Giant Robot Store and GR2 News
The Target Free Saturday at JANM was a hit drawing 1000 folks. Kids made robots out of cardboard boxes, film canisters, crepe paper, and spare junk parts. Many also learned about comics with Yumi Sakugawa and did some watercolors with Rob Sato. [nggallery id=JANM-GRBIENNALE-Robsato]
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A toilet theme park? Yes there is one. It’s mascot of course is a cute turd. Of course they take it serious. Watch the videos. (GLobal Post – Mr Toilet) [youtube]m30hrA5LBLo[/youtube] [youtube]-gG519kaWGs[/youtube]
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It’s an amazing 50,000 toys that appear to be somewhat randomly placed in cases. 39 year old, Somchay Nitimongkolchai purchased a large amount on eBay. The price to get in is about $1.95. (CNN – Toys) Here’s a video that takes you on a visual tour of the museum [youtube]hlrtKScTzBE[/youtube] Youtube
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Jerry Yang co founder of Yahoo! is showing a part of his calligraphy collection at the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco in an exhibition called, “Out of Character: Decoding Chinese Calligraphy“. Here’s a Q and A with Jerry Yang as published in the SFWeekly to get a bit more insight on the man’s collection. (SFWeekly – Jerry Yang)
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Here’s a voting poll. It’s a popularity contest in the end. If this poll includes “pound for pound” cultural significance, diversity, community building and outreach. I’d cast my vote and say, yes to JANM. (Cityvoter – JANM)
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