Shimpei Takeda

{{Use mdy dates|date=October 2011}} '''Shimpei Takeda''' (born in Japan) is a visual artist and filmmaker who has lived and worked in New York City since 2002.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.shimpeitakeda.com/biography/|title=Bio – SHIMPEI TAKEDA}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.shinpeitakeda.com/cv/|title=Shinpei Takeda {{!}} CV|last=|first=|date=|website=www.shinpeitakeda.com|language=en|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2018-03-26}}</ref> While primarily working with photographic material, he has also collaborated with composers and sound artists through his video works. His video work has been shown internationally, including Essl Collection of Contemporary Art,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sammlung-essl.at/musik/archiv/react_chain/60x60.html |title=ESSL MUSEUM > Musik > react_chain > 60x60 |publisher=Sammlung-essl.at |date=December 14, 2005 |accessdate=October 18, 2011}}</ref> Weisman Art Museum,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.voxnovus.com/60x60/Events.htm |title=60x60 – Events – is stylistically diverse and eclectic by default, its success can be explained by the sheer wealth of different approaches on display |publisher=Voxnovus.com |accessdate=October 18, 2011}}</ref> and Austin Museum of Art.

After the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster occurred within 40 miles to where his family resides, Takeda started his on-going project [http://www.shimpeitakeda.com/trace/ ''Trace – cameraless records of radioactive contamination'']: Radiation in the contaminated soil exposes photographic materials as direct and physical documentation of the disaster.

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==External links== * [http://www.shimpeitakeda.com/ Official Website]

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