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Ozeki-senshu
I ended up drinking with a blind journalist out drinking by himself in Golden Gai. Ever notice the braille imprinted on subway hand rails? I now see it everywhere, capping the end of ironmongery and edge of information desks. An old man broke wind in the middle of the supermarket today.…
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Playback
December (Playback 1 & 2) at Misako & Rosen is a 2-part show celebrating the galleries 10th anniversary. It showcases artists that Misako and Jeffrey have worked with during their gallery’s first 10 years, as well as elsewhere at other galleries in Tokyo and Los Angeles. Focusing on a generation of…
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Hotel Spew
In a secret location over looking the street life below, Spew look at their best. They’re surrounded by effectors and sequencers, peddles and dum pads all tethered together squeezing out a shrill and squawk of looped noise. The room is in transition. It’s just not in use today. The mother of a…
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Mousse #55
“Ways to Investigate an Unknown Thing: Kishio Suga and the Enduring Nature of Mono-ha” for Mousse Magazine #55 (English, Italian)
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Summertime
3 photographs are featured in the August issue of TOKYO/JAPAN published by Einstein Studio and available here.
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8mm
Earlier this year, along with a dozen other filmmakers Paolo, Lisa and nephew Max came from LA to Tokyo and ran a one day film workshop—a day in the life of the city. After plotting routes and planning teams, each filmmaker was met at a strategic point to then shoot…
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Swimming Pool
A girl threw up on the train this evening. Like Moses parting the Red Sea, the packed train quickly sub-divided pulling back through carriages without anyone uttering a single word. The only real sound—apart from moving train that is—was the ‘gushing’ she made as she wretched, ridding herself of whatever…
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So core
Notes to hair dressers. the infinite queue. Shopping centres that close and yet still operate.terminal buildings, the edge of town. sadness.cash receipts with pin codes and sifting-systems in place, in order and in procedure. Headaches. The building at the ‘end of the line’ that turns into an overgrown canal.the green…
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Train
The strained and illuminated red face of a women carrying a dog in her bag — running, nearly falling down stairs — and missing her train. Dog looks nonplussed.