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Titled "Inspiring Questions – Questioning Inspiration," this year's ICC Kids Program focuses on the way children find their own inspirations and questions. The exhibition invites children to experience various displays while thinking and imagining how artists generate from their unique points of view instances of "!" and "?."

On display are a variety of artworks based on such everyday items as toy railway tracks, knitting, clapping, pixel art, animation, shadows or pinhole cameras, highlighting slightly off-beat perspectives that evoke in the viewer both "inspiration" and "questions."

The exhibition was designed with the aim to make visitors aware of possible alternative views and perspectives by way of exchanging the personal "inspirations" and "questions" generated in each viewer's mind.

Welcome to a show of artworks that let you discover your own "inspirations" and "questions" by designing patterns out of toy railway tracks, finding things wrapped up in knitting yarn, painting pictures using a device that lights up when clapping, creating and deciphering animated pixel images, drawing up stories inspired by moving characters on the wall, viewing the exhibition space from a giant's perspective, or wearing a box on your head to see things upside down!
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OKADA Kenichi

"Pixel Factory" 2006/14

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Running a sheet printed with dot patterns through a wooden box triggers the playback of a little animation. Inside the box, the row of pixels on the sheet is rearranged into a matrix before appearing on the display. This work reproduces a computer's pixelated display by an analogue technique.

Cooperation: TOSA Masamichi (Maywa Denki)

OKADA Kenichi
Finished the Design Interactions Programme at the School of Design, Royal Collage of Art (RCA), in 2008. His works utilizing digital media while incorporating analogue techniques have been featured in numerous exhibitions in Japan and abroad, including "The Definition of Self" (21_21DESIGN SIGHT, 2010) and "Talk to Me" (Museum of Modern Art, New York [MoMA], 2011) among others.
http://www.kenichiokada.com/

KANEBAKO Junichi

"Clap Light Drawing" 2013-14

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KANEBAKO Junichi
"Clap Drawing Project" 2013
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This installation revolves around light drawings made using "Clap Lights." Attached to the palm of the hand, this device developed by the artist himself transforms the pressure generated by clapping one's hands into electricity, which is then used to light up LEDs.

Cooperation: ENDO Takanori
Design cooperation: ITAKURA Mika

KANEBAKO Junichi
Artist and researcher in the field of "musical interfaces." The main subject of his studies are "barrier-free instruments," musical instruments to be used by handicapped and non-handicapped people for making music together, which he has been introducing in Japan and abroad. KANEBAKO's work at large revolves around various ways of enjoying music, resulting among others in "Vibracion Cajon," a work that allows visitors/users to exchange the sound (vibration) of the cajon, a Spanish percussion instrument, with other people. He was recently awarded the 2013 Yamaha Graphic Grand Prix, and a Grand Award in the Entertainment Section of the 2013 Asia Digital Art Award.
http://www.kanejun.com/

CHIKARAISHI Saki

"Knit Invader" 2014

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Using an automatic knitting device called "Knit Invader Machine," the artist wraps handrails, chairs, and various other objects at ICC up in knitting. Things certainly look different once they are covered with knitted fabrics...

Cooperation: TASKO Inc., Hannan Cheese Co., Ltd., SAKATA Ryoichi, WADA Shoma, SASAKI Kana, KATO Koyuki

CHIKARAISHI Saki
Hyper knit creator. The central theme behind the artist's work is communication with the surrounding world by knitting and eventually wrapping up all kinds of objects in the streets. Launched her current "Travelling Knitting Machine" project in June 2014, and is planning to continue her project on the road, knitting with the aim to connect places and people, and ultimately, wrap the entire planet up in knitting. Previous exhibitions include "Knitting Grand Strategy" (Seibu Department Store, Shibuya, Tokyo, 2011), “UNIVERSE⇄UNIVERSE” (ELTTOB TEP ISSEY MIYAKE, 2012), etc.
http://www.muknit.com

