Moving to a New Blog

Thank you for visiting this blog -
I STARTED A NEW BLOG, which you can visit from HERE !
I will see you there ;-)

新しいブログ始めました。
ここからぴゅーんと飛べます。
ではそちらでお会いしましょう！

月曜の昼下がり

今日はGuerilla CafeでのArt Installationについてのミーティングに行き、ソロ展示のビジョンを新たにして来た。夜中になるまで勤しんでいた、締切迫る書道の制作作業に行き詰まったため、息抜きにブログをアップする。あったかく入れたWhite Teaが、体を芯まで暖めてくれる。

晴れた月曜の午後。忙しくバークレーとサンフランシスコを行き来した後、Oaklandに戻って来て、帰国まであと二日のちかこちゃんと、Rockridgeをぷらぷら。自然派Boutique Atomic Gardenで、思わず革製カードケースなどを衝動買いする。このお店はお洒落なRockridgeのお店の中でも行きつけで、店ごと買い占めたいくらいすき。昨日も、4th StreetのJigsawで小さなバッグを衝動買い。相変わらず、生成り生地と黒の木目や皮の組み合わせに弱い。はぁーかわいい。。
ちかこちゃんと二人で、ホットチョコレートの美味しいカフェBittersweetでのんびり京都話に花が咲く。いつかちかこちゃんのお兄さんのお店で、イベント出来たらいいねと盛り上がる。次に日本に帰る事が出来るのは、いつになるだろう。

今日はもう寝て、明日また頑張ることにしよう。

"Flying KITE Man" -Art Opening

"Flying KITE Man" Art Opening @ Subterranean Art House
Saturday June 6th, 2009.

文字通り「凧」が天井に舞い、様々なメディアとスタイルのアート達が壁を飾ったショー。
初めて見た「BUTOH」なる踊りの迫力もさることながら、Berkeleyらしい個性豊かな人々で会場は賑わった。
San Franciscoだけでなく、Berkeleyのアートシーンも、より多くの人達に触れてもらえたらいいと思う。

Ryoji、Yukaちゃん、お疲れさま。
Noa-もライブペイントお疲れさま。
Jojiも旅の続き楽しんで、又逢えるのを楽しみに。
Kenさん、作品交換楽しみにしてます。
Natsukiも一緒に来てくれて楽しかったよ。

あるがまま

「誰か」になろうとしているときの自分が一番醜い
あるがままでいいのだ


BGM: Dimlite

WATER -Videos

Thank you all for coming to out show, 水 -WATER- on Friday, May 29th!
Here's some videos of live painting by Aoi, Noa-, Lavit Sea and Yasuharu Fujiya.

Koinobori

鯉のぼり。
５月と言えば、こどもの日。
紀伊国屋さんへの５月のバナーのデザイン＆詩のBrainstormingをしていたら
岡本太郎の鯉のぼりにでくわした。
こんな鯉のぼり、欲しいです。

というわけで今月のバナーは、鯉のぼりがテーマ。
ステンシルでポップに仕上げてみた。
チラ見には、書店へ。

今月は仕事が次々と入って来る。
春先早々、忙しいけれど、いいリズム。

Four Elements vol.1 水 -WATER-

Surreality in Reality (aka SIR)は今年も小気味よく飛ばしていきます。今年第三弾目のアートショーは、四季をめぐって自然の四要素「水火土風」を表現していくシリーズの第一回目、「水 -WATER-」と題して、５月２９日（金）に開催します！フライヤーデザインは、毎回Photographyの展示でお馴染みのAkkoによるもので、丁度イメージがあがってきたところです。今回は私の同郷の友人、藤谷康晴くんも札幌からサンフランシスコに駆けつけてくれて、ライブドローイングのコラボに参加します！展示に新メンバーも６人ほど加わることになり、見所満載です。
ぜひ遊びに来てねー。

Four Elements vol.1 水 -WATER-
Surreality in Reality Presents
Japanese Art Exhibition and Performances

