Alison Kobayashi’s Electric Neon Clock excavates a long-hidden Japanese internment history

"The story of her great-grandfather Kamekichi Kobayashi, and those of his generation, is in many ways a profoundly sad one. Being able to flip the script on history, though, continues to bring his great-grandaughter a profound sense of joy. Kobayashi notes that, in some ways, Electric Neon Clock has shown her that she’s part of a lineage that was once a mystery to her."

—Mike Usinge, The Georgia Straight

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