Naoko Tosa

Naoko Tosa (born 1961) is a Japanese media artist based in Fukuoka, Japan.[1][2] In recent years Tosa has been creating artwork expressing Japanese tradition and culture without utilizing digital technology but rather by taking photographic captures of water and flowers in motion at 2000 frames per second.[3] Much of her focus is based on Japanese Zen, Shinto and Rinpa traditions. Rinpa, a school of painting which traces its origins to 17th century Kyoto emphasizes natural subjects, refinement and the use of gold leaf, and is a key influence in Tosa's most recent works.

Early life and education

After receiving a Ph.D. for Art and Technology research from the University of Tokyo, Tosa was a researcher at the ATR (Advanced Technology Research Labs) Media Integration & Communication Lab (1995–2001). Tosa was a fellow artist at CAVS, the Center for Advanced Visual Studies at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology from 2002 to 2004. Since 2005 she has been a professor at the Academic Center for Computing and Media Studies, Kyoto University.[4]

Career

Naoko Tosa was named Japanese Cultural Envoy by the Agency for Cultural Affairs for the period of September 2016 – March 2017.[2] Toas's work has been shown in the Museum of Modern Art,[5] New York, USA, the National Museum of Art, Osaka, Toyama, Nagoya City Art Museum and Takamatsu city museum of Art. Her works are also part of the collections at the Japan Foundation, the American Film Association, the Japan Film Culture Center, The National Museum of Art, Osaka and the Toyama Prefecture Museum of Modern Art. Her work, "An Expression" is in the permanent collection of the Museum of Contemporary Art.[6]

Naoko was one of the original members in the establishment of the Society for Art and Science in 2001. She has been serving as the Chair of IFIP TC16 Entertainment Computing Art & Entertainment since 2006 and was chair of the International Conference on Culture and Computing in 2013 and 2015.

Works
  • 2017 – Genesis
  • 2014 – Sound of Ikebana
  • 2004–10 – Art of Zen
  • 2001 – Kabuki-Mono
  • 1993 – Neuro Baby

Awards
  • 1996, best paper award from the IEEE International Conference on Multimedia;[7]
  • 1997, the L’Oreal Grand Prix for research combining art and science; 2000, honorary mention in the Interactive Art section in ARS Electronica;
  • 2004, 2nd Prize for Nabi Digital Storytelling Competition of Intangible Heritage, organized by UNESCO.

Tosa received research funding from the agency for cultural affairs in Japan 2000; Japan Science and Technology Agency 2001–2004; France Telecom R&D 2003–2005; Taito Corp. 2005–2008, from the National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT) 2005–2008.

References
  1. "Naoko Tosa". MoMA. MoMA. Retrieved 3 March 2017.
  2. "Naoko Tosa". Japan Culture Envoy. Retrieved 3 March 2017.
  3. "naoko tosa projects sound of ikebana onto art science museum in singapore". designboom. designboom. Retrieved 3 March 2017.
  4. "Naoko Tosa". Kyoto Laboratory for Academic Computing. Kyoto University. Retrieved 3 March 2017.
  5. "Sound of Ikebana: Four Seasons". SIGGRAPH: Science of the Unseen. SIGGRAPH. Retrieved 3 March 2017.
  6. "Naoko Tosa: An Expression". MoMA. MoMA. Retrieved 3 March 2017.
  7. Tosa, Naoko; Nakatsu, Ryohei; Yunian, Pang; Ogata, Kosuke (2015). "Projection Mapping Celebrating RIMPA 400th Anniversary". 2015 International Conference on Culture and Computing (Culture Computing). IEEE Xplore. IEEE. pp. 18–24. doi:10.1109/Culture.and.Computing.2015.12. hdl:2433/232627. ISBN 978-1-4673-8232-8. S2CID 15708862.
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