“ICC Annual” is an exhibition that explores diverse forms of expression within today’s media environment, including media art. Building on the concept of the “Open Space” series held from 2006 to 2021, “ICC Annual” was launched in 2022 as a new form of long-term exhibition. The 2026 edition examines the intersections of history, technology, and media.

In the contemporary media landscape, advancements in technologies such as generative AI have enabled information to be produced and circulated at an unprecedented speed and scale. Within this constant flow, the content we encounter is selected and reorganized based on algorithms. Under such conditions, the very frameworks that determine what is recorded and how it is shared are undergoing significant transformation. History and memory themselves can potentially be updated in real time and, in some cases, rewritten under political and economic forces.

This exhibition focuses on the relationships between history, technology, and media, considering how they have shaped the formation of history and memory, while also reflecting on the act of “preserving” and “leaving behind.” It brings together works that can be interpreted from a range of perspectives, including the systems of selection and exclusion inherent in recording media, the circulation of images in digital environments and the forces that govern them, as well as forms of communication that fall outside the frameworks of perception established through Western modernity. The exhibition also features works that offer new perspectives on the transmission of memory, even if they do not address history directly. Through these diverse approaches, “ICC Annual 2026” presents a multifaceted view of the evolving relationship between media and history.

By questioning what is left behind and how we take on what remains, the exhibition reconsiders the fundamental nature of history and memory.