Tokyo Diaries XVII

A mental travel preparation.

Joseph Beuys Nikka Whisky, 1984

And then you suddenly realize that 'Lost In Translation' should have been based on German Fluxus super artist Joseph Beuys. Politically engaged posing with a glass of whisky amidst a snowy forest, advertising for the good cause of protecting nature.
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Tokyo Diaries XVI

A mental travel preparation.



Factotum Spring/Summer 2014

Eager to meet, learn from and become a hara-kiri school boy. Adapting to his uniform of tie, knee socks, flowers and books. Reading. Smiling. Observing. Thinking. Studying the art of studying.
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Tokyo Diaries XV

A mental travel preparation.




Naruse Inokuma Architects Setagaya Flat, 2011

Moving in. A wooden box of medetative emptiness. Moving. Unfinished finished surface manipulation. Just moved in. The completeness of nothing. Moving away. The souvenir: a feeling of removal.
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Tokyo Diaries XIII

A mental travel preparation.




Artworks Roy Lichtenstein

Around 1996 something changed. Viewing the 'other' side abruptly infused 'another' kind of painting: ink-screen printing. Dotted brush strokes that turned American pop art Japanese.
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Tokyo Diaries XII

A mental travel preparation.




Phenomenon Fall/Winter 2010

An empty suitcase without underwear to fill with 'other' things. In boiled wool, washed silk and polyester. Dress coats and pleated skorts. A Tokyoite wardrobe for the Post-Raphaelite.
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Tokyo Diaries XI

A mental travel preparation.



1. Eikō Hosoe Barakei, 1961-1962
2. Tamotsu Yatō Mishima Yukio, 1967

Theoretically following the man who died for his genius, insanity and sexual identity. While examining various possible aspects, it is radicalness that attracts this cultural tourism.
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Tokyo Diaries X

A mental travel preparation.

Artworks Gekko Hayashi

The homo-eroticism of sexotism. A world of 'ukiyo-e' and 'shin-hanga', of 'hentai' and 'hard yaoi'. A place where the word 'stroke' exploits the full potential of its double meaning.
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Tokyo Diaries IX

A mental travel preparation.




Hedi Slimane Vogue Hommes Japan, 2008

The eroticism of exotism. The beauty of revealing truth within a cliché. The kimono as pop artefact. The modernity of tradition. The moment when opposites merge. This day is approaching.
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Tokyo Diaries VIII

A mental travel preparation.

Kenji Sawada Water Skin (Parco View 6), 1980

Parco, the department store, liberated a country. With pubic hair and nudity dominating the campaigns and visual identity created by the likes of Eiko Ishioka and Harumi Yamaguchi. One should come prepared.
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Tokyo Diaries VII

A mental travel preparation.




Benetton Kokeshi Dolls, 1999

An early introduction to Japanese street style, rapidly westernized as inflationary virus. Yet, one wishes to encounter its true and sincere form when putting the first step on Tokyo ground.
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Tokyo Diaries VI

A mental travel preparation.




Mikio Sakabe Fall/Winter 2013

"When the world turns pink and boys wear lipstick, frilled diapers and duvet night gowns, we are covered in the cold sweat of erotic nightmares." - he nods and decides to not pack any underwear. The closing of his suitcase is followed by a pondering silence.
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Tokyo Diaries V

A mental travel preparation.

Ikuo Amano Shiseido クレ・ド・ポー

Intensity is what I expect. Purity is what I assume. There is nothing but pink lipstick - the world and every human being immersed in its lucid gloss. I want to be blinded by artificial beauty.
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Tokyo Diaries IV

A mental travel preparation.

1. Pleats Please Happy Anniversary, 2012
2. Nobuyoshi Araki Shokuji (The Banquet), 1993

Hyper-aesthetic and hyper-realistic images of food. Hyper sould food - as in hyper fashion, as in hyper sex, as in hyper orgasms. A preview to multiple hyper olfactory and hyper gustatory experiences.
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Tokyo Diaries III

A mental travel preparation.




Ganryu Fall/Winter 2014

Clothes for the modern man. The one who travels with(in) his body and mind. Loose fit skorts and platform trainers for a cushioned step into the other world. For the one who travels to Tokyo, Japan.
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Tokyo Diaries II

A mental travel preparation.







Yoshihiko Ueda Mies van der Rohe, 2012

The foreign view and observations of a visitor - a fundamental exercise of Modernism. Accept, adapt, react. Ueda embarked on a pilgrimage to photograph and document more than just a site but an emotional state.
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