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Twenty-five years in the company of Maywa Denki

Art May 13, 2018

Twenty-five years in the company of Maywa Denki

by Mio Yamada

Maywa Denki, Japan's "parallel-world electric company" celebrates quarter of a century of wacky art performances, peculiar gadgets and lots of humor.

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