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Masaki Fujihata «Impressing Velocity»
Masaki Fujihata, «Impressing Velocity», 1992 (?) – 1997
© Masaki Fujihata
Snaps at the site where I and Zoli shoot on 29th of July. You can see SonyDV Camera with Special Device made by Gabor.
 


 
 
Budapest | Hungary | ICC Gallery, Tokyo: topographical layer model made of laminated wood, a computer graphic, a video database, ‹data rucksack›; C3, Budapest: motional data acquired in a car journey, stereoscopic presentation; ZKM, Karlsruhe 1997: acceleration sensor and video camera on a model train, joystick, hydraulically controlled motion platform
 

 Masaki Fujihata

Masaki Fujihata is one of the pioneers of Japanese new media art, beginning his career working in video and digital imaging in the early 80s. As an early practitioner of the application of new technologies to the process of artmaking, he was one of the first artists to use stereolithography, a technique in which a laser polymerizes a liquid resin as it sweeps its
surface. He also created the worlds smallest sculptures by using the manufacturing techniques for integrated circuits (at 10m and 100m, these works are visible only with an electron microscope). However, he is most
recognized for his sophisticated interactive network installations and his primary concern has been to employ multimedia technology in order to examine the possibilities for communication within virtual spaces. His interactive works include Removable Reality (1992), which used an infrared cordless phone, and Impressing Velocity (1994), in which he used a laptop computer equipped with GPS to digitally map Mount Fuji, making it available for viewers to explore interactively. He believes that "reality does not conflict with virtuality: it is the complementary
aspect of a similar space of life." Fujihata has exhibited extensively throughout Japan and will be participating in the upcoming
Yokohama Triennale. Internationally, he has exhibited at the 1983, 1984, 1996, and 2000 Siggraph conferences (USA), Ars Electronica (Linz), DEAF (Rotterdam), "CyberForum" ( Lisbon), VEAF (Vancouver) and his work is part of the permanent collection of the ZKM (Karlsruhe).