Public Lectures


Java for Processing

Studio Studio 1
Lecturer Takanori Endo
Format Workshop
Location C2
Duration 90min
Date Aug. 2, 10:30-12:00
Participation Limit 10
Pre-registration required

In this workshop on the interactive image and animation program environment - “Processing” - participants will learn how to expand its functions through the techniques of “Java mode” and “library creation.

Body and Technology

Studio Studio 4
Lecturer Masahiro Kobayashi
Yasuhiko Ando
Format Public Seminar
Location Prof. Kobayashi's Office (Old Building, 2F)
Duration 60min
Date Aug. 2, 11:00-12:00
Aug. 3, 14:15-15:15
Participation Limit 7
Pre-registration required

In all senses the body is loosing its “naturalness” and becoming manmade, the artificial body is actually being seen as the “new natural”. Lecturers will consider the potential of the body under the themes of “applying”, “implementing”, and “transplanting”.

Introduction to Webpages

Studio AND Course
Lecturer Shigeki Yoshida
Format Workshop
Location C1
Duration 120min
Date Aug. 2, 13:00-15:00
Participation Limit 10
Pre-registration required

In this lecture on basic webpage creation and uploading techniques, participants will do programming including: tag writing with Text Editor, CSS, JavaScript, PHP and Perl.

A What’s What of DSP Course

Studio DSP Course
Lecturer Masayuki Akamatsu
Shiberu Kobayashi
Masami Hirabayashi
Jean-Marc Pelletier
Format Public Seminar
Location DSP1
Duration 60min
Date Aug. 2, 13:00-14:00

In a round-table session a candid picture of the DSP Course will be presented, while introducing the activities of the course faculty and students.

Consecutive Ars Electronica Awards Commemorative Lecture by Masahiro Miwa

Studio Studio 2
Lecturer Masahiro Miwa
Shinjiro Maeda
Format Lecture
Location Small Hall
Duration 60min
Date Aug. 2, 14:15-15:15

Last year Masahiro Miwa received the grand prize in the category of Digital Musics from Ars Electronica, which is known as The Oscars of the Media Art world. This year he also won an honorary mention in the Hybrid Art category. This is a lecture by the internationally highly appraised Professor Masahiro Miwa.

Maya Workshop

Studio CGI Course
Lecturer Masao Takakuwa
Format Workshop
Location CGI1
Duration Aug. 3, 10:00-12:00
Date 120min
Participation Limit 8
Pre-registration required

This is a workshop on the 3D graphic animation production process using the program “Autodesk Maya”, which is often employed in movies and commercials.

Talk about Future Technology

Studio Studio E
Lecturer Akira Ishida
Kobayashi Takahiro
Koji Yamada
Format Lecture
Location Small Hall
Duration 60min
Date Aug. 3, 11:00-12:00

Picking out technology related to IAMAS, such as information communications and image display, the lecturers will predict our future based on the most recent research trends.

A Designer’s Eye

Studio Studio 3
Lecturer James Gibson
Format Lecture
Location Small Hall
Duration 60min
Date Aug. 3, 13:00-14:00

How do we, as creative people see the world around us? How and why do we act creatively upon this stimulation? What inspires us?

PHOTOTYPO

Studio DIT Course
Lecturer Masahiko Furukata
Akira Segawa
Format Workshop
Location C2
Duration 120min
Date Aug. 3, 13:00-15:00
Participation Limit 10
Pre-registration required

In this workshop participants will compose messages with an original typeface that uses photographs.