in collaboration with HYPER MUSEUM HANNO, will host a commemorative talk session, “Hyper Museum Autumn Festival,” during artist Takakura kazuki’s solo exhibition “Characters are Words” (November 16, 2025 – March 1, 2027), on Saturday, December 6, 2025.Takakurakazuki continues to challenge the Japanese contemporary art scene by opening up unprecedented c…
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Shibuya Asobiba Production Committee