Pioneers of Japanese Avant-Garde Cinema

Join us for a film screening at 7 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 13, at Wave Archive: “Pioneers of Japanese Avant-Garde Cinema.”

Directed by AMÉLIE RAVALEC / Produced by CIRCLE TIME STUDIO (UK / FR) & WHATSOPP. INC (JP) (2025, 100 mins)

"Amidst the profound social change and political turmoil of post-war Japan, a bold generation of avant-garde artists emerged in the 1960s, redefining the boundaries of art through experimental photography, graphic design, underground theatre, performance art and radical Butoh dance—forever transforming the global art landscape."

From the director of Art & Mind (2019), Industrial Soundtrack for the Urban Decay (2015) & Paris/Berlin: 20 Years of Underground Techno.