Daito Manabe^JP

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.

Daito Manabe ^JP – latent body
Live A/V

After captivating audiences in Tokyo and Barcelona, Japanese artist Daito Manabe, founder of Rhizomatiks, brings his latest audiovisual performance to MUTEK Montréal this summer. With generative visuals, Manabe explores everyday materials and phenomena, uncovering essential potentialities of the human body, data, programming, and computers. Experience a unique blend of analog and digital, real and virtual.