After studying philosophy at Sophia(Tokyo) and Waseda universities, Tetsuo Kogawa spent many years in New York City. He taught at Wako University(1972-1989), Musashino Art University’s Department of Video and Cinema (1989-1994) and Tokyo Keizai University’s Department of Communication Studies (1994-2012). Kogawa introduced free radio movement to Japan, and is widely known for his blend of criticism, performance and activism. He has written over 30 books and numerous articles on radio art, media culture, film, city and urban space, and micro politics. He has shown his artistic and useful workshops to build Mini-FM and microradio transmitters in many cities of Canada, U.S. and Europe. Most recently he has combined the experimental and pirate aesthetics of the Mini-FM and microradio technology with internet streamin media in such projects as “Radio Party”, “Translocal Palimpsest”, and “Radio Kinesonus”.
He was invited by The Banff Center of the Arts, Western Front, Next Five Minutes, Bauhaus University, Kunstradio, Tate Modern, Walker Art Center, Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, Deep Wireless, Musicprotokol, AV Festival, Instal, Cut & Splice, FON and so on.
External Links
- Kogawa’s own website: http://anarchy.translocal.jp/
- His ‘A Micro Radio Manifesto’: http://www.translocal.jp/radio/micro/