Soichiro MIHARA
Mihara creates open systems engaged with the world that employ a wide range of materials and phenomena such as acoustics, foams, radiation, rainbows, microbes, moss, air streams, soil, humidity and electrons in order to reinterpret them as art. Since 2011, he has been involved in the Blank Project, which examines the relationship between technology and society, both in Japan and overseas. Since 2013, he has been participating in a series of artist-in-residencies in 18 locations in 9 countries, from the Arctic Circle to tropical rainforests, from military borders to bio-art labs, from the center of art to extreme environments. In recent years, he has shifted from presenting mainly installations to participating in public spaces and developing workshops using devices that share processes as catalysts. Based on his awareness of air due to the pandemic, he has been working on an archival experiment in the form of a recipe that utilizes the three categories of air - vibration, particle, and respiration.
He has won awards including at Ars Electronica, Transmediale, and the Japan Media Arts Festival, and was on the jury of the Prix Ars Electronica in 2019. Since 2022, he has co-organized the event "Ride the Waves on March 11th". In recent years, he has also been involved in conservation and restoration of sound art and media art for which methodologies have not yet been established.
