This time I took a trip to different parts of Taiwan, such as, Taipei, Gao-shung, Tainan and Chipei with my mother. Of course I spent time for National Tainan University of Arts and had a meeting with students of National Taiwan Normal University to keep in touch with arts.
One thing made me surprised that people and youths of almost of all tourism destinations I had visited can speak Japanese very well.
I like this country but I just realize that I have grained 8-kilogram weight more because of its cuisines. Not too soon for next re-visit, but see you next year for sure!

On November 23th 2009, LITE will start selling their first band t-shirts and Promotion “EP Turns Red” t-shirts, designed by Koonklung Kouputhai (B.O.R.E.D Design).

(Ash x Red, Empire red x Black, Mazarine x Greenish yellow)

“Twist and Shout”, an exhibition of contemporary art by forefront Japanese contemporary artists which I used to assist was a first step for my internship at the Japan Foundation, Bangkok.

The exhibition will introduce for the first time, a major contemporary art show from Japan rooted in Japanese pop culture, inspired by such genre as manga and anime, and placing a special focus on new trends that have emerged in the Japanese subculture in recent years.

“Twist and Shout” is the major survey of the art movement that acutely reflects various aspects of the Japanese contemporary society and the psyche of the people. Powerful statements and insights are made through paintings, installations, video art, sculpture, photography, and even a six foot-high moving robot and an entourage of forty little ones, the exhibition represents a dynamic exploration of the visual arts subculture, with imaginative elements and subliminal messages relevant to society and history. The show will contain some forty works by 17 Japanese artists.

“Twist and Shout” exhibition is part of the Mekong-Japan Exchange year 2009. The exhibition will be on view from 19 November 2009 to 10 January 2010, at Bangkok Art and Culture Centre, Pathumwan Junction. The BACC is open daily ,10am – 9pm, Mondays closed. The entry is free.

Thank you so much for my old classmates!!

Guangzhou, city where is close to Hong Kong, is one of growing up cities in China. Really nice and bad points of it had been found during my visit here. The fact is found that this city is not a kind of historical site as we have reminded.
I had a great time with good people and really want to keep in touch with their mentality. My first visit to Guangzhou was in 2005 but I felt so scared with something from local people and did not know what the cause was. I decided to visit here again to how it has been changed. Now I agree that China is definitely growing up so fast and it will be in positive way.
It is my homework for next-month visit.
Anyway, thank you so much for my old classmates!! and their friends. You, guys make my trip be so colorful. See you again so soon!!

Takahiro Hayakawa was born in 1979, having received many national and international awards at the world-renowned competitions, such as, “ARS ELECTRONICA 2005″ “SIGGRAPH 2008 and 2009” “2004 Asia Digital Art Award“etc. He is a new blood generation of animation filmmaking.

His works are a combination of hand-drawn animation and computer-based generative animation in the form of organic expression. In his view “animation” and “animism” are both originated from “anima” and these three aforementioned wordes became his keywords to create animation works, based on a motif of Asian countries including Japan which are entitled, “the world of spirit”.

Collaboration / Wit Pimkanchanapong, Thunska Pansittivorakul,
Thaweesak Srithongdee (Lolay), Penwadee Nophaket Manont.

Thanks for coming!!

The event which I have supported is totally excellent and right now it becomes very hot topic about Thailand in Japan.

Urk’s lighting is really matched with Miki’s songs as well as others in LiquidRoom Ebisu, Japan. I should do this kind of small event more and more to get Japanese know more about lovely Thailand!!

Myspace – Miki Furukawa , Wikipedia – Miki Furukawa (ex-SUPER CAR)

It had been a great time to share my time with the Japan Foundation, Bangkok since 2005 when my project in Phuket was launched. I have finished my internship there and I have got superb nice experience on how to manage art, what national organization is, how to co-operate with other people and so on. By the way this is just my internship completion, I have to do more things with the Japan Foundation, Bangkok and others.
Let’s keep going!!

Thai night !!!!! with cool DJs & Musicians, VJ
with quite simple concept,only one keyword: Bangkok, Thailand!!

Interesting lineup of performers

Miki Furukawa (ex. SUPERCAR)
momokomotion (ex. Futon, Bangkok)
fon (talkless from Bangkok)
niu (Mt.sox/Riczen/Paris Collection’s model)
Daisuke Taira (Free Throw)
WEEKEND (TokyoHelloz)

VJ urk (Duck Unit from Bangkok)

Come to enjoy our event with cool performers on Saturday night!

*Flyer design by Nichi Booncharoensuk

It’s a first MV work of Mr.Koonklung Kouputhai (Klung) from B.O.R.E.D. Design for Japanese. As having an idea to change band’s image, LITE wants to try a graphic work, represented in new EP “turns red” which is in accordance with their concept of “turns”. Even we have super less time to work on it, we’ve tried our best.

Hope you like it.

LITE will release new EP in Japan and U.K. on 7th October 2009.

Three new EP tracks called “Turns Red” will be released on October 7th, recording with ex-Jawbox frontman J Robbins in Baltimore during LITE’s first US tour with Mike Watt together with the Missing Men on May. The track listing is:

1. The Sun Sank
2. Tomato
3. Vermillion

All artworks for LITE’s EP were producted by Mr.Koonklung Kouputhai (or knowned as Klung) from B.O.R.E.D. Design. The CD was designed in see-through plastic style,so the design is variable itself,if you put CD in different positions. When the three (two of see-through plastics artworks and CD plate) are combined,it will be complete work.

With quite complex concept,only keywords: audio-form and when nature turns red, it becomes autumn can describe the design.