6/30/2009

Sayonara 80s


Michel Jackson dies at 50.
He is the icon of pop culture, so his die brought the end of pop culture.

1980s... It was changing era for fashion, music, and art.
A few day ago, I got two pair of vintage NIKE Air Pegasus, which are made of 1980s and awesome dead stock condition.
These shoes still have 80s memory. Style, design, and materials are old school, but these have the future expectation.

Sayonara 80s, we are going to next step from pop culture.

マイケル・ジャクソンが50歳で亡くなった。
彼は偉大なポップカルチャーのアイコンで、彼の死はとうとうポップカルチャーの終わりをもたらした。

1980年代…ファッションや音楽、そしてアートの大きな転換期だった1980s
先日この2足のナイキ製エア•ペガサスを手に入れた。
どちらも80年代のオリジナルでデットストックです。
このスニーカーは未だに80年代の記憶を保持しているように思える。
スタイル、デザイン、そして素材、どれもクラシカルなのに未来への期待も同時に内包している。

サヨナラ80s、僕たちはポップカルチャーから次のステップへ向かっている…

Beautiful Leather Shoes



I love leather shoes.
I am insatiable to see details of leather shoes.
Good shoes are made by good craftsman, and these shoes are just beautiful.
I choice two leather shoes today. Those shoes have chosen unique materials, which are combination of calf leather and suede.
I think the left shoes is very rare because I had never seen monk strap shoes with these combination; moreover, the toe has decoration like wing tip shoes.
This is very luxurious.
These shoes were made in Italy, and produced by Nordstrom, which is the famous high brands department store.

By the way, unfortunately, I cannot put on those shoes because does not fit size of shoes. However, I really wanted to take photo like HugE, which is Japanese famous fashion magazine then I plan to sell these shoes in eBay after enjoying checking details enough.

I'll notice you again when I show up these shoes in eBay.

靴が好きだ。
特に革靴には目がない。
革靴の細かなディテールを見ているだけも飽きることはない。
もちろん良い靴は良い職人によって作られているし、写真の靴たちも申し分なくよく作られている。
今回この2足を選んだのですが、この2足、少しばかりおもしろい革が使われていて、カーフとスエードのコンビネーションです。
特に写真左の靴は珍しく、今までモンクストラップにコンビレザーでなおかつウイングチップのようにつま先に装飾が施されています。
すごく豪華な作りだと思います。

この2足はイタリア製で、アメリカの高級百貨店、ノードストロームのオリジナルシューズです。

まぁ、あいにくサイズが合わないので履けないのが残念なのですが、あまりに美しいシューズだったのでファッション誌のHugEのような写真を撮りたくて手に入れました。

多分もう少しこのディティールを堪能したら、eBay(ネットオークション)に出品しようかと思っています。
やっぱりちゃんと履いてもらえるほうが靴も喜ぶと思うので…。
出品したらまたお知らせしますね。

6/12/2009

CURRENT see

Summer classes have started, and I took very fun class at the last term.
This is a WALLWORKS, which is three-weeks upper division art class.

I learned more creativity of art, and I could improve my skill and approach to art.
Finally, my class had the exhibition, and this exhibition is the culminating project of an intense three-week art class that challenges upper division art students to create new work within specified parameters. This year’s artwork features digital projects discussing the effects of the economic crisis, including cuts to art education and the Nevada System of Higher Education.

The concept of the show is intended to engage the audience to think about the long reaching effects of the current budget cuts. The works of art in this exhibition will be presented through the use of projected images, emphasizing light and video as a medium and the recognizing importance of site. All art works were developed in collaboration between the students and instructor of the course.


“The Chase”—This project explores the relevance of attaining economic stability during these hard times by using the extreme of homelessness to portray the desperate need for money to survive in America today.


This is the original video of my group for the exhibition.

Both videos were taken by a compact digital camera, which is Panasonic Lumix, and I edited these using finalcut pro.