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faustochou · 9 months

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Last night, I attended the 2023 TMAF Chamberfest II performance at the National Concert Hall in Taiwan. The performance was a collaboration between “master” musicians who are principals, associate principals, or professors in national orchestras from various countries, and emerging young musicians.

The concert was divided into two parts, featuring a total of eight pieces. I particularly enjoyed “A. Dvořák: String Quartet №12 in F major, ‘American’, Op.96” performed by Ben Hong, the current associate principal cellist of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, alongside two young violinists, Chieh-An Yu and Hsin Chien, and a young violist, Lukas Shrout.

Additionally, I admired the performance of “F. Schubert: String Quintet in C major, Op.956”, which was led by Mark Kosower, principal cellist of the Cleveland Orchestra, and featured two young violinists, Risa Hokamura and Chin Chien, a young violist, Bill Ko, and a young cellist, Natalie Lin.

My appreciation for their performances stems from the way the musicians immersed themselves in the melodies, which was evident from their natural bodily rhythms during the performance. In particular, the delicacy of Risa Hokamura’s violin playing left me profoundly moved.

However, the highlight of the evening for me was the final piece, “L. Spohr: Nonet in F Major, Op.31”, performed by Hsin-Yun Huang, currently a faculty member at the Juilliard School and the Curtis Institute of Music, along with young violinist Minami Yoshida, young cellist I-Chang Edison Liu, young double bass player Logan Nelson, young flutist Shuyu Yang, young oboist Yan Yin Lai, young clarinetist Yoshihiro Okuyama, young bassoonist Yu Chung, and young horn player James Picarello.

This was the only piece during the concert that had me smiling from beginning to end. Firstly, the team demonstrated incredible harmony. The musicians weren’t just focused on the music scores in front of them or lost in their own melodies with closed eyes. Instead, I frequently observed them exchanging smiles and looks of affirmation with their partners, seamlessly passing the melody to one another. This high-level performance had me completely absorbed. It gave me the same feeling I had when I saw the very young Japanese violinist Hina Maeda perform in Taiwan at the end of February this year. The exceptional performance by each member of this team made the experience thoroughly enjoyable.

Lastly, I am very much looking forward to your 2023 TMAF All-Star Concert at the National Concert Hall in Taiwan on August 9!

#taiwan #music #classical music #2023 TMAF Chamberfest II #Taipei Music Academy and Festival #Taipei

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onestowatch · 6 years

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NEW ARTIST DISCOVERY: Setlist.fm Presents Who Is boy pablo?

Setlist.fm’s weekly “Who Is” series is an immersive way to expose readers to up & coming indie acts that should be on your radar, written by music fans for music fans. Each week we feature an artist and/or band that’s making waves in the music world. The “Who Is” pieces are a tell-all of the artist, showcasing everything from music and performance style, to influences and tour dates -- so naturally, it fit right in with Ones To Watch’s “New Artist Discovery” series.

Today, let’s dive into the world of 18-year-old Nicolas Pablo Muñoz, AKA boy pablo. The indie-pop artist first went viral after releasing the simple and laidback music video for his single “Everytime” released through 777 Records, the record label founded by his manager Fabio. The video continues to rack up thousands of views on YouTube, growing to over 13M+ views to date.

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Having only toured since this year, boy pablo made his first appearance in 22 North American cities this past summer while touring with other emerging acts, including Hana Vu. With over 40M+ streams on Spotify (and growing), his discography consists of his 2017 Roy Pablo EP and 2018 Soy Pablo EP. The young artist will be heading up to Europe later this month, in addition to playing Tropicalia Fest in Long Beach, CA.

For more info about boy pablo, check out his “Who Is” piece at Setlist.fm.

Tour dates are below:

10/28 - Button Factory - Dublin, Ireland 10/29 - Belgrave Music Hall & Canteen - Leeds, UK 10/30 - Club Academy - Manchester, UK 10/31 - Fiddlers Club - Bristol, UK 11/1 - Electric Ballroom - London, UK 11/3 - 11/4 - Tropicalia Fest - Long Beach, CA, US 11/14 - Tsutaya O-nest - Shibuya, Japan 11/15 - Modeci - Seoul, Korea, Republic Of 11/16 - Omni Space - Beijing, China 11/17 - Arkham - Shanghai, China 11/18 - The Wall Live House Gong-Guan - Taipei, Taiwan 11/20 - TBD - Hong Kong, China 11/22 - TBD - Singapore, Singapore 11/23 - Kuningan City Ballroom - Jakarta, Indonesia 11/23 - Lokatara Music Festival - Jakarta, Indonesia 11/24 - Moonstar Studio, Bangkok, Thailand 11/25 - 19 East - Manila, Philippines

You can jam out to the best singles by our “Who Is” artists over on the Setlist.fm “Bands 2 Know” Spotify Playlist!

