Art Gallery

Faux / Real

Curator: Elga Wimmer

ln today's world, the experience of artificial mediums replacing their natural counterparts, and fictional characters replacing real ones, is more and more prevalent. These developments can be observed in the most extreme forms in contemporary Japan. Artificial seasides under glass domes simulate waves, sunshine and sand. Children who have never seen actual beaches play in these artificial resorts and enjoy them as if they were the "real thing". Businessmen play golf in artificial golf ranges set up in high nice buildings. In school, children learn how to read and write about characters from manga books, which are the much more common and widely read counterpart in Japan to Western comic books. Even the Bible is taught through manga characters.

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