On Sunday, December 26 from 1 p.m., a dance performance by maiko (apprentice geisha) from Pontocho, one of the five hanamachi geisha districts in Kyoto, will be presented.

Due to the coronavirus pandemic, in-person stage performances have been reduced in scale or canceled, meaning that opportunities for maiko to perform have been lost for a long time. Please enjoy a performance by maiko who have continued to devote themselves to dance.

A trailer for NAQUYO Immersive Sound Live Performance, which takes place on December 25, is now available to watch online.

Get ready for the birth of an unprecedented art performance that is a fusion of cutting-edge electronic music, digital art, gagaku (classical Japanese court music), and contemporary dance, and all based on a uniquely Kyoto-style approach to cultural research. Watch the video here.

A video about the Sensing the Feelings of a Chimpanzee Through Art project (now entering its fourth year) is available to watch online.

Watch highlights of the chimpanzees’ behavior over the course of the project’s tests and the preparation for the exhibition in December, in addition to hearing from the artists and scientists involved.

Watch the video here (Japanese only).

STEAM Dialogue is a series of roughly twenty video interviews with artists and their corporate or research institute partners about their collaborations for KYOTO STEAM 2022 International Art Competition. The first videos, which also feature behind-the-scenes footage of the collaborations, are now online. Further videos will become available in the leadup to the competition exhibition in January 2022.

Watch the videos here (Japanese only).

STEAM THINKING LABO is a series of workshops about the intersection of art, science, and technology. Held at art colleges in the city of Kyoto and organized as a learning program by KYOTO STEAM—International Arts × Science Festival, the workshops feature artists, corporations, and researchers.

The 2020 STEAM THINKING LABO workshops were held at Kyoto University of the Arts and Kyoto City University of Arts.

The artists, corporations, and researchers who took part in the workshops at the universities joined talks looking back at the events in relation to their respective activities. Videos of these talks are now available to watch online.

Watch the videos here (Japanese only).

Held originally as part of Okazaki Market+ on Sunday, March 28, 2021 and streamed live, the “Future Tea Culture” series of talks is now available to watch again by popular demand.

For more on the “Future Tea Culture” talk series, see here (Japanese only).

A short documentary about the activities of the Sensing the Feelings of a Chimpanzee Through Art project in 2020 at Kyoto City Zoo is now available to watch online.

Watch the video here (Japanese only)

KYOTO STEAM 2022 International Art Competition is the core program for the upcoming second edition of KYOTO STEAM—International Arts × Science Festival, organized by its executive committee.

Unique in Japan, this is an international competition exhibiting and awarding works created by artists in collaboration with corporations, research institutes, and other partners. An open call for submissions was made in 2020. From the 111 project plans and 41 partners, a panel of experts selected 11 sets of collaborations.

Further information has now been announced for the competition exhibition, including the exhibitors. Get ready to experience new works of art created through the interdisciplinary practices of artists and their project partners.

For more on the KYOTO STEAM 2022 International Art Competition, see here

Videos of the NAQUYO live music performance, which was held on Saturday, March 27 and Sunday, March 28, are now online. Enjoy the soundscape of Heian-kyo that integrates music, video, and dance through cutting-edge technology.

video: https://kyoto-steam.com/2022prologue/program/event04/

Archived videos of NAQUYO #1 and # 2 are available here.　

KYOTO STEAM—International Arts × Science Festival: 2022 Prologue, which was held between Saturday, March 20 and Sunday, March 28, 2021, has now come to an end. We would like to express our sincere gratitude to the many visitors, artists who presented their artworks, and scientists and others who supported and helped with the festival.

We will continue to develop each program with the aim of presenting the advanced integration of art, and science and technology to visitors at the upcoming edition of KYOTO STEAM—International Arts × Science Festival planned for 2022. Please check the festival’s official social media platforms for the latest information.