@Space Gallery
1141 Polk Street. SF | btw Sutter & Post | 415.377.3325
www.spacegallerysf.com

Exhibition: Monday May 25 - Friday 29th, 2009
Reception: Friday May 29th, 2009

21+ | Door 8pm | FREE until 10pm w/ RSVP | $5 After
For RSVP: www.going.com/sir_water
Live Painting starts from 9pm

Surreality in Reality Crew have departed for another journey in pursuit of the Four Elements of nature: Water, Fire, Earth and Wind.
Awaken from the cold Winter, melting snow feeds the rivers and makes the rain fall from the atmosphere above; the Water of Springtime feeds the rebirth of plant life and cycle begings anew.
As the prologue of this epic, this series of art exhibitions and live performances will be presented by Japanese local talents, known as S.I.R., showcasing their artistic interpretation of "water" in various media.
April Showers bring May Flowers!

Exhibition by
Ai Sugano (Photography)
Akko Terasawa (Photography)
Akira (Painting)
Aoi Yamaguchi (Live Japanese Calligraphy / Exhibition)
Noa- (Live Painting / Exhibition)
Lavit Sea (Live Illustration / Exhibition)
Junko Maegawa (Graphic Art)
Keiko Moriyama (Photography)
Satoshi (Painting)
Yasuharu Fujiya (Live Drawing/ Exhibition)
Yoshinori Kataoka / Ayumi Negishi (Film Screening)
Waki Hamatsu (Photography)


Music by
8 doors
Junzo
Kento
Yusai
Zaion


See you there!

Seasonal Works @ Kinokuniya

紀伊国屋さんに依頼されて制作している、季節の書道シリーズ。写真は３月の詩。30 in x 84 inもあるかなり大きなキャンバスバナー。両面あわせて４面あります。

Kinokuniya Seasonal Calligraphy
March (弥生）


「芳爛」

「春暁に芳し（かんばし）
桃色染まる
華の覚醒」


４月の詩は、現在展示中です。
紀伊国屋ビル２Fホールにて。
天井を見上げればそこに。

Photos by Keiko Moriyama

Afrolicious

昨日、音楽友達の8doorsとmasumixerと一緒に、SFはMissionにあるElbo Roomで定期的にやっている"Afrolicious"というイベントに行ってきた。彼らは毎週木曜日Elbo Roomでこのイベントをやっているらしく、今回は２周年記念の盛大なパーティなのだそうだ。The Pleasuremaker Bandをフロントに、NickodemusとDJ Smashが抉る様なベース音やビートを乗せ、フロアは最高潮に達していた。

アフリカンビート、ラテンのリズムに乗せて
みんな我を忘れて踊り
体を揺らし
人種ごった煮の蒸した箱の中で
思うがままに音楽と戯れていて
これが、かなり気持ちのいいグルーヴで
なんで今まで行かなかったんだろうAfrolicious！って位。
かなり画像が悪いのだけど
暗闇の中で撮ったこのVideoであなたも踊ってください




Afrolicious Blog
http://www.afroliciousoriginal.blogspot.com/

Enzo Mari

３月１２日に、イタリアの巨匠デザイナーEnzo MariのExhibitionが、San FranciscoのItalian Cultural Instituteで行われたので足を運んだ。Enzo Mariと言えば、日本の無印良品で販売されたテーブルなどのデザインでも知られている。Opening NightはMariご本人もいらっしゃるということで、期待に胸を膨らませていた。

展示会場はワンルームフロアの比較的こじんまりとしたスペースで、彼のデザインした有名なキッチンツールやインテリア小物、椅子、可愛らしいあの真っ赤なリンゴや黒豹のシルクスクリーンプリントなどがゆったりと展示されていた。ビビットな単色使いはイタリアモダンデザインを思わせ、傾いたトラッシュビンや、ネジをほとんど使わないのに驚く程の強度が実現されたブックシェルフなど、彼のユニークで匠な人柄が滲み出ているようだった。
終始、煙草をふかしながら佇むその姿は、この七十数年を生きて来た彼の経験とその重みを物語っていた。

