Author : Anne McKnight and Sharon Hayashi
Last Update : 2006-01-06
We introduce photos, graphics, sound recordings, and other "fieldwork" and artifacts that document a series of "sound demos" taking place in several major Japanese cities in 2003-4. The impulse for the sound demos—including noise, improv, rave aesthetics, dancing and chanting—was US President George Bush's visit to Tokyo, to seek Prime Minister Koizumi's support and the dispatch of the Japanese Self-Defense Forces to Iraq for "reconstruction" efforts. Japan is forbidden by its 1946 Constitution to deploy military force, against pressure to deepen its role as philanthropist to "developing" countries. The demos connect this issue to everyday issues affecting as they enter the globalized worlds of work and shopping.
Keywords: street protest, consumerism, empire, public space, technology, DIY, multitude
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