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  • Aug 24, 2015

Piecing History: Interview With Chim↑Pom

Clockwise from left: Chim

For the past ten years, Chim↑Pom has been staging performances and making videos that reflect their unapologetic views on taboo sociopolitical issues and sensitive current affairs in Japan. Widely touted as artist Makoto Aida’s protégés, Ryuta Ushiro, Yasutaka Hayashi, Masataka Okada, Toshinori Mizuno, Motomu Inaoka and Ellie form Japan’s foremost contemporary artist-activist collective practicing today.