感動したのは、彼のスピーチ。
いくつかの心温まるエピソードを語り、現代のデザインについて話すにつれ、だんだんと熱がこもり、「大量生産というやりかたに翻弄されてしまったマーケットは糞だ」と情熱的に憤るMariの言葉に、がつんとやられてしまった。
彼のようなデザイナーは、もはや使い捨てなのだと、彼は吐き捨てるように言った。いま現代に出回っているインテリア製品のデザインは大概コピーだ。コピーを自分のもののように、複製してそれを広めようとしている、と。



彼の目の前で話を聞く事ができ、何度か彼は私の眼を真っすぐ見るようにして話した。彼の微動だにしない視線に圧倒された。
スピーチの後、感銘を受けた私は、英語の話せない彼についていた通訳の人に頼んでいくつか質問をしにいった。
彼はもう無印もだめだと言っていた。IKEAも好きではないと言っていた。
全ての人にいいデザインを安い値段でというスローガンのもとビジネスを行っている。それを実現するため、労働経費を浮かせる為に、中国に設けた工場などで生産を行っている。全世界に店舗を拡大しようとし、outsourcingに手を出す。そうした彼らのやりかたが好きではないのだと。
良質に見えるよう仕立てられた大量生産の家具が手頃な価格で手に入る時代に生きるこのおじいちゃんデザイナーは、いささか疲れたといわんばかりであった。

考えさせられた。
戦前、戦後、そして現代。
人々のニーズに合わせて変移して行くマーケット。
デザイン、スタイル、生活品質の向上、それに伴う道徳的判断力の低下。
人々が見落とす、本当に大切なこととは。

Enzo Mari products on hhstyle.com

スピン

世界がスピンする。
のぼせぎみのプードル。
後ろ向きの引力。
泡になってきえる。
君の隣ならそれでもいい。

Four Tet

Four Tet live @ Mezzanine.
March 21, 09.
光の洪水の中で、人間と機械が対話する。
構築されて行く音の層がスピーカーを通して疾走する。

最高に気持ちのいい音楽。
最高に空間に酔える音楽。
自分の中に眠る闇の疼くのを感じる。

前座のJon Hopkinsのパフォーマンスは予想以上。かなりの完成度。宇宙に存在する全ての生命体や微粒子までもと共鳴できる様な感覚に陥った。

Four Tetは、アルバムRoundsのようなオーガニックでメロディアスなエレクトロニカというよりは、Ringer寄りのテクノサウンドにカランコロンという様々なサウンドのサンプルを重ねて、楽譜のないオーケストラを繰り広げた。

Floods of sound waves.
Resonance.
Ultraviolet.
Conversations.
Communications with particles in the universe.
Edges, rounds, corners, bubbles.
And myself, body, consciousness, awaken in the dark.
On the other side of the dimention.


Four Tet Official Site
Jon Hopkins on last.Fm

HELLA LOGOS!!

Finally, we finished flyer design and setting the details of the next show as SIR. Here's our upcoming show: this is a logo design competition to determine a new logo for the year 2009. We look forward to see creative, exciting, and provocative designs!

Surreality in Reality presents:
HELLA LOGOS!　
Logo Design Competition

S.I.R is looking for the hella good logo design for next up coming art shows.


Friday April 24th, 2009
@Space Gallery
1141 Polk St. SF | btw Sutter & Post | 415.377.3325
www.spacegallerysf.com

Let's vote for THE hella good logo (voting ends at 10pm)
21+ | FREE | Door 8pm | Result announcement 10:30pm
Info: www.sir-sf.com

Music by Yusai / Junzo / Zaion / 8doors (Sound Design, DJs)

_____________________________________________________

Call for Entries
_____________________________________________________

01- Theme

The subject of this competition is to design one new logo for all four of our upcoming Art Exhibitions this year.
The theme is the four elements of nature: Water, Fire, Soil and Wind.
We are looking for a hella good logo design that represents four elements in a single symbol.
The new logo will be used in the promotional materials (stickers, posters and flyers) of our exhibitions and events.

