“Autoradiograph” by Masamichi Kagaya received a Honorary Mention in the Hybrid Art category of the Prix Ars Electronica 2017.
In 2011, huge amounts of radioactive particles were released into the air from a nuclear power plant in Japan. The extent of radioactive contamination continues to be hotly debated throughout Japan.
About Masamichi Kagaya
Masamichi Kagaya (JP) is a photographer. He returned to Japan in July of 2011 after his first long-term photo project in France, and started looking for a way to visualize radiation using contaminated samples from the nuclear disaster in Fukushima.
Programme information from Prix Ars Electronica Archive. Short excerpt quoted for reference; see the original page for full text, images and credits.