ARTFEED — Contemporary Art Intelligence

1930s Japanese psychic experiments on display at MoNTUE

exhibition · 2026-07-21

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

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