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  • Born in the Japanese city of Fukuoka, media artist Naoko Tosa was awarded a PhD for Art and Technology research by the University of Tokyo in 1999. She gained experience as a lecturer at Musashino Art University in Tokyo from 1989 to 1994. After
  • To enhance his performances, presented between 1980 and 1982 in Rio de Janeiro and in other Brazilian states, Kac started to produce visual texts, small sculptures, graffiti, and other kinds of images and objects. After the conclusion in 1982 of his
  • Various. "Como Vai Você, Geração 80?" Módulo , no. Special Issue (July/August 1984).
  • Event: Como Vai Você, Geração 80? (How Are You, '80s Generation?)Institution: School of Visual Arts of Parque LageComment:
  • Neuro Baby -
    “Neuro Baby, one of her [Naoko Tosa's] best-known installations, uses sophisticated neural-network programming to create a computer graphic entity that responds to the emotional tones of voices. The baby responds appropriately with crying or cooing
  • Neuro-Baby is a communication tool with its own personality and character. Through emotional modeling, it reacts to changing voices, handshake intensity, and facial expressions. Artificial neural networks allow the system to "learn" from individual
  • “MIC was a male baby with a distinct personality who responded more clearly to a variety of emotions, using voice patterns to make interpretations of emotions. For example, joy (happiness, satisfaction, enjoyment, comfort, smile) was extrapolated
  • Interactive Poem MUSE -
    “"Interactive poem" is a new type of poem that is created by a participant and a computer agent collaborating in a poetic world full of inspiration, emotion and sensitivity. […] A computer agent called "MUSE", who has been carefully designed with a
  • Naoko, Inagaki. Christa Sommerer and Laurent Mignonneau Nihon Kezei Shinbun - Sunday Nikkei (February 11th 1996).
  • Rome & Juliet in Hades is based on the play by Shakespeare. There are two main characters, Romeo and Juliet, in the story and, therefore, this story supplies a good example of multi-person participation. People have a strong desire to act out the