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| Shitamichi Motoyuki, from Torii series (2006-2012), Tinian , USA Type C Print |
The past two decades marked a dramatic change in the cultural atmosphere in Japan. The return and expanded public discussion on the war, its affect and memory, as the spectres of wartime era continue to exist in its history, past and present. Attitudes towards war memory in Japan range from the silence of First Generation, the practical rehabilitation of the Second Generation, and currently, young people of the Third Generation (people born after 1970) who are willing to face the dilemmas and times of pain and suffering.
This exhibition aspires to bring forward and present the contemporary prism and visual interpretation of younger generation artists that reconsider and represent these dilemmas, refusing to let the subject sink into oblivion.
The exhibition presents the work of several contemporary Japanese artists that use photography and video-art to
represent memories of the Asia-Pacific War, giveing particular attention to issues concerning performance and
performative aspects in relation to war memory, within the framework of contemporary
representations. The textual analyses presented in this project relate to
issues of indexicality, performativity, performance, parafictionality,
documentation, evidence, staging, snap-shooting, photojournalism, etc.
