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Generative art NFT Collection. The NFT changes its color every time you refresh the page.

takawo developed an algorithm that allows each of the 10,000 graphics to be a mask with its own personality

by combining multiple geometric patterns and shapes.

Generative art NFT Collection.
The NFT changes its color every time you refresh the page.
takawo developed an algorithm that allows
each of the 10,000 graphics to be a mask with its own personality
by combining multiple geometric patterns and shapes.

© GENERATIVEMASKS All Rights Reserved.

ARTIST

SHUNSKE TAKAO

Lecturer, Department of Media Expression,
Faculty of Letters, Konan Women’s University
Degree Master (Media Expression)

TwitterOpenProcessing
Areas of expertise

Creative coding
media art
digital fabrication

PROFILE

Born in 1981 in Kumamoto, Japan. Shunsuke Takawo is a creative coder and daily coder who hosted an IT wordplay competition called "#takawo-Cup" on Twitter. In 2019, takawo started "dailycoding" as an activity to connect programming with daily life, history, landscape and culture. His first NFT art project "Generativemasks" was launched in August 2021 and sold out 10,000 collections in 2 hours. A member of Processing Community Japan and selection committee for the 25th Japan Media Arts Festival, Art Division.

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Timeline of takawo's life

  • 1981

    Born in Kumamoto, Japan.

  • 2000

    Studied photography at the University of Tsukuba, Second School of Comparative Culture. The first exposure to contemporary art.

  • 2006

    Entered Institute of Advanced Media Arts and Sciences (IAMAS).
    Conducted research on photography and film.
    Processing Photography Blink Series.

  • 2008

    Exhibited "PPBS DOF" at the minimum interface exhibition of the Yamaguchi Center for Arts and Media (YCAM).

  • 2010

    Worked as an assistant at the Art Media Center, Tokyo University of the Arts and learned new media such as creative coding, physical computing (electronics) and digital fabrication. Then he became aware of alternative places of expression and community-based activities centered on the web from the existing art field. He hosted an IT wordplay competition "#takawo-Cup" on Twitter and received over 62,000 submissions.

  • 2012

    MakerMedia Affiliation at O’Reilly Japan

  • 2014

    Became a researcher at IAMAS and started creative coding.

  • 2015

    Started "dailycoding" in private.

  • 2017

    Joined the Processing community while being a lecturer at the Department of Media Expression at Konan Women’s University.

  • 2021

    Released an NFT art project "Generativemasks".

Works

  • Daily coding

    Daily coding

    Writing short pieces of code and sharing his creations every day. creations.

  • Crawl

    Crawl

    Crawling along electric towers and pylons, keep photograph per 10 steps from sunrise to sunset.

  • Depth of the Field

    Depth of the Field

    New form of photography appreciation using eye tracking.

  • TAKAWOHAI

    TAKAWO CUP

    An IT wordplay competition for learning the community design.

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