Hideaki Ogawa

Born in Tokyo, Japan and based in Linz, Austria since 2007, Hideaki Ogawa has served as an artist, curator, and researcher at Ars Electronica. Today, he is the Artistic Director of the Ars Electronica Futurelab, an R&D division of Ars Electronica, Director of Sapporo International Art Festival 2024, and Creative Director of Civic Creative Base Tokyo. He has been involved in numerous international cross-disciplinary projects, including innovative projects that use art as a catalyst to prototype the future as well as projects designed to create communities based on public participation and to implement next-generation cultural and educational programs.