The Japanese artist unit by Kensuke Sembo and Yae Akaiwa formed in 1996 on the internet. Starting in 2000, they started their activities in an actual space, presenting installation work, performenace and event organize. Their experimental projects are typically humorous and innovative explorations of the paradoxes of digital and analog computer networked and actual environments in our lives. In 2006, they won the Golden Nica for Net Vision category at Prix Ars Electronica. In 2012, they formed Internet Secret Society named "IDPW" and have been organizing "Internet Yami-Ichi" in both Japan and abroad since then. They live and work in New York since 2015. Their recent exhibitions include Aichi Triennial (Aichi Arts Center, Aichi, 2019), a group exhibition “ARTPORT: SUNRISE/SUNSET” (Whitney Museum, New York, United States, 2019), a group exhibition "Reincarnation of Media Art" (YCAM, Yamaguchi, 2018), group exhibition "Hello World: For the Post-Human Age" (Art Tower Mito, Ibaraki, 2018), solo exhibition "The Life-Cycle of Interfaces" (New Media Artspace gallery, Baruch Collage Library, New York, United States, 2018), group exhibition "Spirit and Digit" (Electro Museum, Moscow, Russia, 2016), solo exhibition "TO THE APES" (Mitsubishi-Jisho Artium, Fukuoka, 2013) and many more. In an ongoing exhibition "Open Space 2018 - In Transition", they are showing "Natural Process (created in 2004)" in the collection of Google Inc. for the first time in 14 years.

Born in Kyoto, 1968. Received his MA in Art Education from Shiga University, Shiga, 1994. Studied at the Art Students League of New York, 1994-96. Participated in a research artist program in CCA Kitakyushu, 1997-99. After participated in artist-in-residency programs in India, Germany, Spain. Lived and worked in Okinawa and Taiwan, 2004-06. In 2012, Okamoto was back to Kyoto and opened his artist-run-gallery Kunst Arzt in Kyoto. Solo exhibitions include “GEIST” (Gallery Turnaround, Sendai, 2018), “The Dozaemon Exhibition Tokyo 2017” (eitoeiko, Tokyo, 2017), “UFO” (eitoeiko, 2018). Group exhibitions include “Celebration: Japanese Polish Contemporary Art Exhibition” (Rohm Theatre Kyoto, Stary Browar, Poznan, Poland, TRAFO, Szczecin, 2019), “After ‘Freedom of expression?’” (Aichi Triennial, Aichi Arts Center, 2019), “Young Pretty Girls in Art History” (Museum of National Taipei University of Education, Taipei, 2019), “Fukuoka Castle Art Museum” (Fukuoka, 2018), “Love Love Show 2” (Aomori Museum of Art, Aomori, 2017).

Konan/ Kounan/ Ko-nan is an artist collective founded by Daijiro Chiba (Born in 1992, Tokyo). Recently Konan is a solo unit by Chiba. Chiba received his BA in Tama Art University, Tokyo, 2014. And he received his MA from Tokyo University of the Arts, 2016. Solo exhibitions include “Ateburers” (eitoeiko, Tokyo, 2018), “Triple Shorthand” (eitoeiko, 2017), “Triple Network Gel” (eitoeiko, Tokyo, 2015), Group exhibitions include “BARRACKOUT” (Tokyo, 2016-17), “Gen Gen Ten” (Fukushima, 2017), “Odawara Castle Art Project” (Odawara, Kanagawa, 2017), “Immersed Identity/Drifting Poetry” (Yokohama Civic Art Gallery, Kanagawa, 2018), “Multi Shutter” (EUKARYOTE, Tokyo, 2018), “META: Wild Cards in Japanese Art” (As Daijiro Chiba, Kanagawa Prefectural Art Gallery, Kanagawa, 2019)

Born in 1992, Kanagawa, Japan. Based in Tokyo and Shonan, Kanagawa. Cobayashi regards photography as to question what it is to capture “truth” and draws an outline of this question through wide variety of approaches. He has had a solo exhibition “Photographic Universe” (Fotografia Europea 2019, Reggio Emilia, 2019), “Insectautomobilogy / What is an aesthetic?” (G/P gallery, Tokyo, 2017), “#photo” (G/P gallery, 2016), and his works have been featured in major group exhibitions such as “Hello World-For the Post-Human Age” (Art Tower Mito, Ibaraki, 2018), “GIVE ME YESTERDAY” (Fondazione Prada, Milan, 2016), “New Material,” (Casemore Kirkeby, San Francisco, 2016). His works have been added to a collection at major institutions like Asian Art Museum, San Francisco. His first photo book “Everything_1” was published by Newfave, 2016.

