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June 29, 2008

Tokyo.Ten Party

I came jet-lagged fresh from three flights, Berlin to Paris, Paris to Seoul, Seoul to Tokyo, two airport buses and various trains, in total over 24 hours of constant travel the previous day, into a long sleep into Tokyo’s Friday afternoon, waking up into the final preparations for the Tokyo.Ten opening party that evening. It was successful beyond my imagination; probably the best party I’ve seen associated with our office. Tons of people, lots of connections and exchange, and seemingly a genuine interest in the book, artworks, and videos themselves. If you missed the party, you can of course still visit the exhibition which will be ongoing until 7.27.

The setup:

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The party, ground floor:

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In the gallery, 2nd floor (there is another gallery on the 7th, which I didn’t shoot in):

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The Bohla watch continues to generate conversation the world over, this time, with Alvin and Maki

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People:
Mark, always with his fish-eye equipped

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Maki and Kiyo-chan

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W+K girls, Lina and Mai-chan

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Jemapur, our next artist for Lab, was one of the DJs tonight, with WOOG and Uppercut.

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Hutch, AD of W+K whose work is also included in Tokyo.Ten

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Shingo, aka Merce Death, AD of W+K who also performed live

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Woog and I

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No forgetting though, this is a Tokyo Lab party, a record label after all, and the musical showcase is saved for another party on the 24th. And I fear there will be a whole lot of preparation to do between now and then.

The book itself will be out from 7.01, and I would recommend picking it up at Roppongi’s ACB, where there will be a sort of Tokyo.Ten takeover in the store. I found some nice photos of the book on CBCNET (where did they get those?)!

I almost forgot, +cruz, Woog, Sun An, and myself will do an exhibition of personal work starting next weekend also at Claska. As usual, the info is over at wktokyolab.com/ten. Busy days ahead, not even thinking yet about the status of ‘real’ client projects.

Posted by shane at June 29, 2008 04:50 AM