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Makoto Aida
The Video on a Man Calling Himself Bin Laden Staying in Japan First saw this video with a couple other shorts at the Redcat in Los Angeles in an event dedicated to new Japanese video art (though the...
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Really clever and adorable (!!) stop motion video about a wolf who wants to eat a pig… the whole thing is constructed of photos in developed film, involving multiple mediums and layers of reality....
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Suehiro Maruo
FUNERAL PARTY - "DREAM OF EMBRYO", 1985. The graphically sexual and violent nature of Suehiro Maruo’s illustrations has over the years catapulted him to stardom in the underbelly of Japanese art....
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Yusaku Kamekura
Yusaku Kamekura (1915-1997) was one of the pioneers of Japanese graphic design who was at the forefront in promoting graphic design as an essential factor of modern society, culture and art, and whose...
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Aquirax Uno
Japanese designer, illustrator, painter Aquirax Uno’s work is characterized by fantastic visuals, capricious and sensuous line flow, flamboyant (and occasionally grotesque) eroticism, and frequent use...
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Ryo Kawanishi
I’ve noticed this with many Japanese photographers: the simplicity yet complex compositions, familiar yet abstracted subject matter, and their ability to bring me back to a moment from a movie where I...
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Daikichi Amano’s Mystical Pornography
Japanese photographer Daikichi Amano creates strangely sexual tableux that bring to life the ancient woodblock tradition of “Shunga” erotica. Vaulting bizarre fetishes to the next level, animals twist...
View ArticleSekitani Norihiro
Speaking of “festering goodness/grossness”, check out these music videos directed by artist, pervy collage-ist, animator and I guess sort of a Japanese equivalent of Paper Rad, Sekitani Norihiro....
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Can Japanese novelty bras really be functional?
My Chopsticks Bra: Enables a user to store foldable compact chopsticks in a side pocket. The bra is designed with bowls of rice and hot miso soup. Speaking of boobs, Japanese lingerie company Triumph...
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Taisuke Koyama
Taisuke Koyama describes his works as “organic abstract photography”. He shoots surfaces and various states of degradation of artifacts in a city and thinks about those changes in state as the city’s...
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NAM
Nam is a Japanese graphic art collective established by Takayuki Nakazawa (Graphic Designer) and Hiroshi Manaka (Photographer). This is their special project for Digital Temple magazine.
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Tetsuya Ishida
Like clues in a crime scene, Tetsuya Ishida’s paintings use a million tiny details to tell their story. The note on the table, the eerie playtime carnage–Ishida’s work often speaks of the uncertain...
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YUICHI YOKOYAMA
I have never heard anyone utter a word of dislike towards Yuichi Yokoyama‘s work, and for good reason. Personally, I have never come across a comic artist this flawless and complete. His style is...
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Shugo Tokumaru “Katachi” Paper Stop-Motion Music Video
Shugo Tokumaru “Katachi” from Kijek / Adamski on Vimeo. Need to brighten your day? Get ready. This is a stop motion music video from animation duo Katarzyna Kijek and Przemysław Adamski for Japanese...
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Topographical Maps Carved from Electrical Tape and The Thread Sculptures of...
Check out the artwork of Japanese artist Takahiro Iwasaki. “Not only are his small buildings and electrical towers excruciatingly small and delicate, but they also rest on absurdly mundane objects:...
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Mind Blowing Real-Time CGI Transforms A Models Face Into A Futuristic Canvas
In his latest project OMOTE, Japanese producer Nobumichi Asai combines explicit real-time face tracking and projection mapping to create unbelievable transformations of a human face. While...
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