Ars Electronica Festival · 2018
Digital Shaman Project
🏆 Honorary Mention · Prix Ars Electronica 2018
In 2018, the Prix Ars Electronica jury recognised “Digital Shaman Project” by Etsuko Ichihara (Interactive Art) with a Honorary Mention.
The *Digital Shaman Project* proposes a new mode of mourning in keeping with the technical advances of today. A 3D-printed mask of the deceased’s face is placed on a domestic robot installed with a motion program that mimics the physical characteristics―personality, speech, gestures―of that individual as if possessed…
About Etsuko Ichihara
Etsuko Ichihara (JP), born in 1988, is a media artist / fantasy inventor. She graduated from Waseda University. Etsuko has been creating artworks that interpret Japanese culture, customs, and beliefs from a unique point of view, and present new…
Programme information from Prix Ars Electronica Archive. Short excerpt quoted for reference; see the original page for full text, images and credits.