International Festival for Arts and Media Yokohama 2009

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During the 150th anniversary year of the Yokohama port opening, the city is hosting the International Festival for Arts and Media Yokohama 2009 as part of the Creative City Yokohama initiative. The festival embraces a variety of different fields, including, but not limited to, contemporary art, media art, computer graphics, animation, film and photography. This event is not restricted to the confines of an art or film festival, but aims at becoming a new breed of festival that will push the boundaries of media and art as we know them. Approximately fifty artists in and out of Japan will participate in the festival. Works related to moving images from a wide range of genres will be presented together in Yokohama. As an unprecedented festival of media and art culture, it will be a space not only for the artists to share their work, but also for the public to take an active role and participate in a variety of projects and conversations. In our aim to question and explore the role and direction of imagery expression in today's society, we hope the works and opportunities presented at this festival will spark forward-thinking discussion and investigation into the related themes.


■Participating Artists 87 artists / groups from 16 countries

Chantal Akerman / ART LAB OVA / CHANNEL CREAM / Chris Chon Chan Fui / Fujihata Masaki / Graffiti Research Lab / Hachiya Kazuhiko / Duane Hopkins / Izumi Taro / Alfredo Jaar / Jung Yeondoo / Lim Minouk / Christian Marclay / Aernout Mik / Nomura Makoto & Nomura Yukihiro / Nakazawa Hideki / Eko Nugroho / Paulien Oltheten / Steven Pippin / Walid Raad / remo / Sato Masahiko / Shiga Lieko / SHIMURABROS. / Michael Snow / Sun Xun / Fiona Tan / Urban meme project / Pablo Valbuena / Edwin van der Heide / Wang Jian Wei / Apichatpong Weerasethakul / Yamakawa Fuyuki / Yangachi / Yasuno Taro / Artur Żmijewski

■Screening Artists
Sherif El Azma / Arai Chie / Chen Yongwei / Cheng Ran / Ian Clark / Dong Dayuan / Gim Hongsok / Ann Guest/ Max Hattler / Hamaguchi Ryusuke / Hua Peng / Ichinose Hiroco / keda Chihiro / Iwai Chikara / Jin Shan / Jun Sojung / Jung Yumi / Kim Hee-chul / Kurosaka Keita / Let Me Feel Your Finger First / Li Ming / Makino Jun / Mariko Atsushi / Matsumura Hiroyuki / Abby Manock / Steve McQueen / Katy Merrington / Mizue Mirai / Nakata Ayaka / Oi Fumio / Okamoto Masanori / Okuda Masaki / Ookawara Ryo / Orikasa Ryo / Oyama Kei / Park Chan-kyong / Pipilotti Rist / Sato Fumiro / Tim Shore & Gary Thomas in collaboration with Anaïs Bouts / Shin Jiho / Shinkai Taketo / Shiroki Saori / Tominaga Masanori / Uekusa Wataru / Wada Atsushi / Chirstinn Whyte and Jake Messenger / Dawn Woolley / Wu Junyong / Ye Linhan / Yokota Masashi / Yoo Eunju