Anybody may participate.


02 - Rewards

The designer of the winning entry will recieve an article about you on our website sir-sf.com, a 'hella special featuring' at the Art show in Spring 2009, and an original SIR T-shirt!


03 - Jurors

Everyone at the event!


04- Deadline

Submission will be accepted through Sunday April 12th, 2009 12pm.

Works should be prepared in a high resolution file with the following parameters:

_CMYK
_Final logo size 10x10 inches
_Please outline your font, and embed image you used.
_Only JPEG (300dpi) file and EPS in Adobe illustrator (up to CS3 only) formats will be accepted.
_Send your work via email to submit.sir@gmail.com
_If the work is too large to send us as an email attachment, you may use online file transfer and delivery service such as Yousendit.com, yahoo!Briefcase etc.
_You will be notified by e-mail within Three weeks if your work was selected for exhibition.


05 - Work

_The identity can be text-based, logo or any combination of these and other graphic formats.
_It must be hella easily recognizable and text should be hella easy to read.

_The design must be able to be printed in -black and white as well as in full color.
_The size must be adjustable from hella small to large.

_It must be possible to use it on screen : internet(our website and blog), on paper : in newspaper print for ad, full color posters and flyers.

Only entries with a declaration of authorship are accepted.

Entries will be displayed in an exhibition at Space gallery on Friday, April 24th, 2009.
Reception party and voting session starts at 8pm, and result be out by 10:30pm.
website at spacegallerysf.com


*For questions, contact us via info@sir-sf.com
THANKS FOR PARTICIPATING!

ナミタツ

ここにきみは頭をのせ　寝息を立てた
僕の肩は　君が見つけた隠れ家のようだった

いつもふたりは友達のように話ができた
ソファの隅で傾く本になって

生まれ出た意味さえも感じたのに

この肩には柔らかな重みがある
君が僕に残したもの



口にするだけで涙が溢れてしまいそうになる言葉というのがある
こんな月の綺麗な優しい夜に　シンプルなギターのフレーズに癒されながら

コトバとキオクがリンクして　波紋の波立つココロに
蘇るのは　引き出しの奥にしまい込んだ　潮騒の甘い音色

僕らは
絵の具が切れたとこに
たたずんでいた　空と海を分ける線のように

訪ねるこの先の交差点
「茜と群青の交わる場所」
そこにいけばみえるかもしれない



-inspired by
"No Doubt" C&A

retrospect; envisage

いい音楽には、風景がついて来る。
音の世界に包まれながら、脳裏に浮かぶ景色がある。
それは古い記憶の中からふと顔をのぞかせた幼い頃のつぎはぎの景色だったり、色だったり、匂いだったり、感触だったり、感情だったりする。
それは時に空想の中に住む想像の世界だったりする。

作り手が見えて来るから、音楽は聴いていて面白い。
作り手の人柄や、哲学や、好きなもの、見ている景色、感情、あらゆるものが、何層にも重なる音のミルフィーユの中から、河原の小石が水に揺られてゆっくりと見えて来るように、形を為して行く。

KINOKUNIYA SF - Seasonal Calligraphy

サンフランシスコのジャパンタウンに位置する紀伊国屋書店ビルの二階ロビーのエリアに、毎月季節や節句などをテーマにカスタム制作した書道を展示する事になりました。三月から開始で、今回の作品は来週頃に飾られるそうです。３月３日は雛祭り、桃の節句ということもあり、春を感じさせる様な作風で自詠みの詩を書きました。かなり大きな作品で、天井から吊るされるようです。毎月作品は新たに書き下ろしていく予定なので、紀伊国屋にお立ち寄りの際はぜひ。

My new project has began: seasonal custom Japanese calligraphy installation at Kinokuniya Bookstore in Japan Town. I have just finished making one for March, which is going to be hang from the ceiling in the lobby area on the second floor of Kinokuniya building. March is the beginning of Spring; all the greens and flowers glow and bloom, animals wake up from the long sleep of winter. This seasonal calligraphy work will be newly written every month, with my orginal Japanese short poems and traditional phrases. Please stop by and peek when you are coming near Japan town!