To keep tabs on tours, concerts and more by your favorite artists, follow our Setlist.fm blog. To view live photos from festivals and concerts, follow Setlist.fm on Instagram and Twitter.

#new artist discovery #boy pablo #indie #indie rock #dream pop

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evilpeacock · 4 years

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HEATWAVE (2019) from Fokion Xenos on Vimeo.

In the midst of a searing heatwave, two little children find a way to cool everyone down!

A playful stop motion short film animated in a hybrid techique between cut out, claynimation and thousands of replacements pieces.

Animated and Directed by Fokion Xenos

Written by Fokion Xenos & Stella Heath Keir

Edited by Stella Heath Keir

Cinematography by Brenden Freedman

Produced by Priya K. Dosanjh

Music by Andreas Gutuen Aaser

Sound Design by Kevin Langhamer

Production Design by Antonio Niculae

Model Making by Thanos Katzavelos

Character Design and Additional Animation Alexandros Apostolakis

Awards Distinction: Best of Annecy Kids: 2019 World Premiere, Annecy International Animated Film Festival / Annecy, France Shortlisted for best Student Short Animation, BAFTA LA / Los Angeles, USA Best Postgraduate Short Animation 2019 Award, Best Sound Design Award, Royal Television Society / England, UK Best Short Animation IRIS award, Hellenic Film Academy / Athens, Greece Mc Lauren Award for best short animation, Edinburgh Int. Film Festival / Edinburgh, Scottland Cinekid Best Short Animation Award, Cinekid Festival / Amsterdam Netherlands Best Student Short Film / AnimaSyros Animation Festival Special Mention, Athens Int. Film Festival /Athens Greece Most Popular Kids Film Audience Award, Primanima / Budaörs, Hungary Stratos Stasinos Award for Best Student Short, ASIFA Hellas / Athens, Greece Outstanding Achievement in sound Editing Award, Motion Pictures Sound Editors / Hollywood, USA Best Short Animation Film Award, Barnes Film Festival / London, UK Best In Show, Best Stop Motion, Audience favourite Awards, Florida Animation Festival / Florida UK Edge Award for best non - commercial Animation, Edge Awards - Greek Design Awards / Athens, Greece Best British Film, Best Student film, Canterbury Animfest / Cantenbury, UK Best of Jury Award, Kinoproba Animation Festival / Moscow, Russia Animayoung Competition Award, Picolo Festival Animazione / Fruili Venezia, Italy Honorable Mention, KDIAF / Taipei, Taiwan Best of International Animation “New Talents” Award, Trickfilm Festival / Wiesbaden, Germany Best Directing Award, Tofuzi Animation Festival / Batumi Georgia ODA Tetova International Film Festival, Best Short Animation, Tetovo, Republic of North Macedonia Best Greek Animation Short Award, Thessaloniki Animation Festival / Thessaloniki, Greece Best Animation Short, 3rd Place for Best Short Film, Micro μ Festival / Athens, Greece Best of Kids Fest Anca, Slovenia

- Officially selected in 137 international film and animation festivals (To be noted soon…)

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hotfps · 4 years

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In the midst of a searing heatwave, two little children find a way to cool everyone down! A playful stop motion short film animated in a hybrid techique between cut out, claynimation and thousands of replacements pieces. Animated and Directed by Fokion Xenos Written by Fokion Xenos & Stella Heath Keir Edited by Stella Heath Keir Cinematography by Brenden Freedman Produced by Priya K. Dosanjh Music by Andreas Gutuen Aaser Sound Design by Kevin Langhamer Production Design by Antonio Niculae Model Making by Thanos Katzavelos Character Design and Additional Animation Alexandros Apostolakis Awards Distinction: Best of Annecy Kids: 2019 World Premiere, Annecy International Animated Film Festival / Annecy, France Shortlisted for best Student Short Animation, BAFTA LA / Los Angeles, USA Best Postgraduate Short Animation 2019 Award, Best Sound Design Award, Royal Television Society / England, UK Best Short Animation IRIS award, Hellenic Film Academy / Athens, Greece Mc Lauren Award for best short animation, Edinburgh Int. Film Festival / Edinburgh, Scottland Cinekid Best Short Animation Award, Cinekid Festival / Amsterdam Netherlands Best Student Short Film / AnimaSyros Animation Festival Special Mention, Athens Int. Film Festival /Athens Greece Most Popular Kids Film Audience Award, Primanima / Budaörs, Hungary Stratos Stasinos Award for Best Student Short, ASIFA Hellas / Athens, Greece Outstanding Achievement in sound Editing Award, Motion Pictures Sound Editors / Hollywood, USA Best Short Animation Film Award, Barnes Film Festival / London, UK Best In Show, Best Stop Motion, Audience favourite Awards, Florida Animation Festival / Florida UK Edge Award for best non - commercial Animation, Edge Awards - Greek Design Awards / Athens, Greece Best British Film, Best Student film, Canterbury Animfest / Cantenbury, UK Best of Jury Award, Kinoproba Animation Festival / Moscow, Russia Animayoung Competition Award, Picolo Festival Animazione / Fruili Venezia, Italy Honorable Mention, KDIAF / Taipei, Taiwan Best of International Animation “New Talents” Award, Trickfilm Festival / Wiesbaden, Germany Best Directing Award, Tofuzi Animation Festival / Batumi Georgia ODA Tetova International Film Festival, Best Short Animation, Tetovo, Republic of North Macedonia Best Greek Animation Short Award, Thessaloniki Animation Festival / Thessaloniki, Greece Best Animation Short, 3rd Place for Best Short Film, Micro μ Festival / Athens, Greece Best of Kids Fest Anca, Slovenia - Officially selected in 137 international film and animation festivals (To be noted soon…)

