ABOUT

About the festival

FESTIVAL NAME

Okazaki Digital Art Night Festival

Period

October 2022 - January 2023

Place

"Okazaki City
(Please see each program page for details) "

Organizer

Okazaki City and Okazaki City Night Time Economy Promotion Council

Planning and Production

HITOHATA,INC

The Okazaki Digital Art Night Festival is a media arts festival held in Okazaki, the birthplace of Tokugawa Ieyasu.
The Okazaki Castle and other cultural and tourist resources unique to Okazaki and utilizing cutting-edge technology will be used to create digital art content in public spaces that sublimate history and tradition.
By welcoming digital artists and visitors from Japan and abroad, we aim to make Okazaki a city of advanced technology and media arts with a rich history, and to create a new cultural movement through exchange and co-creation with Okazaki citizens and next-generation creators to pass on a vibrant regional society to the future.

DIGITAL ARTIST

PRODUCER/GENERAL DIRECTOR

HIGASHIYAMA TAKEAKI

Born in Tokyo, 1980. After working for 17 years in broadcasting business management positions at NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corporation) in Tokyo, Sapporo, Nagoya, and other cities, established HITOHATA,INC. in 2019 and the president of the company.
"Produced and comprehensively directed such as""UNESCO World Heritage Site: Historic Center of San Marino and Mount Titano Palazzo Pubblico Projection Mapping”, “Okazaki Castle Projection Mapping”, ""Takada Honzan Senjuji Temple National Treasure Mieido Projection Mapping”, “Midland Square Sky Promenade DIGITAL ART MUSEUM “CRYSTAL” Light Aerial Garden”, ""DIGITAL ART FOREST Insect Paradise Fabre Insects Exhibition NAGOYA"", ”National Historic Site Saiku Heian Emaki Projection Mapping 2021”
Winner of the Incentive Award in the visual image category of the Cabinet Office/KADOKAWA "Cool Japan Contest 2020", Winner of Jury's Special Award in Digital Hollywood Robotics Academy/Japan UAS Industry Development Association (JUIDA) “Drone Movie Contest 2020". Secretary to the Cabinet Secretariat and Minister of State (National Public Service Special Positions, Naokazu Takemoto, Minister of State for Information and Communications Technology (IT)), Minister of State for Science and Technology Policy, Intellectual Property Strategy, Cool Japan Strategy, and Space Policy. Chairman of Okazaki City Night Time Economy Promotion Council.

GUEST ARTIST

JACK HUNG

A world-renowned art director/digital artist with roots in two countries, Taiwan and Australia.
He has been based in Sapporo, Japan, Shanghai, China, and Taiwan. He started his career with commercials using motion graphics, pursuing new ways of expression in visual design. In recent years, he has been highly acclaimed for his stage scenography using digital technology.
He has created scenography for large-scale stages for new car launches and other events for automakers such as Mercedes-Benz, Audi, Land Rover, Porsche, Volkswagen, Toyota, Ford, General Motors, Honda, and Mitsubishi Motors, as well as content for global brands such as Chanel, Macallan, DAKS, ANTA, LEONARD PARIS, Sony, and others. LEONARD PARIS, Sony, and other global brands. He has also designed advertisements for EVA Air in Times Square, New York.
Defender Asia EM Agency Award 2021, Silver Award, Defender Best Brand Activation 2021, Silver Award.

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

NAGAO TAKAKI

Born in Hokkaido in 1975. After working for a video game company and a content production company, he established Bronson Inc. in 2011 and serves as Representative Director. He has produced TV commercials and other visual content for Toyota, Honda, Kirin, Suntory, Coca-Cola, NTTdocomo, Tokyo Gas, NEXCO East Japan, Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters, Yokohama F-Marinos, Consadole Sapporo, NHK, Fuji TV, TV Tokyo, HTB, STV, HBC, TVH, and UHB. In addition to producing TV commercials and other video content, he has directed large-scale projection mapping projects such as the Sapporo Snow Festival projection mapping.
We produce video content in a variety of genres, including projection mapping, installations, motion graphics, filming of celebrities and athletes, 3DCG, etc. We have experience producing video content in Canada, Thailand, and Taiwan. We have experience producing video content in Canada, Thailand, and Taiwan, and have produced numerous video content for overseas markets.

CONTACT

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