A detailed program of screenings, education and outreach programs, and other events related to the "Japan Media Arts Festival Hong Kong Exhibition 2012: Parade" (to be held Saturday, December 8, 2012 - Sunday, January 6, 2013 at ArtisTree), organized by the Agency for Cultural Affairs, Japan and curated and managed by Mori Building Co., Ltd., has been confirmed.
Curated by Mami Kataoka, chief curator at the Mori Art Museum in Tokyo, this exhibition will showcase a total of 28 works (including 2 new works) by 24 artists from the field of contemporary art, manga, animation, video games, the Internet, and software applications that visualize a certain consciousness of the Japanese perspective on nature
and its invisible entities.
In conjunction with the exhibition, four education and outreach programs, including 17 film screenings, a symposium with invited guests such as Japanese yokai (monster) researcher Koichi Yumoto and yokai translator Matt Alt, gallery tours and other events, will be held over a total of 6 sessions.