#IFTTT #Vimeo

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artwalktv · 4 years

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hongkongartman-mlee · 4 years

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How Can You Take Steps To Equip Yourself To Be An International Artist―Experience As Your Reference From Hong Kong’s World Conductor Lio Kuokman (廖國敏)

Hong Kong’s ‘homegrown’ world-class orchestra conductor Lio Kuokman is young and energetic. He speaks like a lawyer, in fact faster, sharper and more precise than lawyers.

In 2017, he finished his tenure as Assistant Conductor of the Philadelphia Orchestra, founded in 1900 and one of the ‘Big Five’ American orchestras. Now, he has a London manager to look after his ‘guest conducting’ engagements worldwide for him. Kuokman wants to prove and position himself. The numerous challenges for him to raise in the international music scene is a rigorous test that he has been put through. Kuokman smiled, “I finished the test but if I plan to move up, I will face more challenges. Now, I am constantly on the road and traveling almost 300 days on average per year.”

I asked, “Do you enjoy work and travel around the world?” Kuokman said, “I must say I get used to it. To be an international artist, you have to travel around the world to share your music, and I have many home bases, Macau, Hong Kong and Paris. My 4th home is hotel. My weekly routine is like this: after my concert on Friday and Saturday in a city, I run back to the hotel and pack my suitcase so that on Sunday morning, I can rush to the airport to catch a plane to my next performing destination. On weekdays, I sleep in a hotel, go to work, rehearse with the orchestra and get ready for the coming concert on Saturday. On Sunday, I become a bird again!”

I deplored, “What a dreadful life!” Kuokman disagreed, “It is tough but again, as soon as I accustom myself to changes, change of climate, change of city, change of people, change of orchestra, change of venue, change of audience, change of hotel and change of food, I will be fine! Don’t forget I have made friends all over the world, from Russia, Poland, Shanghai to Taipei. The only bad thing is that I sometimes wake up in the middle of the night and forget which hotel I am staying at. My 5th home should be my suitcase which contains outfits, formal and casual, for four seasons. My opened suitcase will reveal who I am as I put all my favourite goodies like personal care stuff, snacks and laptop into it.” I replied, “Lord, the secret of a happy old age for me is simply an honourable pact with a lazy and easy life.”

“All artists want to be international but how?” I did not understand. Kuokman sincerely pointed out, “Keep on moving and working hard. Do swim from a smaller pond to a bigger one and keep on mounting the stairs. Don’t be happy with being a big fish in a little pond because once you move to the world arena, you may be just another unknown musician. I was born in Macau and learnt music at the age of 5. My ambition was to be a great orchestra conductor. So, I had to go to Hong Kong for better music education. After leaving The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts in 2003, I knew that I have to continue my studies overseas. By the provision of a scholarship, I went to The Juilliard School in New York to get a master’s degree. In 2005, I fought hard and was admitted to the prestigious Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia which was one of the best music conservatories in the world. It was extremely selective and the admission rate was usually lower than 5%.” I asked, “Looking back, how would you feel?” Kuokman laughed, “The music fight in my destiny was fixed. I did one thing right and that was I signed up for this fight. I hit harder and forced myself to be stronger. I still remember I practised piano alone till 3 a.m. almost on a daily basis when I studied in Hong Kong.”

I said, “Kuokman, you are talented, determined, diligent and having been chasing the leading edge of the music wave. Are you afraid of failure?” He was lost in thought for a while, “Failure is an essential part of life. It is not fatal. If I fail, I use the downtime to unwind and equip myself better. Before I became the Assistant Conductor of the world-class Philadelphia Orchestra, I had my wrestling years from 2009 to 2014: no permanent job, no stable income, living in a small partitioned room in Boston, interviews not going well and feeling anxious about the future. When I could later change my fate, I sighed with relief that it was all over. Right now, because of COVID-19, I am being locked up in Hong Kong but I try to make the best out of the worst. I enjoy how to wakesurf in Sai Kung, reading books in Eslite Bookstore in Tsim Sha Tsui and training as an apprentice barista in my friend’s cafe near Central. For an artist, whether international or local, pushing harder than yesterday is the answer to life.”

