The event followed by Exonemo, expanding many experimental projects on the internet and installations throughout the world.

He enjoys himself presenting with truly skillful tact and a handy camera even when he has an accident that a picture is not displayed on screen. His spicy expression is still alive (even more) as follows. A game installation where a character flits around at its discretion. His line between fun and weird is thin as a knife’s edge. “Danmatsu-Mouse” (Death Throe + Mouse) is that you enjoy a moment your mouse dies. We are entertained by his attitude toward interactive designing that he earnestly (but loose) digs into a fact “somebody is there” although he dares to carry the banner “The theory of web degeneration”.

The forth entry is Dainippon Type Organization. They give an introduction from “Kurofune 20000” (a letter ‘A’ and its pronunciation ‘ei’ are made with same parts) to “FUN FUN” (with 6 letters of FUN FUN, you can make a Chinese character meaning fun!) and a new typo game “PLAY” which is culled from “Toypography” on sale by Kokuyo and was on exhibit at Design Tide. I felt their speculations on sort of fetishistic meaning and from. A bird could be any shape if someone accepts it as a bird just like there are various looks of Japanese cursive syllabary “A” or “NA” even they are same. This no-answer creation will be showing the secret of making in the shape of letter, that is to say the secret of conveying something.

Tomokazu Matsuyama, his “MATZU-MTP” was reported in SHIFT before, comes on stage at last. He goes over to NY as a painter after his career in graphic design with his longing for “people who earn their livings by doing what they want to do”. He tells a story how to get back on track by selling an idea by himself. Then he gradually achieves a harmonious artwork with both street scene and his roots in Japan brilliantly. A Japanese traditional motif dyed by pop colors and patterns, his hybrid artwork takes on new value impressively. The bare truth of his progress transmits a message that inspires us an eagerness for creation.

It is a motivation that provokes me into something every time I feel at APMT. The exact same feeling when I read an interview that vibrates my heart. This conference is a valuable occasion of receiving a live precious word. The theme is “What is your color?”, then what is my own color? The answer will lead us straight up to our next work.

APMT 3
Date: November 17th, 2007
Place: BankART Studio NYK
Address: 3-9 Kaigan-Dori, Naka-ku, Yokohama
https://apmt.jp