The site for our Swedish Style event is now online. Nudie Cafe — a collaboration with Swedish fashion brand Nudie Jeans — will take place during the first two weeks of November. We only just launched the site, so don’t have that much info to share yet, but keep an eye for more details to be revealed over the next few weeks.

Thank you everyone who came to last night’s PauseTalk. I’ll update the PauseTalk site later today with the list of participants. Next edition happens October 2.

Tonight is this month’s edition of PauseTalk (Vol. 4), but last month I invited participants to share images of their favorite/interesting Tokyo spots, and the image you see here is a collage of a few of them.

Later this year (November 20 to December 3), the cafe will be hosting an exhibition by artist (and art writer) Andrew Conti. He’s currently working on some of the pieces that will be shown, and the images you see here are of the puzzles that he’s working on.

I picked up the following magazines earlier today for the cafe.

• BRUTUS (600)
• MAC POWER (201)
• TITLE (79)
• MADAME FIGARO JAPON (324)
• KU:NEL (21)
• SO-EN (Vol. 61 No. 10)

Again this year, Cafe Pause will play host to a Swedish Style event in early November (1-15). More details will follow, but expect various installations, some collaborations, and a party not to be missed! Pictured here is the image that will be used on this year’s edition of the Swedish Style catalogue.

Last night we had the third edition of PauseTalk, and it was again a very fun evening. The next edition happens September 4.

I’ve put up a photoset of pictures taken last night (August 19) during artist Hiroaki Koshiba’s live painting session at the cafe. The accompanying video was created by Channing Kennedy (Cat Jams). The finished piece will stay on display all day today (August 20).

Update: Here’s a link to the video.

Hiroaki Koshiba’s exhibition, “Rhythm of the Composition,” is currently on show (until August 27). I’ve created a Flickr photoset of a few shots taken. The opening party will take place tomorrow night (Saturday, August 19), with live painting (accompanied by video projections created by Channing Kennedy) by the artist starting at 19:00. All drinks will be 500 yen. Come join us!

Tonight (August 12), the cafe presents an evening of sound/video performances. Here is the line-up:

TEST [ N ] @ Pause
Planning by NMEW

19:30-20:15 Keisuzuki Dustleum [ installation ]
20:15-20:30 Peformanced by Kota Sakagawa
20:30-21:30 NMEW AUDIO [ DJ　Kazuhisa Nagamizu]
21:30-22:00 Keisuzuki TEST [N] Audio Visual consert
22:00-23:00 NMEW AUDIO [ DJ+VJ ] Kazuhisa Nagamizu + KEISUZUKI]

Sound Adviser + DJ : Kazuhisa Nagamizu
Total Concept : keisuzuki
Presented by NMEW

The next exhibition at the cafe will feature new works by artist Hiroaki Koshiba. “Rythm of the Composition” will run for 2 weeks, August 14-27, with a live-painting session and party to take place August 19 (from 19:00).

I just picked up the following new magazines for the cafe:

• PEN (181)
• STUDIO VOICE (369)
• EYESCREAM (September 2006)

I can now confirm that we’ll be doing a show with Kyoto-based graphic designer/artist Karl Escritt at the cafe during the week of October 16-22.

Picked up the following magazines for the cafe the other day:

• HI BI (4)
• MAC POWER (200)
• TITLE (78)
• PAPER SKY (18)

I’ve set up a mailing list for PauseTalk through Google Groups, as a way of staying in touch with participants, and to be able to send reminders of upcoming events/themes. You can join by subscribing here. Although the group is public, only members can reply or send messages.

I have just updated the PauseTalk site with a (much requested) complete list of attendees at the edition we had earlier this month (Vol. 2), as well as the proposed theme for next month’s edition (which will be held on the third Monday, August 21). Also, I’m about to launch a PauseTalk mailing list, to keep participants updated on all future PauseTalk happenings.