Kyoto 2011

Home Sweet Home II

Trying on amazing kimonos for my Seijinshiki.

Seijinshiki blog coming soon.

成人式の振り袖着物を買いました！

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The man who sells the kimonos also collects antique and vintage silverware.

The cups and plates were GORGEOUS.

AND he let us drink tea from them... I felt like a goddess.

お弁当

Veggie Faces a la Japonais

Veggie Man

Carl Kleiner with his adorable food-creatures!

Reminds me of the Japanese Bentos ^.^

Next blog idea... mmmmm.

Elle and Dakota

Photography by Mario Sorrenti

When did they get so old?
Time flies so quickly, if you don't stop and look around in a while.. You might miss it.

Through the Window

Project 2C: Peep Hole

Going back to a more generalist concept; my last project is a look into the world with lens of fantasy. 

We have a woman in a gown with a spiral of leaves surrounding her. She is connected to vines crawling behind her and around her. She produces an aura of blue and yellow as she stares at the city. (In this case; Tokyo). The project is quite self explanatory. The woman represents nature and purity, and she is distressed at the sight of the walkway of skyscrapers, office buildings and shopping structures. She brings with her her "security blanket"; her bits of nature. They surround her and she tries to fix the world with the vines. The "window" is created to give the audience more perspective. To make it seem like we are peeking into her subconscious. The color and texture is supposed to represent cement -- she is held in. The cement is still lightly dripping across the scene, signifying that she is trapped and that change isn't near.

Eerie Dance

BALLET DEVIARE presents DISCONSOLATE, 

a nine minute experimental dance film directed by ADAM WALTNER. 

DISCONSOLATE is a powerful, soul-entrancing depiction which illustrates the depths of human suffering. 

Set to "Waldlander im Herbst" from the Funeral Doom phenomenon CELESTIIAL (Tanner Anderson), the piece evokes a feeling and mood that is as hypnotic as it is effecting. Prepare yourself for a bold and unforgettable experience. 

DISCONSOLATE's staging and patterning were influenced by the ballet La Bayadere, Act II: The Kingdom of the Shades. DISCONSOLATE was BALLET DEVIARE's recognition of its ballet foundation, while simultaneously redefining its classical roots.

City Skyline

Project 2A: Crystal Ball

For my first project I decided to try to convey a message through my artwork about how our society is obsessed with building new structures, and is thus destroying the environment. I had a couple of ideas in mind, but settled with a spherical shape. The sphere represents a crystal ball (like the ones oracles and fortune tellers use) which can tell the future and the past of a scenario. In this case, the scenario is a city skyline at night with a reflection in the water. The reflection in the water has been transformed into trees - reminding the population of the potential forest that could have been growing there in place of the skyscrapers. I used various colors to change the trees overall look so as to make it look like a real reflection from the buildings. The entire ball is set in a black abyss, signifying the lack of change we are presenting to the situation. It's a free-floating problem, with hardly any steps to changing it for the better.