I said, “What made you an international conductor?” Kuokman was shy, “Apart from luck, I believe that a great conductor, by twirling his baton high in the air as he starts to lead the musicians, must have the ability to create inspiration and imagination with the orchestra and audience. I also need to understand and know my musicians in order to create the best result. Conducting is fascinating but the job can be stressful: at this moment, you have to perform well but you have to know also what you did not do well in the previous moment and to plan how you want to fix it in the next moment!”

My last question for Kuokman, “What is your wish for the orchestral music scene of Hong Kong and Macau?” He pondered, “Better venues. Our concert places have become old and cannot catch up with the standard of the times.”

Talking to Lio Kuokman is a wonderful experience, like talking to myself of another existence. I am a lawyer and writer. He is a musician and commander. We have 2 things in common: high rationality and emotional sensitivity. I remember what was said, “Being a conductor is kind of a hybrid profession because it is being someone who is a coach, a trainer, an editor and a director.” Kuokman, you are Hong Kong’s idol!

MLee

【Schumann: Symphony No. 3 “Rhenish”】https://youtu.be/au1KK4sZIwY

【Lio Kuokman and Macao Orchestra rehearse Gershwin Rhapsody in Blue】https://youtu.be/j0OvC8kMo7o

【Saudi Arabia Winter at Tantora Festival 2020 Orchestre Capitole de Toulouse and Lio Kuokman】https://youtu.be/pvW8_gDWVY8

#Lio Kuokman #HKAPA #Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra Conductor #Macau Music Conductor #Hong Kong Music Conductor #The Juilliard School #The Curtis Institute of Music #Philadelphia Orchestra #The Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra #Eslite Bookstore #Sai Kung Wakesurf

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nationaltaichungtheater · 6 years

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The Photographer Mixed Media in Three Parts by Philip Glass and Rob Malasch

@Piero Chiussi

The focus of t h i s production is English photographer Eadweard Muybridge(1830-1904). His passion for photography led to advances in motion studies. That passion spilled over into real life, when, in 1874, he murdered his wife's lover, but was acquitted.The original production premiered in the Netherlands in 1982, during which drama, music, images and dance were introduced in succession over three acts. Through drama and dance the story of Muybridge's crime and subsequent acquittal was told, accompanied by slides of his works and music composed by Philip Glass. Rob Malasch was later called on to rewrite the script. Ensemble KNM Berlin reworked The Photographer, premiering its version at the Museum for Photography Berlin in 2014. Choreographer SUN Shang-chi was invited to create an integrated play and dance piece. In real-time processed films of Muybridge's motion studies replace the static slides, while the music of Philip Glass remains a feature.

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Philip Glass/ Composer Philip Glass is considered one of the most influential composers of the late 20th century. In the early 1960s, he studied with the legendary Nadia Boulanger and worked closely with the sitar virtuoso Ravi Shankar. In 1967, he formed the Philip Glass Ensemble in New York. He still performs on keyboards as part of this ensemble. By 1974, Glass had completed a number of innovative projects, amassing a large collection of new music for his Ensemble and the Mabou Mines Theater Company. This period culminated in Music in Twelve Parts , and the landmark opera, Einstein on the Beach , for which he collaborated with Robert Wilson. Since Einstein, Glass has expanded his repertoire to include music for opera, dance, theater, chamber ensemble, orchestra, and film. His scores have received Academy Award nominations (Kundun, The Hours, Notes on a Scandal ) and a Golden Globe (The Truman Show). In 2015, he received the National Medal of Arts.

SUN Shang-chi / Direction & Choreography Taiwan born dancer and choreographer SUN Shang-chi was educated in ballet and contemporary dance at the National Academy of the Arts (now National Taiwan University of the Arts) in Taipei and earned a Master of Arts degree in Choreography from Ernst Busch University (Berlin). Since the founding of his company in 2007, he has created a diversity of works such as Walk Faster (2007), Dialogue II (2008), Nüwa (2009), 4.48/Ohne Titel (2010), Je.Sans.Paroles (2011) and Traverse (2011) which have been presented all over Europe and Asia (Maison de la Danse – Lyon, Festival Tanz im August – Berlin, Festival d'Avignon, and Taipei Arts Festival). Over the past few years, he has collaborated with a number of companies on commissioned works, including Sasha Waltz & Guests, Cloud Gate 2, Transitions Company London and Dance Company of City Theatre Osnabrück.

