Cesar Harada

Ecology - Debate

Cesar Harada graduated as Section’s Major in the Applied Arts section of Ecole Boulle with historical results (special Mention “Tres Bien”) in 2001. In 2006 he completed the animation course at Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs (ENSAD Paris), and studied graphic design at Central Saint Martins, London UK as an exchange student (A+ grade). He studied industrial design at the ENSCI Les Ateliers Saint-Sabin as a part time student, building a trimaran boat on which he travelled and made an animation film. He wrote his ENSAD thesis on the subject of “Troubles in Space Perception” (2005), and wrote the first version of “Open_Architecture” (2009) at the Royal College of Art. He taught graphic design at the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Architecture (ENSA Versailles) while taking a Masters degree in “New Media Arts” at Paris 8 University. He published "HARADA" an retrospective book about the work of his father the sculptor Tetsuo Harada, launched at the Pompidou Center. Cesar studied Design Interactions at the Royal College of Art, his final project is Open_Sailing, collaborative project with which he won the ARS Electronica [Next Idea] grant, the Sustainable art Award BASH, the earthcam awards... His films, performances have been screened in many festivals and international venues such as the Pompidou Center Paris, Niigata museum of contemporary Art JP, Miller Galery, Carneggie Mellon University, Pittsburgh US, Polychronopoulos art center in Athens, ArtEz Academy NL... He lectured at the V2_ Institute for the unstable Media Rotterdam, Barbican London, CCCB Barcelona, Goldsmiths University London, MIT Cambridge Boston USA...