Date:

3 March - 8 March

Venue:

Design Centre

Time:

Mon 3 March 15:00-16:00
Tues 4 March 15:00-16:00
Wed 5 March 13.00-14.00
Sat 8 March 13.00-14.00

Cost:

Free

This is a fantastic opportunity to sample Japanese television at its best. Japan has a weird and wonderful television tradition, and this screening will show one of the most innovative shows around. Digital Stadium (or Digista as it's known colloquially in Japan), is a show that puts artists on TV. Artists send their own digital art works to top experts in design (for example, Tomato), interactive art (like Toshio Iwai), and animation (Koji Morimoto and Satoshi Kon).

Digital Stadium, NHK, Japan

These experts then select four art works and discuss them live on the air. The best selection for each show is eligible for the annual Digista Award. Digital Stadium is also a key part of one of Japan's top audiovisual festivals - the Digital Art Festival Tokyo.
This special screening features an episode of Digital Stadium featuring Ryota Kuwakubo as the guest expert. Kuwakubo is also showing his own exhibition, Prepared Radios, at the Design Centre for the duration of AV Festival 08.

The television show has been specially dubbed into English by the broadcasters (NHK - Japanese public television) for AV Festival 08, and is a great way for students and enthusiasts of digital art and design to gain an insight into Japan's highly progressive digital culture.