Kinokuniya Book Store
www.kinokuniya.com
1581 Webster St # 165
San Francisco, CA 94115, United States
+1 415-567-7625

Valentine's Day

Just a little announcement: My friend who organizes a non-profit org called Frisconinja is hosting an International Event this Feb 14 here in San Francisco. I will have several calligraphy works on the wall at G3 Lounge in Richmond district. If you are intrested, please visit and enjoy the night of Valentine's day with creative people!

Frisconinja Event
A Collaboration of Creative Minds
Saturday Feb 14, 2009
Time: 9pm - Late
@ G3 Lounge,
3910 Geary Boulevard
San Francisco, CA 94118
Tel. 415-876-4080

-Age 21+
-Free cover all nite, donations is highly appreciated
-Live Band Performance Playing International Music (in the middle)
-DJ Spinning Dirty Chicago House Music (before and after band)
-International and Japanese Art Exihibition
-Freestyle Art Performance
-Drinks specials all night

***

Also, my freaky junky dopest friend Hakobo is having a lil birthday celebration party at Mighty on the same Valentine's day, with Rich Medina and DJ Spinna. It's gonna be the funkiest place to spend your Valentine's day for sure!

THIS SATURDAY

FEB 14

VALENTINE's DAY
fresco & Om:Soul present
NoThing BUT LOVE
(Hakobo & Meagan's lil' birthday party)

feat.
DJ SPINNA

RICH MEDINA
HAKOBO

Hosted by

RUBIX

Mighty 119 Utah St.
Doors 9pm - 4am
Door $20 | 21+

Extremely Limited $10 Tix - SOLD OUT!

DISCOUNT $15 Tix - ON SALE NOW!

It's $20 at the door, save $5 to buy your honey buns a shot!
http://www.going.com/nothingbutlove

Whether you're single or in a love conjunction, what better way to warm up the love juices and improve your chances at getting "lucky" than coming to NoThing BUT LOVE on Valentine's Day??? DJ Spinna & Rich Medina will be rocking together for the first time in San Francisco! Rocking your favorite love jamz from Mary J Blige, Fela Kuti, Prince, Michael Jackson, Stevie Wonder & James Brown! This is going to be the Valentine's jump off for lovers, dancers, aquarians, and music junkies alike! Also celebrating Hakobo & Meagans birthdays so don't forget the presents!

Rich Medina

(Jump'N'Funk, Philly)

Rich is not only one of the worlds illest DJs but also the mastermind behind this decades dopest parties. OPEN @ Santo's w/ Q-TIP of Tribe Called Quest, has been called by New York Times "The party we wish we could keep in the bag." and the New Yorker said "With people like Jay-Z and Sean P-Diddy Combs it's no wonder Open is the greatest party in New York!" His party HAPPY FEET w/Bobbito aka Kool Bob Love continually sells out huge NY warehouses. And of course Jump'N'Funk his world famous Fela Kuti party just finished a world tour this year.
info: richmedina.com

DJ Spinna

(Wonder-Wax, Brooklyn - NY)