Paramodel

"Paramodel Joint Factory" 2014

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Paramodel
"Let's play the plarail with Paramodel" 2012

"Paramodel Joint Factory"
experience program
Date:
Please have a look at calendar.
calendar
Time:
11:30am -, 1:30pm -, 2:30pm -, 4:00pm -
Capacity:
10 persons
(first-come basis, Registration will take place as needed from 10 minutes ahead of each session.)
Target participants:
5 years old children and above
(kindergarden children must be accompanied by an adult.)
Required time:
about one hour

As part of this hands-on installation, visitors connect Plarail * (plastic model railway) tracks to "paint" graffiti-like patterns and designs. This process is filmed, and the resulting footage is projected in multiple layers to ultimately create what looks like one large graffiti.

Cooperation: DOISHITA Tai, HORIGUCHI Junshi
* Plarail © is a registered trademark of Tomy Company, Ltd.

Paramodel
Artist duo of HAYASHI Yasuhiko and NAKANO Yusuke. Around the core concept of "paramodel: poetic models/plans assembled from various parts of the world/heart" by two "parallel" artists from different areas of expertise and interest, the duo use model toys as main components to create works exploring in various forms aspects of coexistence and parallax between themselves. Main exhibitions include "Phases of Time in Art" (The Museum of Modern Art, Wakayama, 2013) and "Extended Senses: Present of Japanese / Korean Media Art" (Alternative Space Loop, ICC, 2008).
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HIRANO Ryo

"Faraway Factory" 2014

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A large, bizarre scenery with all sorts of plants, buildings and animals is projected onto the wall of the exhibition space. This animated work was created with the aim to inspire visitors to imagine their own narratives while watching the landscape and the creatures wriggling in it.

Cooperation: FOGHORN
Stuffed creature made by Gyunyuya

* On August 2, the event by HIRANO Ryo will be held in the exhibition space for "Faraway Factory."
During the event, "Faraway Factory" will not be exhibited.

HIRANO Ryo
Graduated from Tama Art University, Department of Information Design. Creator of intensely bizarre works with a pop feeling. Turns any subjects his voracious haptic sense picks up into works incorporating elements ranging from anthropological and folkloristic to subculture. Presented in a broad range of formats such as animation, illustration, manga, picture-card show, imagery and music, the results tend to confuse the audience, yet reflect the artist's perspective rooted deep in everyday life, together with his penchant for romance and non-human characters.
http://ryohirano.com/
http://foghorn.jp/

FuwariLab (HIYAMIZU Kunie + OKADA Kenichi)

"Scale Scopic" 2014


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The enlarged shadow of a visitor peeking into this gadget is projected onto the wall. The visitor can now overview the exhibition space from the elevated perspective of that large shadow, and thus enjoy the feeling of observing the world through a giant's eyes.

 
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"Pinhole Cinema" 2013

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"Pinhole Cinema"
experience program
Date:
Please have a look at calendar.
calendar
Time:
1:00pm -, 3:00pm -
Capacity:
5 persons
(first-come basis, Registration will take place as needed from 10 minutes ahead of each session.)
Target participants:
5 years old children and above
(kindergarden children must be accompanied by an adult.)
Required time:
about one hour

Visitors wearing this device based on the principle of a pinhole camera on their heads can see the surrounding scenery being gradually turned upside down. Watching these panorama images created by the way of light that falls in through a little hole on the back of the box, the visitor feels as if being in his/her own private cinema.

