The Possibilities of Art Unlocked by Technology

Speakers: Neïl Beloufa and Hatanaka Minoru

The development of AI and various other technologies has transformed every aspect of our society. Such technologies have contributed to an expansion in the range of expression in the arts—not only by diversifying and bringing greater complexity to what can be expressed, but also by introducing phenomena into human consciousness that were previously unimaginable. Furthermore, new technologies have led to greater interactivity in the relationship between humans and technology, offering even more unknown possibilities. In this talk, together with artist Neil Beloufa and curator and critic Hatanaka Minoru, we will consider how the relationship between technology and people will come to influence art and culture in the future. (In cooperation with Embassy of France in Japan / Institut français du Japon)

Speakers:
Neïl Beloufa (Atrist)
Hatanaka Minoru (Curator / Critic)

Speaker’s Profiles
　

Neïl Beloufa

Neïl Beloufa (born in 1985 in Paris) is a French-Algerian artist and filmmaker.
Working at the intersection of cinema and contemporary art, he creates installations, films, and sculptural environments that interrogate the systems that shape our perception of reality.
His work has been exhibited at major institutions including MoMA (New York), Palais de Tokyo (Paris), and Pirelli HangarBicocca (Milan). He participated in the Venice Biennale in both 2013 and 2019, as well as in the biennials of Shanghai and Taipei.
As a filmmaker, Beloufa has directed several hybrid fiction works, culminating in Occidental (2017), which premiered in the Panorama section of the Berlinale and was also selected for the Toronto International Film Festival and the New York Film Festival.
In 2020, he founded EBB, an experimental studio developing AI-driven tools for interactive artworks and digital storytelling.

Hatanaka Minoru

Born in 1968. Curated numerous exhibitions and events at the NTT InterCommunication Center [ICC]. After serving as Senior Curator and then Chief Curator of the Curatorial Department, he resigned from the ICC at the end of March 2025.
Recent major exhibitions include Viewpoints of Reality in the Multi-layered World (2022), Tribute to RYUICHI SAKAMOTO: Music / Art / Media (2023), ICC Annual 2024: Faraway, so close (2024), and evala: Emerging Site / Disappearing Sight (2024).

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