With the development of communications technology and the popularization of electronic media, the nineteenth-century concept of “art as an expressive act” has dramatically been transformed. Indeed, this transformation is one of the key distinguishing factors of twentieth-century art. From automatism to advanced reproduction technologies, and from mathematical logic to the introduction of spectatorial participation, this change has taken many forms. In this program, the discussants deployed various concrete examples to wrestle with the concepts surrounding “de-expression = an art of communication.”

Speakers: KUSUMI Kiyoshi (art critic), HACHIYA Kazuhiko (media artist), and MORIOKA Yoshitomo (art critic)