Masahide Matsuda (松田将英, born 1986) is a Japanese contemporary artist. He works in Tokyo and Berlin. He was first known for his multiple anonymous personalities on the internet, which collaborated with the public through alternate reality games and performances. His works re-questions the concepts of subjects and authorships of the after social media era, and has won several awards for practices to create new communalities by directly intervening in cities and societies. Revealing his real name in 2019, he aims to update people's perceptions, through conceptual and poetic practices on post-internet’s themes, including celebrities, economies and landscapes.
Exhibitions
Magic Number, TOH, Tokyo (2022)
超現代美術展, ANB Tokyo, Tokyo (2020)
White Magazine, EUKARYOTE, Tokyo (2019)
Black Box, AXIOM, Tokyo (2017)
Group exhibitions
新宿流転芸術祭, Decameron, Tokyo (2022)
Meta Fair, Sonoaida, Tokyo (2022)
Meta Mall, BnA Alter Museum, Kyoto (2022)
Standing Ovation 四肢の向かう先, Hotel Acao, Shizuoka (2021)
EUKARYOTE GROUP SHOW, EUKARYOTE, Tokyo (2021)
THE CHIBA CITY FESTIVAL OF ARTS, Jack into the Noösphere, Mihama-En, Chiba (2021)
Mimicry of Hollows 虚擬態, The 5th Floor, Tokyo (2021)
Mob World Reverb, TALION GALLERY, Tokyo (2021)
AIR SCG, BnA Alter Museum, Kyoto (2021)
ENCOUNTERS, 楕円のつくり方, ANB Tokyo, Tokyo (2020)
SIGNALS, DiG Studio, Berlin (2017)
Performances
AMBIENT REVOLTS, ZK/U, Berlin (2018)
#LutherLenin, Studio Hrdinů, Prague (2018)
Meet the Bot, Feed the Bot, Kunstuniversität, Linz (2017)
TACIT FUTURES, Volksbühne, Berlin (2016)
Prix Ars Electronica Exhibition, OÖ Kulturquartier, Linz (2016)
ISEA 2016, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong (2016)
UN|COMMONS, Volksbühne, Berlin (2016)
TEDxTokyo, Hikarie Hall, Tokyo (2014)
Projects
The Laughing Man Club (2022)
Awards
Prix Ars Electronica, Linz, Award of Distinction, Digital Communities (2016)
Publications
A Field Guide to the Snowden Files, DIAMONDPAPER (2017)
Cyberarts 2016: International Compendium Prix Ars Electronica, Hatje Cantz (2016)
Articles
Ripples, It's Nice That (2021)
Snowden through a prism, EXBERLINER (2017)
Ars Electronica Festival, FUZE (2016)