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Baku Hashimoto is a film director and animation artist who works independently across a wide range of mediums—from generative art and motion graphics to stop-motion animation and interactive design. Influenced by experimental film and hacker culture, he explores new ways of creating through both visual experimentation and technical innovation. By continually researching tool development and diverse modes of expression, he pursues a variety of styles within the visual arts.
映像作家、ツール開発者。実験映像やハッカー文化に影響を受け、CGI からコマ撮りアニメーション、ミュージック・ビデオ、インタラクティブ作品まで、多岐に渡って個人で制作を続けてきた。さまざまな表現手法の実験の積み重ねにより、多様な視覚表象のスタイルを模索している。
Exhibition / Performances
- 2024
- Ac-bu solo exhibition “GIFTOOOON”
AC部個展『GIFTOOOON』
- Ac-bu solo exhibition “GIFTOOOON”
- 2023
- 2022
- 2011
Awards
- 2025
- 2024
- 2019
- 2018
- 2017
- 2016
- 2015
- 2010
Publications
- 2025
- Baku Hashimoto, Jun Kato. Tweeq: Parameter-Tuning GUI Widgets by/for Creative Professionals. In Proceedings of the 38th Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology (UIST ’25). ACM. https://doi.org/10.1145/3746059.3747723
- 2021
- Baku Hashimoto. Glisp: Lisp-based Graphic Design Tool. In Proceedings of SIGGRAPH Asia 2021 Real-Time Live! (SA ’21), Article 3, 1 page. ACM. https://doi.org/10.1145/3478511.3491312
Interviews / Speaking Engagements
- 2025
- JAGDA Design Conference 2025 “Graphic Design Now” – Session “Technology: AI and Design Space”
JAGDAデザイン会議2025「Graphic Design Now」テクノロジー|AIとデザイン空間
- JAGDA Design Conference 2025 “Graphic Design Now” – Session “Technology: AI and Design Space”
- 2024
- YCAM InterLab Camp vol.5 “Homo Codens — How Will Humans Draw in the Age of AI?” — Panelist / Workshop Leader; Cross-talk vol.1 Co-lecturer w/ Shunsuke Takawo
YCAM インターラボ・キャンプ vol.5「ホモ・コーデンス—AI時代、人類はどう描くのか」 クロストーク vol.1(w/ 高尾俊介)
- YCAM InterLab Camp vol.5 “Homo Codens — How Will Humans Draw in the Age of AI?” — Panelist / Workshop Leader; Cross-talk vol.1 Co-lecturer w/ Shunsuke Takawo
- 2023
- 2022
- 2021
- 2019
- 2018
- 2017
- +81 MAGAZINE Vol.78 U-30 Creators The Millennial-Generation issue
- MdN Magazine Jan 2018, Software review: Parallels Desktop for Mac 11
- NEWREEL - ○○ 風でないコンピュータ映像の世界 橋本麦の Playlist
English translation: 5 favorite videos from recent CGI experimentalism - JDN - Creator's works
- Motion Plus Design's Meet-Up Tokyo 2017: Guest Speaker
- Japanese Motion Graphics Creators 2017
映像作家 100 人+100 - MdN DESIGNERS FILE 2017
- 2016
- The Creators Project: Digital Distortion Slices Up Olga Bell's Newest Music Video
- The Creators Project: Claymation Rotoscoping Is Now a Thing—And It's Incredible
- DemoDay Tokyo #1 Speaker
- MdN Magazine Aug 2016, Featured Article: Favorite works of each 100 artists
MdN 2016 年 8 月 特集:表現者 100 人の「この作品を語らせろ!」 - FITC Tokyo 2016 Speaker: "Think of Look"
- MdN Magazine Mar 2016, Featured Interview: Kitasenju Design x Baku Hasihmoto
MdN 2016 年 3 月号 人と人 / 渡邊敬之 × 橋本麦
- 2015
Education / Residencies
- 2025
- 2021
- 2016
- School for Poetic Computation, NYC, Fall 2016
- 2013
- Musashino Art University, Department of Imaging and Science, Tokyo, Apr. 2011 - Mar. 2013