THE 49TH YEAR / SOBO SPECIAL GWANGJU EDITION



letters: Toshihiko Kamata transcript of a talk with former Black Helmet Group members



essays by Makiko Watanuki & William Andrews

THE 49TH YEAR
SOBO SPECIAL GWANGJU EDITION
with letters by Toshihiko Kamata (from 1985 and 2026), a transcript of a talk with former Black Helmet Group members
essays by William Andrews and Makiko Watanuki, and a foreword by Heidrun Holzfeind
40 pages, edition of 100, printed in Japan

Letters: Toshihiko Kamata
Essays: William Andrews, Makiko Watanuki
Translations: Norie Fukuda-Matsushima
Editors: Heidrun Holzfeind, Mariko Mikami, Makiko Watanuki
Graphic design: Karin Holzfeind

Thanks to Christoph Draeger, Gisela Ehrenfried, Karin Holzfeind, Steve Seongmin Ju, Katarina Ševic, Koyo Yamashita, and the participants and audience members at the ASAKUSA talk

Supported by Land Kärnten, Stiftung Kulturwerk der VG Bild-Kunst

Made on the occasion of the ASAKUSA pavilion project at the 16th Gwangju Biennale 2026


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