The exhibition entitled Kaiyodo and Otaku Culture: Desire and Consumption is an attempt to explore the relationship between subculture and art, focusing attention on the burgeoning creativity of the comic book and animation industry, and breaking new ground by examining the complex relationships that exist among culture, art, consumer trends and creative industry. The present catalogue includes a chronology of Otaku Culture and Kaiyodo, with a glossary of terms and essays by Takeshi Kudo, Toshihiro Asai, and Naoki Yamamoto.
Onsite
Chinese - Traditional, 
English
comics,  animation,  group exhibition
2007
216
9789860115505
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catalogue
Desire and Consumption, or Japan's Postwar Culture and Kaiyodo - Takeshi KUDO, 工藤健志
Figure and Contmeporary Art - Artists' Intentions - Toshihiro ASAI, 浅井俊裕
A History of Japanese Plastic Models - Naoki YAMAMOTO, 山本直木
Kaiyodo and Otaku Culture: Desire and Consumption, 海洋堂與御宅族文化:慾望與消費

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