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She’s So Hot I Wanna Clean Her Room - 3D Mapped Bedroom Chaos
Messy rooms scanned in 3D become love letters to chaos.

EZ’s Cyborg Wardrobe - The Dream of a Modular Body
EZ blurs body and machine until fashion becomes emotional armor.

Sketching Punk Energy – Ore’s World Between Berlin and Tokyo
Ore sketches loose lines packed with punk mood and manga heart.

Hallucinatory Japan - The Psychedelic World of Keiichi Tanaami
Postwar trauma and pop culture collide in Tanaami’s vivid dreamscape.

Brutal Zen – The Raw Poetry of Japanese Brutalism
Paul Tulett photographs quiet concrete forms hiding in plain sight.

The Karaoke Torii Gate - Heaven’s Sound System
A sacred gate turned into an interactive sound installation.

Tokyo Compression - The Faces of Tokyo’s Commute
Through glass and stillness, Wolf frames the cost of movement.

The Underwater Girls of Manabu Koga
Underwater worlds and robotic fantasies.

The Man Who Froze the Wind - Kawase Hasui
Hasui painted the kind of calm most people miss.

How Chris Pyrate’s Art Took Root in Japan
Chris Pyrate paints Tokyo with pastel chaos and sakura dreams.

The Ping Pong Table That Wasn’t - Tomiyasu’s Years of Observation
A ping pong table, a window, and four years waiting.

Decoding Japan’s Friendly Relationship With Robots Through Emi Kusano’s ‘Techno-Animism’
Emi Kusano crafts a world where AI dreams in neon.

Domestic Meditations - The Softly Glowing World of Ulala Imai
Everyday objects whisper stories as Ulala Imai captures their glow.

Contemplative Cuties - The Creatures of Maiko Kobayashi
These quirky little creatures say more than words ever could.

Japan and West Asia - Bridging Cultures Through Textiles and Calligraphy
How Tampopo redefined food cinema, spotlighting ramen as Japan’s cultural symbol.

NEO SHIBUYA TV - The Art Project Redefining Billboards in Tokyo
Billboards reimagined as Shibuya’s streets become Tokyo’s art gallery.

Japan in Pixels - The Wholesome Digital World of Fatbeard
Fatbeard’s pixel art captures Japan’s timeless beauty in modern form.

Kiyoshi Awazu - Pioneering Graphic Design in Post-War Japan
How Kiyoshi Awazu blended surrealism and Japanese culture, reshaping visual art.

Peaches.’ Ode to Kyushakai Subculture
Peaches. Japan brings Kyushakai’s raw spirit to life in Tokyo.

Offline - Casper Kent’s Polaroid Portal into Intimacy and Fantasy
Casper Kent’s ‘Offline’ explores raw, imperfect moments through nostalgic Polaroids.
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