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In celebration of NSK ltd.’s 100th anniversary, the exhibition ‘Sense of Motion’ has been hosted inside the commercial shopping mall of Omotesando Spiral in Tokyo where architect Emmanuelle Moureaux has injected the space with vibrancy and colour with the ‘colour mixing’ installation.
‘Residual’ conjures an intensely personal look at the inner struggle of a creative soul looking to externalise her inner voice into tangible artistic expression. As the struggle moves forward, the artist dives in and out of her thoughts—bobbing up and down on the powerful swells of possibility. Trying to forge progress before the weight of her imagination comes crashing down around her. Only time will tell if this artistic quest will result in breakthrough, insanity or something else all together...
The film showcases Syban Velardi-laufer, a London based performance artist and costume designer who at the time was working on her collection for her Masters in fashion from Bunka university in Tokyo.
Art Director : Marek Okon
Editor : Aika Miyake
Music & Sound Design : Masataka Odaka
Director of Photography : Austin Uchino
Performance Artist & Costume Design : Syban Syban
Colorist : Toshiki Kamei
Tamura Yoshiyasu (田村吉康) is a professional manga illustrator & painter, born in Gunma, Japan, 1977. Since high school, he has been drawing & in 2003, his first manga, “Fudegami” was published in the popular monthly, Gekkan Shonen Jump. As a painter, he has exhibited his works at Takashi Murakami’s gallery Higari Zingaro, Basel, Taipei, Los Angeles, New York & Mexico City. He also collaborated with the fashion brand “McQ: Alexander McQueen” for the 2014 winter collection.
Japanese contemporary sculptor Yoshitoshi Kanemaki creates surreal wooden sculptures you won't ever forget once seen
"Tokyo is often associated with the word “dense”, which isn’t surprising considering its status as one of the most populated metropolises in the world; the Japanese capital is a massive melting pot of subcultures and a place where one can find all the latest and hottest trends of Asia. Yoshito Hasaka is one of the millions living in the bustling city. Working as a full-time designer and iOS engineer, his free time is often spent exploring the nooks and crannies of this city with his camera." Read more on VSCO
"Life is a cycle. We are dying from birth, reborn till death." Watch short motion video directed by Kouhei Nakama with a music from " Shining Dawn" by Kai Engel
Travelling photographer Xavier Portela (previously) shares his latest eye-catching images from the trip to Tokyo city
"When you stand among the handiwork of teamLab, a Japanese tech art studio, you’re seemingly transported to a sprawling foreign land that engulfs you in a vibrant, light-filled splendor. This immersive approach is now the focus of a massive exhibition that spans 3,000 square meters (over 32,000 square feet) and is called DMM.Planets Art by teamLab. It showcases a variety of the group’s digital work throughout the years, including new pieces just revealed to the public.
The exhibition features four spaces that offer kaleidoscopic colour schemes and multi-sensory activities. Each piece has its own distinct smell, including: the aroma of flowers, a forest, and “the universe”—a scent that astronaut Naoko Yamazaki helped create."
Spatial Bodies is the next motion design episode of ongoing series Polygon Graffiti (previously) created by Japanese artist AUJIK
Watch it below
"The Red Turtle" co-produced by Studio Ghibli, is the animation directed by Michaël Dudok de Wit will premiere in the Un Certain Regard section at Cannes. It follows a marooned sailor on a desert island who desperately tries to escape until, one day, he encounters a strange turtle that will change his life.
"The hustle and bustle of the city somehow seems to become more beautiful when the sun goes down.Photographer Liam Wong experienced this firsthand and decided to capture the night time in Tokyo with the power of his lens. The just rained-on streets reflect the bright lights leaving a surreal quality to his work. Using a green or pink tone, the lights appear to be completely ingrained in the city’s atmosphere. Each photo offers a different perspective on the city, whether it be a detail shot of the city’s people or a bird’s eye view of the streets."
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"Hiroshi Kondo captures the the energy and the loneliness of living in such a vast metropolis in his experimental short, The Others. The slit-scanning film bends time and place into a moving portrait of a Tokyo square by highlighting the individual and the crowd moving both separately and in haunting unison. "
"This film is a collection of audiovisual moments and memories of a 3-week railway journey through Japan in 2015. We were whizzing through the country with the Shinkansen visiting Tokyo, Osaka, Hiroshima and Kyoto as well as lots of wonderful little places along the way, meeting the most friendly people and experiencing a culture that somehow balances its rich tradition with a very futuristic present." says Vincent Urban who created this video alongside with Alex Schiller and Alex Tank
"Dazzle camouflage was a painting used for warships in World War I, when radar technology did not exist. It made it difficult to identify a vessel as well as its heading and speed. The person in the room hides her face with sunglasses, repeats reception and transmission with a smartphone in her hand. Dazzle camouflage that conceals form and direction of a warship is a metaphor of deviation in modern society. Transmission is expressed by painting on human, and reception by the world she sees." says artist Shigeki Matsuyama about her installation "Dazzle Room"
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teamLab, a Japanese interdisciplinary art collective created by artists, engineers, mathematicians, programmers, architects, and other creatives, brought together a 20,000 square foot installation presented in collaboration with Pace Art + Technology in California. This project, titled “Living Digital Space and Future Parks,” features 20 digital works, several that have been exhibited previously and others that have never been seen before.
"This week, the self-described, Japan-based “nature/tech cult,” Aujik, released the latest episode of their ongoing Polygon Graffiti project, a body of work-slash-virtual experience that operates through a form of augmented reality, allowing artists to insert digitally constructed sculptures into real-world spaces."
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"The Japan-based troupe released drone footage as part of a motion-tracking test in a two minute clip,Spatial Bodies."
Experimental motion design from Tokyo-based artist Kouhei Nakama (WOW Studio)
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Ikenaga Yasunari paints tranquil portraits of women immersed in elegant floral patterns. His work is a curious blend of traditional Japanese-style paintings (nihonga) and modern imagery.
Read more on Juxtapoz
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Shinji Nakaba is a Tokyo-based jewelry designer who’s been creating since 1974. Everything he makes is wearable, and Nakaba often uses unconventional materials to create his pieces. These intricately carved pearl skulls are an example of his exceptional work.
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