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First launched in 2023, the Commission Project invites Japan-based artists to create new moving-image works, which are then premiered at the Yebisu International Festival for Art & Alternative Visions. Building on the networks the Festival has developed in Japan and internationally, the initiative has continually helped sustain artists’ creative practices by circulating these works widely in Japan and beyond.
This symposium brings together members of the jury to consider both the potential of the moving image in Japan and what such practice can be today, drawing on what they have come to recognize through the Commission Project to date. The session will also announce the four finalists—the commissioned artists—for the third Commission Project.
[Panelists]
OKI Keisuke (Media Artist)
SAITO Ayako (Film Studies, Professor at Meiji Gakuin University)
Leonhard BARTOLOMEUS (Curator at Yamaguchi Center for Arts and Media [YCAM] / Gudskul Ekosistem)
May Adadol INGAWANIJ (Film and Media Studies, Curator, Professor at University of Westminster)
TASAKA Hiroko (Curator at Yebisu International Festival for Art and Alternative Visions 2026 / Tokyo Photographic Art Museum)
[Moderator]
Yebisu International Festival for Art & Alternative Visions 2026 Executive Office (Avex Creator Agency Inc.)
Date: Wednesday, February 11, 15:00–17:00
Venue: Tokyo Photographic Art Museum, 1F Hall (Capacity: 190 people)
Admission: Free * Numbered tickets will be distributed from 10:00 on the day at the first floor hall reception desk of the Tokyo Photographic Art Museum.
* Japanese–English interpretation
* Japanese Sign Language interpretation
* Japanese-language captioning
