{"id":4943,"date":"2016-11-07T19:41:25","date_gmt":"2016-11-08T00:41:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/?p=4943"},"modified":"2017-04-05T20:36:41","modified_gmt":"2017-04-06T00:36:41","slug":"takehito-etani","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/takehito-etani\/","title":{"rendered":"Takehito Etani"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_1541\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-4943-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interview\/TakehitoEtani.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interview\/TakehitoEtani.mp3\">http:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interview\/TakehitoEtani.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/interviews-by-brainard-carey\/id1468502583?mt=2&amp;ls=1\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_itunes\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Apple Podcasts\" rel=\"nofollow\">Apple Podcasts<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/5ZxsN79E1W6VJOjQF9GNuZ\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_spotify\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Spotify\" rel=\"nofollow\">Spotify<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/tunein.com\/radio\/Interviews-by-Brainard-Carey-p1236598\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_tunein\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on TuneIn\" rel=\"nofollow\">TuneIn<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/feeds.podcastmirror.com\/interviews-by-brainard\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/goo.gl\/xSQrKY\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_more\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click here to  join mailing list\" rel=\"nofollow\">Click here to  join mailing list<\/a><\/p><p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.takehitoetani.com\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4964 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/takehito_etani.jpg?resize=225%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"takehito_etani\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/takehito_etani.jpg?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/takehito_etani.jpg?resize=768%2C1023&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/takehito_etani.jpg?resize=769%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 769w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/takehito_etani.jpg?resize=624%2C831&amp;ssl=1 624w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/takehito_etani.jpg?w=1056&amp;ssl=1 1056w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/>Takehito Etani<\/a> invents fantastical wearable devices, installations,\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s1\">and toys that he refers to as spiritual prosthetics. He explores the\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s1\">relationships between body, consciousness and technology in\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s1\">contemporary daily life. His subtly humorous performances with such\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s1\">devices are intended as both social critique and a vision of a future\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s1\">alternative reality.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Selected exhibitions and installation venues featuring his work\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s1\">include Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, California,\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s1\">ISEA (International Symposium of Electronic Art), San Jose,\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s1\">California, VIPER Basel Festival for Film, Video and New Media,\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s1\">Switzerland, and the Stuttgarter Filmwinter Festival for Expanded\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s1\">Media, Germany, as well as Taro Okamoto Memorial Museum, Kawasaki,\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s1\">Japan, as a nominee for The 7th Taro Okamoto Memorial Award for\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s1\">Contemporary Art.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Etani&#8217;s work has been featured in media art publications and academic\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s1\">journals such as &#8220;See Yourself Sensing: Redefining Human Perception&#8221;\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s1\">by Madeline Schwartzman and &#8220;Art + Science Now&#8221; by Stephen Wilson.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">He received his BFA from Pratt Institute, MFA from Carnegie Mellon\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s1\">University. He was an artist-in-residence at the Skowhegan School of\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s1\">Painting and Sculpture.\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s1\">Etani was born in Japan and lives and works in Oakland, California.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Books he has been reading are;\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s1\">The 4-Hour Workweek, \u00a0Timothy Ferriss,\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s1\">The Book of Ninja: The Bansenshukai, Anthony Cummins,\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s1\">True Path of the Ninja: The Definitive Translation of the Shoninki\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s1\">(An Authentic Ninja Training Manual), Anthony Cummins<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4965\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4965\" style=\"width: 625px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4965 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/invisible_giant_etani.jpg?resize=625%2C833&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"invisible_giant_etani\" width=\"625\" height=\"833\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/invisible_giant_etani.jpg?resize=768%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/invisible_giant_etani.jpg?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/invisible_giant_etani.jpg?resize=624%2C832&amp;ssl=1 624w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/invisible_giant_etani.jpg?w=900&amp;ssl=1 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4965\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Takehito Etani, Transparent Footprints of Invisible Giants<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4966\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4966\" style=\"width: 625px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4966 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/opposcope.jpg?resize=625%2C469&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"opposcope\" width=\"625\" height=\"469\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/opposcope.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/opposcope.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/opposcope.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/opposcope.jpg?resize=624%2C468&amp;ssl=1 624w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/opposcope.jpg?w=1200&amp;ssl=1 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4966\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Takehito Etani, Opposcope<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>http:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interview\/TakehitoEtani.mp3Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | TuneIn | RSS | Click here to join mailing listTakehito Etani invents fantastical wearable devices, installations,\u00a0and toys that he refers to as spiritual prosthetics. 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