Hideaki Ogawa
Hideaki Ogawa (JP / AT) is a creative catalyst, artist, educator, curator and researcher in the field of art, technology and society. He is currently a co-director of the Ars Electronica Futurelab as well as a director of Ars Electronica Japan.
His special research focus is in Art Thinking and he has conducted many innovative projects connecting art with science, industry and society. In addition to his artistic innovation research, Ogawa has realized international projects for festivals, such as export programs like Ars Electronica in the Knowledge Capital, School of the Future with Tokyo Midtown and the Ars Electronica Center Linz. He is also a representative and artistic director of the media artist group h.o. He searches for witty new ideas based on current social contexts, and creates artistic expression with the speed of technological progress.
