“The World of Maki Asakawa” – Songs from the Japanese Post-War Counterculture

For four decades Maki Asakawa (1942-2010) was one of the most distinctive voices of the Japanese urban counterculture. Together with this screening of “The World of Maki Asakawa”, guest speakers Yukiji Teramoto and Dr Alan Cummings will explore the tensions and contradictions of the post-war Japanese avant-garde at the heart of Maki’s work.