1930s Japanese psychic experiments on display at MoNTUE
Remote Viewing, curated by Alice Nien-pu Ko at MoNTUE, centers on a 1930s Japanese experiment to transmit an image of the moon's far side onto a photographic plate via mental projection. The psychologist Tomokichi Fukurai, a key figure in this experiment, contributed an Asian perspective to the international study of hidden mental capacities. Though professionally ostracized, his striking photographs remain a testament to his radical idea of the mind as imaging technology. Presented through an art-historical lens, these previously unexhibited photos explore the mind as an imaging apparatus, relevant in today's digital culture.
Key facts
- Exhibition titled Remote Viewing at MoNTUE
- Curated by Alice Nien-pu Ko
- Based on a 1930s Japanese psychic experiment
- Experiment aimed to photograph the moon's far side via mental projection
- Tomokichi Fukurai was the psychologist and psychical researcher involved
- Fukurai brought an Asian perspective to international psychical research
- Photographs were previously unexhibited
- Exhibition examines the mind as an imaging technology
Entities
Artists
- Tomokichi Fukurai
Institutions
- MoNTUE
Locations
- Japan