RackGaki : Japanese Graffiti
Soi Publishing
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RackGaki is a journey into Japan’s graffiti culture in 2007, documenting the writers, crews, walls and visual language of a scene that was still largely unseen outside Japan.
Made alongside the RackGaki book, the film captures Japanese graffiti from the inside, with footage from the streets and a soundtrack drawn from Japan’s trip-hop and underground music scene.
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Nearly twenty years later, the film has also become an archive of a particular moment in Japanese graffiti history — the artists, streets, styles and atmosphere of the scene as it existed then.
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The title RackGaki is a play on two words: rakugaki, the Japanese word for scribble or graffiti, and racking, graffiti slang for stealing spray cans.
*RACKGAKI, 2007*
*Director:* Suridh Hassan / @shazdirector
*Producer:* Ryo Sanada / @ryosrk
*Editor:* iloobia
*Camera:* Suridh Hassan, Tim Grabham and Ryo Sanada
Produced alongside the RackGaki book.
More than 15 years later, Suridh and Ryo continue to work together through **SOI Publishing**, making books around art, photography, music and visual culture.
If you’re interested in graffiti, books, photography, music and visual culture, **subscribe to SOI Publishing**.
We’re sharing more films from our archive, alongside book flick-throughs, conversations with artists and publishers, and behind-the-scenes films about how books get made.
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RackGaki : Japanese Graffiti
Soi Publishing
276,123 views
RackGaki is a journey into Japan’s graffiti culture in 2007, documenting the writers, crews, walls and visual language of a scene that was still largely unseen outside Japan.
Made alongside the RackGaki book, the film captures Japanese graffiti from the inside, with footage from the streets and a soundtrack drawn from Japan’s trip-hop and underground music scene.
WATCH NEXT — MORE FROM THE ARCHIVE
→ GRAFFITI ASIA — FULL DOCUMENTARY
GRAFFITI ASIA — FULL DOCUMENTARY
→ Inside Japan’s Underground Hip-Hop Scene in 2003
Inside Japan’s Underground Hip-Hop Scene i...
Nearly twenty years later, the film has also become an archive of a particular moment in Japanese graffiti history — the artists, streets, styles and atmosphere of the scene as it existed then.
MAKE A BOOK WITH SOI
Have an archive, body of work or story that could become a book? We work with artists, photographers, musicians and cultural projects to turn their material into beautifully made books.
https://www.soibooks.com/make
The title RackGaki is a play on two words: rakugaki, the Japanese word for scribble or graffiti, and racking, graffiti slang for stealing spray cans.
*RACKGAKI, 2007*
*Director:* Suridh Hassan / @shazdirector
*Producer:* Ryo Sanada / @ryosrk
*Editor:* iloobia
*Camera:* Suridh Hassan, Tim Grabham and Ryo Sanada
Produced alongside the RackGaki book.
More than 15 years later, Suridh and Ryo continue to work together through **SOI Publishing**, making books around art, photography, music and visual culture.
If you’re interested in graffiti, books, photography, music and visual culture, **subscribe to SOI Publishing**.
We’re sharing more films from our archive, alongside book flick-throughs, conversations with artists and publishers, and behind-the-scenes films about how books get made.
*Explore SOI Publishing:*
https://www.soibooks.com
*Stickerbomb:*
https://www.stickerbombworld.com
Instagram: bombstagram
#JapaneseGraffiti #Graffiti #Japan #StreetArt #GraffitiDocumentary