Playfool

Playfool is an art-design unit by Daniel Coppen and Maruyama Saki. Its work intervenes in the relationships between society and technology through the medium of play. Its multidisciplinary and experimental practice comprises object-making, installations, and multimedia productions, which emphasize play’s experimental, reflective, and intimate qualities to create participatory spaces that engage critically yet whimsically with technology. Playfool’s works have been widely exhibited at institutions as the Victoria & Albert Museum (London, 2023), Ars Electronica (Linz, 2024), and MAK (Vienna, 2019–25).Last Updated: 2024.12

Co-Players

Taniguchi Akihiko

Media artist

Kunoh Kyoko

Artist, Ambassador of Ars Electronica

Tomo Kihara

media artist, game designer

Inukai Hiroshi

e-Sports Producer, Game Director, Sports-play Expert

Asami Kazuhiko

Producer

God Scorpion

Media artist

YOSHIDAYAMAR

Art amplifier, Curator

contact Gonzo

performance group

Maywa Denki

Art unit

Miura Daiki

Engineer

Mizuno Midori

Physical therapist; Director, Circle of Life

Kanmuri Nanana

Art mediator

Masumori Atsushi

ALife researcher, Project Specialist / University of Tokyo Graduate School, CEO / Alternative Machine Inc.

Doi Itsuki

Senior Researcher, Alternative Machine Inc., PhD

Ikegami Takashi

DSc in Physics, Professor / Department of General Systems Studies, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, The University of Tokyo

Ema Arisa

Associate Professor / University of Tokyo, Visiting Researcher / RIKEN Center for Advanced Intelligence Project in Japan

Kyoda Kanji

AI fashion researcher

johnsmith

Artist, researcher

Nagami Keisuke

HATRA / fashion designer

Horikawa Junichiro

programmer, algorithmic designer

Maruyama Norihiro

Senior Researcher / Alternative Machine Inc., Project Specialist / University of Tokyo Graduate School

Martin O’Leary

Studio Community Lead / Pervasive Media Studio

Yoshida Takahide

PhD student / University of Tokyo Takashi Ikegami Lab

Rachel Smith

artist, software engineer and creative technologist