Ensemble KNM Berlin / Performer & Producer Ensemble KNM Berlin represents the active, current music scene of the metropolis of Berlin. Along with other students from the Hanns Eisler School of Music in the former East Berlin, Juliane Klein and Thomas Bruns founded this ensemble in 1988. It is now made up of ten musicians from all over Germany, Great Britain, Hungary and Switzerland. In close collaboration with international composers, authors, conductors, artists and producers, KNM has presented compositions, concert installations and projects worldwide. Its innovative programs result from a fascination with the unknown and constant discussions on the most essential topics of our time. This ensemble has performed more than 1,000 concerts since its creation.

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architectnews · 4 years

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Nine examples of spherical architecture from around the globe

Foster + Partners' new Apple Store in Singapore is the latest example of the trend for spherical buildings. Here are nine recent globe-shaped examples.

Taipei Performing Arts Center, Taipei, Taiwan, by OMA

A spherical structure described as "a suspended planet docking with the cube" that contains an auditorium is the most prominent feature of the Taipei Performing Arts Center, which Dutch architecture studio OMA has designed in Taiwan.

The performing arts centre is nearing completion and is set to open in 2020, seven years later than originally planned.

Find out more about Taipei Performing Arts Center ›

Apple Marina Bay Sands, Singapore, by Foster + Partners

The latest Apple Store designed by British architecture studio Foster + Partners is a spherical building that appears to float within Singapore's Marina Bay.

Set to open within the next couple of weeks, the store is completely surrounded by water and will be accessed by a bridge from the waterfront promenade and an underwater tunnel that connects it to the Marina Bay Sands shopping centre.

Find out more about Apple Marina Bay Sands ›

Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, Los Angeles, USA, by Renzo Piano

Italian architect Renzo Piano has added a glass sphere to the 1930s May Company Building in Los Angeles to create the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures.

The main building will contain a collection of film memorabilia including set designs, costumes, props and interactive installations, while a 1,000-seat theatre topped by a terrace will occupy the spherical extension.

Find out more about Academy Museum of Motion Pictures ›

Photo is by Paul Raferty

Kazakhstan Pavilion, Astana, Kazakhstan, by Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill

Known locally as Nur Alem: Museum of the Future, the Kazakhstan Pavilion was created as the centrepiece for the 2017 Expo in Astana, Kazakhstan.

The building, which was envisioned as a "pure-glass sphere", has an 80-metre diameter and was converted into a science museum following the expo.

Find out more about Kazakhstan Pavilion ›

Render is by Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture

Al Wasl Plaza at Dubai Expo 2020, Dubai, UAE, by Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill

Spherical architecture will also be making an appearance at the Dubai Expo, which has been postponed form 2020 to 2021, with Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill designing a globe-shaped plaza for the centre of the expo site.

The plaza will be at the intersection of the expo's three thematic districts and will be topped with a spherical trellis that was informed by the expo's logo.

Find out more about Dubai Expo 2020 ›

MSG Sphere, London, UK, by Populous

UK architecture studio Populous has designed a pair of spherical music venues for the Madison Square Garden Company (MSG).

MSG Sphere London in England's capital will be the first of the venues to be built with an almost identical arena planned for a site in Las Vegas, USA.

Find out more about MSG Sphere ›

Burning Man sphere, Nevada, USA, by Bjarke Ingels and Jakob Lange

Bjarke Ingels and Jakob Lange from architecture studio BIG inflated a huge reflective sphere at the 2018 Burning Man festival in the Nevada desert.

The orb was created after the studio crowdfunded $50,000 to make the huge art installation.

Find out more about Burning Man sphere ›

Amazon Spheres, Seattle, USA, by NBBJ

American studio NBBJ created three intersecting glass orbs alongside retail company Amazon's headquarters in Seattle.

The structures are filled with "cloud forest" gardens, which will be used as additional workspace for the company's employees and a green space for the public.

Find out more about Amazon Spheres ›

Tianjin Binhai Public Library, Tianjin, China, by MVRDV

Dutch studio MVRDV designed Tianjin's public library to look like a huge eye, complete with an atrium built to look like a 3D eyeball. Floor-to-ceiling bookshelves have been staggered to form the shape of an eye socket.

The library, which was completed in 2017, was one of five buildings commissioned by the city's Urban Planning and Design Institute to form a new cultural centre for Tianjin's Binhai district.

Find out more about Tianjin Binhai Public Library ›

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aboutanimation · 4 years

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HEATWAVE (2019) from Fokion Xenos on Vimeo.

In the midst of a searing heatwave, two little children find a way to cool everyone down!

A playful stop motion short film animated in a hybrid techique between cut out, claynimation and thousands of replacements pieces.

