Shinya Yamamoto's “Sinplex Show” was honoured with a Honorary Mention at the Prix Ars Electronica 2003, category Net Based Art.
I once visited Japan’s oldest private house with two other friends. We were sitting on a porch, doing nothing, when we saw water dropping from the straw-thatched roof. The image I had at the time made me want to create Sinplex. In the beginning I put in sound, and it had color, so it was not monochrome.
About Shinya Yamamoto
Shinya Yamamoto (J), born in 1978, lives in Kobe, Japan. Graduated from Kobe Art College in 2000. Left a printing company in 2000. In 2000 joined TGV Inc. in charge of graphics and Web design. Left the company in 2003.
Programme information from Prix Ars Electronica Archive. Short excerpt quoted for reference; see the original page for full text, images and credits.