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Daito Manabe<sup>JP</sup>
Daito Manabe

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Coming from Japan, arrives to MUTEK Montréal the multimedia artist, programmer and DJ Daito Manabe, one of the most ground-breaker representatives of digital art. Manabe’s works in design, art, and entertainment takes a new approach to everyday materials and phenomena. However, his end goal is not simply rich, high-definition realism by recognizing and recombining these familiar elemental building blocks. Rather, his practice is informed by careful observation to discover and elucidate the essential potentialities inherent to the human body, data, programming, computers, and other phenomena, thus probing the interrelationships and boundaries delineating the analog and digital, real and virtual.
A prolific collaborator, he has worked closely with a diverse roster of artists, including Ryuichi Sakamoto, Björk, OK Go, Nosaj Thing, Squarepusher, Andrea Battistoni, Mansai Nomura, Perfume and Sakanaction. Further engagements include groundbreaking partnerships with the Jodrell Bank Center for Astrophysics in Manchester, and the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), the world’s largest particle physics laboratory. He is the recipient of numerous awards for his multidisciplinary contributions to advertising, design, and art. Notable recognitions include the Ars Electronica Distinction Award, Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity Titanium Grand Prix, D&AD Black Pencil, and the Japan Media Arts Festival Grand Prize.

Upcoming performances

Barcelona 2024

Live A/V

The Tokyo-based artist will be premiering his Live AV for the first time in Spain thanks to the support of the Japan Foundation.

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Présenté avec le soutien de la fondation du Japon.
Who

Tokyo-based artist, interaction designer, programmer, and DJ.

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Daito Manabe gained international fame for YouTube videos where he attaches electrodes to his face, syncing electrical impulses to music, making his facial muscles twitch rhythmically.

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