NAGATA KOSUKE
SEMANTIC SEGMENTATION (YURAKUCHO)
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NAGATA KOSUKE
SEMANTIC SEGMENTATION (YURAKUCHO)
This series of works capturing the landscape of Yurakucho is based on object detection algorithms powered by artificial intelligence—the same kind used in technologies such as autonomous driving.
In this work, Nagata focuses on discrepancies in how the algorithm interprets visual information: for instance, recognizing actual people, printed images of people, or their reflections in glass all as “Person,” or identifying patterns reflected on temporary construction walls as a “Train.”
By highlighting these mismatches, the work points to how human perception relies not only on visual input but also on contextual knowledge.
It also reveals that urban perception is inherently diverse, and cannot be fully replicated or standardized by mechanical means.
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NAGATA KOSUKE
Born in Aichi in 1990. Nagata graduated from the Graduate School of Fine Arts, Tokyo University of the Arts, and is currently enrolled in the Graduate School of Film and New Media of the same school. He focuses on the use of various technical and institutional devices associated with the production and distribution of video and photography in the creation of his works. His recent group exhibitions include Aichi Triennale 2019: Taming Y/Our Passion (Aichi Arts Center, Nagoya, 2019), Yebisu International Festival for Art & Alternative Visions 2018: Mapping the Invisible (Tokyo Photographic Art Museum, Tokyo, 2018), Openspace 2018: In Transition (NTT InterCommunication Center, Tokyo, 2018), Malformed Objects (Yamamoto Gendai, Tokyo, 2017) and the solo exhibition Therapist (Tokyo Wonder Site Hongo, Tokyo, 2016).
Courtesy of ANOMALY