In 2026, the Prix Ars Electronica jury recognised “CHIMERIA” by Shin Hanagata (Interactive Art) with an Award of Distinction.
In our technologically accelerated capitalist society, algorithms reduce the human body to an exchangeable module within the global workflow. In Gesture and Speech, André Leroi-Gourhan defines humanity by upright bipedal posture.
About Shin Hanagata
Shin Hanagata (JP) , born in Tokyo in 1995, works across performance, media art, and contemporary art. As the "self" and "human" grow unstable in a technologically accelerated capitalist society, he turns to technologies that rewire the body's relation to the…
Programme information from Prix Ars Electronica Archive. Short excerpt quoted for reference; see the original page for full text, images and credits.