Okinawa

OkinawaLocated between the tip of Japan and Taiwan, Okinawa is a tiny island of huge geopolitical importance. Its US military bases means it has the attention of both China and North Korea.

It is made up largely of conversations conducted by the author with members of these organizations that provide insight into the circumstances of artistic production during the decade leading up to the Tiananmen Square Massacre of 1989

bringing the arts to life within their taught and learned contexts across a variety of art forms and levels of post-compulsory education

This book explores the idea of music making (musicing) – the ‘performance’ of human relationships through music – as a resource for imagining possible futures

which became a surprise global hit

Bringing together contributions by leading artists and researchers

Fancy features and algorithms matter little if they are inaccessible to the user because of a poor human-computer interface

The resulting collection is both critical and respectful

As this collection will demonstrate

memory and heritage

and Win Win – interviews with influential directors

the authors conceive of new languages in which encoded pictorial images offer an unparalleled fusion of art and language

Bertolt Brecht's "Street Scene" model relies precisely on establishing a connection between art's functioning and everyday life