Articles Culture Reflections Why has the World Gone Dotty Over Yayoi Kusama? Ask Mark Zuckerberg and Jay Powell! By Peter Tasker | January 29, 2022 | Comment (1) Share She staged orgies and a gay wedding in her studio and stripped naked in anti-war demonstrations
Articles Culture Politics The Baron Smiles: The Olympics Win Again By Peter Tasker | August 8, 2021 | Comment (1) Share “No Olympics” has historically signalled apocalyptical destruction and the reconfiguration of global power by violence.
Culture Shuji Terayama What’s French for Bullshit? Terayama, Yoko Ono and The Beatles Pt. 5 By Peter Tasker | September 26, 2020 | Comment (0) Share Imagine that it was Paul and Yoko that appeared naked together on a record cover…
Culture Reflections Shuji Terayama The Triumph of Imagining: Terayama, Yoko Ono and The Beatles Pt. 4 By Peter Tasker | August 8, 2020 | Comment (0) Share When reality collapses, imaginary worlds suddenly seem more dependable.
Culture Reflections Shuji Terayama Bagism, Dragism, Madism: Terayama, Yoko Ono and The Beatles Part 3 By Peter Tasker | June 27, 2020 | Comment (0) Share Yoko put on displays of “bagism” – the practice of writhing around in a giant bag – with her second husband, Tony Cox, on the roof of their apartment in Shibuya.
Culture Reflections Shuji Terayama Smoke Your Pubes: Terayama, Yoko Ono and The Beatles 2 By Peter Tasker | June 13, 2020 | Comment (0) Share Yoko Ono was a trailblazer in the art of self-construction. Her profession has always been “being Yoko Ono.”
Culture Reflections Shuji Terayama P***ing in the Churchyard: Terayama, Yoko Ono and The Beatles By Peter Tasker | June 6, 2020 | Comment (0) Share Mishima spent much of the time examining the hysterical response of young women in the audience, which he found mystifying.
Culture Reflections Shuji Terayama Michi the Questioner By Peter Tasker | January 21, 2020 | Comment (0) Share “What is your favourite way to be betrayed by somebody?”
Articles Culture Reflections From Endo to Dylan: TV Ads Bridge the Cultural Divide By Peter Tasker | January 21, 2017 | Comment (0) Share Ground-breaking film director Nagisa Oshima, peddled cockroach-repellent and air-freshener.