Wylona Hayashi: Selfie Master?

Wylona Rin-Hayashi: Selfie Master?
curated by YellowMenace (14+ images)

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HAIKU Art Review: Wylona Rin

Engorged lips, wide eyes

More beautiful than she knows

White smoke drifts skyward

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   I have posted Wylona in my AZN Artist category, but she is not a typical artist. She doesn't paint, draw or sculpt. I guess she is a photographer, whose only subject is different versions of herself.

   Can the selfie be art? As far as I know, she styles herself, does her own make-up & takes most of her own photos. Is that not enough to be considered an artist?

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▶ SEE ALSO Part 2: Wylona Rin in Black & White

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ARTIST: Kim Joon (김준) - Tattooed Torsos

Kim Joon (김준): Tattooed Torsos
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   The internet has a short memory. I know these works were all over the net 3-4 years ago & Kim Joon is one of the most famous modern Asian artists, but I had them sitting on my computer since 07, so I thought they were worth displaying again.

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HAIKU Art Review: Kim Joon

Lean labeled limbs

Glorifying consumption?

Empty hands grasp at...

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   Kim Joon (김준) was born in Seoul, Korea in 1966.

VID: George Takei TED Talks Internment

Why I love a country that once betrayed me

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Haiku: Internment by Yellowmenace

Melt in & forget
Nails sticking up get hammered
I dare 2 stand proud

   When he was a child, George Takei and his family were forced into an internment camp for Japanese-Americans, as a "security" measure during World War II. 70 years later, Takei looks back at how the camp shaped his surprising, personal definition of patriotism and democracy.

   I found this talk very moving bc I am a 4th generation Japanese-Canadian. At the same time, I think George Takei is also pitching the idea of a film about the 442nd reg. A film I'd be interested in seeing & supporting if it became a kickstarter project.

   On February 24, 1942, an order-in-council passed under the War Measures Act gave the federal government the power to intern all "persons of Japanese racial origin".

   At that time, my father was 2 years old. His Father & Mother had their home, fishing boat & bank account confiscated. Then they gathered up my father & his 7 siblings & were relocated from their home in Nanaimo, BC to a POW camp in the interior of BC, Tashme. His father, my Gichan was born in Canada. It was his father that immigrated here before the turn of the century.

ARTIST: Victo Ngai - Asian Water Goddess

Victo Ngai - Asian Water Goddess

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Mooncatcher

Haiku Art Review: Victo Ngai by Yellowmenace

Drawn by Eastern seas
Imagination flowing
Always floating free

Koi Dance - 13"x19"Open edition fine art Giclée print.

   Victo Ngai is a NY based illustrator from Hong Kong. "Victo" is not a typo or a boy, but a nickname derived from "Victoria" - a leftover from British colonization.

   Victo Ngai - Like Knows Like - She talks about her work, process & life as an artist.

   Victo Ngai is a Hong Kong born, multiple award winning Illustrator, who lives and works in Manhattan, NY. You might have seen her stunning editorial work in magazines like The New Yorker, The New York Times.

THAI: Katreeya English - Siamese Kat

Katreeya English (แคทรียา อิงลิช)

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   Katreeya English (แคทรียา อิงลิช) is a half Thai/half British singer, actress, model & acrobat.

   My fav Kat Lakorn (ละคร) is Faad Na Ya (แฝดนะยะ) with Por Tridsadee Sahawong (Ch.3 2010). As the title indicates, she plays twins named Bang & Baang, the girl is a tomboy who practices Muay Thai, the boy is a ladyboy who dreams of winning a beauty contest.

   It's lots of fun & adds lots of twists to the typical Lakorn plots because of the subject matter.

   Kat will be in a new Lakorn - Sao Noi Cafe. If the name sounds familiar, it's because this is a remake of an old Lakorn which Kat starred in & performed on the soundtrack.

ARTIST: Formento+Formento - Japan Diaries

Formento + Formento - Japan Diaries
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Current Exhibition: JapanDiaries @ Fahey/Klein Gallery

148 North La Brea, Los Angeles, CA
between First Street and Beverly Boulevard

Phone: (323) 934-2250 

July 24 - August 31, 2104

Haiku Art Review: Japan Diaries by Yellowmenace

Passive AZNettes
Pretty package tied w/ rope
Slanted eyes = soul less

   Richeille Formento, a former graphic designer, styles and art directs the pictures, while her husband BJ Formento lights and photographs them.

   Everything begins with BJ's photography, in the frozen instant that will never return; and ends in Richeille's creative direction, in her slow, reflective, patient composition.

   BJ moved to NYC 1999 and assisted Richard Avedon, Mary Ellen Mark, Annie Leibovitz and studied under Eugene Richards and Arnold Newman. Since 2001, he has set out on his own and has shot for numerous magazines and advertising clients as well as continued to mature in his personal work.

   Richeille worked as an art director and designer within the fashion industry, working for a large umbrella company responsible for visually communicating new season looks on all graphic works and brands like Calvin Klein, Diesel, DKNY and various other independent fashion labels.

