Consuming Life in Post-Bubble Japan

Abstract

This book originated from the interdisciplinary endeavour of two scholars who decided to explore contemporary Japanese material culture from the perspective of sustainability.Our own research interests -waste (Cwiertka) and art (Machotka) -formed the point of departure for this experiment, titled 'From Garbage to Art: Environmental Consciousness in Japan in the Post-Cold War Era'.The project received generous support from the LeidenAsiaCentre (formerly MEARC) and aimed to explore popular attitudes towards the environment, recycling, and energy conservation, combined with a study of the cultural articulation of a newly emerging consciousness in the visual arts.In the first instance, we planned to study the eco-art movement -in particular, the process of the artistic recycling of rubbish into art as a way to challenge the existence of the intellectually and socially flat contemporary Japanese culture that has been created by the consumerist agenda.However, since its

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