ThinkingSketch Chronicle
We introduce the activities about development and exhibitions of ThinkingSketch .
2013 JUL: Exhibition ThinkingSketch Night in Sapporo at FREMEN Photo Studio
One night exhibition was held on 7/27. Thanks to people who joined with this exhilbition.
2012 OCT-NOV: Exhibition ThinkingGarden
Exhibition was held from Oct. 20 - Nov. 04 as an invited exhibition, at ACM MultiMedia2012 -Multimedia Art Exhibition 2012 Eternal/Moment.
2006 SEP: Exhibition ThinkingSketch at the 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa.
Exhibition was held from Sep. 02 - Oct. 09. The acitivities consisted of two exhibitions at the Design Gallary and the Media Lab, and a two days workshop.
2003 FEB: Exhibited for one year and more at the Visual Museum at Skip City in Saitama.
For 13 months ThinkingSketch was exhibited at the Visual Museum.
2002 AUG: We held a workshop at CAMP in Kei-han-na town.
Elementaly school puples and junior highschool students, in total 20, are attended our workshop to understand abstract paintings by making it!
At the begining, we confirm that the most part of the participants do not understand the abstract paintings, which are drawn by famous paintors such as Picasso and Matisse. After confirm the fact, an instructer introduces how to enjoy the picture. Then, the participants start making abstract pictures. Because this is the first day, they can borrow some part of the existing pictures. Some participants can draw many pictures using ThinkingSketch.
At the end of the day, we had an exhibition to enjoy them, and discuss about it each other. Many paticipants felt they understand, why some painters paints abstract paintings.
2001 DEC: ThinkingSketch Night at sendai mediatheque
The first exhibition including the Christmas day. A projection of ThinkingSketch to a large screen, exhibition of painting, workshop for citizens, and talk with Harold Cohen.
2000 DEC: Trace & Trace practice was made.
In the educational practice in the Future University Hakdoate, which is held by Prof. Kimura, the cocept of Trace & Trace was born. The concept of "Trace & Trace" was implemented with software.
Yanagi joined ThinkingSketch Unit as a creator. He started making works using ThinkingSketch .
2000 NOV: Meeting with Prof. Harold Cohen
Visited Harold Cohen who are trying to make computer to draw as a independent painter. We found our way to go.
Cohen's approach is different from ours. It is introduced in one of the Pamera McCorduck's book "Aaron's code."