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Hyperart Thomasson

Genpei Akasegawa

"Akasegawa is the kind of artist who inspires everybody every time he makes a new piece of art." –Yoko Ono In the 1970s, estranged from the institutions and practices of high art, avant-garde artist and award-winning novelist Genpei Akasegawa (1937–2014) launched an open-ended, participatory projec...

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99% Invisible

It was a book of collected photographs and writings by Akasagawa Genpei about urban leftovers, published in 1985, which Matt Fargo translated into English in 2009.

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In 1985, Akasagawa published a book of these collected photographs and writings, which Matt Fargo translated into English for the first time in 2009.

— Episode: Thomassons

Episode: Thomassons

It was a book of collected photographs and writings by Akasagawa Genpei about urban leftovers, published in 1985, which Matt Fargo translated into English in 2009.

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In 1985, Akasagawa published a book of these collected photographs and writings, which Matt Fargo translated into English for the first time in 2009.

After Matt translated Akasagawa's original book, which, by the way, is entitled Hyper Art Thomasson, the American publishers wanted to get a conversation going stateside.

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