RackGaki: Japanese Graffiti
Documentaries
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Wednesday 24 November 2010 at 6:30pm
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RackGaki: Japanese Graffiti
An insight into Japan's explosive yet elusive graffiti scene
Dir:
Suridh Hassan
28min
Video
2008
Documentary
Taking its title from a pun on the Japanese word for graffiti – rakugaki – and the English graffiti slang of "racking" spraycans, RackGaki: Japanese Graffiti provides a fascinating insight into Japan's explosive graffiti scene, with a soundtrack by the country’s leading trip-hop artists.
This film will be showing at Zipangu Fest Opening Night Party with Pyuupiru 2001-2008.
Director's profile:
Ryo Sanada and Suridh Hassan of Studio Rarekwai specialize in the promotion of contemporary international culture and music. Their documentary Scratching the Surface: Japan (2006), about Japanese hip-hop, has been broadcast across Europe and has screened at a number of international film festivals.
Further Reading:
Sanada, Ryo and Suridh Hassan. RackGaki: Japanese Graffiti. London: Lawrence King Publishing, 2010.