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Projection Wall: A Large-Scale Participatory Bubble Wall by Rintaro Hara
Projection Wall is a floor-to-ceiling installation that produces a series of prismatic sculptures through a visitor-operated pulley system. The large-scale bubbles rise from a grid of rope as the pulley rises, which are then released into to the room by the … Continue reading
Negative Space: A Short Film That Explores a Father-Son Relationship Through the Art of Packing
Presented above is the trailer for the stop-motion film Negative Space, co-directed by Baltimore-based animators Max Porter and Ru Kuwahata. The short film is an adaptation of the eponymous poem by Ron Koertge, which tells the story of a relationship between a father and son … Continue reading
Interactive Culinary Embroideries by Ipnot
Japanese embroidery artist ipnot creates pieces of food and drink that seem to leap off of the fabric and into life. Ipnot enhances the realism of her embroideries by staging them with their real-life inspirations and surroundings, like piles of fluffy … Continue reading
Japanese university student wows Twitter with unique shoji paper sliding door calendar
There’s nothing quite as satisfying as punching out the days on these traditional paper doors. Source: Japanese university student wows Twitter with unique shoji paper sliding door calendar
Omoshiro Block: A Paper Memo Pad That Excavates Objects as It Gets Used
Leave it to the stationery-loving Japanese to come up with a new way to enjoy writing notes. The Omoshiro Block (loosely translated as ‘fun block’) utilizes laser-cutting technology to create what is, at first, just a seemingly normal square cube … Continue reading
Walk, Walk, Walk: Digital Installation by teamLab – Faith is Torment
Currently on view at National Gallery Singapore, this large-scale interactive digital installation entitled Walk, Walk, Walk: Search, Deviate, Reunite by Japanese art collective teamLab is made of a group of anonymous and diverse figures that keep walking and as they move, … Continue reading
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Brazilian Festival in Japan 2017 | Japan Vlog
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Optical Glass House by Hiroshi Nakamura & NAP
Located in downtown Hiroshima, this house by Hiroshi Nakamura & NAP has an optical facade consisting of 6,000 pure-glass blocks. As the house is located on a street with many passing cars and trams, the blocks effectively shuts out the noise enabling … Continue reading
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Tatsuya Tanaka Continues Building Tiny Worlds in his Daily Miniature Calendar Photo Project
Since April 2011, art director and photographer Tatsuya Tanaka’s imagination has built a magnificent number of miniature worlds (previously here and here). Through the artist’s clever lens, everyday activities like construction work, walking the dog, getting a parking ticket, and … Continue reading
Japanese Tip: An Exhibition of 8,000 Chopstick Sleeve Sculptures Left Behind at Restaurants
Yuki Tatsumi was working as a waiter in a restaurant when one day, as he was cleaning up a table, he noticed that a customer had intricately folded up the paper chopstick sleeve and left it behind. Japan doesn’t have … Continue reading
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