Japanese spell in Electronic Art

From the Gutai group's performances to the latest experiences in Interactive Art: this book sheds light on the origins of present-day aesthetic offshoots of Japan.
There is a relationship between Shinto, the indigenous spirituality of the Japanese people, and present day Japanese contemporary art. This paper is alive with sympathetic insight into Electronic Art with particular focus on Hybrid Art and Device Art made in Japan.
The essay aims to test the hypothesis that religion influenced an avant-garde, to call into question if a form of belief is embedded in technology, and ultimately to describe how tradition and innovation are merging in contemporary Japan.

About the author:
Between 2001 and 2007, Mauro Arrighi was a Lecturer of Digital Art and Electronic Art at the Academy of Fine Arts, Venice, Italy. He has been featured, among other venues, at the Ars Electronica Festival in Linz, Austria; the International Biennales of Art and Architecture in Venice, Italy; the Victory Media Network in Dallas, United States; the Pantaloon Art Gallery in Osaka, Japan; the New Media Fest in Cologne, Germany; the Pantheon Gallery in Nicosia, Cyprus; the Kurye Video Org in Istanbul, Turkey; the Video and New Media Art Festival in Ljubljana, Slovenia; and the Netherlands Media Art Institute in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Since 2010, Arrighi has been living in Japan where he is pursuing his academic and artistic career as a new-media artist, lecturer and independent-curator.
To view a full account of his artistic production and academic research: visit his personal website at: new-media-art-japan.jp