Arguably the world's best DJ, Spinna is one of the most in-demand DJs in 3 different genres of music: house (as one of the top producers on the scene, remixing for Atlantic Records, Colombia Records, as well as independent house labels); Hip-Hop (his smash hit "Tribute to Dilla" single with Phonte of Little Brother; member of the Jigmastas; busy as a hip-hop producer his name is on dozens of releases dating back to 1995); and Soul (his "Wonder of Stevie" comp with Bobbito turned a new generation on to the music of Stevie Wonder); his LPs on the BBE label have showcased his amazing soul production touch -- such as his classic remix of Donnie's "Cloud 9" -- his "Wonder-full" party attracted Stevie himself (!!), and he is also the man who created "Soul Slam" -- the Prince vs. Michael Jackson party to end all Prince vs. Michael Jackson parties!). No other DJ (except for perhaps Jazzy Jeff and Kenny Dope) can claim this "Triple Crown" rep amongst the world's DJs -- which is why many consider Spinna to be #1. info:
info: myspace.com/djspinnafrombrooklyn

Hakobo

(fresco, the Culprits)

Hakobo, mastermind behind fresco & theCulprits parties, is one of the Bay Area's premier taste makers, having produced some of SF's most incredible nights. Hakobo introduced SF to the legendary Wonder-Full party w/ Bobbito & Spinna, the first ever Jay Dee/J-Dilla tribute, Gilles Peterson BBC Sessions (w/Dwele, the Rebirth & Rich Medina), Kenny Dope, Bugz In the Attic, Spiritual South, Toshio Matsuura, Kyoto Jazz Massive, Moonstarr, Madlib, Peanut Butter Wolf, Ame & Dixon. As a DJ, Hakobo has laced the Bay Area with a unique blend of cutting edge sounds from the underground... from Hip Hop, Soul, Funk, Disco, Nu Jazz, Broken Beat, and all things House (Afro, Soulful, Brazilian), this cat always brings the HEAT everytime he gets on the decks.
info: myspace.com/frescosf

RUBIX

Colorless Spectrum -Report

Thank y'all for visiting our show and sharing awesome moments with us on the night of Colorless Spectrum reception party! We had about 300 visitors at the venue Space Gallery that night, and the place was packed. Since the reception party was held on Friday night, it was slow start (because people have to work untill 6pm-ish) but people started to come in around 8:30~9:00pm. We had a plenty of time to complete preparation.


We had several new attempts this time: making and distributing "Omikuji", which is a fortune-telling sacred paper that you can usually get at Japanese temples and shrines, telling how much luck you will get for the coming year. Designed by Aoi & Junko with the pretty illustration of "Shichifuku-jin" (seven gods of fortune) by Natsuki, S.I.R. Omikuji and distributed them to all the visitors at the door. People seemed enjoying reading it, and most of them kept it in the pocket for a souvenir, and some of them tied it to the tree branch on the second floor. The tree was one of my art works that I exhibited at the show, aiming to add the "white-snow field" feeling to the gallery space, and to serve the traditional Japanese custom that is to tie Omikuji to the tree branches.




The second attempt was to produce S.I.R. T-shirts for the first time! These SIR original T-shirts are all hand-printed with silkscreen. The printed images are the logos designed by SIR's star graphic designer, Daisuke Maki, arranged by Luke & Akko, and printed by Luke, Akko, Aoi and Hiroko. You know what, it took until 4am to print the front side on all sizes (XS, S, M,L)! I love it so much and I am wearing one right now. If you want to purchase one, this T-shirts are available in all sizes; just e-mail info@sir-sf.com!



The last attempt, which was the most difficult one, was to make the live painting more amusing for the audiences and at the same time present the connection with the theme "colorless spectrum". Noa-, Natsuki and I had many meetings before the show and discussed about how we can improve the experience of live painting. We decided to cut the canvas into several squares and rectangles, and paint them in various vivid colors. These canvases are fixed on the floor before the performance, indicating that something will be happening at the stage by using those canvases. We began painting around 9:30pm. After I wrote the huge "colorless spectrum" with a Japanese calligraphy brush, we disseminated the canvas and Noa- stapled them randomly on the wall, painted an interesting patterns with a thick and flat brush. We disseminated that again, Natsuki drew some human figures on each canvas, and we took everything off from the wall. After that it was like a puzzle game; all the pieces were fit into the final shape of rectangle, and I wrote a message for the audience through this painting: "BE COLORLESS. BE COLORFUL. BE UNITED. SEE, THERE'S NO BOUNDARY."













