exonemo
exonemo is a Japanese artist duo comprised of Kensuke Sembo and Yae Akaiwa. Currently based in New York, exonemo began its activities on the Internet in 1996. Since then, they have been expressing human physicality and emotions in the network age through critical and humorous approaches, crossing digital and analog media. Their awards include the Golden Nica at Ars Electronica (2006) or the Agency for Cultural Affairs’ Art Encouragement Prize for New Artists (2021), receiving recognition from both the media art and contemporary art fields. They have exhibited online at the Whitney Museum of American Art (2019) and in a major solo exhibition at Tokyo Photographic Art Museum (2020), as well as in many other international exhibitions. Their other activities include "The Internet Yami-Ichi," an event they launched in 2012, has resonated with the Internet generation and spread to more than 30 cities worldwide, and has been featured by major international media such as The New York Times, The Guardian, and Libération.