update: 2024.12.5
Takido Dorita synthesizes divergent functions and senses, delivering experiences that disrupt conventional perceptions and create new connections between humans and other life forms. Among her works are those that explore evolutionary potential by probing the intersection of robotics, biology, and botany, including by equipping plants with artificial muscles.
Recent exhibitions:
2022 "Japan Media Arts Festival 'AUDIBLE SENSES'," Omotesando Hills SPACE O, Tokyo
2022 "Yebisu International Festival for Art & Alternative Visions, YEBIZO MEETS Partnership Program ‘At World's End, Garden and Interior - HIGASHIONNA Yuichi, TAKIDO Dorita’," AL, Tokyo
2022 "CULTURE GATE to JAPAN '+A+'," Tokyo International Cruise Terminal
2021 "Jack into the Noösphere," Mihama-en Japanese Garden, Chiba
Recent awards:
2017 "Prix Ars Electronica 'Digital Musics & Sound Art'," Honorary Mentions (Linz, Austria)
2017 Nominated, "S+T+ARTS Prize'17" (Linz, Austria)
2014 "The 18th Japan Media Arts Festival," New Face Award, Entertainment Division
Energeia Cycle Photo:Dorita Takido
Energeia Cycle
Photo: Yasuaki Kakei, and his lab at The University of Tokyo
Energeia Cycle Photo:Dorita Takido