1992-2000
● About A.T.E.
A.T.E. conducted a variety of research and creative activities by organizing collaborations among people working in different fields and specialties based on the theme of 'art, technology, and environment'. The core organizations were P3, NEC and RACE (Research into Artifacts, Center for Engineering, the University of Tokyo). They established a laboratory that was created using a human/electronic network for presenting and using new concepts and methodologies of the network age. By organizing workshops and utilizing the internet as a resource, they created opportunities for people from different disciplines to meet and conduct creative discussions.

● Activities of A.T.E.
<Workshops>
From the beginning, A.T.E put its biggest emphasis on organizing workshops. It was essential for people from different disciplines to meet and find various issues with which they were unfamiliar. A.T.E. chose themes and methods which were suited to the particular time, and continuously organized different styles of workshops.

<Discussions on　the Internet>
As an important medium providing opportunities for discussion on a variety of issues, A.T.E. set up a bilingual (Japanese and English) mailing list in July 1996. Some of the themes that were discussed were 'the social nature of art', 'works of art that have moved you lately', and 'the somatic senses and history'. Participants also presented and exchanged information that was particular to their own fields.

<Research Activities>
An essential activity of A.T.E. was the presentation of concepts and methodologies that were suitable for the network age. A variety of research was conducted and presentations were made by members of A.T.E.

<Creative Activities>
A.T.E. was invited to submit a piece to the architectural section of the exhibition '4 + 1/2', which was part of the 'Today's Japan' program to introduce contemporary Japan that was held in Toronto, Canada in 1995. In this piece, an internet broadcasting station called 'WabisabiNet' was set up that connected Toronto with the University of Tokyo using CUseeMe. Images of inner landscapes created by Tokyo artists were broadcast, and on one occasion, a live broadcast was held.

Later in 1996, a project that existed only on the internet called metaTOKYO was created as a ‘post-WabisabiNet'. A total of nine groups of artists, architects, poets, journalists, designers and citizen groups in Tokyo presented their works and ideas over the net based on various premises that were on a 'meta' level overlapping the Tokyo of the time.

Two free booklets are available for people who are interested in A.T.E.'s activities. Please contact joho@p3.org if you would like to obtain one. There will be a fee for postage.
・A.T.E. 92 – 96: Bilingual booklet (English and Japanese) about activities from 1992 to 1996.
・metaTOKYO noteBOOK: With CD-ROM. Booklet is bilingual (English and Japanese).

The metaTOKYO site was closed after the project was finished.