MIACA/Moving Image Archive of Contemporary Art Japanese
MIACA Japan
ZAIM 203 34 Nihon Odori, Nakaku, Yokohama Kanagawa 231-0021 Japan
(3 minute walk from Nihon Odori Station of Minatomirai Subway Line)
tel/fax: +81-45-662-0390

3-19-9, Kitasenzoku, Otaku Tokyo 145-0062 Japan
fax:03-3726-6297
info@miaca.org

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New!  Everything You Always Wanted To Know About Unitednationsplaza But Were Afraid To Ask!

Lectures and exhibition "A Crime Against Art"

with Hila Peleg, Anton Vidokle and Tirdad Zolghadr

MIACA is pleased to present public seminars with Anton Vidokle, Tirdad Zolghadr and Hila Peleg, revisiting topics explored at the unitednationsplaza, anexhibition as school.

Structured as a seminar/residency program in the city of Berlin (2006−2007), unitednationsplaza involved collaboration with more then 100 artists, writers, theorists and a wide range of audiences for a period of one year. In the tradition of Free Universities, all of its events were free and open to all those interested to take part. UNP’s program featured numerous seminars, lectures, screenings, book presentations. Unitednationsplaza traveled to Mexico City in March 2008 and a parallel project called the Night School will continue at the New Museum through January 2009.

Sep. 15th (Mon) 2008 6pm-8pm
Sep. 16th (Tue) 2008 7pm-9pm
ZAIM 1F Communication Salon

34 Nihon Odori, Nakaku, Yokohama

Sep. 17th (Wed) 2008 2pm-4pm
Tokyo University of Fine Arts Senju Campus

the first Lecture room (Dai Ichi Kougi-Sitsu)
1-25-1 Senju, Adachi Ward
Tokyo 120-0034 Japan

Exhibition: A Crime Against Art

Sep. 12th (Fri) -Sep. 18th (Thu) 12noon-7pm

ZAIM Basement
34 Nihon Odori, Nakaku, Yokohama

Admission is Free. All are welcome.

Coffee by L-Packs, Sweets by MIACA will be at the lecture.

*In "Free Universities in ZAIM --UNP + fmiu", There will also be lectures and an exhibition of fmiu (Free Media International University) on 13th Sep and 14th Sep at ZAIM.

 

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New! "Rain or Shine" by the Group 1965 DVD is released now!

Special Appendix: The Group 1965 Talk at Yakatabune

with English subtitles

Director: Yusuke Tamari (Near Equal Makoto Aida)

Cast: Makoto Aida, Sumihisa Arima, Tsuyoshi Ozawa, Oscar Oiwa, Parco Kinoshita, Hiroyuki Matsukage

Price: 2800 Yen (25USD)

Please visit NADIFF in Ebisu Tokyo, or get one at amazon. Or Contact: MIACA Japan / info@miaca.org

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New! Our Online Catalogue is now uploaded! Please click "Online Catalogue" on top.Five artists participated MIACA. Please check new artists!

- We will open the office for viewing our collection. To make an appointment, please contact info@miaca.org. Please note that we can not book certain dates due to the work schedule.
- Voluntary staff wanted. Please see here.
 



Moving Image Archive of Contemporary Art Tokyo (MIACA) is for the Preservation and Distribution of video art and educating the public about it. There are many video archives all over the world, this is the first one started in Japan in 2006.

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*Video Archive

Since the 70s there have been many institutions dedicated to preserving moving image art works or films, mainly in the US and Europe. The reasons are: the numbers of video pieces is growing: Special equipment and technique are required to utilize moving images : and it is difficult to preserve them.
Most of these institutions are supported by governments, such as the Electronic Arts Intermix in New York, Montevideo in Amsterdam, and Lux in London.
These well-established institutions preserve 1500 to 5000 titles already, distribute them and open their collection to the public and experts.
Unfortunately there is nothing like them in Japan. Our important cultural heritage is being lost. We think that it is urgent to collect and preserve video art and this is main reason we started MIACA.

( The word 'video' is used in its broadest sense to indicate moving image art)



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