NEWVIEW AWARDS 2018 OVERVIEW

David OReilly (b. Ireland, 1985) is an artist working in design, animation and video games. Creator of the groundbreaking animated films ‘Please Say Something’ and ‘The External World’, his film work has won numerous awards and been the subject of several retrospectives internationally. He has served aswriter for the TV shows Adventure Time & South Park, and created the fictional video games in Spike Jonze’s Academy Award winning film ‘Her’. In 2014 he released his first independent game 'Mountain' and followed up with 'Everything'in 2017. Everything won grand prizes at A MAZE & Ars Electronica and was featured as Game Of The Year by Wired, Polygon, AV Club, The New Yorker and others. It's trailer became the first interactive project to qualify for an Academy Award.

Japanese music producer unit. In 1998, two classmates from International School, ☆Taku and VERBAL founded the group, m-flo. LISA joined the group later on and m-flo released their major debut single “the tripod e.p.” In 2003, m-flo with 2 members VERBAL and ☆Taku released the “loves” series in which they collaborated with various artists. Their achievement of establishing the concept of “featuring” in Japanese music history is highly regarded. In December 2017, the original member LISA returned and the strong three person team “m-flo”, with LISA, VERBAL, and ☆Taku Takahashi, returned after a 15 year hiatus. m-flo, who celebrates the 20th anniversary of their start in 2018, will bring a new presence into the Japanese mainstream music scene.

http://m-flo.com

Born in Kanagawa,Gabin Ito continues to engage in the production of books, magazines, games, graphic designs, images, exhibitions, etc., In short, he is self-described as being “editorially involved.” “Editing in and of itself,” of online media is his main professional work. As for on-going projects, Ito is the Editor in-Chief of 2 sites, the online media site “NEWREEL” which focuses on video, and “Manba online magazine” which aims to boost the spirits of manga readers. Ito also serves as a Professor at the Joshibi University of Art and Design Junior College.

as an assistant of Isao Tomita in 1971. He joined the recording and world tour of Yellow Magic Orchestra (YMO) as a programmer from 1978 to 1982, and was recognized as the “YMO’s 4th man.” While supporting recordings of various artists, he formed his own music unit “Logic System” in 1981 and released albums overseas. He continues his experimental activities by merging music and technology. He received the “Achievement Award” at the 20th Japan Media Arts Festival 2017 held by the Agency for Cultural Affairs.

Agi Chen holds a PhD in Art Creation and Theory from Tainan National University of the Arts. By transposing anime colors, She created a series of contemporary visual works that embodies profound commentary in regards to the times that serve as reflection on the culture of mass media, while also evoking collective visual memories. In 2005 She won first place at the Taipei Arts Award and invited by some residence programs such as ARCUS’s Artist-in-Residence Program. In 2014, Chen was also invited to exhibit her works at the Fukuoka Asian Art Triennale, as well as the “Post-PoP: East Meets West” exhibition at the Saatchi Gallery in England. In 2017 Chen served as opening video director for Taipei 2017 Universiade, where she undertook performance image design, image production co-ordination. The most recent works, “2018 Happy Together –101 New Year's Eve Show”, She is the artistic director of design and production. She also excuted the design and production of “3D Mapping Projection Area: North Gate”, and the National Day celebration event “Praying for an Auspicious Celebration - Projection Mapping Show Featuring the Presidential Office Building”.

Backpack Picnic, directed the feature documentary King of Texas, sold a TV pilot to MTV, designed 5 products & founded 2 startups.

1983 Joined PARCO Corporation. After being the Head of Sales at each Parco Division, he was appointed as the Utsunomiya PARCO Store Manager in 2000, Store Manager of Hiroshima PARCO in 2002, Store Manager of Shibuya PARCO in 2005, Executive Officer in 2007. From 2017, he became the Executive Officer in Charge of the Shibuya Project (current position).

Joined Dell in 2014. After serving as the marketing manager of Consumer Direct Business at the Consumer and Business Administration Headquarters, he lead the branding and marketing of the gaming PC business represented by the premium gaming PC brand, "ALIENWARE ".

Born in Kyoto. He creates mainly video works such as anime or music video under the name of Sushi-kun. He also works as vocalist&guitarist of the band: Yabai T-shirts yasan.

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