Part I 18:00 -20:00 Part II 20:00-22:00
Site: Interzone (in order to join the event, present your admission ticket stub.)

Part I is entitled “Journal for People-Masakatsu Takagi's Artist Talk.” We invited Mr. Masakatsu Takagi, an artist of the next generation. The general director of Demeter, Mr. Takashi Serizawa, will have a talk with Takagi. Mr. Takagi’s video work will be also presented.
Part II will show the video works of 10–12 young video artist groups from Hokkaido in the Demeter exhibition space after the exhibition hours. The works are limited to ones without sound. The audience can walk through night “soundscapes” and the lights of video works emerging in the dark.

Saturday, September 14
Profile of Masakatsu Takagi
Video and Sound Artist.
Born in 1979. Lives in Kyoto. When Masakatsu was in the group “SILICOM,” during which time he made a video, the group’s activities were critically acclaimed in club scenes. When Mr. Takagi began his solo career last year, he began to write music, merging high quality video with sound.

Takagi’s main activities include: a video installation exhibition curated by Mr. Minoru Hatanaka (ICC) at Pepper’s Gallery in Ginza in August 2001, an exhibition using 16 multi-projections on the floor at Roppongi Zone in October 2001, a tour of 13 cities in North America in October 2001, and a live concert at the Istanbul Biennial. Takagi has also released a CD and CD-ROM from a NY experimental techno label, carpark. He explores his projects and activities beyond genres like music, club, and art scenes.

In August, Takagi released a CD and DV called “Journal for People.” He is also showing a new installation, Light Park, at the CAFÉ in Mito exhibition at Mito Art Tower until September 23. From August 22 to October 31, he will collaborate with Agnes B, and show two works in two weeks exhibited in Agnes B. shops all over Japan.
Participating Artists: Keitarou Oshima (Sapporo), Naoto Okawada(Obihiro), Hiroshi Kondou(Sapporo), dubt(Obihiro), Naoyuki Tokuda(Sapporo), Hitoshi Nakagawa (Sapporo) and others