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Month: August 2007

  • PingMag: Kenichiro Mizuno

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    PingMag interviews artist Kenichiro Mizuno.

  • Coming Soon at Graniph

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    The message seen above, which appears here on the Graniph site, should make a lot of readers happy. No word on when it will launch, but hopefully soon, soon, soon! Update (16/11/06): The image is no longer available.

  • PauseTalk Tonight

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    Tonight (August 6) is this month’s edition of PauseTalk at Cafe Pause, with the usual start time of 19:30. Hope to see you there!

  • Shibuya Art Scene

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    Patrick reports, with photos, on Gallery Scene, a new gallery in Shibuya — currently on show are some OBEY prints and works by JONJON GREEN — and some graffiti by KAMI and SASU in the area’s record store district.

  • Nikurabe

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    Nikurabe is a new site that Minja has worked on — I previously pointed you to Mii Station, which even made it to TIME’s list of “50 Best Websites 2007” — that lets you compare two things, eliciting comments from people, and includes a blog widget. It’s still in alpha, and currently only available in…

  • The Great Happiness Space

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    THE GREAT HAPPINESS SPACE is a documentary that looks at the male host industry, and you can watch it in its entirety here. Via Tokyomango.

  • ART iT at Documenta 12 Magazines

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    In his latest “Out of Tokyo” column, Tetsuya Ozaki talks about his experience as a participant of the “Documenta 12 Magazines” project.

  • PingMag: POM2 and their Mine-Remove Sticker Campaign

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    PingMag takes a look at POM2, an activist group currently running a “Mine-Remove Sticker Campaign,” in which purchases of very cool-looking stickers (only 300 yen) go to support the cause. The stickers themselves are great, with designers such as Power Graphixx and Retired Weapons contributing to the cause. Currently there’s only a Japanese page for…