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SNACKS FROM JAPAN IS A MIXED-MEDIA VISUAL ARCHIVE CONSISTING OF ORIGINAL PERSONAL WORKS, REMAKES OF WORKS BY SELECTED ADMIIRED ARTISTS AND FRAGMENTS FROM PERSONAL MEMORIES ROOTED IN JAPANESE CULTURE AND SPANNING RETRO AND CONTEMPORARY AESTHETICS.
MOGWAA - FROM ABOVE
“FROM ABOVE” IS A 2022 ELECTRONIC MUSIC ALBUM BY THE KOREAN ARTIST MOGWAA, DEFINED BY A MINIMAL, ATMOSPHERIC AESTHETIC WITH ROMANTIC, MID-TEMPO DANCE TRACKS.
MELT BANANA - FETCH
MUSIC ALBUM “FETCH” IS A 2013 RELEASE BY THE JAPANESE NOISE ROCK BAND MELT-BANANA, KNOWN FOR ITS INTENSE ENERGY AND CHAOTIC, HIGH-SPEED SOUND.
NEW TOKYO
LABYRINTHOS
SHIGEYUKI HAYASHI
IN THE OPENING SEGMENT OF NEO TOKYO, TITLED "LABYRINTH LABYRINTHOS" WE ENTER A SURREAL AND MYSTERIOUS WORLD THROUGH THE EYES OF A YOUNG GIRL AND HER LOYAL CAT, DRAWN BY CURIOSITY INTO A MAZE OF STRANGE DIMENSIONS, SHIFTING SPACES, AND SOFTLY DISTORTED DREAMLIKE LANDSCAPES. WHAT BEGINS AS A SIMPLE GAME OF HIDE AND SEEK SLOWLY UNFOLDS INTO WHIMSICAL YET UNSETTLING VISIONS, WHERE INNOCENCE BLENDS WITH QUIET UNEASE AND MOMENTS THAT BLUR THE LINE OF REALITY, AS THE ANIMATION EMBRACES SURREAL IMAGERY, POETIC VISUALS, AND A DRIFTING SENSE OF WONDER.
LOS FRAGMENTS:
MEMORIES
PROJECT SUMMURY
INSPIRED BY THE JAPANESE ARE, BURE, BOKE MOVEMENT, AND PHOTOGRAPHERS SUCH AS DAIDO MORIYAMA AND DAISUKE YOKOTA, THIS PHOTO ALBUM EMERGED IN RESPONSE TO A PERSONAL EXPERIENCE OF LOSS. THE WORK REFLECTS ON HOW ABSENCE IS PERCEIVED AND INTERNALIZED, NOT AS A FIXED CONDITION, BUT AS A SHIFTING, SUBJECTIVE STATE. IT UNFOLDS THROUGH A RAW, FRAGMENTED VISUAL LANGUAGE, WHERE IMAGE, TEXTURE, AND IMPERFECTION BECOME CENTRAL ELEMENTS. MOMENTS APPEAR INCOMPLETE, UNSTABLE, AND TRANSIENT, SUGGESTING THAT LOSS IS NOT ONLY REMEMBERED, BUT CONTINUOUSLY REINTERPRETED THROUGH TIME AND PERCEPTION.
THIS MOCKUP PRESENTS A PROPOSED ALBUM DISPLAY WITHIN A BANNER FORMAT, WHERE THE SURROUNDING ENVIRONMENT APPEARS FROZEN IN TIME WHILE THE CONTENT LOOPS CONTINUOUSLY.
THE PHOTOGRAPHS SELECTED FOR THIS PRESENTATION ARE DRAWN FROM THE PHOTOGRAPHIC ARCHIVE OF “CHARA MITSAKOU”
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ABSENCE, BODY, MEMORY,
DISSOLUTION, MEANING.
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LOSS, RECOLLECTION,
MATTER, DUST, IMPRINT
SFJ
Snacks From Japan is a mixed-media visual archive
consisting of original personal works, remakes of
works by selected admired artists and fragments
from personal memories rooted in japanese culture
and spanning retro and contemporary aesthetics.
Release date:
1/10/2013
1/10/2013
Artist:
Melt Banana
Melt Banana
Music Album “Fetch” is a 2013 release by the Japanese noise rock band Melt-Banana, known for its intense energy and chaotic, high-speed sound.
Release date:
1/10/2023
1/10/2023
Artist:
Melt Banana
Melt Banana
“From Above” is a 2022 electronic music album by the korean artist Mogwaa, defined by a minimal, atmospheric aesthetic with romantic, mid-tempo dance tracks.
New Tokyo:
Labyrinthos
Labyrinthos
Shigeyuki Hayashi
In the opening segment of Neo Tokyo, titled “Labyrinth Labyrinthos” we enter a surreal and mysterious world through the eyes of a young girl and her loyal cat, drawn by curiosity into a maze of strange dimensions, shifting spaces, and softly distorted dreamlike landscapes. What begins as a simple game of hide and seek slowly unfolds into whimsical yet unsettling visions, where innocence blends with quiet unease and moments that blur the line of reality, as the animation embraces surreal imagery, poetic visuals, and a drifting sense of wonder.
Loss Fragments:
Memories
Memories
Inspired by the Japanese are, bure, boke movement, and photographers such as Daido Moriyama and Daisuke Yokota, this photo album emerged in response to a personal experience of loss. the work reflects on how absence is perceived and internalized, not as a fixed condition, but as a shifting, subjective state.
It unfolds through a raw, fragmented visual language, where image, texture, and imperfection become central elements. Moments appear incomplete, unstable, and transient, suggesting that loss is not only remembered, but continuously reinterpreted through time and perception.
Original Photos selected from the photographic archive of “Chara Mitsakou”.