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November 1997
Tokyo Manga
By Hideki Nakazawa
Fall 1997
Hideki Nakazawa is one of the most productive artists of our time. While most computer artists are using the state of the art method and maximum colors in creating the computer arts; Nakazawa, on the other hand, is using minimal computer technology and color in getting his message across. This one of the reasons that make his works was appraised by his fans, the minimalist but very influential work of art.
To see his work of arts please check his website at http://www.aloalo.co.jp/nakazawa/
or
http://shrine.cyber.ad.jp/~nakazawa/NAKAZAWA/zindex.htmlHere is my interview with Hideki Nakazawa:
> 1. While many computer artist use many special computer effects to get
> their message across. Your art is very simple w/o so much in using the
> latest in computer technology, for example you use only few colors, no
> paint brush effects, etc. But the message is very clear. Is there a
> reason behind this?
There are two reasons why I use only few effects:
For the 1st, "Loving Bitmaps" & "Loving Simple Systems". There are two types in CG, you know, painting tools (Bitmaps) and drawing tools (Objective). I love both types but when I paint by Mouse-Handwriting, painting tools are better. And when I use painting tools, I love jaggies what is evidence of Bitmap. For the bitmap painting simple tools such as MacPaint are better than complexed tools such as Photoshop. I am useing Japanese painting tool, Paint at That, that is very very simple, light, handy. I hate heavy tools. By the way I invented 3D-painting tool, Digital Nendo. Nendo means clay, and Digital Nendo is the first Bitmap 3D tool all over the world. All 3D tools have been Objective 3D tools as 3D-drawing tools. If you want to know more about this, please read the text in my homepage as below:http://shrine.cyber.ad.jp/~nakazawa/NAKAZAWA/nendo/zindex.html
For the 2nd, "Loving Cheap Technology". Indeed my illustration type visual by CG is from 1990. (My fine art type visual is from 1997, the work of SWATCH is as my illustration type visual.) In 1990, my illustration type visual were called "BAKA-CG" in Japan. I was the top batter of BAKA-CG, and BAKA means 'foolish'. Yes in 1990 the CG was considered somewhat like clever or intelligent. But I believed that CG would become very cheap and cool, so I emphasised low technology, not high technology. And I want to say message is more important than technics.
> 2. What is the story that you design a watch for Swatch?
The title is "TOKYO MANGA". But the first title I thought was "TOKYO COLLAGE". I want to say in Tokyo there are many different culture and different people in spite of Japanese is one nation, one race. Eastern culture and electronic technology are mixed there. So my picture is also made of many parts as collage.
Chronology of HIDEKI NAKAZAWA
written by himself (1997.07.23 ver.)
Pre-activity period: Boyhood (oil painting) 1963-1982
1963 Born in Niigata Prefecture and grows up in Kanagawa Prefecture.
1974 Wins a prize of Kanagawa Prefecture's Superintendent of Education at Hiratsuka City
Landscape Exhibition.
1980 Selected for the 10th Kanagawa Youth's Art Exhibition.
1981 Wins the second prize at the 11th Kanagawa Youth's Art Exhibition.
1981 Selected for Nippon Students' Art Exhibition.
1982 Graduates from Eiko High School and enters the Medical Dept. of Chiba University.
The 1st period: Medical student /
Doctor (acryl painting) 1983-1989
1983 Selected for the 4th Nippon Graphic Exhibition. [Starts to use the present
Japanese art name
1984 Wins a prize at the 1st Crescent Competition.
1984 Wins an honorable mention at the 5th Nippon Graphic Exhibition.
1985 Selected for the 6th Nippon Graphic Exhibition.
1986 Solo exhibition. (ART WAD'S, Tokyo)
1986 Solo exhibition, "Effie, Madge, Tina, Louise, Betty, Anita." (ART WAD'S,
Tokyo)
1988 Graduates from the Medical Dept. of Chiba University, and enters Dept. of
Ophthalmology, Nippon Medical School.
