Education

Graduate School of Media and Governance, Keio University, Japan.

Profile

Jellyfish artist / Multimedia artist / Composer from Okinawa, based in Kanagawa. Exploring the fusion of biosignals — including jellyfish pulsation rhythms, brainwaves, and heart rate — with musical expression. Working at the intersection of biological rhythms and artistic expression, engaging in both research and creation of interactive music systems.

Key works include Sonic Rhopalia, a sound installation that converts jellyfish pulsations into real-time sound and lighting (exhibited at NIME2024 in Utrecht, Netherlands; ZOU-NO-HANA FUTURESCAPE PROJECT 2023 in Minato Mirai, Yokohama; and awarded 2nd Prize at ISCA2024 in Umeda, Osaka), and Orbis, a sound installation utilizing the periodicity of Min protein waves observed in artificial cells (exhibited and awarded Highly Commended at NIME2025 in Canberra, Australia).

Awards/Research Grants

  • NIME2024 (New Interfaces for Musical Expression), Art Installation accepted (first author) — Sonic Rhopalia
  • ISCA2024 (International Students Creative Award), Digital Content Category, Nominated & 2nd Prize — Sonic Rhopalia
  • ADAA Asia Digital Art Award Exhibition FUKUOKA, Selected — Sonic Rhopalia
  • NIME2025 (New Interfaces for Musical Expression), Music accepted / Highly Commended (co-author) — Orbis
  • NIME2026 (New Interfaces for Musical Expression), Paper accepted (co-author) — Orbis

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Projects

JST COI-NEXT Project

Links

HP: https://kenshirotaira.com

Twitter@NeuroMusicLab