Daito Manabe

Daito Manabe once wired music directly to his own face to see if a machine could produce a genuine smile. The muscles moved. It didn't look real. Five hundred projects later, the question remains open. One of Japan's most prominent media artists, he founded Rhizomatiks in 2006, the studio behind Björk's first 360° VR concert, the augmented reality sequence at the Rio Olympics closing ceremony, and collaborations with Ryuichi Sakamoto and CERN. The work spans robotics, AI, dance, and neuroscience.