Survival Aesthetics © Interview Series Online Publication contains conversations and dialogues investigating critical issues of art practice that are relevant both in Japan and abroad. Featuring leading Japanese artists, curators and academics, the undercurrent of the interview questions are based on how artists and art practices will survive in the changing face of contemporary culture in the 21st Century.

Contents

08.    Foreword
‍              Prof. Paul Gladston
10.    Preface
12.    Introduction
16.    Jesse Hogan
‍              Interviewed by Julie Bacon
24.    Yuki Okumura
30.    Atelier Ranzan Studio
‍              (Gakudai Kawasumi, Yohei Watanabe, Yuki Takahashi and Ryu Takeda)    
48.    Jesse Hogan
             Interviewed by Mitsuo Abe
66.   4649 / Mumei Exhibition Exchange
             (Yuu Takamizawa, Shogo Shimizu, Yasuaki Hamada, MUMEI and Fuyumi Murata)  
74.    Yuko Hasegawa
82.    Hirofumi Isoya
90.    Toyomi Hoshina
102.   Agatha Gothe-Snape
112.   Reuben Keehan
118.   Haruko Kamakura
126.   Biographies
112.   Acknowledgements