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OC Tokyo

Flying high indeed! Opening Ceremony’s mammoth outpost in Japan opens in less than a week. The latest installment of OC’s pre-launch film series features Jason Schwartzman and a kite. Shot and directed by Matt Wolf.

Botanical Art

Art from MAKOTO AZUMA.

Spring in Tokyo

A late-blooming cherry blossom tree.

Indoor trellis.

Wolf versus Pig

Keiichi Tanaami

Referred to by Jonathan Ross as an “unreconstructed hippie,” Keiichi Tanaami’s been doing his thing for quite a while. A sample of his work from the late 60s/early 70s:

(images from King of Mountain)

Smells

A new fragrance by Anicka Yi and Maggie Peng. We missed the party, but were able to smell the perfume. The name comes from the Japanese exile Fusako Shigenobu, former founder and leader of the Japanese Red Army, who was arrested in Osaka after hiding out in Lebanon for years.

“You will return to earth as an animal”

Art by Brazilian Bruno Dicolla.

The International Illustrated 3rd Issue, 2007

The International Illustrated 3rd Issue, 2008

Face Control

Daito Manabe makes innovative use of sounds, software and circuitry. Par exemple:

Nagi Noda Passes Away

The artist and filmmaker Nagi Noda died unexpectedly at age 35 last week. According to her agent at Partizan, Noda passed “in her Mark Ryden dress, Chanel boots, perfect make-up with Viktor & Rolf lace black eye lashes.”

From the Horror Cafe exhibition

A still from the LaForet spot entitled “Animal Girl.”

Recently commissioned animal headpieces.

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McDonald’s Invades Japan

MASAMI TERAOKA. McDonald’s Hamburgers Invading Japan/Chochin-me 1982

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