Tokyo Weekender - May 2017
Meet the hyperreal body artist, the illusionist, the contortionist, and the acrobat who are all helping to put the country on the global talent map. Plus we go inside Nara’s abandoned theme park, Q&A with chef Bill Granger, Japan’s child poverty crisis, and our Spring education special
Meet the hyperreal body artist, the illusionist, the contortionist, and the acrobat who are all helping to put the country on the global talent map. Plus we go inside Nara’s abandoned theme park, Q&A with chef Bill Granger, Japan’s child poverty crisis, and our Spring education special
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M<br />
MUSIC<br />
Three singles that will get your<br />
feet tapping to the tune of warmer<br />
weather (compiled by James Wong)<br />
THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF MASAMICHI KATAYAMA<br />
“LIFE IS HARD…LET’S GO SHOPPING”<br />
The mind behind the interiors of UNIQLO flagship stores around the world,<br />
high-end fashion boutiques, and <strong>Tokyo</strong>’s INTERSECT BY LEXUS, Masamichi<br />
Katayama has made a name for himself as a design figure to follow. At his<br />
installation show at the <strong>Tokyo</strong> Opera City Art Gallery, Katayama is returning<br />
to the punk aesthetic (“putting the boot in,” as he calls it) that inspired<br />
him from his early days, mixing and matching up surreal interiors from<br />
his personal collection that combine everything from fine art to taxidermy.<br />
<strong>Tokyo</strong> Opera City Art Gallery Until June 25 www.operacity.jp/ag/exh196/<br />
index_e.php<br />
FOREST MEMORIES: YOSHIHIKO UEDA<br />
What can we learn by<br />
spending time among the<br />
trees? This collection of<br />
large format photographs<br />
– taken in the Pacific<br />
Northwestern US and on<br />
the island of Yakushima<br />
– offers a few answers:<br />
an appreciation of the<br />
flow that occurs among<br />
disparate objects in the environment,<br />
the influences<br />
that geological forces play<br />
on developing forests, and<br />
a very deep sense of time.<br />
A great opportunity to see<br />
the work of this thoughtful<br />
photographer, whose work<br />
often appears on the walls<br />
of this venue. Gallery 916<br />
Until July 2 gallery916.com<br />
CALVIN<br />
HARRIS FEAT.<br />
YOUNG THUG,<br />
PHARRELL<br />
WILLIAMS<br />
AND ARIANA<br />
GRANDE –<br />
“HEATSTROKE”<br />
Summer isn’t really summer without a Calvin<br />
Harris anthem, and this year “Heatstroke”<br />
is certain to blaze through pool parties and<br />
festivals across the globe. Harris teams up with<br />
the man who is always in the moment, Pharrell<br />
Williams, and rounds off with Young Thug and<br />
Ariana Grande. This is <strong>2017</strong>’s answer to Justin<br />
Timberlake’s “Can’t Stop The Feeling!”<br />
bit.ly/TWHeatstroke<br />
DUA LIPA – “HOT-<br />
TER THAN HELL<br />
(MIIKE SNOW<br />
REMIX)”<br />
The lady on<br />
everyone’s lips, Dua<br />
Lipa has been hailed<br />
as the next big thing<br />
for months now and<br />
finally drops her debut album in Japan this June.<br />
“Hotter Than Hell” provides a strong indicator of<br />
what to expect and this remix by Swedish indiepop<br />
group Miike Snow propels the 21-year old Brit<br />
beyond the spectrum of cool. bit.ly/TWDuaLipa<br />
JAMIROQUAI –<br />
“SOMETHING<br />
ABOUT YOU”<br />
It’s easy for 90s<br />
superstars to rely<br />
on “Greatest Hits”<br />
comebacks, but that’s<br />
not for Jamiroquai.<br />
The 47-year-old Jay<br />
Kay and co are celebrating their relevance among<br />
today’s generation with an album of new material<br />
that’s been hitting number one in over 30<br />
countries. “Something About You” is a disco-funk,<br />
acid-jazz number that bridges the gap until Daft<br />
Punk’s next record. bit.ly/TWJamiroquai<br />
©Yoshihiko Ueda, Quinault No.1, 1990-1991<br />
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