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Together with artists such as Hugo Heyrman, Panamarenko, and Wout Vercammen, Japanese artist Yoshio Nakajima organized "NU HAPPENING! of an Occupied City III" in Antwerp on July 9, 1965. This iconic happening addressed societal issues such as traffic safety, air pollution, the Vietnam War, and the threat of the atomic bomb. UNBEAT! sheds light on the crucial role Yoshio Nakajima played in the Antwerp happenings of the 1960s.
The title of the exhibition refers to "unbeat," a nickname Nakajima also used during his collaborations with Hugo Heyrman (Happy Space Maker), Panamarenko (Multimillionaire), and Wout Vercammen (Nihil) in Belgium. This name originated from the Japanese artist collective 'Tokyo UNBEAT Group', which Nakajima founded in 1958 with Tashiro Minou and Kagami Masayuki. Their 1961 manifesto states: "We do rituals that express our desire to reach absolute freedom ... you must try to read it in the catastrophic and apathetic situation…
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Together with artists such as Hugo Heyrman, Panamarenko, and Wout Vercammen, Japanese artist Yoshio Nakajima organized "NU HAPPENING! of an Occupied City III" in Antwerp on July 9, 1965. This iconic happening addressed societal issues such as traffic safety, air pollution, the Vietnam War, and the threat of the atomic bomb. UNBEAT! sheds light on the crucial role Yoshio Nakajima played in the Antwerp happenings of the 1960s.
The title of the exhibition refers to "unbeat," a nickname Nakajima also used during his collaborations with Hugo Heyrman (Happy Space Maker), Panamarenko (Multimillionaire), and Wout Vercammen (Nihil) in Belgium. This name originated from the Japanese artist collective 'Tokyo UNBEAT Group', which Nakajima founded in 1958 with Tashiro Minou and Kagami Masayuki. Their 1961 manifesto states: "We do rituals that express our desire to reach absolute freedom ... you must try to read it in the catastrophic and apathetic situation…
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