Born in 1950, Ishikawa. Received her double BA from Toyoko Gakuen Women’s Junior College (present: Tokyo City University), 1971 and 1972. She started her carrier as a ceramic artist from 1976 after meeting with Kimpei Nakamura. Recently she is an sculptor/installation artist. Group exhibitions include “Amabiki” (Ibaraki, 2019, 2015, 2013, 2011, 2008 and 2006), “Auspicious Celebration of Lives” (Oita Prefectural Art Museum, Oita, 2016), “House on the Sea” (with Ryo Kato, Toki Art Space, Tokyo, 2018). Collectioned in Fred Marer Collection, Scripps College, United States, Aichi Prefectural Ceramic Museum, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, Korea, Minka Museo de Arte Moderno La Casa de Japón, Buenos Aires, Meguro Museum of Art, Tokyo, Soed Te Museum, Korea, Niki Club,Tochigi. Her book “MESH/CLAY/FIRE” was published by Bijutshu Shuppansha, 2001.

Born in 1992, Niigata. Received his BA from Musashino Art University, Tokyo, 2015. Member of Topological Media Lab, Concordia University, Montreal. Studied at Berlin University of the Arts, participated in Institute für Raumexperimente by Olafur Eliasson. Nogami won a New Face Award of the 19th Japan Media Arts Festival, Entertainment Dividion, with Baku Hashimoto, 2016. Selected 30 under 30 Japan by Forbes, 2018. Participated in FILE, WRO, Scopitone, International Festival Spain, and many other international exhibitions/festivals include Roppongi Art Night (2014), Future Catalysts Hakuhodo×Ars Electronica, an event in conjunction with Sapporo International Art Festival.

Taiki Watai

Born in 1985, Shizuoka. Watai is a media artist as well as a technical director. Received his MA from Waseda University. As an technical director, he directed a lot of fashion shows by global brands, installations, live performances for advertisement and entertainment regions. As an media artist, Watai handles various electric devices and programming for making the alternate and futuristic world of technology. His work was selected in recommendation of the 18th Japan Media Arts Festival. Watai won an honorary mention by Prix Arz Electronica.

Born in 1992, Saitama. Received her BA of Language and Culture Studies from Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, Tokyo, 2016. Received her MA of Film and New Media, Tokyo University of the Arts, 2018. Fujkura attempts to depict a scenery of an industrial world. In the world, the machines begin their dysfunctional, autonomous movements. Her work reveals the blurred existence of the metropolis, with erasing the availability of the industrial products. Selected in recommendation of 22th Japan Media Arts Festival, 2019. Solo exhibitions include “colony Highway Broadcast” (ICC, Tokyo, 2018), “fnctional, primitive” (Ask?P, Tokyo, 2018). Group exhibitions include “PHENOMENON: RGB” (Laforet Museum, Tokyo, 2019), “Artists in FAS 2018” (FAS, Fujisawa, Kanagawa, 2018), “I.wall” (Guardian Garden, Tokyo, 2018), “MEC award 2018” (Skip City Visual Museum, Saitama, 2018). Screened in “TOKYO ANIMA! 2019” (National Art Center Tokyo, Tokyo, 2019), “Young Perspective 2018” (Image Forum, Tokyo, 2018)

Susan Ploetz conducts artistic research through embodied simulations and co-creative world building using techniques from progressive larping and somatic practices. Her work is multi-disciplinary and multi-sensory, and deals with bodymind-technology interactions, imagination as interface and technology, perceptual expansions, procedural expression, and emancipatory emotional dissonance. She has presented work, spoke or taught at Martin Gropius Bau/Berliner Festspiele, Stroom den Haag, Universität der Künste Berlin, The Pervasive Media Studio (Bristol), Sophiensaele, ABC Art Fair, Dutch Art Institute, Saas-Fee Summer Institute of Arts, dOCUMENTA (13), Portland Institute for Contemporary Art, and Performa amongst others.