Photographer and artist. Matsumoto presents photographic, text, and video works based around the theme of movement in nature, humanity, and people’s daily lives. In recent years, she has launched projects such as ,There Is Something About Maison Kenpoku (2018-), sharing her research process in Ibaraki Prefecture, where she is based. She organizes and runs Maison Kenpoku, a project focused on opening spaces in the community. Her recently exhibitions include Mieko Matsumoto Photography Exhibition: I know where here is. (Guardian Garden, Tokyo, Japan, 2017), KENPOKU ART (Ibaraki, Japan, 2016).

Mami Aota currently is a lecturer in the department of aesthetics and art history at Gunma Prefectural Women’s University. She got her PhD degree at the University of Tokyo in 2018. She has published Critiquing the Environment: A Theory of Environmental Aesthetics (Shumpu-sha, 2020), “The Artistic Value of “Community-Engaged Art Project”: From the Perspective of Environmental Aesthetics” in BIGAKU Vol.72, No.1 and other various papers.