Imperial Animations in Transpacific Contemporary Art

Imperial Animationsin Transpacific Contemporary Artsituates the Japanese Empire as a world-historical event that persiststoday through pervasive and deep impacts on regional and global politics.Considering contemporary artwork from across the transpacific region, Namiko Kunimoto documents efforts to expose colonial trauma and reveal its presence in shapingpolitical liberalism in Japan as well as the global rise of aspirational fascism. At the heart of these artistic endeavors is a drive to animate, both in the sense of digitalization and performance and in the urge to enliven, mobilize, and reveal the continuities of imperialism today.The animate art addressed in this book urges us to think critically about imperialism and itslinks tothe digital age, land, racism, and violence, thereby inviting us to reenvision our collective future.