Author: Ivan Dal Cin
In this project, I have brought together two distant worlds that share a hyperrealistic approach to everyday life. I have selected excerpts from three articles by Allan Kaprow written in the 80s and 90s on the increasingly close relationship between art and life. Alongside these texts, images document various editions of Jimi Halloween, a radical form of cosplaying as described in a Japanese culture blog: "Jimi Halloween is when people dress up in costumes so mundane that they need to be explained. The tradition was started in 2014 by a group of adults from Daily Portal Z who wanted to participate in Halloween celebrations but were too embarrassed to go all out with witch or zombie costumes. So, instead of the flashy and extravagant costumes that were becoming popular in Japan, they decided to dress up in ordinary, everyday costumes."
