The Digital Creativity Conference asked what are the new opportunities created by digital technologies, for art practice, and art institutions. It was staged in Tokyo by British Council on 12-13 February 2011.
The British Council should be congratulated in bringing together such a fantastic lineup of speakers from the UK and Japan, and for their success in capturing the zeitgeist and staging for the first time in Japan a conversation between the art and commerce, and between a wide range of sectors, include art, design and technology.
A video report, interviews and conference blog by British Council is here, the speaker list is here, and videos of conference talks can be viewed here.
My reflections on the themes which emerged during the conference are here, and a short summary of my talk on FutureEverything’s work across art and digital innovation is here.
A translation into Japanese of my blog is here and both have been reblogged in english here.
See also some great blog posts by Clare Reddington and Jim Richardson. The Twitter stream for the conference is #bcdcc.
Video of my talk after Bill Thompson in opening panel here, and in the concluding panel “Thinking about the future of technology and art” here.
Photos from the British Council trip to YCAM, Japan Media Art Festival and Digital Creativity Conference are here.
Sun setting over Mount Fuji, seen from stage of conference venue on 49th floor of Mori Tower
