Provoke

Between Protest and Performance
  • Martin Argyroglo

  • Diane Dufour & Matthew Witkovsky / Steidl & LE BAL / softcover, 2016

To coincide with the exhibition, LE BAL and Steidl co-publish Provoke – Between Protest and Performance.

The book retraces the history of the short-lived—but cult—avant-garde Japanese photography magazine Provoke. It reproduces the complete photographic works and critical writings showcased in the three issues by its members Taki Kōji, Okada Takahiko, Nakahira Takuma, Takanashi Yutaka, and Moriyama Daidō.

Positioning Provoke within a socio-historical context of major political upheaval, the book analyzes the influence and legacy of this powerful group that broke the boundaries between protest, photography and the performative arts in Japan.

The book features full reprints of the three Provoke issues, students' “Protest books”, important theoretical texts of the period translated from Japanese for the first time, works from major performative artists/groups and interviews with Moriyama Daidō, Araki Nobuyoshi, and Hosoe Eikō, as well as previously unpublished critical and curatorial essays.

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Provoke
Between Protest and Performance
Photography in Japan 1960-1975

Edited by Diane Dufour and Matthew Witkovsky
with Duncan Forbes and Walter Moser
Co-published with Steidl
682 pages
600 images
English
2016
60€

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Contact: Emilie Lauriola, director of LE BAL BOOKS
lauriola@le-bal.fr / + 33 1 44 70 75 56

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Provoke

Between Protest and Performance - Photography in Japan 1960-1975

September 14 - December 11, 2016

NO GAME

Documentary and experimental film in Japan during the 1960s

From September 27 to November 8, 2016

Japanese night around Michel Henritzi

Performance and concert with Yôko Higashi

Friday December 9, 2016 - 8 PM

LE BAL Books during Paris Photo 2016

Talks & signatures

November 9 - 13, 2016

Discussing Provoke

Two days of meetings and workshops to go along the exhibition at LE BAL

Thursday November 10, 2016 - 3:30 PM