HIRAKAWA Norimichi.
1982 ~

Born in 1982. His works, centralising in real-time processed, computer programmed audio visual installations, have been shown at national and international art exhibitions as well as the Media Art Festivals. He is a recipient of many awards including the Excellence Prize at the Japan Media Art Festival in 2004, and the Award of Distinction at Prix Ars Electronica in 2008. Having been involved in a wide range of activities, he has worked on a concert piece production for Ryoji Ikeda, participated in the Lexus Art Exhibition at Milan Design week. and has started live performance as Typingmonkeys.

Exellence Prize : Art Division @ Japan Media Art Festival 2004 [8th]. ( GLOBAL BEARING )
Grand Prize : interactive category @ SFC Digital Art Awards 2004. ( GLOBAL BEARING )
Grand Prize : interactive category @ 10th Student's CG Contest. ( GLOBAL BEARING )
Awards for Exellence : interactive art @ Asia Digital Art Award 2005. ( GLOBAL BEARING )
Exellence Prize : interactive category @ 11th Student's CG Contest. ( DriftNet )
Jury Recommended Works : Art Division @ Japan Media Art Festival 2005 [9th]. ( DriftNet )
Grand Prize : interactive category @ SFC Digital Art Awards 2006. ( DriftNet )
Finalist Prizes : interactive art @ Asia Digital Art Award 2006. ( DriftNet )
Award of Distinction : interactive art @ Prix Ars Electronica 2008. ( a playting for the great observers at rest )

2003 :
Frontiers of Communication @ NTT ICC , Tokyo JP.

2004 :
installed sences @ old-Mikawadai Junior High., Tokyo JP.
Exhibition " Ex- " @ Media Center / Tama Art Univ., Tokyo JP.

2005 :
Japan Media Art Festival 2004 @ Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, Tokyo JP.
DESIGN X ART (Graduation Works Exhibition) @ YOKOHAMA AKARENGA, Yokohama JP.
Where am I ? @ Miraikan, Tokyo JP.
The Exploration of Time @ YCAM, Yamaguchi JP.
Japan-Korea cultual exchange exhibition @ COEX Pacific Hall No.4, Seoul KR.
Shizuoka Contents Valley Festival @ Old-Fuji Bank Building, Shizuoka JP.

2006 :
transNonFiction @ BankART Studio NYK, Yokohama JP.
Japan Media Art Festival 2005 @ Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, Tokyo JP.
The Art of Passat-ism @ Marunouchi oazo, Tokyo JP.
Yokohama EIZONE @ BankART1929 Yokohama, Yokohama JP.
ZeroOne San Jose: A Global Festival of Art on the Edge / ISEA2006 @ San Jose, CA, US.
Re:search @ Sendai mediatheque,Sendai JP.

2007 :
Power of Expression, JAPAN @ NATIONAL ART CENTER, TOKYO, Roppongi JP.
AUTAMATICA @ BankART Studio NYK,Yokohama JP.
Invisible Garden (Art Installation for LEXUS @ MILANO DESIGN WEEK 2007) @ via savona 35,Milano IT.
OPEN SPACE 2007 @ NTT ICC,Tokyo JP.
scopic measure #04 @ YCAM, Yamaguchi JP.
Japan Media Art Festival in Shanghai @ Shanghai Sculpture Space, Shangai CN.

2008 :
transmediale.08 @ The House of World Culture, Berlin, DE.
LandmarkProject III @ BankART Studio NYK,Yokohama JP.
CyberArts2008 @ OK Center, Linz AT.
Digital Art Festival, Taipei @ Museum Of Contemporary Art, Taipei TW.
Solo Exhibition: observers @ Iwami Art Museum, Shimane, JP.

2009 :
measuring ice @ Koriyama City Museum, Koriyama, JP.
I mondi di Galileo @ San Giorgio Maggiore, Venice IT.
Festival della Scienza 2009 @ Palazzo della Borsa, Genova, IT.
Digital Art Festival, Taipei 2009 @ Museum Of Contemporary Art, Taipei TW.

2010 :
OPEN SPACE 2010 @ NTT ICC,Tokyo JP.
Solo Exhibition: Global Bearing in Irreverisible @ Kapelica Gallery, Ljubljana SI.
log/score - measuring ice @ MONKEY GALLERY, Tokyo, JP.
Japan Media Art Festival Istanbul @ Pera Museum, Istanbul TR.
OCCULT TECHNICS @ AKIBATAMABI21 , Tokyo, JP.

2011 :
European Media Art Festival @ Osnabruck, DE.
Japan Media Aets Festival Dortmund @ Dortmund U, Dortmund , DE.
solo exhibition : lower worlds @ limArt, Tokyo, JP.