Junichi Akagawa^JP

Kyoto-based musician, producer and audiovisual artist Junichi Akagawa consistently explores new ways of artistic expression transcending the fields of music, visual, and dance performance. His performance Geist on the Lake explores the question of the internet as a medium of truth.

Junichi Akagawa — Geist on the Lake

If a tree falls in the forest but there is no one to witness it, did it really fall? If there is sound but no one to listen to it does it really exist? Within Geist on the Lake Junichi Akagawa explores the question of truth as a relational matter. Captured at a hidden lake on the outskirts of Kyoto, a place without any real connection to the outside world, Akagawa asks the question, did he really perform, if there was no one to witness his performance? Does a mere recording of a performance really constitute the truth that a performance did indeed take place? Through these questions Akagawa critically approaches the current age of increased online streaming activities and the related questions of the internet as a medium, as an archive, and what constitutes truth in the virtual world.

Kyoto-based musician, producer and audiovisual artist Junichi Akagawa consistently explores new ways of artistic expression transcending the fields of music, visual, and dance performance.