Kato Akihiro
Born in Aichi in 1992, Kato Akihiro completed graduate studies at the Institute of Advanced Media Arts and Sciences. Based on web engineering, his work uses blockchains, AI, artificial life, and video to question the relationship between technology and society.
Year Selected
2026
Project
StrayBot
Summary
This project releases a small robot called StrayBot into a natural environment, where it attempts to survive, with the aim of building an artificial ecosystem where robots, AI, and humans interact and evolve together. Based on the diary entries and last words recorded by StrayBot during its lifetime, AI proposes an evolution plan for the next generation of robots. By repeating the cycles of survival and evolution, the project explores the ecologies and methods of inheritance unique to artificial objects. This process is presented in the form of workshops and an exhibition, offering perspectives for imagining new relationships between technology, the environment, and humans.
プロフィール
Kato Akihiro
artist / Professor, College of Arts and Design, Ritsumeikan University
Born in Aichi in 1992, Kato Akihiro completed a master’s degree in media creation at the Institute of Advanced Media Arts and Sciences. Based on web engineering, he creates installations using blockchain/NFTs, AI, artificial life, board games, and video. Across both the digital and physical realms, Kato’s practice explores the structures of systems produced by technology, the boundaries that arise inside and outside such systems, and issues of inclusion and exclusion. His major works include Kazokutchi and TRUSTLESS LIFE.
Art Incubation Program
One of CCBT’s core programs, the Art Incubation Program provides opportunities for creative talent to undertake new projects and makes those processes accessible to the public, facilitating forms of artistic expression, exploration, and action that change our city for the better. Selected through an open call, five artist fellows will act as CCBT partners, developing their projects, making the creative process public, exhibiting the results, and holding workshops and talks.
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