Image: NTT InterCommunication Center, Tokyo
NTT InterCommunication Center in Tokyo will present an artist talk by Scott Allen of glow on August 9, 2026, as part of ICC Kids Program 2026 'Mikan no Yakusoku — Tsukutte, Toraeru Media Creations.' The online event is scheduled for 6:30 pm and will be streamed on YouTube only, according to ICC’s announcement.
The talk is tied to Allen’s work 'Unreal Pareidolia -sandbox of shadows-' (2026), which is being shown in the kids’ program. ICC describes the programme as an exhibition running from July 25 to August 30, 2026, in Gallery A and Hyper ICC, with artists including AR Audio Guide Team (glow), Circuit Lab. a team of UNIBA, Scott Allen (glow), Hiroyuki Hori, and metamu. The exhibition is framed around media creation and participation, with ICC noting that the title reflects unfinished things, things passed from one person to another, and forms that change through each encounter.
In the exhibition text, ICC positions the project within today’s media and technology environment, including generative AI, and through the diverse practices of children. The institution says the show asks who makes things and where expression comes from, while treating technology not simply as a tool but as something that can respond and produce unexpected outcomes. That broader context sets the stage for Allen’s contribution, though the artist talk itself is a separate event from the exhibition.
For the August 9 talk, ICC lists Tomoya Kashimada of ICC and Kyo Akabane of IAMAS and glow as the interlocutors. The event is labelled a YouTube-only broadcast, and ICC says the programme will also be streamed online. No on-site attendance details are given for the talk beyond the online format.
Allen’s work is presented within a programme that is designed for family and child audiences, but ICC’s description gives it a wider media-art frame. The work image supplied by ICC identifies 'Unreal Pareidolia -sandbox of shadows-' and shows it as a 2026 piece photographed by Ryohei Tomita. The event notice links the artist talk directly to that installation, rather than to ICC Annual 2026 or to other concurrent programmes at the centre.
ICC’s notice for the talk sits alongside a separate online event on the same day, and the institution’s newsletter also lists an artist talk and live performance by Keita Miyashita from 'ICC Annual 2026' earlier that afternoon. Those are distinct items in the programme calendar. Scott Allen’s talk remains scheduled for 6:30 pm on August 9, 2026, as an online event connected to 'Unreal Pareidolia -sandbox of shadows-' in ICC Kids Program 2026.
