Contributors

  • Yasumitsu Jinno

    Yasumitsu Jinno

    JP

    Yasumitsu Jinno is the project leader of the DAS project. After working at a major general trading company, he joined advertising firm Dentsu as an account manager.In 2021, he established a new company Toyota Coniq Alpha, Inc. with account partner Toyota Motor Corporation. Together with Shiga University and the Ars Electronica Futurelab, Jinno launched the…

  • Yoshio Okumura

    Yoshio Okumura

    JP

    Yoshio Okumura is the Representative Director of “Okumura Tsukudani” in Omi-hachiman, Shiga Prefecture. He makes and sells “funazushi” and “tsukudani,” traditional foods made from lake fish caught in Lake Biwa using traditional methods. He is also involved in efforts to combat food loss and projects to preserve traditional foods for future generations.

  • ModVue

    ModVue

    IR

    Vahid Qaderi is an interdisciplinary artist and electronic musician, focusing on music production, AR/VR, and visualization. His music is a combination of different experimental genres. Razieh Kooshki is an interdisciplinary artist. Her work experience centers around generative visuals, VR, and video arts. Razieh and Vahid have been collaborating as an artist duo since 2016, presenting…

  • Daphne X

    Daphne X

    GR/ES

    Daphne Xanthopoulou is a sound artist, designer and curator based in Barcelona. Through participatory performances, podcasts and installations, she explores contemporary sonic practices and speculative methodologies as a strategy for earthly re-enchantment.

  • AndinA

    AndinA

    CO

    AndinA is a solo project of Patricia Cadavid H. that draws inspiration from the ancestral technologies of the Andes of Abya Yala to unravel the sounds of the future, vindicating them in the present. With her instruments, she knots noisy textures and builds with deep percussions, sound rituals inviting to contemplate and listen to the…

  • Niels Hammer

    DE

    Niels Hammer was born in Erlabrunn, Germany, in 1982 and studied medicine at the University of Leipzig, where he obtained his doctorate in 2010. In 2014, he was appointed Professor of Clinical Anatomy at the University of Otago in New Zealand, a role which he took up in 2015 after completing his specialist training and…

  • Marie Blondiaux

    Marie Blondiaux

    FR

    Marie Blondiaux has been producing innovative content and games since 2012. Her credits include SENS VR (Selection Tribeca Film Festival 2016), 7 lives (Selection Tribeca Film Festival 2019), 4 FEET HIGH (Sundance New Frontiers and Indie Series 2021, Biblioquête and Fight Back (Mostra 2022). She became Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres in 2022.

  • Roiel Benitez

    PY/FR

    Shaped by diverse cultures, from his birthplace Jerusalem to South Africa and the Americas, Roiel Benitzen is a France-based Paraguayan musician, sound artist and community leader. He blends traditional and experimental drumming, sound design, and music production in art & technology projects. He works on public engagement for various educational entities.

  • Rodolfo Groenewoud van Vliet

    Rodolfo Groenewoud van Vliet

    NL

    Rodolfo Groenewoud van Vliet, co-founder and business director of In4Art, is at the forefront of integrating art, science and technology. Leveraging his background in business development, he drives the Art-Driven Innovation method. At Better Factory, he supports 16 pilot projects to boost the competitiveness of European manufacturers through digital and artistic collaboration. His work merges…

  • Marie-Andrée Pellerin and Daphne Xanthopoulou

    Marie-Andrée Pellerin and Daphne Xanthopoulou

    CA/AT/GR/ES

    A discussion on speculative sonic practices that critically explore our relationship with the natural world, centered around Marie-Andrée Pellerin’s publication Close Conversations of Other Kind and Daphne Xanthopoulou’s work on embodying the other through voice and listening.

  • Katsura Nakano

    Katsura Nakano

    JP

    Born in Tokyo, Katsura Nakano holds a PhD in Economics from the University of British Columbia. He specializes in applied microeconomics and has conducted various research in environmental policy, urban development, healthcare and education. He emphasizes both quantitative and qualitative aspects in his work. Currently, he is Vice President for Special Assignments at Shiga University,…

  • Kathrin Obernhumer

    Kathrin Obernhumer

    AT

    Kathrin Obernhumer is an innovation scout and project curator who works at the intersection of technology, social innovation and the arts. She believes in the potential of art-science collaboration and creates transdisciplinary work environments apart from curating programs and projects in the context of open innovation and participation. With the aim of making innovation accessible…