- Department
- Graduate School/Arts Studies
- Position
- Professor *
- Specialization
- Art Theory, Media Art, Museology
- Degrees Earned
- Master of Arts (Literature), The University of Tokyo
Master of Media Expression, IAMAS (Institute of Advanced Media Arts and Sciences)
- Affiliated Academic
Arganizations
- The Japanese Association for Semiotic Studies, The Society for Cultural Resources Studies, International Council of Museums (ICOM)
- Profile
- Graduated from Yokohama National University. Completed the Cultural Resources Studies program (Cultural Management course) at the Graduate School of Humanities and Sociology, the University of Tokyo, and the Media Expression program (Studio 4 / Media Aesthetics) at the Institute of Advanced Media Arts and Sciences [IAMAS]. After holding positions at Kyoto Art Center, the Arts and Culture Division of the Agency for Cultural Affairs, NTT InterCommunication Center [ICC], the Museum of Art, Kochi, and the Museum of Kyoto, he assumed his current position in 2026.
His major curated exhibitions include: Poetry Found by Scientists (Japan Media Arts Festival in Kyoto, 2021, The Museum of Kyoto); Anonymous Life: The Nameless Vitality (2013, NTT InterCommunication Center [ICC]); BEACON 2020 (2020, The Museum of Kyoto); and REPRODUCTION: Diogenes with a Camera V (2016, The Museum of Art, Kochi). He is the co-editor of The colors of postwar Kyoto (1945-52), found in the USA! - occupied Japan and beyond (Revised Edition) (2023, Chiisago-sha).
- Message
- In Slowness, Milan Kundera writes, "Speed is the form of ecstasy the technical revolution has bestowed on man." I invite you to resist the acceleration of technology and intentionally embrace "slowness" to re-examine the nature of expression. Do not merely consume; develop the power to critically interrogate what lies beneath. Your moments of hesitation, and the very fact of our physical finitude—these are what provide the tangible grounding needed to shape your unique perspective.