FILM: Doraemon: Stand by Me (ドラえもん)

New Japanese movies I want to see in 2014:

Doraemon: Stand by Me (ドラえもん)

   Why I want 2 C it: I love the style of animation. The animators have found the perfect balance between the 2D cartoon & 3D CG. While I've never been a fan of Doraemon, this looks so interesting as they're marketing it as a tear-jerker. Only in Japan would you get a big budget 3D animation about loss & letting go.

   I'm not sure what they will do if this is a huge hit as this seems to be the end of the Doraemon series.

Trailers via: CinemaToday

NOTE: Click the 'cc' button (between 'watch later' & 'settings') for English Subs

   Directors: Takashi Yamazaki & Ryuichi Yagi

Cast: Megumi Oohara, Subaru Kimura, Tomokazu Seki, Wasabi Mizuta, and Yumi Kakazu

   The first 3D CG movie starring the anime robot cat Doraemon. Directed by Takashi Yamazaki and Ryuichi Yagi

Stangely, this is  the last in the Doraemon series and will focus on Doraemon leaving and how Nobita deals with the loss.

Release Date: 8 August 2014

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FILM: Sion Sono's - Tokyo Tribe (特報)

New Japanese movies I want to see in 2014:

Tokyo Tribe (特報)  -  FB

   Why I want 2 C it: I am a Sion Sono fan, but he isn't a god in my eyes. He takes HUGE risks making movies that no one else could make or even conceive. Sometimes the results are brilliant a la Noriko's Dinner Table which is his best so far. Love Exposure had its moments, but needed an editor to hack about 1 hr out. I couldn't finish Guilty of Romance it was so pointless.

   Tokyo Tribe looks way, way over the top, cartoon yakuza in an alternate universe. Like Sono saw the end of Miike Takashi's Dead or Alive 1 & said "the whole film should B this crazy".

   This has the potential to be his most accessible & entertaining film to date, of course it could also end up being one strange pile of dog shit. One thing's guaranteed, the movie will be filled w/ guttural yakuza cries of "EeeRRRLLAAAaaaa!" & that's good enough for me :)  

Trailers via: CinemaToday

NOTE: Click the 'cc' button (between 'watch later' & 'settings') for English Subs

Directed by Sion Sono (園子温)

Starring: Ryohei Suzuki (鈴木亮平), Young Dais (ヤング ダイス), Nana Seino (清野菜名)

   Yakuza gangs on the rampage in the streets of Tokyo in the near future!

   Release Date (劇場公開日): 2014年8月30日

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VID: ADHD - Anime Tribute

ANIMATION DOMINATION HIGH-DEF: Anime Tribute

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ATTACK ON CUTEST TITAN 
   - This is my fav bc it's the funniest, not bc I'm a huge Attack on Titan fan. I tried to watch it, but couldn't get into it. I like my anime a lot weirder & I also didn't like the style of animation. I think the massive popularity of this anime is the fact that heroes & main characters can die. Much like GoT, it feels unpredictable bc we aren't used to seeing likable characters just snuffed out.

   Attack on Titan's Mikasa, Armin, and Eren finally meet a Titan they can't kill. 'Cause it's just too cute.

Writer: Heather Anne Campbell
Storyboard Director: George Yang
Voice Talent: Angela Trimbur, Frank Howley, Jeff Sloniker, Nick Reczynski
Animation: Carol Scarbrough, George Yang, Whitney Tang, Nick Sazani
Design: Jenessa Warren, Hyojin Bae, Marcos Cohen, Gabe Lee
Editor: Nick Reczynski

SCHOOL GIRL CRUSH
   - Very funny bc it is so accurately identifies the tropes in any anime about HS or Uni. This is also the basic structure of Tokyo Drift, but w/ boys.

   In the tradition of Utena, Project A-Ko, Oniisama E, Sailor Moon, Mai Hime, Kill la Kill, and Sakura Trick, comes Schoolgirl Crush!
   Kim Kimiko is a poor transfer student who discovers the real meaning of power when she battles rich girl Lucia Goch. This is class warfare! This is love! This is schoolgirls fighting schoolgirls over schoolgirls!

Worst AZN EVR! - Stephen Colbert

Worst AZN EVR! - Stephen Colbert

   I know this is waaay late, but I had to include Ching Chong Ding Dong on the Worst AZN EVR list.

   I've been a Colbertian since '06. He's the only comedy I watch, so I wasn't offended by Ching Chong bc I understood his intent.

   That said, I think he may have pushed it too far with the Ching Chong foundation.

Last Ching Chong appearance

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   Imagine something similar done w/ a black character, making fun of the fact that the stereotype even existed w/ that very character some kind of Uncle Tom. I guess Uncle Ruckus on the Boondocks is this type of character.

   It can B done, but it's a very thin & high tightrope to walk, especially without a safety net. Tarantino managed this ever so skillfully w/ Django Unchained, which could have gone horribly wrong.

   The CancelColbert movement scared the shit out of him & I don't think we'll see Ching Chong evr again.

1st Ching Chong appearance - Hot tea!

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YALA Ching Chong Ding Dong

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