AIDA Daiya (b. 1976, Tokyo) received his MA in Media Culture and Communication from Institute of Advanced Media Arts and Sciences (IAMAS) in 2003. He worked as a Chief Educator of Yamaguchi Center of Arts and Media [YCAM] since 2003 – 2014 and was the head of the media educational program research / development where he produced original workshops for YCAM that deals with media technology and media society. He curated “glitchGROUND” – a YCAM education exhibition (2012), and had conducted media workshops such as “walking around surround” at Spell on You exhibition, Media City Seoul (2012). He is currently working as a research associate for Global Creative Reader program in the University of Tokyo since 2014 and teaches workshop design for graduate students.

In creating Rolling @ TAG, Daiya Aida was supported by his team comprising of Clarence Ng and Yushin Suzuki. Clarence Ng (b. 1976, Singapore) was a production co-ordinator at Esplanade from 2004. He was involved in more than 100 productions and festivals and has worked collaboratively with numerous local and international professional performing art companies and musicians. In 2009, Clarence joined YCAM as an intern under The Japan Foundation’s “Future Leaders Program”, part of the JENESYS program run by the Japanese government, to conduct further research into the process of producing both performance and media art. In 2012, he took on the role of Production Manager for all YCAM-curated exhibitions and performances. He takes account of restructuring the production environment within the center’s ecosystem, hoping that the center will one day become one of the world’s leading media art centers anticipated by the professionals all over the world.