As for my personal exhibition, I made five Japanese Calligraphy x Mixed media works. Although i required many trips to home depot in various locations all over the bay area, it was fun to use plastics to design original frames. A lot of people told me that it was something new compared to my previous works - and I loved that feedback! I wanted to present different side of my skills and ideas, and I just simply wanted to challenge myself by using white elements in my calligraphy art. The image I had in my mind was a vast field that is covered by silver snow, reflecting lights and emitting the beautiful spectrum of colors.

1
縷 (Tsuzure) / Threads
Spray paint stencil, vellum

2
UKABI
浮　／　emerge
Calligraphy ink, stencil, plastic

3
HIKARI
光　／ reflect
Calligraphy ink, stencil, plastic

4
KASUMI
霞　／ vanish
Calligraphy ink, stencil, plastic

5

Woolgathering Spectra
Wild tree found in a mountain, spray paint

The tree before being painted

Big thanks for Luke, for hiking into the mountain to find the wood with me. It was fun, and what we found was a blessing from the god of nature...

Also, I collaborated with Akko to make three pieces of Japanese Calligraphy x Photography. We placed some lights
behind art pieces so that both calligraphy and photography become one when it reaches your eyes.

1
遥か/ faraway
Japanese Calligraphy & Photography
by Aoi & Akko

「遥か」

むかしきみと歩いた海岸線
足が沈むたびに
思い出すキミノワライゴエ


2
茜と群青の交わる場所 /
Japanese Calligraphy & Photography
by Aoi & Akko

3
３滴分のあおぞら
Japanese Calligraphy & Photography
by Aoi & Akko

How did everybody interpret "colorless spectrum"? I know that it was not easy theme to deal with when it comes to expressing it in their own art works. Like we explained in the description of the show, we tried to see the possibilities of the color white. I loved this wall, with my works on the left, Noa-'s at the center and Akko's on the right.

(From the left: Aoi, Noa-, Akko)

There were a lot of colorful art works, especially by Ai and Junko. I loved them too - because what we aimed to project through this theme was that "nothing equals everything", "colorless equals colorful", and "behind everything lies the primordial nothingness"... ultimately, what we perceive is strongly depending on one's measurement or judgement. We tend to forget that our minds are narrowing the parameter of reality.


You can view more pictures on my Flickr! (←click here)
We will post pictures and videos on the SIR Flickr, SIR website and SIR blog soon, so stay tuned!

Special Thanks to:
Hiroko Tsuchimoto & Katsura Kiguchi for design & making such a beautiful fabric & dress
Akko for supporting my mental condition, taking great photos, and collaborating with me
Luke for transporting my huge tree, hiking in the woods with me, and making SIR T-shirts
Noa- for organizing SIR shows together as my partner and awesome live painting
Natsuki for your fine illustration at our live painting and for omikuji
Junko for designing the playful & eye-catching flyer and omikuji
Shuhei for your wonderful sense of music and inspiration that brought me words to write poems with
Zaion for bringing "zaion sound" that takes us to a internal journey
Yusai for mellow and relaxing mood & groove in the gallery
8 doors for shining smile of Aomori and shooting SIR 情熱大陸
Yoshi for surprising me with a new idea and viewpoint in your creation
Masa for your energy and ambition towards design, photography and network
Ai for sharing Dosanko spirit and adding colors to the exhibition
Tae for bringing BBQ set (although we did not use them...)
Keiko for your unconditional support and photos that revive the moments
IxDxE for your sense of humor
Andrew for aiding me with your brain-encyclopedia and making words rhyme

Photos by: Akko, Hiroe, Keiko and me