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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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Anima Ludens : From “the playing human” to “life at play”—an exhibition exploring new relationships among life, technology, and the environment through Japanese contemporary art and independent games, presented as a main program of Festival Octobre Numérique 2026 in Arles, France.
futurala / Yasuki Watanabe ars●bit, an interdisciplinary creator-support project centered on play and games, presents Anima Ludens at the Chapelle des Trinitaires in Arles, France, from October 10 to November 8, 2026. Bringing together the artists supported through the project, this culminating group exhibition is presented as a main program of Festival Octobre Numérique, an…
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PHOTOGRAPHING THE VIRTUAL IN THE AGE OF ANIMA LUDENS — Pascal Greco Photography and Video Exhibition
The ars●bit, a cross-disciplinary creator support project, will present “Anima Ludens,” an exhibition serving as the culmination of the project, at the “Festival Octobre Numérique”—an annual arts festival held in Arles, France, that focuses on cutting-edge technology, art, and culture.Ahead of the exhibition in Arles, 404 Not Found in Shibuya, Tokyo, will present an exhibition…
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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…
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Shibuya Asobiba Production Committee