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Kevin Metallier, the photojournalist who became captivated by cyanotype
Kevin Metallier is a photojournalist who documents skateboarders and surfers all over the world. Why is he attracted to cyanotype photography? -
Ill and Happy World of wackwack’s Paper Cutting: Interview with wackwack on his exhibition “Circle of friends”, unstoppable excitement and expanding circle -Part 1-
wackwack is an artist who expresses his unique world through paper cutouts. This interview unravels an ILL, sweet, and happy world created by him. -
20 Photogenic Artists Captured in Tokyo under the Pandemic: “Pandemic book” by filmmaker and photographer Julien Levy
Filmmaker and photographer Julien Levy has released a new photo book featuring photographs of young creators and artists taken in Tokyo in the year 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic. This interview explores the background of the project and his perspectives. -
Fashion photographer Frederic Auerbach reflects on fashion photography and the Japanese sense of beauty
Frederic Auerbach has been shooting campaigns for luxury brands and celebrity portraits mainly in Paris. He talks about fashion photography and the Japanese sense of beauty. -
Which Artwork did VERDY Choose for the TOKION x Wasted Youth T-shirt Design Contest?
Announcing the five artworks VERDY chose out of the bunch submitted for the contest. -
The Expanding Universe of Science Fiction vol.3 From Afrofuturism to Africanfuturism
Afrofuturism includes not only science fiction in written form, but also movies and music. The term was coined in 1993 and has kept developing since then. Here, science fiction critic and anthologist Teruyuki Hashimoto traces the genealogy of this discrete imagination. -
If you act, there’ll always be an opportunity: The past & present of producer Mark Reeder, an importer and exporter of music culture (Part 2/2)
Before the fall of the Berlin Wall, Mark Reeder was “smuggling” music from free West Berlin to the tightly controlled East Berlin. In the second part of the interview, he talks about his passion for music and why he continues to love Berlin. -
America, coronavirus, and music: Director Taketoshi Sado made Haruomi Hosono’s first U.S. solo shows into a movie
Haruomi Hosono’s concert documentary, which was shot in 2019 in New York and Los Angeles, is finally complete. Director Taketoshi Sado, a close collaborator of Hosono’s, tells us how Hosono feels about the U.S. -
The evolution of 90s Tokyo street style according to Shoichi Aoki, the founder of STREET, FRUiTS, and TUNE (part I)
Shoichi Aoki has been observing the streets of Tokyo for a long time. In part one, we asked him about the change of styles through the mid to late 90s when he created FRUiTS. -
Followed by the secret police in East Berlin: The past & present of Berlin-based producer Mark Reeder (Part 1/2)
Before the fall of the Berlin Wall, Mark Reeder was “smuggling” music from free West Berlin to the tightly controlled East Berlin. In the first part of this interview, he talks about his experiences before the fall of the Berlin Wall.