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Month: October 2008

  • The Slice of Success

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    I just love that Google searches and the like will now probably associate Item Idem with the “bovine mutilator” qualifier. A meme is born!

  • Lisa Katayama at the Foreign Correspondents’ Club of Japan

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    Monday night I stopped by the Foreign Correspondents’ Club of Japan in Yurakucho to catch Lisa‘s talk about her book, Urawza: Secret Everday Tips and Tricks from Japan. She actually talked about much more, including the insane amount of work that went into the piece on 2-Channel‘s Hiroyuki Nishimura she wrote for Wired.

  • Eizo Nite

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    Martine Cotton sends me info for the following event, which sounds like it could be of much interest for those of you into filmmaking. Eizo is Japanese for moving pictures, and this event is an exploratory celebration of the Eizo world here in Tokyo, featuring presentations, discussions and displays about all aspects of the moving…

  • Tokyolife Talkshow

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    For those interested, I’ll be hosting a panel at Tsutaya Tokyo Roppongi (the big one behind Roppongi Hills, near the TV Asahi building) on Saturday (October 25). It will cover the book Tokyolife, and the panelists are Ian Luna, editor and contributor to the book, and photographer/filmmaker Mika Ninagawa — Ian is working on a…

  • Item Idem's Cyril Duval Interviewed

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    Ponystep interviews Cyril, the man behind Item Idem, and bovine mutilator.

  • Jean and Brian’s Adventures in the Hot Tears of Shame

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    I haven’t had a chance to listen to it yet, but part of the new episode of Patrick Macias‘ Hot Tears of Shame podcast (#30) was recorded at the Arcade Mania launch party, and includes Brian and me. I’m actually a bit scared to listen to it, because I was quite drunk at the time…

  • Yoshinao Satoh’s Papers

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    I don’t know much about this video,”Papers,” by artist Yoshinao Satoh, but I know that it’s mesmerizing to watch. Would love to see a higher-res version. Via Shane Lester.

  • Cut Mars Black

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    Today marks the start of “Cut Mars Black,” an exhibition at Cafe Pause by German artist Gudrun Rau. The show runs until October 26, and there will be an informal opening tonight (October 20) from 19:00 at the cafe, with the artist present. Gudrun was one of the participants at this month’s edition of PauseTalk…