Ca’ Foscari Japanese Studies

The Aesthetics of Emptiness

Voids, Fullness, Sounds, Silences, Presences, Absences

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Abstract
This volume follows the International Festival Japan Contemporary Arts in Venice The Aesthetics of Emptiness, organised between 21 and 24 February 2022 by Benedetto Marcello Music Conservatory in Venice, the Department of Asian and North African Studies of Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, and Venice Academy of Fine Arts (institutions united in the Study in Venice project), with the generous support of the Japan Foundation. During the Festival, musical performances, concerts, workshops, meetings with Japanese artists, and conferences led participants to immerse themselves in Japanese arts and culture. The structure of the volume is designed to allow the reader to relive these experiences, also through multimedia content, and to explore some of the themes that emerged. The first section is dedicated to the events curated by Benedetto Marcello Music Conservatory and Venice Academy of Fine Arts, while the second brings together some of the contributions presented during the conference organised by the Department of Asian and North African Studies. The various essays revolve around the themes of sound, silence, emptiness, fullness, presence, and absence, and are dedicated to the memory of Bonaventura Ruperti.

Keywords Lost decades • Aesthetics • AKA Serial Killer • Estetica del vuoto • Toshio Hosokawa • Japanese film music • Silence and sound • Ma • Calligraphy-painting • Noh theater • Tanizaki Jun’ichirō • Akutagawa Ryūnosuke • Japanese literature • Aesthetic of Emptiness • Synaesthesia • Auto-orientalismo • Fūkeiron • Japanese ink painting (sumie) • Suzuki Daisetsu • Film genres • Japan aesthetics • Hagiwara Sakutarō • Medieval Japan • Noh music • Japanese mouth organ • Japanese cinema • Edogawa Ranpo • Lettera alla madre • Governmentality • Shō • Soundtrack • Mori Mariko • Emptiness • Etude III • Japanese music • Cinema • Youth • Greek lullaby Κοιμήσου καί παρήγγειλα • Architecture and emptiness • Bushi • Oguri Kōhei • Zen • Documentary • Buddhism • Adachi Masao • Calligraphy • Hosokawa • Japanese art • Music composition and childhood memory • Zeami Motokiyo • Japanese modernism

Thema codes JBCC • AV • 1FPJ

Permalink http://doi.org/10.30687/978-88-6969-701-2 | e-ISBN 978-88-6969-701-2 | ISBN (PRINT) 978-88-6969-702-9 | Number of pages 200 | Published April 21, 2023 | Language it, en

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