Born in Japan 1993, Takemi Watanuki is a visual artist based in Tokyo. Takemi Watanuki graduated from the Institute of Advanced Media Arts and Sciences. Takemi Watanuki specializes in graphics and video, and also works as a VJ. He has created complex simulations, including of artificial life cycles, mainly using programs to achieve this. He…
So Kanno’s works are mainly based on robotics, such as “Lasermice,” a swarming robot that imitates the swarming behavior of small animals, and “Kazokutchi”, a robot that host a digital artificial life NFT. So Kanno’s interest lies less in perfect control of industrial products, more in their unpredictability, emergence, and errors. To this end, he…
Said Ahmed Mohamed Alhassan is a visual artist who studied both engineering and fine arts, pursuing the latter as a career. He graduated with a first-class degree and was awarded the prize for the best graduation project at the College of Fine Arts, Sudan University in 2016. His artworks explore societal transformations from a new…
Saddam Jumaily is an Iraqi artist. He holds an MFA in visual arts from Basra University, and is a painter, sculptor and researcher. His works combine a number of concepts related to immigration, tense social relations, racism and sexism in the Middle East. He also focuses on the impact of religious authority on the demolition…
Ryu Furusawa, who lives and works in Tokyo, is an artist and a surfer. He employs digital manipulation and physical intervention in the imaging process to reconstruct time and space, altering viewers’ standards of perception. The resulting ephemeral landscapes erode the viewer’s physical senses, heightening awareness of the physical sensations inherent in our perception of…
As a child, she lost sight in her right eye due to an incident in a dysfunctional family. As an adult, she began wearing a prosthetic eye but felt uncomfortable with the industry’s “concealed” designs. She created a prosthetic eye with a starry sky pattern, which she now wears daily. She started her career as…
Rafiul Alom Rahman is the Founder-Director of The Queer Muslim Project. He brings a decade of experience in LGBTQIA+ rights organizing, arts management, and digital advocacy. Rafiul is a 2023 UN Minority Fellow, a 2022 CCP Fellow, a 2020 SI Leader Lab Fellow, and a 2018 Acumen Fellow. In 2020, he was recognized as a…
Paul Trillo is a director and video artist who challenges both his own curiosity and illusion with his visually inventive, conceptual, and technical films. His diverse body of work spans various genres and formats, infusing meaning and purpose into his experimental uses of technology and technique. While creating in-camera practical illusions, Paul is always looking…
Open Group was founded in August 2012. The structure of Open Group is built around the idea of collective work, involving people from different fields collaborating on projects for a period of time. The group’s work focuses on exploring interactions between people and contextual spaces, creating what they call “open situations.” In 2024, Open Group…
Nina Bulgakova is a choreographer and dancer based in Finland. She is also a co-founder of the Ethno Contemporary Ballet—a dance company originally from Kharkiv (UA)—as well as a choreographer, producer, artistic director and dancer. Her previous works with the Ethno Contemporary Ballet as choreographer and performer include 4308 (2023), Fertility (2020), ORGANization (2020), and…
Nicolas Gourault is an artist and filmmaker based in Paris with a background in visual arts and visual studies. He worked with Forensic Architecture before graduating from Le Fresnoy, Studio national des arts. His work is imbued with this dual training, navigating between online open-source investigations and a critical use of new media as documentary…