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  • Beau-ti-fied Ta-boo

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    Remo was at last week’s “Beau-ti-fied Ta-boo” multimedia art exhibition, and has put together a beautiful Flickr photoset of polaroid shots taken during the event. He was also a participant, producing a collection of designer t-shirts in collaboration with Skinni Pants.

  • Happening in Tokyo

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    Philippe Chatelain‘s terrific “Sound Gardening” event is happening for a second time at the Kyosumi-Teien Ryotei Tea Pavilion this Wednesday (July 15). Reservations need to be made in advance — see details here. Today’s your last chance to catch the 3-day “Zine’s Mate” book fair, at Gyre and Vacant in Harajuku. The next “Tokyo Garden…

  • Kappa Machine

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    Pictured above, Matt Alt‘s glorious Kappa Machine at prototype stage. Matt created the figure for the “Kappa Exhibition” in Ikebukuro (runs until July 21), and he’s put up a post describing all the work that went into creating the green mech — and yes, you get to see the final version.

  • Polaroid Portraits, Part Two

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    As I was hoping, Remo ended up adding a few more sets to his “Polaroid Portraits” project at Monday’s PauseTalk (Vol. 33), and as you can see above, I was finally added to the mix. To my right, Andrew, art director extraordinaire of Arcade Mania and Yokai Attack, and editor of the brand spanking new…

  • Newson Redesigns Ajinomoto

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    Ajinomoto celebrates its 100th anniversary with a bottle redesign, courtesy of Marc Newson. Via Designboom.

  • Kanji Wall Poster

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    Yes, that is indeed a whole lotta kanji in one spot, and in fact includes the entire 1945 kanji that are considered for “official general use” by the Japanese government. The poster was produced by White Rabbit Press, and is based on their very successful series of kanji cards. The poster can be ordered online…

  • Art Town Tokyo: Bakurocho

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    At Monday’s PauseTalk (Vol. 33) I called on TABlog editor William Andrews to talk a bit about the Tokyo art scene, and we touched on the fact that galleries in Tokyo tend to be all over the place. It’s interesting to see that today on TABlog, William writes about Bakurocho, and area that is apparently…

  • PauseTalk Tonight

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    Just your friendly reminder that this month’s edition of PauseTalk (Vol. 33) happens tonight (Monday, July 6) at Cafe Pause in Ikebukuro, with a start time of 20:00 as usual. Lots of reasons to show up, including a look at Joe’s sketches, the possibility of being turned into a “Polaroid Portrait,” and to pick up…

  • TokyoMade Market

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    TokyoMade is having a market at Mememachinegallery in Shibuya starting today, and running until July 12 (12:00-21:00 daily), with lots of the store’s stock on sale for 30-60% off. Japanese artist TiFdyL will do a live painting performance at the space on Friday (July 10). More details here.

  • One Hand Clappin’ + OK Fred

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    OK Fred has just published a new book/CD project with longtime contributor — and friend of Radio OK Fred — Ega Hiroshi. The book includes texts by Ega covering music-related writing he’s done since 1987, covering all forms, and is limited to 55 copies. Each copy also includes a “Roots Rock Reggae Mix.” The book…