Animated and Directed by Fokion Xenos

Written by Fokion Xenos & Stella Heath Keir

Edited by Stella Heath Keir

Cinematography by Brenden Freedman

Produced by Priya K. Dosanjh

Music by Andreas Gutuen Aaser

Sound Design by Kevin Langhamer

Production Design by Antonio Niculae

Model Making by Thanos Katzavelos

Character Design and Additional Animation Alexandros Apostolakis

- Officially selected in 137 international film and animation festivals (To be noted soon…)

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nsula · 6 years

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Cellist recital Oct. 9

NATCHITOCHES – Cellist Paul Christopher will present a recital on Tuesday, Oct. 9 at 7:30 p.m. in Magale Recital Hall. Admission is free and open to the public. Christopher will be assisted by NSU faculty members Dr. Chialing Hsieh on piano and Oliver Molina on marimba.

NSU faculty member Dr. John Dunn will do a pre-concert lecture at 6:45 p.m. The program will feature works by composers who composed music for film as well as for the concert hall.

Christopher is Associate Professor of Music Theory and Low Strings at Northwestern State. Christopher has appeared as soloist with orchestras in Colorado, Indiana, Louisiana, Missouri, Tennessee, Texas and Panamá. He has also performed guest artist recitals in Arkansas, Colorado, Florida, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Nebraska, New Mexico, Tennessee, Texas, Costa Rica, Honduras, Panama and South Korea. He has presented and performed at conferences in Alabama, Louisiana, New Mexico, North Carolina and Ohio. Christopher’s articles have been published in the Jacques Offenbach Society Newsletter, Strings, American String Teacher and Bass World. He recorded the cello duos of Jacques Offenbach with seven CDs available at cdbaby.com.

Dunn, an assistant professor of fine arts, serves as the course steward for the core curriculum fine arts courses. At NSU, he has taught fine arts survey, music history and music theory courses. He is currently vice-president of the Faculty Senate and the faculty sponsor of the NSU Gamers’ Guild. He recently completed his doctorate at Louisiana State University in Musicology; his dissertation explored the representation of disability in the music of Alfred Hitchcock films. His emphasis of study is film music, Romantic and 20th century music history, music and disability studies, and music in popular culture. Dunn is affiliated with the Film Music Society, Disability Studies Quarterly, the American Musicological Society and the Popular Culture Society.

An avid performer of contemporary music, pianist, Hsieh is devoted to promoting new piano solo and chamber works. Hsieh has been a featured pianist on seven CD’s for the Centaur, Innova, Enharmonic and Ballpark record labels. She joined the faculty of Northwestern State in 2016 as an assistant professor of collaborative piano. In the summer, she is the piano instructor at the Lutheran Summer Music Festival and Academy and the Sounds of Summer Institute. She earned her bachelor’s degree from the National Taipei University of the Arts, and M.M. and D.M.A. in piano performance at the University of Cincinnati, College-Conservatory of Music.

Molina is an assistant professor of music and assistant director of bands. He teaches the marching band percussion section, applied percussion lessons, an introduction to music education, conducts a concert band and co-directs the percussion ensemble. Molina is an active percussion performer, educator, arranger, adjudicator and clinician. He is pursuing a Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Percussion Performance and Pedagogy at the University of Iowa. Molina is a Yamaha Performing Artist and an education endorser of Vic Firth Sticks and Mallets, Remo Drum Heads, Sabian Cymbals and Black Swamp Percussion. His professional affiliations include the Percussive Arts Society, National Association for Music Education, National Society for Steel Band Educators, College Music Society and the Pi Kappa Lambda Music Honor Society.

For more information on the recital, call (318) 357 5802.

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gr-und-blog · 7 years

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Dark_Side of the Tour

Opening Sat Oct 28th 7-10pm (live performance 8pm)

Closing Fri Nov 17th 7-10pm (with live set)

Exhibition from Oct 29th - Nov 17th

Opening hours Thursday-Saturday 4-7pm

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Jia-Jen Lin

Scott Sinclair

Live performances

curated by Agnieszka Szablikowska of Raczej Gallery

Mikołaj Tkacz

Łukasz Trusewicz

CHCE (eng. WANT / WISH / FANCY) - Olga Dziubak & Barbara Gryka

Bad signals. Disconnected memories. Pixelated images form into nightmares and lead us to explore the dark side of our unconscious. An invitation to bifurcations inside the unknown.

Why not take an alternative sightseeing tour to find the border of the end of Knowingness and transform that path into an irreplaceable sensory experience?

Rays of light illuminate distinct complementary perspectives along a spatial Bokeh. Transparency brings lives together like seasonal souvenirs, waiting to be brought to intimacy.

Jia-Jen Lin

http://jiajenlin.info/

Jia-Jen Lin creates images of the human body and its surroundings as a reflection of our psyche. Drawing from personal experience and observations, Lin uses sculpture integrated with photography, video, and performance to portray the ongoing negotiation between our latent desires and the manipulated realities in which we find ourselves. Hybrid cultures, shifting identities, and the relationships between our physicality and psychology are subjects Lin has investigated since 2004. Her recent projects explore humanity’s experience of displacement, self-consciousness and loss and how memories change with modified experience and new events.

