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Month: September 2003

  • Grass

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    This is another section of the Omotesando display, which was designed by Klein Dytham Architecture (thanks for the info, Carsten).

  • Casa Brutus

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    Yesterday I picked up the new issue of CASA BRUTUS, which features “The Grand Tour with Ando.” The nice thing about this issue is that they have an English insert (they do bilingual issues every once in a while). This is the second tour feature with Tadao Ando, and you can read the first one…

  • Asian Movies

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    I’ve been catching up on Asian movies of late, watching a whole bunch since getting back from Canada. First off, I finally got around to seeing Takashi Miike’s VISITOR Q. Yes, this movie is not for everyone and tends to go to extremes (which is a staple of Miike’s oeuvre). I liked the weirdness of…

  • Superfuture

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    While I was out in Harajuku/Aoyama yesterday, I saw that the big outdoor photo exhibit they had along Omotesando is now gone, and they’ve replaced it with a bit of green. Parts of the coverings are real grass hanging vertically (I’ll post a pic tomorrow), as well as a huge map of the area by…