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Fugetsu-Do – The Prize for talking about the Giant Robot Biennale 3 at JANM. At the end of the day when everyone was exhausted from a day of programming, that’s the best time to get on state to talk about the exhibition. I did a “pecha kucha” type presentation. 20 slides, 20 seconds each. Why? Because I couldn’t control or even see the person handling the projector. The job? Fill in the gaps and speed up when the slide changes. Yeah that’s the only way I could see doing this without saying, “Next!” 20 times. Yet, it kind of worked. I showed off some customs. You can see Okkle on the bottom left (it’s an amazing piece) and Cris Rose is obstructed by the lights. Yes, the screen system there doesn’t work well in the later afternoon. Since it was a difficult presentation and the frankly the photo by Lori Kodama below makes the pics look more visible! Thanks much V3! Thanks Jozjozjozjoz
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Cris Rose – work in progress Squink! - work in progress Bob Conge – Plaseebo – Completed. Thanks much Toysrevil. One of the first pieces of press for the Giant Robot Biennale 3, and they did it on their own and even found the only two photos we’ve seen until recently. We’re adding the Bob Conge / Plaseebo photos. Yes it lights up too. Thanks for the kind words. (Toysrevil – Biennale 3)
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It’s unofficial esp the backside, but it’s close
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Reception September 22, 2012 - Hours to be posted. The Japanese American National Museum presents Giant Robot Biennale 3, its third show in conjunction with Eric Nakamura, owner of Asian American pop culture juggernaut Giant Robot. The expansive show features a gallery of eight emerging artists along with a customized vinyl figure collection. Following two previous successful exhibitions at the National Museum, the Biennale continues to push the envelope with a creative, fresh, and uniquely interactive experience. This year’s exhibition highlights the works of Rob Sato, Deth P. Sun, Ako Castuera, Eishi Takaoka, Saelee Oh, Sean Chao, Albert Reyes, and Zach Gage, all with long ties to Giant Robot. Each artist brings their original style, from whimsical wall paintings and creatures in clay worlds, to a life-size “haunted” maze especially built for this Biennale. Using Uglydoll creator David Horvath figures, Nakamura curated Project Remix, a custom vinyl show with over 80 artists from seven countries—including the rare combination of both established customizers and fine artists. Special additions to the exhibition include an original piece from Japanese painter Masakatsu Sashie as well as arcade machines running Jeni Yang and Beau Blyth’s new indie video game, Catburger.
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That's Souther sitting in the cubby hole next to his pieces. While it's slightly sad that the show is over, and it's on to the next, it's also great to see people stop in to take down their work, or in Souther's situation, to photograph it all. It's sort of like the party that wanted to keep on going. We need to figure out how to get that done for next time.
It's amazing what you can do with scraps...