Tokion Creativity Now
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- ronnypudding
Did any of you go to this?
- taragee0
yup - did u?
- ronnypudding0
No - was it any good?
- taragee0
i thousght it was really good - i cant really write about it now ill come back after work ;)
- lee_b0
i would have loved to go. i'm in england though. how was it?
tokion have just opened a store in japan, although the japanese side of the magazine has now become Paper-Sky 'the in-flight magazine for the ground'
http://www.paper-sky.com
- ravipops0
I was really dissapointed with the event. Here's why- The location, was there a good seat in the place? Columns everywhere. The sound, unless you were in the first few rows in the center you had to strain to hear what was being said at times, the sound was way too quiet. The whole thing dragged on especially in the second day and I found my self dozing off. The event also seemed unorganize with no real flow. No refreshments of any sort except tylenol, they were selling the magazi.e, I mean come on pay 75 bucks for tickets and you can't even include an issue of the mag? There were some highlights like Barney, Shepard, Hello Kitty's creator's translator, and if I could've heard shynola I'm sure they would've been up there too
- taragee0
hmm ok maybe it would be better if u had specific questions for me cuz i started to write a review but its like 10 paragraphs long - ravi i agree the sound was crap and it was leik 500 degrees in there but what about the content? u really mean to tell me all you have to talk about is the translator?
- carianoff0
I flew in from Detroit without tickets! I was so bummed when it sold out. NYC had plenty to fill the void but still...
Someone tell me more about it.
- nmdtht0
the commodification of street art panel was worth a listen - the irony of it all got me a bit dizzy - i.e., an event sponsored by nike to promote dialogue about art and creativity includes a session in which a panelist who works for nike discusses the value that nike brings to the art community. an interesting form of advertising it seems - turning the event itself into an infomercial. ryan mcginness and shepard fairey both spoke well - in quite different ways - on the subject.
the panel with abderrahim foukara from al jazeera and a rep from the US state dept. was definitely a highlight - exposing the not-so-subtle tactics the gov is using to attempt to pursuade muslims that we all live in a yellow submarine.