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Brainbusters party

My last big outdoor party in Japan: Californication, organized by Brainbusters. The venue was amazing: a mountaintop shrine in Chichibu, Saitama. Experienced some magic moments, admiring the illuminated shrine, the teahouse lit by candles, fascinating artwork and a stunning sunrise over the mountains.

Difficult to imagine an event like this at a religious monument anywhere […]

The Basic Laws of Human Stupidity

This article, “The Basic Laws of Human Stupidity”, has been a great help to me in my life. It has made clear many otherwise inexplicable things, and the matrix of different types has been a useful tool for me.

The matrix basically classifies actions on two axes: benefiting or harming yourself, plotted against benefiting or […]

Pictures and video from "Transitions" party

The Transitions party was a huge success! More than 300 people showed up at SuperDeluxe, and danced the night away until 5am, with great tunes from Yoppy, Vanessa, Tsunami Devil, DJ 7777, Ida, and Shomi. Nataku played a very high-energy live set, Crackitbaby did an extra-large sized painting and drumming performance, VJ flyflyfly and Xochipilli […]

My Sayonara Party, 7/21 at SuperDeluxe

After 3.5 years in Tokyo, I’m leaving to attend the ITP Program at NYU (but I plan to return to Tokyo). Since my friend Tomo is also heading off to CCA in San Francisco, we’ve decided to hold a joint sayonara party at SuperDeluxe in Nishi-Azabu.

The party will be called “Transitions”, click here for […]

Tabaimo Exhibition "Yoroyoron" at Hara Museum, Shinagawa

I went to see this exhibition: Tabaimo Exhibition “Yoroyoron” Venue: Hara Museum of Contemporary Art Schedule: From 2006-06-03 To 2006-08-27 Address: 4-7-25 Kita-Shinagawa, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo 140-0001 Phone: 03-3445-0651

Very interesting work, combining hand-drawing, animation and elaborate sets to create immersive installations.