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They negotiated with the Artists of the World against Apartheid association in Paris and obtained authorisation for a two-year-long Japanese tour, which was to be handled by non-professionals and displayed in as many towns as possible, in non-museum spaces such as gymnasiums and community centres. \u003C/p>",{"typeHandle":230,"image":273,"caption":280,"width":240,"ratio":241},[274],{"id":275,"path":276,"alt":12,"title":277,"width":278,"height":279,"mimeType":226},"19676","Past-Disquiet-Visual-Thinking/Past-Disquiet-Part-3/4_DOC184_Part1-36.88x52.39_ZM.jpg","4 DOC184 Part1 36 88x52 39 ZM",4356,6188,{"html":281},"\u003Cp>Pamphlet on the Apartheid Non! International Art Festival, Japan, 1988–90. Courtesy of Ernest Pignon-Ernest.\u003C/p>",{"typeHandle":243,"richTitle":12,"richSubtitle":12,"richText":283},{"html":284},"\u003Cp>Kitagawa and Maeda devised a system whereby the exhibition could be hosted for as short a time as a single day and for as long as a week. To that end, a climate-controlled ‘moving-storage’ truck was custom designed by PH Studio, a group of artists and architects who worked with artist Kawamata Tadashi and architect Hiroshi Hara. The truck was named ‘Julia Pempel’, referencing a character in a poem by Miyazawa Kenji. The exhibition’s Japanese title Apartheid Non! International Art Festival was shortened to Apa Non. On top of the truck, a huge red balloon was fastened to attract the attention of the local people. \u003C/p>",{"typeHandle":230,"image":286,"caption":288,"width":240,"ratio":241},[287],{"id":221,"path":222,"alt":12,"title":223,"width":224,"height":225,"mimeType":226},{"html":289},"\u003Cp>Map with locations of the tour of the exhibition, \u003Ci>Art against Apartheid\u003C/i> in the Apartheid Non! International Art Festival tour in Japan, which included 194 sites. 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