OP/POP: Art & Animation of Postwar Japan (Church of Film)

Part of the Hanabi Japanese Film Festival, running Sept. 1 – 13.

Built upon radical collectives, Japanese experimental art and cinema revived itself in the wake of the disastrous world war with renewed energy and purpose, adventuring into all media to explore a brave new world. Our collection will focus on the pop art and op art innovations of a new wave of independent animation, such as the subversive, eye-popping work of the Animation Group of Three and Tadanori Yokoo, the conceptual film experiments of the Film Independents group, the work of artists such as Yayoi Kusama (Self-Obliteration), Tadanori Yokoo, and many more!