In addition to a wealth of illustrations of fog sculptures and videos, the book also features a wide range of essays on Fujiko Nakaya's work, as well as Nakaya's own past essays, delving into the spirituality embedded in her work to date. This is a valuable book that unravels a previously untold journey.
[Title] Resistance of Fog ：Fujiko Nakaya Exhibition
[Publisher] Film Art Co., Ltd.
[Publication date: Published] 2019
[Number of pages: Pages] 416 pages
[Size: Approximately 21 x 15 x 3.5 cm
[Format] Softcover
[Title reading: Title reading] Kirino Teikou Nakaya Fujikoten
[Authors / Editors] Yoshihisa Tanaka/Book design
[ISBN] 484591820X
[Condition] Used Very Good
[Attachment] None
[Books featured] To be confirmed
[Exhibition] Art Tower Mito, Contemporary Art Gallery (20218-19)
https://www.arttowermito.or.jp/gallery/lineup/article_5022.html
Fujiko Nakaya
Born in 1933, the "fog artist" studied fine arts at Northwestern University, and after working as a painter, he joined "EAT," an organization that combines art and technology. His artificial fog "fog sculptures," which he unveiled at the Pepsi Pavilion at the 1970 Osaka Expo, attracted a lot of attention.
Her environmental sculptures connect people to nature using pure water mist, and are inspired by her father, a physicist who created artificial snowflakes. He is said to have been greatly influenced by Ukichiro Nakaya (1900-1962). Since the 1970s, he has been active in producing video works and supporting young artists. In 2017, he exhibited a new work at the Tate Modern, and in 2018, he was awarded the Praemium Imperiale in Honor of Prince Takamatsu, and exhibited five fog works in Boston.
◎Table of contents
"Responsive Landscape: Fog Sculpture" by Fujiko Nakaya
Illustration | Mist sculpture
"Mist Musician - Fujiko Nakaya" by Arata Isozaki
Chapter 0: Prologue
"Instead of an introduction: The resistance of fog" by Junya Yamamine
"Fog and Snow" Yuji Morioka
"Clear, unclouded mist - the bright and light movement of water particles." Kenjiro Okazaki
"Overflowing" by Kenjiro Okazaki
"Resistance of Fog" by Kenjiro Okazaki
"From Technique to Manners: Watching the Video of 'The Forms of Zen'" by Fujiko Nakaya
Chapter 1: EXPO'70 Pepsi Pavilion Fog Sculpture
Commentary | "The First Fog Sculpture: Pepsi Pavilion - Crossing the Borders of Art and Technology" by Junya Yamamine
Illustration | EXPO'70 Pepsi Pavilion
Chapter 2 Utopia Q&A 1981
Commentary | "Information Sculpture "Utopia Q&A 1981" - A hotline connecting individuals" by Junya Yamamine
Illustration | Utopia Q&A 1981
"Q&A Selection"
"Journeys to a Land That Doesn't Exist Anywhere" by Shuzo Takiguchi
"Starting off with Utopia Q&A 1981" by Hakudo Kobayashi
Chapter 3 Video
Commentary | "Video as Action" by Junya Yamamine
"Fujiko Nakaya's Contribution to the Dawn of Japanese Video Art" Nina Horisaki-Christens
Illustrations | Video works, publications
"Pickled in Chambord" by Nobuhiro Kawanaka
"Video as a Communication Medium" by Hakudo Kobayashi
"Afterword from the translator of 'Guerrilla Television'" by Fujiko Nakaya
Chapter 4 Video Gallery SCAN
Commentary | "Video Gallery SCAN" by Junya Yamamine
Illustrations | Video Gallery SCAN Activities
SCANFOCUS history
History of exhibitions of works selected from the public submissions at Video Gallery SCAN
"Small SCAN's Big Dreams" by Sakumi Hagiwara
"Video Gallery SCAN and Tokyo in the 1980s" by Masaki Fujihata
Illustration | From the exhibition "The Resistance of Fog"
Resources
Fujiko Nakaya Chronology
References
