Shibuya culture PROJECT

Device called camera obscura, which began to spread between artists from around the 15th century, Projects an image on the opposite side of the wall from a hole in the dark room to collect outside of the light, the prototype of the current camera. Painters By replicating the landscape that has been projected on the wall, have developed a painting technique called perspective. In addition, the cinematograph was invented by the Lumiere brothers entered the 1890s, the current movie camera and projector prototype. The film, developed from the invention rapidly to the current figure with too much 100 years. And Currently, PC or digital camera, the development of such upload site, visual expression became not open to only "pro".
The act of "representation" is always that there after the technology is, in other words, the fact that the development of technology is me push the possibility of "representation". Exhibition to convey the complicity of such art and technology, it is being held in the current Shibuya.

By recent technical development is using a remarkable flat display device, an attempt to explore the possibilities of the future of art expression, from August 23 (Sat)Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of PhotographyIt is started in"Liquid crystal painting STILL / MOTION"It Exhibition. Artists who developed the ambient music (ambient music) as a space production, from Brian Eno, Morimura to the characters in the history of the paintings himself was stripped of the "appreciating" from the "masterpiece" by alternative pickpocket Morimura, male nude of photos, and other Takano Takashidai who question the gender by exhibition hide the genitals, and are artists a total of 14 people participated to the pursuit of its own representation at home and abroad. In the exhibition, a flat panel display is "exhibition" as the "boundary of painting and video", that. "Moving painting" is, what gives us the heck us to any stimulus.


In addition, photo specialty gallery,NadarIn, until August 18 (Monday) from 30 days (Sat)"Holga Expo 2008"There is being held. This exhibition of the hero, all-plastic toy camera, which is manufactured in China "Holga". The venue, Holga lovers gather photo a group of 64 people were taken using the "Holga" from the members of the "Holga meeting" is, before the second half lined in turnover. "Holga" is, in the most inexpensive medium format camera in the world, in About a make due with its cheap, it is the feature that unexpected "miss shot 'is being filmed. "Holga of charm, where you do not let me absolutely taken in as I thought of myself. Holga is a camera that has the intention, I also think I do not it" has been taken in the "Holga" is, exhibition it is a term of one-Akabisan of person. From the photo with out-of-focus and Kageri, strange because comes through a unique flavor and warmth in one by one.

Well, if the action to explore the possibility of representation from the technology gave me thought that interesting, the following is from unexpected technology, to try to find a new expression would do. The appliances that are sleeping in the house, be willing to allow the unexpected expression?

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