The Shinto Directive 1945

Words from "The Shinto Directive" issued to the Japanese government on 15 December 1945 by General Douglas MacArthur, Supreme Commander of the Allied Powers (GHQ) during the US-led Allied occupation of Japan.

A *Candy Factory Project Chronicle of Imperial Decor

Takuji Kogo

BÆRUM KUNSTHALL Oslo Norway
16.October-10.November 2024

"Chronicle of Imperial Decor" is a new multi-channel video and sound installation by Takuji Kogo. It consists of 3 video works:
"Meiji" animated drawings of historical propaganda paintings and 2 music videos with found texts, "Shinto Directive 1945"
issued to the Japanese government by SCAP, the supreme commander for the US led Allied occupation which banned the
state religion, and 'Hardy Barracks', an online hotel review of a US Army installation in Tokyo.

A *Candy Factory Project Chronicle of Imperial Decor
Meiji 2024

天安门 Tiananmen / Drawings (since 2024)

Slogans & Flags

Flags, a mosque, police,
tourists, gulls and dogs

ZKU Berlin 2024

Maybe Next Time

Robot/ John Miller + Takuji Kogo
Installation view at the Kunsthaus Glarus 2024

AI Hallucinations
Scherben Leipziger Str. 61 10117 Berlin March 14 2024
Robot ( Takuji Kogo + John Miller ), Lou Cantor (Jozefina Chetko and Kolja Glaeser)

Still Human

Words from "The Singularity Is Near" by Ray Kurzweil 2005. Video clips from Frankenstein (1931 film)

Robot / Takuji Kogo + John Miller

John Miller & Takuji Kogo
Past Glory of Eternity

Videoart at Midnight Editions
LOOP Barcelona Nov. 19-21 Loop Fair 2024

*Candy Factory Projects