Remembering Seiko Mikami, media artist – or was she? VI Grand Guignol Mirai – Demio Fukushima 501 (2015–), video documentation shown at “Don’t Follow the Wind – Non-Visitor Center,” Watari Museum of Art. There is a reason why “Remembering SeikoView More >
Remembering Seiko Mikami, media artist – or was she? V Photo: Naoya Hatakeyama, © studio parabolica With this installment, I will bring to a close for the time being this essay concerning Seiko Mikami, which I have been writing intermittentlyView More >
Remembering Seiko Mikami, media artist – or was she? IV (Continued) So what exactly does this term “world membrane,” which Seiko Mikami liked to use around this time, mean? When did she come up with this term and when didView More >
Remembering Seiko Mikami, media artist – or was she? III Installation view of the exhibition “World Membrane: Disposal Containers” (1993), Gallery NW House, Tokyo. Photo: Mikio Kurokawa. All photos courtesy Roentgenwerke; cooperation Shigeki Kimura. (Continued) The conspicuous gap between SeikoView More >
Remembering Seiko Mikami, media artist – or was she? II Molecular Informatics ~ morphogenic substance via eye tracking (Version 2.0) (1996), DEAF96, Rotterdam. Photo V2_Organisatie, all photos courtesy Tama Art University (Continued) The question that immediately springs to mind hereView More >
Remembering Seiko Mikami, media artist – or was she? “Molecular Informatics ~ morphogenic substance via eye tracking (Version 1.0)” (1969), Canon ARTLAB, Hillside Plaza, Tokyo. Photo Mikio Kurokawa, all photos courtesy Tama Art University The sad news of the deathView More >
Obscenity as a symbol – Rokudenashiko and Genpei Akasegawa Rokudenashiko in her “Manboat.” Photo courtesy Shinjuku Ophthalmologist Gallery Artist Rokudenashiko has been rearrested. (1) As with her first arrest in July 2014, this latest action stems from suspicions on theView More >
A Restatement: The Art of ‘Ground Zero’ (Part 20) “Yasashii Bijutsu” and Takashi Tosu III Takashi Tosu – Oshima leprosy sanatorium. “Takamatsu, boat and crag.” All photos: From Nobuyuki Takahashi’s Twitter (@yasashiibijutsu). This photo posted November 15, 2014. If thereView More >
The shape of the “future” – Grand Guignol Mirai postscript All photos: Scenes from the August 2014 performance of Grand Guignol Mirai. Photos ©Takashi Homma, courtesy Grand Guignol Mirai 2014 executive committee. This installment of Notes on Art and CurrentView More >
A Restatement: The Art of ‘Ground Zero’ (Part 19) “Yasashii Bijutsu” and Takashi Tosu II Takashi Tosu – Oshima leprosy sanatorium, film #00. All photos: From Nobuyuki Takahashi’s Twitter (@yasashiibijutsu). This photo posted August 2, 2014. The manner in whichView More >