Artist and associate professor at Musashino Art University. Born in Gifu Prefecture in 1984, Akinori Goto’s practice utilizes everything from primitive media and materials to modern-day technology to explore movement, time, and the vitality that emerges from that. His major exhibitions include the 2022 Taiwan International Light Festival: Play & Playing—Light & Shadow (National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Taipei), Takamatsu Contemporary Art Annual Vol. 09: Imagine the presence of “Time” (2020, Takamatsu Art Museum, Kagawa), Open Space 2019: Alternative Views (NTT Intercommunication Center, Tokyo), and Ars Electronica Festival 2019 (POSTCITY, Linz), Prix Ars Electronica Exhibition (OK Center, Linz).