Jia-Jen Lin is a Taiwanese artist based in New York. Lin attended National Taiwan Normal University for a BFA in Western Painting and received her MFA in sculpture, installation, and multimedia from the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. She has participated in artist residencies at International Studio & Curatorial Program, New York; L’Estruch, Spain; Water Mill Center, New York; Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, Nebraska; and Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts. Exhibitions include Queens International 4, Queens Museum; Incheon Women Artists’ Biennale, South Korea; Young Artist Discovery, Art Taipei; and Manufractura, Hangar Art, Barcelona. She has received grants from Brooklyn Arts Council, Sculpture Space, Franconia Sculpture Park, National Culture and Arts Foundation of Taiwan, and Ministry of Culture of Taiwan.

Scott Sinclair

http://www.halftheory.com/

Scott Sinclair is an audiovisual artist working in sound, video, performance, and installation. Using a highly interdisciplinary approach, Scott creates brutalist and humorous collages of audiovisual media incorporating elements such as computer music, cracked video art, found objects, custom-made costumes, and improvised performance. His work is often concerned with the over-stimulation of these elements to bring about states of intensified noise delirium.

As a performer, Scott is known for his highly energetic and unpredictable performances which are often equal parts brutal avant-garde and equal parts low-brow trash. His concerts have found audiences on many tours in Europe, Australia, Japan, Russia, and North America. Scott currently performs in the audiovisual groups Botborg and The Superusers, and his solo noise-karaoke project Company Fuck.

He lives and works in Berlin, Germany.

Mikołaj Tkacz

https://www.facebook.com/zespolWSZYSTKO/

https://vimeo.com/nikolaitkacz

Mikołaj Tkacz born in 1991 in Poznań. For years he was focusing on drawing comics, but later he started making music and experimental films. In his works he is focusing mainly on exercising narration and telling about things using abstract means of expression and humor. Poetic of his early works is well described a comic book „Nobody’s Adventures” in which the viewer goes through the empty rooms by 40 pages. In last years Mikołaj focused on musical project EVERYTHING in which he is concentrating to put everything in fact.

Now he is working on rap album called „Pro-nothing” and he is ending recording dance album „I am dancing for myself”. Moreover, he is working now on a concept of his project in which he will be making „exhibitions by chance”.

Łukasz Trusewicz

https://trusewiczlukasz.wordpress.com/

B. 1984. He graduated from the faculty of Sculpture and Performing Art on University or Arts in Poznan. Combines his sculptural practice with ephemeral potential resulting from the experience of performance art. Interested in both the role of the group and the individual spectator in the process of shaping an artistic action or object and the issues of social reception of art. Author of the projects created with the involvement of local communities - sculptures, objects, performative installations, urban interventions. In performance activities he mostly analyses the specific contexts of a chosen space. He refers to its social and urban problems or to local potential of historical memory. The artist is also a creator of cultural and social projects. He’s originator of the initiative of the Open Zone of Culture in Poznan whose aim is to create a cultural - artistic district in the Łazarz neighborhood of Poznań using the local potential of the space and cooperation with other initiatives, and in addition the city dwellers and the authorities. Author of international social sculpture project - babelproject.eu. He is also the originator and one of the curators of the Raczej Gallery & Perfex in Poznań - which presents and promotes performance art through local and international contacts. Board president of the Open Zone of Culture Foundation.

Chosen artistic activities: Iamesh Ephemeral Art Meeting, Księgarnia/Wystawa, Cracow, Poland, 2016; Supermarket Independent Art Fair, Stockholm 2016; solo show, City Art Gallery in Kalisz, Kalisz 2015; PERFORMANCE FESTIVAL MALAMUT, Ostrava, Czech Republic, 2015; PERFO! , Haihara Art Centre , Tampere Finland 2015; performance Skål, Performance Art Links Stockholm , PALS Play Tag Part1, Stockholm Sweden 2015; Month of Performance Art Berlin, 2013-15, PAO Festival 2014, Oslo, Norwey 2014, Body Plasticity Live Art Exhibitio, Beijing, China 2014.

CHCE (eng. WANT / WISH / FANCY)

Olga Dziubak & Barbara Gryka

https://www.facebook.com/chcechcechce

https://chceteam.tumblr.com/

Olga Dziubak

https://olgadziubak.tumblr.com/

Barbara Gryka

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Performance art team CHCE is founded by two female polish emerging artists. At July of 2016 Olga Dziubak and Barbara Gryka met each other in the apartment at Czerniakowska Street in Warsaw. Their friendship from high school and love for performance art is appeared. Using a thread is connected those two personalities in performance art. CHCE use new media, the aesthetics of pop culture and contemporary ways of communication. CHCE team wants to create something more than visual image. Artists are focused on critical view for communication tools and cameras in the contemporary society. Olga and Barbara mostly spend time together online. They talk about position of young artist in the art world and function of art institutions at these times. CHCE dreams of better prosper of artists in the society.

