Nomi Sasaki Otani (Lima, 1986) is a Peruvian Japanese media artist and researcher based in Switzerland. She is currently PhD candidate at the University of Art and Design Linz and the Zurich University of the Arts. Her artistic research DADA-TATA focuses on interactive art related to personal data processing and children's rights in the digital realm. This project is nourished by her background in communication science and interactive art, and her work experience in production and cultural management.

Sasaki is also devoted to Chinese black ink tradition and animation. Her artwork explores scale and dimension, the material nature of water, the behavior of light, and how these elements can create new landscapes and atmospheres for multidisciplinary performances. Her recent work focuses on micro realities and peep media.

Upcoming events

Presented at

2024 / One-to-one Festival, Fábrica da Pólvora, Lisbon, PT
2024 / MALI Museo de Arte de Lima, PE
2024 / Ars Electronica Festival, Lynkeus Traum, Linz, AT
2023 / Young Animation Festival, Wels, AT
2023 / Nuit de l'Imagination. Columbia Global Centers & Columbia Institute for Ideas and Imagination, Paris, FR
2023 / Británico Cultural, Lima, PE
2023 / Peckham Digital, London, UK
2022 / NOVA Festival. Pavilion 32 Goethe Institut, Bucharest, RO
2022 / Poetics of obsolescence. Atelierhaus Salzamt, Linz, AT
2021 / #1 WIP Showcase. CYENS Centre of Excellence, Nicosia, CY
2021 / 17th Athens Digital Arts Festival. ADAF Kids, Athens, GR
2021 / Ars Electronica Festival. Linz, AT
2021 / BestOff. University of Art and Design Linz, AT
2020 / Ars Electronica Festival. Linz, AT
2020 / Ars Electronica Center. Kids’ Research Laboratory, Linz, AT
2019 / En la grama (solo exhibition). Peruvian Japanese Cultural Association, Lima, PE
2009 / Hito-kuchi (solo exhibition). Rabi Adesso Gallery, Tokyo, JP

Talks

2024 / MALI Museo de Arte de Lima, PE
2024 / Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, Lima, PE
2023 / Ars Electronica Festival, Poster Session, Linz, AT
2022 / NOVA Festival. Bucharest, RO
2022 / Ars Electronica Festival. Research poster presentation, Linz, AT
2020 / Mediengestaltung, University of Art and Design Linz, AT
2020 / Ars Electronica Festival, AGORA DIGITALIS: ‘Intimacy, Embodiment & Technology’, AT

Publications

Maria Esperanza Sasaki Otani. 2024. “Beehive” Interactive Installation for Playgrounds: Reflecting on Children's Rights in the Context of Big Data Industry. In Proceedings of the 23rd Annual ACM Interaction Design and Children Conference (IDC '24). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, 969–972. https://doi.org/10.1145/3628516.3661163
Maria Esperanza Sasaki Otani. 2022. “Track-track: Let's follow the cat!” Reflecting on children's biometric data processing through a micro puppet show. In Proceedings of the 21st Annual ACM Interaction Design and Children Conference (IDC '22). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, 629–632. https://doi.org/10.1145/3501712.3535275