Group E: SAT September 6 & SUN September 7, 2014
Nova Jiang
Reyes Tatsuru Shiroku
Melissa Mongiat
Anshul Tewari
Nova Jiang (NZ)
Nova Jiang was born in China and grew up in New Zealand. She holds a MFA from University of California, Los Angeles. She has had recent exhibitions at the Centre Pompidou, Paris; Ars Electronica, Linz; ICC, Tokyo; National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Taichung; Media City Seoul Biennial, Seoul; 01SJ Biennial, San Jose; Sundance New Frontier, Park City among other venues. She is the recipient of Fellowships from Skowhegan, Eyebeam and Wave Hill. Nova currently lives and works in Los Angeles.
Nova Jiang was born in China and grew up in New Zealand. She holds a MFA from University of California, Los Angeles. She has had recent exhibitions at the Centre Pompidou, Paris; Ars Electronica, Linz; ICC, Tokyo; National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Taichung; Media City Seoul Biennial, Seoul; 01SJ Biennial, San Jose; Sundance New Frontier, Park City among other venues. She is the recipient of Fellowships from Skowhegan, Eyebeam and Wave Hill. Nova currently lives and works in Los Angeles.
Shiroku Reyes Tatsuru (JP)
Shiroku Reyes Tatsuru loved drawing and modeling from early childhood. He started watching the NHK Robot Contest from upper years of primary school and participated in the Junior High Robot Contest as a third year junior high school student. Fom there, he continued to technical college, winning the National College of Technology Robot Contest and, wanting to make things more freely, was involved in launching the Skeletonics Project and founded the Skeletonics company while still a student to bring Skeletonics to a wider public.
Shiroku Reyes Tatsuru loved drawing and modeling from early childhood. He started watching the NHK Robot Contest from upper years of primary school and participated in the Junior High Robot Contest as a third year junior high school student. Fom there, he continued to technical college, winning the National College of Technology Robot Contest and, wanting to make things more freely, was involved in launching the Skeletonics Project and founded the Skeletonics company while still a student to bring Skeletonics to a wider public.
Anshul Tewari (IN)
Anshul Tewari is the Founder and Editor-in-Chief of YouthKiAwaaz.com (YKA), which is India’s largest online platform for young people to express themselves on issues of importance with over 2 million monthly readers. His work experience cuts across new media, online journalism and crowd-sourced campaigning for issues. Educated in Journalism from the University of Delhi, Anshul Tewari has previously worked with The Indian Express, Financial Express and The Wall Street Journal newspapers. He is also a World Summit Youth Award winner, and an ITU Global Fellow for innovation in crowd-sourcing. He is currently leading Youth Ki Awaaz’s strategic vision and global outreach.
Anshul Tewari is the Founder and Editor-in-Chief of YouthKiAwaaz.com (YKA), which is India’s largest online platform for young people to express themselves on issues of importance with over 2 million monthly readers. His work experience cuts across new media, online journalism and crowd-sourced campaigning for issues. Educated in Journalism from the University of Delhi, Anshul Tewari has previously worked with The Indian Express, Financial Express and The Wall Street Journal newspapers. He is also a World Summit Youth Award winner, and an ITU Global Fellow for innovation in crowd-sourcing. He is currently leading Youth Ki Awaaz’s strategic vision and global outreach.
Mouna Andraos (CA) and Melissa Mongiat (CA)
Mouna Andraos und Melissa Mongiat are the founders of Daily tous les jours, an interaction design studio with a focus on participation in public spaces. They create large-scale, collective experiences. Projects have won international recognitions and have been presented recently at Eyeo, INST-INT, SXSW. Prior to Dtlj, Melissa Mongiat worked on public interactive installations under the label Milk & Tales. She holds a Masters degree in Creative Practice for Narrative Environments from London’s Central Saint Martins College. Mouna Andraos worked at the intersection of mass-produced electronics and handmade crafts under the label Electronic Crafts. She holds a Masters degree from NYU’s Interactive Telecommunications Program.
Mouna Andraos und Melissa Mongiat are the founders of Daily tous les jours, an interaction design studio with a focus on participation in public spaces. They create large-scale, collective experiences. Projects have won international recognitions and have been presented recently at Eyeo, INST-INT, SXSW. Prior to Dtlj, Melissa Mongiat worked on public interactive installations under the label Milk & Tales. She holds a Masters degree in Creative Practice for Narrative Environments from London’s Central Saint Martins College. Mouna Andraos worked at the intersection of mass-produced electronics and handmade crafts under the label Electronic Crafts. She holds a Masters degree from NYU’s Interactive Telecommunications Program.
You will find all information about the Future Innovators Summit that will take place from September 4th to 7th, 2014, in Linz on ars.electronica.art/c/future-innovators-summit!