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TOKION x Wasted Youth Vol.3 TOKION and VERDY Launch a T-shirt Design Contest on Instagram
Graphic artist VERDY and TOKION are opening a T-shirt design contest. We talked to VERDY to learn about his thoughts around the contest. -
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Establishing the background of borderless creations by “acte ™”, Berlin’s famed up-and-coming creative studio
“acte ™” is an artist and creative studio established in 2018 by Philipp Groth and Sascha Huth. They now receive a great deal of attention due to outstanding projects including the photo story featuring Japanese rapper Tohji for the fashion magazine “032c” and redefining works in art, fashion, film and design. This is their first long interview with Japanese media that unravels their background. -
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Saiko otake drew her sense of the expansion by looking back her own roots
This article takes a deep dive into the roots of Saiko Otaka and behind-the-scenes of the production of her works showcased at her solo exhibition, “UWAJIMA⇄TOKYO”, which takes place at Gallery Art Unlimited (in Nogizaka) and her first-ever co-exhibition with her sister Shoko, titled “BS Channel ~ Black by Sister channel ~” that is currently open at Pearl Book Shop & Gallery (in Hatagaya) -
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Putting his soul into one stitch Door to the world opened by the zigzag embroidery——The man called SHISHUMANIA
Incorporating zigzag stitching embroidery, a technique with a decreased number of inheritors, into the expressions of two-dimensional world, SHISHUMANIA opened up a new possibility of traditional technology. The interview uncovers the world of Takuma Fukumori a.k.a SHISHUMANIA. -
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Yu Nagaba’s Artwork Reincarnated into two-and-a-half Dimentional Art Piece Exclusiviely Available at TOKION
A re-creation of the characteristic warm hand drawn lines. The eyewear parts are handcrafted in Sabae-city in Fukui-prefecture, which ultimately makes it an art piece that is not only a décor but can also be worn for going out. -
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Jai Tanju, the photographer who’s as interesting as his photos
San Jose’s skate culture and community are just as distinct as those in San Francisco and Los Angeles. Jai Tanju is well-known in the streets of this city. Instead of focusing on his photography alone, I’d like to highlight him as a person; it makes me smile just thinking about it. -
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Tokyo-based director Xavier Tera, shows cultural diversity and Japanese identity
The director behind the music video for Kaytranada’s Look Easy ft. Lucky Daye is Xavier Tera, friend of the artist and self-proclaimed fan of Takeshi Kitano. What is Tokyo-based Tera’s vision of Japanese culture? -
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The universal beauty and eros of Araki’s photography and pieces from the Ming dynasty, as seen at The Feuerle Collection
The Feuerle Collection is a museum in Berlin, where art pieces from China’s dynastic period and Nobuyoshi Araki’s photography coexist. Désiré Feuerle, the founder, talks about the aesthetic beauty of his work and so forth. -
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Shinji Nanzuka of Nanzuka Underground breaks the border between fine art and commercial art to find new interpretations
In this series, we unravel the words of different intellectuals in regards to post-covid art. For the fifth volume, we invited Shinji Nanzuka, the owner of Nanzuka Underground, which launched on June 5th. -
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USUGROW [Part 1]: The thought behind his dance drawings, the unchanging spirit, and the diffusion of culture
USUGROW’s solo exhibition is currently on view at Shintora Press, a new gallery in Toranomon, until July 10th. The exhibition mainly displays works with a “dance” theme. What was USUGROW feeling and thinking as he made these works? -
