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Event: Art Futura 1996: Robots & KnowbotsInstitution: Art FuturaComment:

1995 VideoFest saw beyond the end of ist own nose and explored in detail what the new maigc word Multimedia stands for in the realm of CD-ROM and Internet artworks. There were performances, discussions, an exhibition and workshops.

Four divisions were established: Digital Art [Interactive], Digital Art [Noninteractive], Animation and Manga.

In 2003 the Museum purchased Atlas Procession I, a print by William Kentridge, the first work by this internationally renowned South African artist in the SCMA collection. This fall, Kentridge is the subject of a major exhibition at SCMA, William

2nd Japan Media Arts Festival Exhibition of Award-winning Works

February: 10th Japan Media Arts Festival Exhibition of Award-winning Works Dates: February 24–March 4, 2007 Venue: Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography (Ebisu, Tokyo) Entries: 1,808 works (including 325 from overseas) Visitors: 26,706 people

February: 11th Japan Media Arts Festival Exhibition of Award-winning Works Dates: February 6–17, 2008 Venue: The National Art Center, Tokyo (Roppongi, Tokyo) Entries: 2,091 works (including 429 from overseas) Visitors: 44,524 people

February: 12th Japan Media Arts Festival Exhibition of Award-winning Works Dates: February 4–15, 2009 Venue: The National Art Center, Tokyo (Roppongi, Tokyo) Entries: 2,146 works (including 512 from overseas) Visitors: 55,243 people

The exhibition William Kentridge offers a retrospective of the artist’s entire body of work, with particular emphasis on his latest pieces. It includes more than 70 works: drawings, animated films and sculptures. Noteworthy among the major works on

William Kentridge, a native of Johannesburg (b. 1955), is an internationally acclaimed artist whose multimedia works present an arresting and forceful commentary on the contemporary cultural and sociopolitical issues in South Africa. Inspired by