Performing the Power of the Photography
BeHere/1942 by Masaki Fujihata
Performing the Power of the Photography
BeHere/1942 by Masaki Fujihata
Author(s): Jakub KłeczekSubject(s): Photography, Film / Cinema / Cinematography, History of Art
Published by: Instytut Sztuki Polskiej Akademii Nauk
Keywords: the viewers. Particular attention is paid to interactivity; a new understanding of historical photography; and the act of photographing as a performance of power;
Summary/Abstract: The aim of this article is to analyze the art and research project BeHere/1942 (2022) by the Japanese media artist Masaki Fujihata. The collectively created intermedia system, which enables viewer participation, refers to a forgotten series of propaganda photographs documenting the internment of West-Coast Americans of Japanese descent in the Little Tokyo district of Los Angeles. BeHere/1942 employs creative strategies developed by Fujihata, who is an acclaimed pioneer of the use of augmented reality technology in media art. The project also constitutes a daring form of critique of the dominant media narrative about the historical event. The article examines the forms of experience in which the creators of BeHere/1942 enmesh
Journal: Pamiętnik Teatralny
- Issue Year: 72/2023
- Issue No: 3
- Page Range: 41-55
- Page Count: 15
- Language: English