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The Future of Sound Technology and Audio Games

2024.09.01(Sun)
Civic Creative Base Tokyo
 
will be held on Sunday, September 1, 2024, from 14:00 to 16:00. The speakers are Miyuki Tanaka and Yukio Nozawa, and the guest is sound designer and game designer Giori Politi. There will be simultaneous interpretation in Japanese and English, and live streaming will be available. On the right, there are three photos of the speakers. The background features a blue grid pattern.
Date & Time
September 1 (Sun), 2024 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Venue
Civic Creative Base Tokyo
Admission
Free
Registration
First-come, first-served basis
Live-streaming
https://www.youtube.com/live/P_eVMfDBeys?si=__oWt7KPlrn7tAeW
Accessibility and Support
English-Japanese Simultaneous Interpretation Available / Live-streaming Available

The action game Blind Drive takes a sound-based driving game format that uses stereophonic sound, and adds visual aids for sighted players. This talk features the designer who developed the game and pioneered a whole new kind of audio games.

Date: September 1 (Sun), 2024 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Venue: Civic Creative Base Tokyo
Speakers: Tanaka Miyuki, Nozawa Yukio
Guest: Giori Politi (sound designer, game designer / Lo-Fi People)
Registration: First-come, first-served basis
Accessibility and Support: English-Japanese Simultaneous Interpretation Available / Live-streaming Available

Photo: Maruo Ryuichi

Access

Shibuya Tobu Hotel B2F (3-1 Udagawacho, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo)

Map

By Train

Shibuya Station: 7 minutes’ walk from B1 Exit ( Tokyu Toyoko Line, Denen-Toshi Line, Tokyo Metro Hanzomon Line and Fukutoshin Line), or 8 minutes’ walk from Hachiko Exit ( JR Yamanote Line, Saikyo Line, Shonan Shinjuku Line, Keio Inokashira Line and Tokyo Metro Ginza Line)

By Bus

2 minutes’ walk from Shibuya Kuyakusho (Shibuya City Office) Bus Stop, or 3 minutes’ walk from Jin-Nan-Itchome (Jin-Nan1) Bus Stop by Keio Bus (to Shibuya Station): Juku 51 from Shinjuku Station West Exit, Shibu 63 and 64 from Nakano Station, Shibu 69 from Sasazuka Station and Shibu 68 from Eifukucho Station.

*Also accessible by Toei Bus.

Tanaka Miyuki

Curator, Producer

Tanaka Miyuki produces category-defying projects that explore how disabilities offer perspectives that redefine the world. She rethinks the way we perceive expression with audiences that include people with disabilities. Recent projects include Dance Work in Progress with Creative Audio Descriptions (2017–, Kanagawa Arts Theatre and other venues), the film Night Cruising (2019), and the exhibition Rules? (2021, 21_21 DESIGN SIGHT). In 2022, Tanaka conducted research in New York as a visiting scholar at New York University’s Center for Disability Studies on a grant from the Asian Cultural Council. Her publications include Rules? Design for Living Creatively (2024, Film Art, co-authored) and Who Is Accessibility For? (2014, Little More).

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Nozawa Yukio

Programmer

The creator of over fifty games that are played only with sound, Nozawa Yukio is a blind game developer with hundreds of fans in Japan and abroad. He graduated from the University of Tsukuba Special Needs Education School for the Visually Impaired High School, and then Keio University’s Faculty of Environment and Information Studies. He currently works as a programmer. Nozawa completely lost his sight at the age of three. From around the time he was at elementary school, Nozawa developed a strong interest in computers, began to teach himself programming, and started to make apps for users with visual disabilities. His portfolio of games to date is available on his website.

https://yncat.net/

Giori Politi

sound designer, game designer / Lo-Fi People

Giori Politi is a sound designer with extensive experience in games, VR/AR experiences, and interactive media projects presented at festivals and exhibitions worldwide. He has a passion for exploring the potential of interactive audio in both virtual and physical spaces. Politi is the co-creator of the IndieCade-winning and Apple Design Awards–nominated game Blind Drive. He is the co-founder of Lo-Fi People, an art/tech collective of designers, coders, musicians, and filmmakers dedicated to creating playful and unconventional digital experiences.

https://www.gioripoliti.com
Production
Civic Creative Base Tokyo [CCBT]
Organizer
Tokyo Metropolitan Government, Civic Creative Base Tokyo [CCBT] (Arts Council Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolitan Foundation for History and Culture)

Project cooperation: DDD Project (Disability Driven Design Project)