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With the further development of hardware and software, the concept of image media has change dynamically. With this dynamic change, the creation of a new foundation body and community which young artists and students can be authorized is a matter of great urgency. In the planning notion the exhibition has the aim of coming through with the young artist’s energy.
“CG Carnival” has been held since 1999 in Tokyo Big Sight, and this will be the third year of the event. CG Carnival provides each artist with various image machines and a unique place to exhibit his/her works. Also CG Carnival powerfully conveys the new generation’s ideas for digital animation, which could not be expressed through the existing media channels. Many people from the animation or image field have participated and put their goals toward CG Carnival.
Proposal plan for cultural exchange by digital animation
This year, the CG Carnival acquires cooperation from “Media Arts Festival, Agency for Cultural Affairs” and has grown as a festival of digital arts in Japan both in name and reality. Although CG Carnival is still a young continuous event . the event has a strong motivation and zeal to support and cast a new light on the young people who are about to generate a new cultural age.
CG Carnival aims at active interchange among the various fields. CG Carnival provides free set-up booths and image machines for artists CG Carnival arranges booths for each artist along with his/her concept CG Carnival aims to enlarge the range of digital image activities through an educational experience Needs for the exhibition place 1. The need to form a new digital image culture that show meetings or the contests alone cannot 2. The need to create leaders who becomes a traction post 3. The need to raise a feeling of unity among the artists, their audience and works, and the companies