Project 1 "Shape of Life" is pleased to announce that the symposium on trans-disciplinary explorations of research-creation will be held on April 17, 2016 at The University of Tokyo, Komaba. Leading scientists-artists Chris Salter (Concordia University), Junji Watanabe (NTT), and Takashi Ikegami (The University of Tokyo) will get together to discuss advanced art and science experiments.

Chris Salter　Chris Salter is an artist, University Research Chair in New Media, Technology and the Senses at Concordia University and Co-Director of the Hexagram network for Research-Creation in Media Arts, Design, Technology and Digital Culture, in Montreal. He studied philosophy and economics at Emory University and completed a PhD in directing and dramatic criticism at Stanford University where he also researched/studied at CCMRA. Salter's performances, installations, research and publications have been presented at numerous festivals and conferences around the world. He is the author of Entangled: Technology and the Transformation of Performance (MIT Press, 2010) and Alien Agency: Experimental Encounters with Art in the Making (MIT Press, 2015).

Junji Watanabe　NTT Communication Science Laboratories. Senior research scientist. He studies cognitive science and communication devices with applied perception. His fields of interests are visual and haptic perception and communications. His studies have been presented in international journals and international conferences. He also exhibited his works in art festivals. He received honorary mentioned in Ars Electronica 2004 and 2011. His works were exhibited at Japan Media Arts Festival in 2006, 2007, and 2008. He was a Jury of Prix Ars Electronica in Interactive Art category in 2012. He received Mainichi Prize for Publication and Culture award for his book entitled as "Tactility" in 2015.

Takashi Ikegami　Professor. The Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, the University of Tokyo. I have been working in the field of artificial life for more than 20 years. Recently, I am interested in creating/studying artificial life in the real world. In order to fruition the concepts developed through the study of artificial life, such as "autonomy", "enaction", "sustainability", and "evolvability", I have newly started several experimental and conceptual works, using chemical experiments, the internet web and some artworks. Some of my recent publications can be found in the web: http://sacral.c.u-tokyo.ac.jp

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