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Tomo Kihara is a media artist and a game designer that develops experimental games and installations that draw out unexplored questions from people through play. After graduating from Keio University, he completed his master's in Interaction Design at Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands. He has since worked on projects focusing on the social impact of AI with institutions such as Waag Futurelab in Amsterdam and the Mozilla Foundation in the USA. His recent works have been nominated for the Ars Electronica STARTS PRIZE (Linz, 2021) and exhibited at the Victoria & Albert Museum (London, 2022).
新たな問いを人々から引き出す遊びをテーマに、実験的なゲームやインスタレーションの開発を行うメディアアーティスト / ゲーム開発者。慶應義塾大学環境情報学部卒業後、オランダのデルフト工科大学院のインタラクションデザイン科を修了。その後、アムステルダムに拠点を置く研究機関Waag Futurelabや米国のMozilla FoundationとAIの社会的影響に焦点を当てたプロジェクトを行う。近年の作品はアルス・エレクトロニカ STARTS PRIZE (リンツ、2021年)にノミネートされたり、Victoria & Albert Museum（ロンドン、2022年）で展示された。
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Education
2019 - 2020 : European School of Urban Game Design [Athens, Greece]
2016 - 2018 : Delft University of Technology - MSc in Interaction Design [Delft, Netherlands]
2012 - 2016 : Keio University - BA in Environmental Information [Shonan, Japan]
Grants & Fellowships
2023 : Watershed — Playable City Commission [Bristol, United Kingdom]
2022 : Civic Creative Base Tokyo — Artist Fellow [Tokyo, Japan]
2022 : Mozilla Technology Fund — Awardee [Global]
2021 : Artsformation EU [Europe]
2020 : Creative Industries Fund NL — Talent Development Fund [Amsterdam, Netherlands]
2018 - 2021 : Waag Future Lab — Research Fellow [Amsterdam, Netherlands]
2018 : Design Indaba — Global graduates [Capetown, South Africa]
Selected Exhibitions
2023-🇯🇵 Arts Maebashi 10th anniversary Exhibition:New Horizon
2023-🇰🇷 Busan Biennale — Sea Art Festival
2023-🇯🇵 ICC Kids Program 2023
2023-🇬🇧 Now Play This - A Festival of Experimental Game Design
2023-🇳🇱 Digital Shadows - Amsterdam Central Library
2022-🇬🇧 V&A Digital Design Weekend
2022-🇩🇪 EVERYTHING WILL BE FINE - Deutsches Technikmuseum(outdoor exhibition)
2022-🇯🇵 21_21 DESIGN SIGHT - Future In-sight
2021-🇯🇵 Matsudo International Science Art Festival
2021-🇦🇹 ARS ELECTRONICA - STARTS PRIZE Exhibition
2019-🇨🇳 Red Dot Design Museum Xiamen - Social Design Exhibition Asia
2019-🇳🇱 Kunsthal KaDK - Balancing Acts
2018-🇬🇧 Victoria & Albert Museum : Future Starts here
2016-🇬🇧 London Design Museum : Designs of the Year
Publications
2021 - [Interview] - Goethe-Institut -“Fish discovers water last”: Designer Tomo Kihara in interview
2022 - [掲載] - グラフィック社 - 来るべきデザイナー 現代グラフィックデザインの方法と態度
2020 - [寄稿] - WIRED.jp フィルターバブルを“体験”可能にする「TheirTube」
2019 - [共著] - BNN社 SPECULATIONS 人間中心主義のデザインをこえて
2018 - [寄稿] - WIRED.jp 「ものごい」の代替手段 : ストリートディベーターという職業が、路上生活者を社会復帰に導く
Academic Publication
2019 - DIS - San Diego : Designing and Prototyping from the Perspective of AI in the Wild (Full Paper)
2019 - CHI - Glasgow : Designing an Escape Room in the City for Public Engagement with AI-enhanced Surveillance (Late Breaking Work)
2018 - CHI - Montreal : Connected Resources: A Novel Approach in Designing Technologies for Older People (Late Breaking Work)
2015 - INCLUDE - London : Developing Products to Prevent Group Infection in Nursery Schools (Poster)
Teachings and Workshops
2023 [ Guest Lecture ]- Chicago University - Department of Computer Science [Chicago,USA]
2022 [ Workshop ] - Columbia University - MA in Global Thought [New York, USA]
2022 [ Guest Lecture ] - Haute école d'art et de design Genève - MA Media Design (lecture video) [Genève, Switzerland]
Awards
2021 - STARTS PRIZE 2021 - Nomination - TheirTube
2019- Mozilla Creative Media Awards 2020 - TheirTube
2019 - IxDA Interaction Awards : Finalist - Street Debater
2017 - WIRED Creative Hack Award : Grand Prix - Street Debater
2016 - London Design Museum Designs of the Year (Nomination): phonvert