Makoto Amano, from the Institute of Advanced Media Arts and Sciences (IAMAS), has published many media artworks that take advantage of the latest technology under the theme of "resistance to AI implemented in society....

MAWARI

2021.12.23　 Text: Editor

Mawari is a global team that has developed high-quality, real-time, interactive 3D streaming technology and formats to make AR experiences more accessible to people in various fields. Since its establishment in Shibuy...

MASASHI HIRAO

2019.10.16　 Text: Editor

Masashi Hirao, a heretical Bonsai master, who continues to create Bonsai that overturns common sense while carrying improvised performances, gains appreciation from both Japan and overseas. While inheriting Japanese ...

MIRUKUSOUKO + THE COCONUTS

2019.5.18　 Text: Noriko Ishimizu

mirukusouko + The Coconuts is an artists unit consisted of seven artists; Naotaka Miyazaki, Naoki Matsumoto, Azumi Kajiwara, Eisuke Shinozaki, Kota Sakagawa, Takuma Nishihama and Hiroaki Takiguchi. mirukusouko was for...

HYMN

2019.2.6　 Text: Noriko Ishimizu

HYMN is an artist who uses her original technique called “virtual spray” with the theory of appropriation. She re-composes western masterpieces and character icons by digital bits and draws them with spray and Posca. ...

FUYUKI SHIMAZU

2019.2.5　 Text: Wakana Kawahito

In 2009, Fuyuki Shimizu started his brand Carton, making wallet from cardboards left on the road and shops of all over the world, and now he is an artist who symbolizes the current world. He adds a new value to used c...

CALAR.INK

2019.2.5　 Text: Miwa Yokoyama

When artists and creators from various backgrounds gather to collaborate on creative projects, new ideas leap into existence. With sharing and dissemination now the norm, it’s becomes crucial for individuals to develo...

YOICHI OCHIAI

2018.9.21　 Text: Victor Moreno

Last June we attended “Beauty of Natural Resolution – End to End Transformation of Material Things – Digital Nature” at the Eye Of Gyre in the Omotesando area in central Tokyo. For this exhibition, Yoichi Ochiai, the ...

HIROTO YOSHIZOE

2017.10.12　 Text: Ayumi Yakura

Design has the power to change the world. The next generation of creators who participated in the Lexus Design Award 2017 international competition received support and training from LEXUS, and one designer, out of 1,...

MICHIKO TSUDA

2017.9.27　 Text: Ayumi Yakura

The 20th Japan Media Arts Festival held by Agency for Cultural Affairs, Government of Japan take place, entries reflecting media arts are received from around the world, and this year’s award winners were announced. S...

YUCO MARUO

2017.3.13　 Text: Seiichi Endo

Yuko Maruo, who shifted her career from the creative field to the art scene, makes sculptures that are a collaboration between clay animation and photography, and as a result creates unique art pieces of creatures. ...

YUMI FUZUKI

2017.2.28　 Text: Ayumi Yakura

Yumi Fuzuki, a poet born in Heisei period, started to submit her poems to magazines during her middle school era and received Gendaishi Techo award when she was sixteen years old. She was the youngest winner to receiv...