Friday, May 18, 2007

Radical Communication: Japanese Video Art, 1968-1988 at the Getty


It got a few interesting pieces in it. I particularly liked "Statics of an Egg" (1973) by Fujiko Nakaya. It has a lot of psychological tension. The other one that I liked is "TV Drama" (1987) by Yoshitaka Shimano. I can perfectly associate with his hatred of television. And I really enjoyed "the happy end of the TV drama".

Some of the work was too much technological based, that was certainly interesting at the moment it was created, but now it doesn't look that interesting, although it certainly has some historical value in it.

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