Jean Snow [.net]

Category: City Life

  • PauseTalk Vol. 19

    —

    by

    Jean Snow
    in ,

    Thank you everyone who made it to last night’s PauseTalk (Vol. 19) and who contributed to another great evening. Big thanks to Hiro, Anna, and Yuki for talking about their current exhibitions (see this post), and everyone else who chimed in. Max again volunteered to take some photos during the evening, which you’ll find in…

  • TAB Talks #1 Report

    —

    by

    Jean Snow
    in , ,

    Mari Mukai, who acted as MC at the inaugural TAB Talks last week with guest Yoshio Suzuki, an editor at BRUTUS, offers up a report on the event over at TABlog. The next TAB Talks happens March 11.

  • PauseTalk Tonight

    —

    by

    Jean Snow
    in

    Just a reminder that tonight (March 3) marks this month’s edition of PauseTalk at Cafe Pause in Ikebukuro. Start time is 20:00, and for those interested, a few PauseTalkers will again meet in front of the cafe at 19:00 and then get ramen together.

  • Hiroaki Koshiba Live Painting

    —

    by

    Jean Snow
    in , ,

    A few photos from Hiroaki Koshiba‘s live painting last night at Cafe Pause, for the opening of his “Harmonic Lines” show (until March 16). Hiro will be present at tonight’s edition of PauseTalk to talk about the exhibition.

  • Happening in Tokyo

    —

    by

    Jean Snow
    in

    It’s a big exhibition day today for PauseTalkers! First, Hiroaki Koshiba returns to Cafe Pause for a second exhibition, “Harmonic Lines,” which will run until March 16. Tomorrow night (March 2) he will be doing a live painting session from 19:00, accompanied by a musical performance. Yuki Nakano starts her exhibition, focusing on her illustrative…

  • TAB Talks #1

    —

    by

    Jean Snow
    in , ,

    Last night I attended the first edition of TAB Talks in Gotanda at the new Gotanda Sonic event space. The guest speaker was Yoshio Suzuki, long-time editor at BRUTUS magazine who is behind most of the magazine’s art features. Expect a TABlog entry to sum up the talk sometime soon. It looks like they’re off…

  • The Lobby in Osaka

    —

    by

    Jean Snow
    in ,

    Remember Claska‘s first-floor The Lobby? It’s now turned into a bookstore and cafe located in Osaka. I wonder if the original one will still be part of the new Claska, once it re-opens on March 29.

  • Relocations

    —

    by

    Jean Snow
    in ,

    The latest TABlog entry runs down a few gallery relocations, including news that the main Nadiff bookstore will re-open in Ebisu, sharing a building with the Magical Artroom gallery. Magical Artroom will move to Ebisu, sharing a building with the Nadiff bookshop, which recently left its well-known location in Harajuku. Taro Nasu Gallery will move…

  • 86th Art Directors Club Annual Awards

    —

    by

    Jean Snow
    in , ,

    I stopped by the Creation Gallery G8 in Ginza the other day for the “86th Art Directors Club Annual Awards” exhibition. I always enjoy going to this to see all of the interesting ad work and TV commercials I don’t see here in Japan, and this year I really liked watching the winning works in…

  • Bape Nitendo DS Lite

    —

    by

    Jean Snow
    in , ,

    Having to deal with empty stores (in Tokyo at least), I guess Bape has to do what it can to sell some products. Everybody loves the DS, right? Enter the Bape-branded Nintendo DS Lite. Via Kotaku. Update: If the Bape-branded Nintendo DS Lite doesn’t interest you, then how about a DS co-branded with the Honeyee magazine…