Novelist Masaya Nakahara, who has lost much of his physical function and eyesight due to complications from diabetes, engages in an ongoing dialogue with his digital twin AI, collaboratively “drawing” a novel together. An animation based on the resulting novel is then created by a filmmaker friend, who works alongside his own digital twin AI. The entire creative process is documented and presented as an installation, and ultimately edited into a feature-length theatrical film. This ambitious project is titled AI Masaya Nakahara: “Drawing a Novel with the Vocal Cords!!”

As part of this grand undertaking, the “Vocal Cord AI Summit” (a total of six sessions) finally kicks off.

Under the title “Life and AI — Disability and A-LIFE,” Shibuya will engage in a deep three-way discussion with Naohiro Ukawa, Takashi Ikegami, and others.

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ABOUT

Date & Time: Wednesday, January 28, 2026, 19:00–23:00

＜TALK 2＞

21:00–23:00
“Life and AI — Disability and A-LIFE”

Speakers:
Naohiro Ukawa (Contemporary artist / DOMMUNE)
Takashi Ikegami (Complex systems & artificial life researcher / Professor, The University of Tokyo)
Keiichiro Shibuya (Composer)