Polycom means Teleculturation.

Dear Colleagues,

My name is Masami Kikuchi, a new list member, and an independent Japanese
developer/producer of live and interactive cultural exchange programmes for
distance education and community empowerment, using (primarily ISDN-based)
videoconferencing systems, in and from Chiba, Japan.

"Detonated" and shockingly inspired into the world of wonder-full and
enthusiastic video art using videoconference by Kit Galloway and Sherrie
Rabinowitz, co-founders of Electronic Cafe International
(http://www.ecafe.com/) in 1994, I have been deeply soaked in the world of
live and interactive art/entertainment performances using the ITU-T H.320
and G.722 (audio bandwidth up to 7KHz) standards.
(http://www.onlineworkshop.net/archives/)

Only yesterday, I visited Polycom Japan's office in Tokyo, and found and was
demonstrated the first technologically amalgamated Polycom machine with the
so-easy user interface of Polycom and the superb audio Siren 14+ (audio
bandwidth up to 14KHz with sub-woofer) of the then-PictureTel: namely
Polycom VSX 7000 (ViewStation next model).

It must not be only myself who has long awaited creation of such a
videoconferencing model with the excellent user interface and the superb
audio.

Now I should say that "Polycom means Teleculturation".

Videoconferencing systems have always been deployed and used by the rich
business sectors and governmental institutions....and not frequently and
effectively used....as far as I know with my little knowledge.

Now with this Polycom VSX 7000, we have entered the Century of live, visual
and audio communication for the people.

To celebrate this "New Century", I have submitted a proposal of presentation
to the Video Conferencing Summit, scheduled to take place on the 23rd and
24th February in New York City
(http://sites.securemc.com/folder4073/index.cfm?id=8&fuseaction=browse&pagei
d=37).

I would accordingly like to ask your favor and collaboration/cooperation as
well as support, to realize this presentation whether or not accepted by the
organizing committee, to share the quality and wonder of the New Century
with the audience.

The programme that I plan is "Gagaku" performance
(http://www.miduho.gr.jp/gagaku/), the very very old traditional performing
art of Japan, lectured and performed by Miduho Gagaku-kai, founded and led
by the Gagaku Master Mita Noriaki, my cultural partner.

"Gagaku" is a very old traditional orchestra with dancing performance; and
my plan is to play orchestra in Tokyo, and dance in New York City, as an
online remote collaborative art work.
This will enlighten the audience and the world over that "videoconference"
is no longer "boring". It will inspire the people of the world that
"videoconferencing equipment" is not for "conference", but for
"culturation"; not for boredom, but for enthusiasm; not to monopolize, but
to share....

And, my short-term goal of this project is for Beijing Olympics in 2008,
when people of the world gather together, but even the people who cannot for
any reason participate locally, can participate online via the super superb
(probably hifi stereo audio will be realzed) Polycom machines around the
world. (http://www.onlineworkshop.net/images/gagaku_chart.jpg)

Any of you who are intersted in such a project, are very and cordially
welcome for collaboration, cooperation and support of our work.

Let us share and enjoy the New World of video-communication, at the Video
Conferencing Summit 2004 in Februray in NYC.

"To hug, we travel."

Best regards,

Masami Kikuchi
founder/producer/engineer
video-linked cultural exchange and entertainment
Video Online Workshop
Chiba Japan
E-mail: [email protected]
Please cc: [email protected]
WebURL: http://www.onlineworkshop.net/
Member of Satellite Application Development Committee, JAXA
(http://i-space.jaxa.jp/committee/index.htm)
Bio in brief: 
http://www.techempower.net/0/show_profile.asp?aff_id=0&id=masami


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