Smart Illumination Yokohama Award 2017
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Yokohama, is the first harbor city introduced to the world as the entrance to Japan. Since the time its port was opened, Yokohama has been vigorously acquiring new cultures and information from foreign countries and introducing to Japan our country’s first-time-ever things from food to a wide range of cultures, which entitles Yokohama as the birthplace of Japan’s modern culture. The Yokohama, referred to as “Hamakko” in Japanese, has been very cheerful at enjoying life and willing to adopt whatever is good. Such a tradition of the “Hamakkos” cultivated long ago has been incorporated into the present fashionable and sophisticated streetscape.
Description
Smart Illumination Yokohama is an international art event which started following the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake. The event is held in an effort to create the nightscape of Yokohama for the new era by integrating energy conservation and art.Based on this objective, Smart Illumination Award aims to discover talented creators who design nightscape of the future. There is no limitation as to the form of works as long as the they involve light. We look forward to receiving aspiring works that propose lighting concepts and nightscape concepts suitable for the era of environmentally-friendlly technology
For all categories
- The work must propose the ddght for the new era and promote energy conservation, based on the concept of Smart Illumination Yokohama.
- The forms of expression such as installation, media art, landscape design, product, and interactive exhibition are not restricted.
- The work must stand on its own or with weights.
* The work must not be installed on existing faciddties such as fence, posts or ddghts, mounted/ fixed on the wall of system panel within the booth, or set up the foundation or anchor on the paved surface or ground. The work must not deface or damage the faciddty. If any damages are caused, the exhibitor will be responsible for the timely restoration to the original state. - Each exhibitor will be responsible for the production, installation, removal, and operation of his/her own work as well as overseeing the work during the exhibition.
- If the work makes any sound, it must not disturb the works of others. Further, the volume must be at a level where it will not be heard outside the tent/park.
- The installation location will be determined after discussion with the organizer. Exhibitors may be asked to change the plan due to security reasons, laws, or other circumstances such as faciddty management.
- The event host will assume no responsibiddty for any accident or damage caused to the work during the exhibition.
- The competition is open to all nationaddties and ages
- Exhibitors must attend the briefing at the exhibition site on the specified date.
The size of an indoor exhibition booth is H2.4m×W2.0m×D2.0m and each booth has one electrical outlet (maximum is 3 ampere).
* The floor material is interlocking
B. Outdoor exhibition (individual and group) category / C. Outdoor exhibition (school) category
The work must be waterproof and suitable for outdoor exhibition. Measures must be taken against electrical leakage and wind.
Submission Categories
A. Indoor booth exhibition (individual and group) category up to 30 individuals/groups
Art works and ddroducts involving light will be exhibited at booths (a booth size is H2.4m×W2.0m×D2.0m) in a tent.
Exhibition fee: 30,000 yen
B. Outdoor exhibition (individual and groudd) category
Light art works will be exhibited at Zo-No-Hana Park.
Exhibition fee: 10,000 yen
C. Outdoor exhibition (school) category
Groudd exhibition by universities, technical schools, laboratories, etc.
Exhibition fee: 50,000 yen
*Exhibition fee will incur at the time of the exhibition after the preliminary screening. Submission is for free.
Jury
Tsutomu Okada
Art Director, Smart Illumination Yokohama 2017
Art Director, Smart Illumination Yokohama 2017
Naoyuki Kuniyoshi
Chairman, Smart Illumination Yokohama Executive Committee
Chairman, Smart Illumination Yokohama Executive Committee
Masao Koizumi
Partner at Koizumi Atelier / Professor at Tokyo Metropolitan University, Dr. Eng.
Partner at Koizumi Atelier / Professor at Tokyo Metropolitan University, Dr. Eng.
Yasuharu Shimoda
Director General of Climate Change Policy Headquarters
Director General of Climate Change Policy Headquarters
Kyota Takahashi
Artist
Artist
Eisuke Tachikawa
CEO of NOSIGNER
CEO of NOSIGNER
Kozue Nakayama
Head of Culture and Tourism Bureau of Yokohama
Head of Culture and Tourism Bureau of Yokohama
Kaoru Mochizuki
Deputy Editor of "Bijutsu Techo" Monthly Magazine
Deputy Editor of "Bijutsu Techo" Monthly Magazine
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Rewards
Grand Prize
$2 041 + Invitation to the next year's Smart Illumination Yokohama as a guest artist.3 Awards of Excellence
Award certificateTimeline
Asia/Tokyo
Submission starts
Submission ends
Jury
Preliminary screening : Scheduled to be conducted in early August
Event starts
Briefing at the site
Event ends
Briefing at the site
Submission ends
Drawing submission deadline
Event starts
Installation briefing
Event ends
Installation briefing
Event
Unloading and Installation
Publications & Exhibitions starts
Exhibition period
Event
Unloading and Installation
Jury
Final selection
Publications & Exhibitions ends
Exhibition period
Results
on the official website Smart Illumination Award 2017 and Competition information website “Toryu-Mon”
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