Ca’ Foscari Japanese Studies

Collana | Ca’ Foscari Japanese Studies
Miscellanea | Rethinking Nature in Post-Fukushima Japan
Capitolo | Vibrations of 11 March 2011 in Japan’s Performance Scene

Vibrations of 11 March 2011 in Japan’s Performance Scene

Yamakawa Fuyuki and the Sound of Radioactivity

Abstract

This article discusses the strong resonance provoked by the 2011 triple disaster in the Japanese performance and visual arts by focusing on multimedia artist Yamakawa Fuyuki and the antinuclear activist network’s intersection with the underground music scene. Directly plugging into the disaster, Yamakawa re-elaborated his artistic practice in relation to the nuclear crisis by addressing internal and external exposure to radiation. Illustrated are connections between polluted environment, corporeality, politics and performance art, and how his performative experimentations offer novel insights into the interaction between art and disaster enhancing alternative modes of interpretation in technoscience and aesthetic theory.


Open access | Peer reviewed

Presentato: 20 Agosto 2018 | Accettato: 18 Settembre 2018 | Pubblicato 07 Novembre 2018 | Lingua: en

Keywords Antinuclear protestAcoustic corporealityPerformance art and disasterSeismic ambient noiseJapanese underground music


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