1988 Selected for the 9th Nippon Graphic Exhibition.
1988 Solo exhibition, "Farewell, Martian!" (ART WAD'S, Tokyo)
1989 Selected for the JACA Exhibition '89.
1989 Publishes a book, "Text on Modern Art History." (Tom's Box)
The 2nd period: Illustrator / Multimedia artist (CG, CD-ROM) 1990-1996
1990 Solo exhibition, "Dai Boketsu." (HB Gallery, Tokyo) [Starts to use
a computer.]
1990 Leaves Dept. of Ophthalmology, Nippon Medical School, and works as an illustrator.
1990 Wins a prize of the year at the 8th The Choice.
1991 Solo exhibition, "Parody/Counterfeit." (Simultaneous exhibition: ART WAD'S,
HB Gallery, Tokyo)
1991 Group exhibition, "Invisible Museum on the Telephone Web." (In the NTT
telephone circuit)
1991 Group exhibition, "DIGITAL SIGHT." (O Museum, Tokyo)
1992 Founds ALOALO INTERNATIONAL Co., Ltd.
1992 Starts a floppy magazine, "JAPAN ART TODAY."
1993 Group exhibition, "3D LOVE." (Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography)
1994 Establishes an independent floppy label, "ALOALO FLOPPIES," and starts to
publish works via floppy disks.
1994 Exhibits EXPO + NAKAZAWA "Hair Live." (P3 art and environment, Tokyo)
1995 CD-ROM, "KID'S BOX." (Ask Kodansha Company)
1995 Wins an MMA Artist Prize at the Multimedia Grand Prix '95.
1996 Applies for patents of "Device for processing a three-dimensional i
mage" and "Solid object generation." (Invented in 1991.)
1996 3D graphic tool, "Digital Nendo." (Ask Kodansha Company)
1996 Permanent installation of interactive type, "Essay on Invisible Fun
ction." (NADIYA Parc, Nagoya)
The 3rd period: Artist (fine art) 1997-
1997 Solo exhibition. (Gallery NW House, Tokyo) [Restarts a solo exhibition as an
artist.)
1997 Applies for a patent of a "Device for editing text." (Invented in1996.)
1997 Establishes Internet Server by his company.
1997 Publishes a book, "Western Super Artists' Biographies (temporary na
me)." (Japan Mix Co.) (Plan)
-------- Other Activities --------
Main magazine serials. (texts, etc.)
1991-92 "Bijutsu Techo" magazine. Bijutsu-Shuppan-sha. "B-Mix" corner.
1991-95 "GARO" magazine. Seirindo. "Naked Scrub Brush," "After
Hideki Nakazawa," etc.
1992-93 "POPEYE" magazine. Magazine House. "Heta-Uma Western Artists'
Biographies."
1993-95 CD-ROM magazine, "INTRO." Intro-sha. "Zangiri Art Column."
(Also a serial of the works of data.)
1994-96 "JUSTMOAI" magazine. Justsystem. "CD-ROM Review" corner.
1995-97 "Illustration" magazine. Genko-sha. "From Baka CG to
Multimedia."
1995-96 "Taiyo" magazine. Heibon-sha. Exhibition reviews in Art Column.
1995- "CD-ROM Fan" magazine. Mainichi Communications. "Marutime
Diary."
1997- "Advertisement" magazine. Hakuhodo. "5000 Words of Artist Hideki
Nakazawa."
Main magazine works. (other than serials)
1990 "Projoect for BT" (April & May numbers of "Bijutsu Techo."
Bijutsu Shuppan-sha.)
1990 "Neo-Expressionism," "Simulationism." (July number of
"Bijutsu Techo." Bijutsu Shuppan-sha.)
1990 "Recommendation of Baka CG." (December number of
"Designers'Workshop." Bijutsu Shuppan-sha.)
1992 "Being Beautiful with Art." ("ART SUMMIT MEMBERS" magazine.)
1994 "Art of Imagining." (May number of "Garo." Seirindo.)
(Others)
1991 "TV Picture Book for Mothers and Children." (NHK Educational
channel) Provises illustrations. (Being broadcasted repeatedly since then.)
1993 Contemporary art program, "Oath." (Fuji TV) Works as a production staff.
1994- "Senken Seminar," a correction-providing-system using the PC Web,
operation. (Tiger Mountain, K-NET)
artist.
president of ALOALO INTERNATIONAL Co., Ltd.
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