"CULTURE GATE to JAPAN" - Seite 4

Creative Label nor

Creative Label nor is an art collective launched in 2017 by members from various backgrounds and includes scientists, musicians, architects, programmers, engineers, and designers. By utilizing technology to express natural phenomena as artworks, the group aims to embody the 'sublation of science and art.' The artwork, "dyebirth" (2017) that drips ink according to an algorithm was chosen in the Jury Selections for the Art Division at the 22nd Japan Media Arts Festival.

EHARA Saeko

EHARA Saeko was born in Tokyo in 1985. She is an artist and a video jockey. After graduating from the Royal Academy of Art, The Hague (KABK) in the Netherlands, for over ten years she has been involved in the entertainment world, working in various stages, primarily in concerts, in roles such as video production and operation as a video jockey. She began her activities in earnest in Japan and abroad in 2020. Under the theme, 'the unspoiled landscape in my memories,' she creates artworks in the field of digital art. Her latest major activities include "MUTEK.JP" (2021) and "XRE's Ars Electronica Festival Garden NYC Portal" (2021).

MIYAZAKI Natsujikei

MIYAZAKI Natsujikei was born in Miyagi Prefecture in 1987 and is a manga artist. She got her start in 2010 with her first serial publication, "Yugata madeni Kaeru yo" (I'll Be Home by Evening; Kodansha, Ltd.) in "Gekkan Morning Two" No. 40. "The News of Transformation" (Kodansha, Ltd., 2013) was chosen in the Jury Selections for the Manga Division at the 17th Japan Media Arts Festival. She depicts the swirl of intense emotions in everyday life through carefree designs.

Her books include "There's Nothing Wrong with Me" (Kodansha, Ltd.), "To, Aru Hi no Sugoku Fushigi" (Something Really Weird Happened One Day; Hayakawa Publishing Corp.), and "Anata wa Bun-chan no Koi" (You're Bunchan's Love; Kodansha, Ltd.).

Nyamyam

Nyamyam (UK) is an independent development studio comprised of three skilled game creators from Japan, the UK, and Germany who have a keen love of Japanese culture. "Tengami" (2014) is a puzzle adventure game that incorporates the texture of Japanese 'washi' paper, one of the traditional beauties of Japan, and the structure of pop-up books into its visuals. It won awards at SXSW 2014, IndieCade, SOWN, Develop Showcase, and Game Connection BIG Festival, and was chosen in the Jury Selections for the Entertainment Division at the 18th Japan Media Arts Festival.