FuwariLab (HIYAMIZU Kunie + OKADA Kenichi)
HIYAMIZU Kunie and OKADA Kenichi launched FuwariLab as an outlet for their joint creative endeavors in 2011. Based on the key idea of "a child's mind," they have been working across various media to produce works aiming to provide grownups with opportunities to be children again and have pure fun.
http://www.fuwarilab.com/
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"Pinhole Cinema"
experience program
Date:
Please have a look at calendar.
calendar
Time:
1:00pm -, 3:00pm -
Capacity:
5 persons
(first-come basis, Registration will take place as needed from 10 minutes ahead of each session.)
Target participants:
5 years old children and above
(kindergarden children must be accompanied by an adult.)
Required time:
about one hour

events

Paramodel

"Let's play the plarail with Paramodel"



Date: July 19, 20, 2014  [Finished]
Time: 11:30am -, 1:30pm -, 2:30pm -, 4:00pm -

Instructor: Paramodel HAYASHI Yasuhiko
Capacity: 10 persons (first-come basis, Registration will take place as needed from 10 minutes ahead of each session.)
* Visitors are free to look around
Venue: ICC Gallery A
Participation fee: free of charge
Target participants: 5 years old children and above (kindergarden children must be accompanied by an adult.)
Required time: about one hour

CHIKARAISHI Saki

Workshop by CHIKARAISHI Saki



Date: July 25, 31, August 8, 14, 19, 26, 2014  [Finished]
Time: 11:00am - 3:00pm(Registration will take place as necessary until 2:30pm at ICC)

Instructors: CHIKARAISHI Saki
Venue: ICC Entrance Lobby
Capacity: 50 persons (first-come basis)
* Visitors are free to look around
* About 10 participants may join this workshop at a time.
Participation fee: 865yen per 1monster (for the work kit)
How to apply: Please purchase the ticket for the workshop at ICC shop on the day.
Target participants: 3 years old children and above (kindergarden children must be accompanied by an adult.)
Required time: about 30 minutes

FuwariLab

"Pinhole Cinema workshop"

* Application required



Date: July 27, 30, August 15, 23, 2014  [Finished]
Time: 2:00pm -

Instructors: FuwariLab (HIYAMIZU Kunie + OKADA Kenichi)
Capacity: 10 persons (Application required. Participants may be decided by lot)
* Visitors are free to look around
Participation fee: 1,400yen (for the work kit)
Target participants: 5 years old children and above (Kindergarden children and lower grade elementary school children must be accompanied by an adult.)
Required time: about two hours

Application period at July 27: July 8 - 19, 2014, 6:00pm  [Finished]
Application period at July 30: July 8 - 22, 2014, 6:00pm  [Finished]
Application period at August 15: July 8 - August 7, 2014, 6:00pm  [Finished]
Application period at August 23: July 8 - August 15, 2014, 6:00pm  [Finished]

* The application by e-mail or fax will not be accepted from Aug 2, 7:00 pm to Aug 4, 10:00 am due to maintenance.

HIRANO Ryo

Event by HIRANO Ryo



Date: August 2, 2014  [Finished]
Time: 2:00pm -

Venue: ICC Gallery A
Admission Free
Required time: about 15 minutes

* On August 2, the event by HIRANO Ryo will be held in the exhibition space for "Faraway Factory."
During the event, "Faraway Factory" will not be exhibited.

KANEBAKO Junichi

"Clap Light Drawing workshop"

* Application required



Date: August 9, 2014 [Finished]
Time: 2:00pm -

Instructor: KANEBAKO Junichi
Venue: ICC 4F special stage
Capacity: 20 persons (Application required. Participants may be decided by lot)
* Visitors are free to look around
Participation fee: 850yen (for the work kit)
Target participants: 5 years old children and above (kindergarden children must be accompanied by an adult.)
Required time: about two hours

Application period: July 19 - August 31, 2014, 6:00pm  [Finished]
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hours


Date: July 19 – August 31, 2014
Closed: Mondays (If Monday is a holiday, then Tuesday), August 3
Hours: 11:00am - 6:00pm
Admission Free

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Date: June 21, 2014 – March 8, 2015
Closed: Mondays (If Monday is a holiday, then Tuesday),
The year-end and New Year Holidays (December 29 to January 5),
Maintenance day (August 3 and February 8)
Hours: 11:00am - 6:00pm
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