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[This Week's Index]

(1) Out of Tokyo Vol. 077
Memento Mori Building
by Ozaki Tetsuya

(2) Tokyo Editors' Diary
Baba Masataka ("A" magazine) Vol. 016

(3) Event Pick of the Week
The Last Dance
by Andreas

(4) Presents
Russ Meyer Film Festival Goods



This week's RT Picks:

art+cinema+music+stage+design+town = 38 events
including 9 new ones!
Plus new entries on our 'book/disk' page.

Check them out!

http://www.realtokyo.co.jp/



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(1) Out of Tokyo
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Vol. 077: Memento Mori Building
by Ozaki Tetsuya

A work that Tsuzuki Kyoichi and Shinsan Nameko made by request
for the catalogue accompanying Mori Art Museum's opening event,
the "Happiness" exhibition, was rejected. The general public
remained surprisingly indifferent, and I think this is a fairly
big problem concerning so-called commissioned art, as well as
Mori Art Museum and its operator, Mori Building Co., Ltd. I spoke
with the two artists, Mori Art Museum's director David Elliott,
and guest curator Pier Luigi Tazzi, who put together the
"Happiness" show (conversations with the latter two via email),
and I'd like to share here what I've learned about the failed
project.

Read more at:

http://www.realtokyo.co.jp/en/column/ozaki77.htm



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(2) Tokyo Editors' Diary
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Baba Masataka ("A" magazine) Vol. 016

Lost Modern City

I went to Shanghai and Beijing. I was prepared, yet these cities
surprised me. It seems like China has just skipped the "modern"
age and leapt directly into the future. The people here must be
having a hunger for change, that is strong enough to make them
do their best to catch up with all that China has missed in the
last 50 years within just 5 years. In other words, sceneries here
change ten times quicker than in an average city on the planet.
Unscrupulously copied are cutting-edge design and sophistication
from abroad, resulting in structures where latest designs are
simply painted over pre-modern formats. For a link between form
and surface one looks, of course, in vain.

Read more at:

http://www.realtokyo.co.jp/en/diary/0044-henshucho.htm


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(3) Event Pick of the Week
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The Last Dance
by Andreas

Still looking for a party to dance in the new year? Whether
your answer is yes or no, please plan to drop by the Liquid Room.
Not necessarily for the music or the fun, but because -- as the
dramatic title suggests -- this will be your last chance to set
foot on the dance floor of Shinjuku's legendary club/live house.
The sad truth is that the end of the year coincides with the
closing of Liquid Room, and as a fan of Tokyo's underground/club
music, consider it your duty be at LR in its final hour.
DJs are Tanaka Fumiya and Takkyu Ishino, with a visual feast by
Ukawa Naohiro.
--Andreas

Details at:

http://www.realtokyo.co.jp/event_cgi/ev_viewE.cgi?2,1791


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(4) Presents
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Five readers win metal pin badges, and another five matchboxes
from the selection of original Russ Meyer Film Festival goods.

To apply and for more info see:

http://www.realtokyo.co.jp/en/present/present.htm


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RT will be back in the new year with:

- Out of Tokyo

- Tokyo Initiators' Diary

- Presents

and more...

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