The 24th Japan Media Arts Festival announces Meiro Koizumi’s VR piece Prometheus Bound (2019) as this year’s Grand Prize winner in the Art Division. Inspired by Greek mythology and realized as a theatre experience, the work explores dreams of technological advancement through the eyes of a person suffering from ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis), a paralyzing neurological disease. Other prize winners include Adrien M & Claire B, Simon Weckert, and Myriam Bleau.