Historical Background and Current Situation of Japanese Media Art

• Project/Area Number: 24320045
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
• Allocation Type: Partial Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Study of the arts/History of the arts/Arts in general
• Research Institution: Waseda University
• Principal Investigator: KUSAHARA Machiko 早稲田大学, 文学学術院, 教授 (40271366)
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2015-03-31
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2014)
• Budget Amount: ¥13,910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥10,700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥3,210,000); Fiscal Year 2014: ¥4,680,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,080,000); Fiscal Year 2013: ¥4,420,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,020,000); Fiscal Year 2012: ¥4,810,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,110,000)
• Keywords: メディアアート / 戦後前衛芸術 / デバイスアート / 現代美術 / インタラクティブ・アート / テクノロジー・アート / CG / ビデオアート / 前衛芸術

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The research analyzed specific features in Japanese contemporary media art such as playfulness and appreciation of technology in relation to prewar and postwar avant-garde art. It is both the continuation of Device Art project that was launched in 2004 and a theoretical approach to contextualize Japanese media art within the international movements in art. The research results were presented at international symposia and publications and were highly received as a clue to understand Japanese media art.

Research Products

• [Presentation] Ten Years of Device Art (2014)
  • Author(s): Hiroo Iwata, Machiko Kusahara, Erkki Huhtamo, Suncica Ostoic, Victoria Vesna
  • Organizer: Ars Electronica
  • Place of Presentation: Ars Electronica Center
  • Year and Date: 2014-09-08
  • Invited
• [Presentation] From Contemporary Art to Media Art: Trajectory of Japanese Postwar Avantgarde Art (2014)
  • Author(s): Machiko Kusahara
  • Organizer: Wonder of Fantasy
  • Place of Presentation: National Taiwan Museum of Fine Art
  • Year and Date: 2014-05-18
  • Invited
• [Presentation] Seeking for Creative Use of Technology in Art (2012)
  • Author(s): Machiko Kusahara
  • Organizer: VINCI 2012
  • Place of Presentation: 杭州
  • Year and Date: 2012-09-28
• [Book] The Routledge Handbook of New Media in Asia (2015)
  • Author(s): Larissa Hjorth, Olivia Khoo, Machiko Kusahara et al
  • Total Pages: 400
  • Publisher: Routledge
• [Book] デジタル・スタディーズ 全3巻 (2015)
  • Author(s): 石田英敬／吉見俊哉／ マイク・フェザーストーン 他
  • Total Pages: 240
  • Publisher: 東京大学出版会
• [Book] A Companion to Digital Art (2015)
  • Author(s): Ed. Christiane Paul
  • Total Pages: 400
  • Publisher: Wiley
• [Book] What It Takes to Change: Ars Electronica 2014 (2014)
  • Author(s): Gerfried Stocker, Werner Jauk, Horst Hortner, Hiroo Iwata, Machiko Kusahara, Erkki Huhtamo, Christa Sommerer, Laurent Mignonneau
  • Total Pages: 271
  • Publisher: Hatje Cants
• [Book] A Companion to Digital Art (2014)
  • Author(s): Christiane Paul, Ed Shanken, Machiko Kusahara, Tim Druckrey, Sean Cubitt, Erkki Huhtamo , McKenzie Wark 他
  • Total Pages: 500
  • Publisher: Blackwell