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Aesthetics and Art Studies (Nobuhiro Masuda) Lab
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A lab that examines visual culture from the standpoint of aesthetics, through the history and theory of photography and moving images.
AboutAbout the lab
Thinking about photography and moving images through aesthetics.
Associate Professor Nobuhiro Masuda studies visual culture, including photography and moving images, from the standpoint of aesthetics and art studies.
His research themes are the history and theory of photography, and the theory of moving-image media and visual culture.
He works on the history of photography as a scientific technology, the history and theory of moving-image media, and aesthetic and sensibility-based studies of media art and bio art.
He belongs to the Division of Future Coexistence Design in the Faculty of Design at Kyushu University.
Key terms
- Aesthetics
- The field of study that considers sensibility, beauty, and the nature of art
- Visual culture studies
- A field that examines the culture created by things we see, such as photographs and moving images
ResearchResearch themes
The lab examines media such as photography and moving images from both historical and theoretical perspectives. Its research keywords include aesthetics of sensibility (Kansei theory), visual culture of the moving image, and (bio-)media art.
*Illustrative imageHistory and Theory of Photography as a Scientific Technology
The lab studies the history and theory of photography, approaching it as a scientific technology.
*Illustrative imageStudies of Visual Culture and Moving-Image Media
The lab examines visual culture and moving-image media from both historical and theoretical perspectives.
*Illustrative imageAesthetics of Media and Bio Art
The lab carries out aesthetic and sensibility-based studies related to media art and bio art.
MembersFaculty
- Associate ProfessorNobuhiro Masuda
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The top and research theme images are illustrative and were not taken at the lab. They are cropped from Wikimedia Commons images. Cropped CC BY-SA images are provided under the same CC BY-SA license as the original (version shown on each line).
- Top image: “Bio atelier at Mori Art Museum” Igbofur / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- History and Theory of Photography as a Scientific Technology: “Camera obscura mirror and lens” Totallyhaywire2 / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)
- Studies of Visual Culture and Moving-Image Media: “IMAX 15 70 mm Film Projector in Paris 2” DiscoA340 / CC0 (cropped)
- Aesthetics of Media and Bio Art: “Artwork by Amy Karle in bio atelier at Mori Art Museum” Igbofur / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Aesthetics and Art Studies Lab): “Yerevan, Art store, Art gallery, Photography store, Photography exhibition, Armenia” Vyacheslav Argenberg / CC BY 4.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Media Art Lab): “-App-for-interactive-Installations” Einsgoeins / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Media Art Lab (Kazuhiro Jo)): “Captured, immersive installation by Hanna Haaslahti, 2021” Tomumaja / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Sculpture Lab): “023 Wood Carving ( )” Photo Dharma from Sadao, Thailand / CC BY 2.0 (cropped)
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