Leading personalities from the fields of art and science will join the contest as a judge.
Judges for the contest
Ingo Günther
(Artist)
Ingo Günther is German born, New York based journalist and new media artist credited with pioneering the use of mapping and data visualizations in both art and journalism. His award-winning work has been shown in over 20 countries and is in the permanent collection of several global institutions and museums. His Worldprocessor series of planetary data reality has been a series of cinematographic maps for Geo-Cosmos.
(photo: @2009_Elias Hassos)
Eiichiro Kokubo
(Astronomer)
Professor of the Division of Theoretical Astronomy and director of the Center for Computational Astrophysics at National Astronomical Observatory of Japan. Graduated from the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, University of Tokyo. Ph.D. His major is theory of formation of planetary systems. He uses theoretical physics and computer simulations to explore elementary processes of planet formation and aims to construct a general theory for the formation of diverse planetary systems. He is also a director of 4-Dimensional Digital Universe Project that visualizes astronomical data in 4-dimensions with computer graphics.
Jeff Mills
(DJ/Techno Producer)
Jeff Mills evolves from the American culture of electronic music. He started his career with his own radio show on the Detroit local stations WDRQ 93FM and WJLB 98FM, and earned his early infamous reputation by his exploring the artform of Djing. After he created his own record label, Axis Records, he was involved in numerous projects such as the creation of a new score for Fritz Lang’s “Metropolis,” the groundbreaking collaboration and concert with the Montpellier National Orchestra, the commission to create a contemporary installation for 100 Year Anniversary of the "Futurist Manifesto" at the Pompidou Centre,Paris, and so on.
(photo by ryu kasai)
Koichiro Tsujikawa
(Graphic designer/video artist)
His career started as an art director for CD covers and book covers. He later started to produce movies after his friend, a musician, asked him to shoot a music video for him. He now mainly produces movies, including commercials, music videos and short films. His field of activity has been also expanded to other genres, such as planning for websites and graphics.
Tota Hasegawa
(Creative Executive Director, Wieden+Kennedy Tokyo)
He is a graduate of the Design Interaction Programme of Royal College of Art, U.K. After working at Sony Corporation, he joined a London-based artist group, tomato.
He published interactive creations in the fields of internet advertising and corporate identity.
His activities as an individual also range from art to writing and education.
He moved his base from London to Tokyo in spring 2011, and took the chair of Executive Creative Director at Wieden+Kennedy Tokyo.
Chief Jury
Mamoru Mohri
(Chief Executive Director, Miraikan)
Born in 1948. Doctor of Science. He was an assistant professor of Hokkaido University and was selected as the first Japanese astronaut in 1985.
When he flew aboard the space shuttle Endeavor in 1992 and 2000, he conducted some space experiments and data collection for the creation of a 3D land map of the Earth.
In 2000, he took the chair of the first Chief Executive Director of Miraikan. He also boarded Shinkai 6500 in 2003 to conduct scientific experiments. In the same year, he broadcast a total eclipse of the sun at the South Pole.
In 2011, he started the "TSUNAGARI" project. His field of study includes fusion material science, vacuum science, space experiments, and science communication.
