Improv Everywhere

 I don't have many BLOGs to check usually as daily basis. I've got just a few. Then, the one in the few is "ニューヨークの遊び方(How to play in N.Y.)" and I love it so much. Because, not only I love N.Y., but also I love its choices of themes. It has a massive of info, pics and hints for creativity.
From that BLOG, I've got to know a performance unit "Improv Everywhere". They perform improvising and what superb is to involve public. Also, what supreme is many people to get involved it.

 I just image that if it's in japan, how many people would love to get involved? Even, how long would the unit last? I totally couldn't imagine that many got involved and extend nothing. I don't know why I thought so, but... just thinking about Japanese mentality.
So, I searched on Internet about those kind of things, then I found it.
It's not actually Japanese made, but they are acting in Japan. They "Pirates of the Dotombori" seem me doing well.

 I'm absolutely amazed by the reaction of those whom got involved them. Some said, because it's in Osaka, Japan; Osaka is the MECCA of comedy. However, it's still wicked.

 Anyway. I love to see following videos, and, one day, one day I'd love to get involved.

 
ニューヨークの遊び方 : http://nyliberty.exblog.jp/
Improv Everywhere Official Web-site : http://www.improveverywhere.com
Pirates of the Dotombori Official Web-site : http://www.piratesofthedotombori.com/

Still Crazy

 After 311, one of the biggest earthquake hit in history, Japan got a lot of problems one after another. And these problems seem never solved. Especially, nuclear plants and radiation threats. However, "LIFE GOSE ON" anyway and people get used any pain somehow.

 A photographer, Taishi Hirokawa, has been taking photos of "nuclear plants" in Japan as the landscapes. Then, he published a book called "Still Crazy - nuclear power plants as seen in Japanese landscapes" in 1994.
Actually, building nuclear plant is a huge business for Japan as the top bland.
As he said, if it's really Japanese landscapes, we had to think it much more before it's too late to fix it. But, I think we still have time to do it and change it. I just reckon it at this time around the annual Japanese Remembrance Day and Hiroshima-Nagasaki.




Taishi Hirokawa's Official site : HIROKAWA810.COM
"Still Crazy - nuclear power plants as seen in Japanese landscapes" on Amazon.com

Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque & Tokyo Camii

  I have massive of places I want to see whatever it is, wherever it is. One of them is "The Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque" at Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. It looks so huge and seems marvellous inside. By Wikipedia, it has 82 domes and 4 high minarets in 17,000 m2 courtyard!! Wow!!
Moreover, what amazing is that more than 3,000 workers got involved to construct it.
545 million US dollars were spent. Yeahhh... money matters... but still enthusiasm matters as good way. The passion of building this is why I wanna go to feel.

 And even here. Tokyo. Tokyo has the biggest mosque in Japan which is "Tokyo Camii". "Tokyo Camii" is in one of the richest area in Tokyo and surrounded by residential district. You may experience some kind of strange feelings when you walk down the area and suddenly notice that quite large architecture. Its mosque is Turkish therefore it also is as Turkish culture centre.

 Whatever the country is, wherever people comes from and whatever people believes, passion create amazement you never see before.

Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque Official site : http://www.szgmc.ae/
Tokyo Camii Official site : http://www.tokyocamii.org/

Yokohama Triennale

 "Yokohama Triennale" is just around the corner; from 6th August to 6th November. Last year, Nagoya held quite huge one as the event and areas, then comparing Nagoya and Yokohama, Yokohama's one looks smaller as the both of the event and areas. However, contents of it seems really suitable for the theme. Here is a list of entrees.

"YOKOHAMA TRIENNALE 2011 OUR MAGIC HOUR

- How Much of the World Can We Know? -"
 

ABE Taisuke	ARAKI Nobuyoshi	Rina BANERJEE
Massimo BARTOLINI	Michael BORREMANS	James Lee BYARS
Mircea CANTOR	Peter COFFIN	Venanzo CROCETTI
Bjorn DAHLEM	Verne DAWSON	DEWAR & GICQUEL
Max ERNST	Aurelien FROMENT	Ryan GANDER
Henrik HA*KANSSON	HAN Sungpil	Jeppe HEIN
Damien HIRST	IKEDA Manabu	IMAMURA Ryosuke
ISHIDA Tetsuya	IWASAKI Takahiro	IZUMI Taro
JEON Joonho	KASHIKI Tomoko	Mike KELLEY
Zilvinas KEMPINAS	KIM Riyoo	Joachim KOESTER
Sigalit LANDAU	MAEDA Yukinori	Rene MAGRITTE
Man RAY	Christian MARCLAY	MORI Osamu
N.S. HARSHA	Rivane NEUENSCHWANDER	Jun NGUYEN-HATSUSHIBA
Carsten NICOLAI	Isamu NOGUCHI	NOGUCHI Rika
Susan NORRIE	OCHIAI Tam
Meret OPPENHEIM	Wilfredo PRIETO	Sudsiri PUI-OCK
Tobias REHBERGER	Aleksandr RODCHENKO	SAGA Atsushi
SATO Ataru	SHIMABUKU	SUGIMOTO Hiroshi
SUN Xun	SUNAZAWA Bikky	TAGUCHI Kazuna
TANAAMI Keiichi	TANAKA Koki	TATEISHI Tiger
TOMII Motohiro	TOYA Shigeo	TSAI Charwei
USUKUBO Kaoru	UTAGAWA Kuniyoshi	Apichatpong WEERASETHAKUL
YAGI Lyota	YAMASHITA Mai + KOBAYASHI Naoto	YIN Xiuzhen
YOKOO Tadanori	YUMOTO Goichi Collection

Official Site : http://yokohamatriennale.jp/en/