Olga Dziubak currently lives and works in Belfast, Northern Ireland. She graduated on MA in Multimedia Art in Art Academy in Szczecin and BA on Painting in University of Fine Arts in Poznan, Poland.

Barbara Gryka based Warsaw, Poland. She study on 2nd year on MA in New Media Art in Fine Arts Academy in Warsaw.

Performance program curated by Agnieszka Szablikowska of Raczej Gallery

Raczej Gallery

https://galeriaraczej.wordpress.com/

https://www.facebook.com/galeria.raczej

Raczej Gallery is an independent Gallery founded in 2011 in Poznan, Poland. From the beginning we’re focused on the promotion of the performance art. We mainly present the actions of young artists as well as renowned performers. Significant for us is to show the diversity of ephemeral arts. Within 6 year we presented about one hundred artists from all around the world, both in Poznan and abroad (as a part of international co-production projects.) We collaborated among others with Month of Performance Art in Berlin, Supermarket Independent Art Fairs in Stockholm, Performance Art Oslo, Performance Art Stockholm and a lot of other organizations. We organize performances, workshops, talks, festivals, concerts etc.

From 2014 Gallery have a new bigger space (Perfex) in Poznan and from 2016 has been developing its residency program by inviting artists to live in gallery’s new residency space and to create projects based on longer stays. Curators and founders of the Gallery (Agnieszka Szablikowska – Trusewicz & Łukasz Trusewicz) are also creators of ‘Open zone of the Culture” in Lazarus district in Poznan – an initiative focused on collaboration of different organizations in aim to create a cultural district.

Agnieszka Szablikowska - Trusewicz

Graduated from the Poznan University of Art (Specialty: Criticism and Art Promotion). She is a co-founder, coordinator and curator at the Raczej Gallery in Poznan. She also organized projects that resulted in Poznan new performance space – Perfex which is now a space of gallery Raczej events. Activities of Raczej Gallery are also connected to the local context with Artists in Residency program - invited artists live and create in urban areas of Łazarz district. She co-curated international projects as a part of Month of Performance Art 2014-2015 in Berlin, Performance Art Oslo Festival 2014, Performance Art Lin Stockholm in Fylkingen, Stockholm. She is one of the initiators and main coordinator of the Open Zone of Culture in Poznan as well the Vice President of the Open Zone of Culture Foundation. From 2015 she is involved in developing Pireus – Incubator of Culture in Poznan created as part of cross-sectoral cooperation, where currently she works as a coordinator of events.

She is interested in performance art especially in the context of public space and in revitalization through cultural activities especially created in collaboration with local communities.

https://www.facebook.com/galeria.raczej

https://www.facebook.com/otwarta.strefa

Project sponsored by the city of Poznan.

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krdesign · 7 years

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Coda from and maps and plans on Vimeo.

A lost soul stumbles drunken through the city. In a park, Death finds him and shows him many things.

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Director: Alan Holly - qlqn.ie Producer: Ciaran Deeney - elzorrerofilms.ie Writers: Alan Holly and Rory Byrne - rorybyrne.ie Art direction & backgrounds: Ronan McMeel - ronanmcmeel.blogspot.ie Music: Shane Holly - shaneholly.ie Animation: Alan Holly, Rory Byrne and Eoghan Dalton - studiopowwow.com Colouring and shadows: Eimhin McNamara - paperpanther.ie Backrgounds: Áine McGuinness - ainemcguinness.ie Starring: Brian Gleeson, Orla Fitzgerald, Donie Ryan and Joseph Dermody Music recording: Paul Finan Voice recording: Tony Kiernan Sound design: Michelle Fingleton Sound editing: Andy Kirwan Sound mixing: Garret Farrell - screenscene.ie Musicians: Shane Holly, Aoife Dowdall, Katie O'Connor, Larissa O'Grady, Jenny Dowdall Emma Scott: Production Executive for the Irish Film Board Pauline McNamara: Executive Producer – RTE Fionnuala Sweeney: Film Specialist – Arts Council Jill McGregor: Schemes & Applications Co-ordinator for the Irish Film Board Thanks to Sean McCarron & Jennifer Evans

Funded under the Irish FIlm Board's Frameworks scheme irishfilmboard.ie/funding_programmes/Frameworks/65

AWARDS

Shortlisted for the 87th Academy Awards Nominated for the 42nd Annual Annie Awards

Best Direction - Animage VII International Animation Festival of Pernambuco, Brazil Great Animation Award - Mecal 17th Festival International of Short Film & Animation of Barcelona, Spain, Mar 2015 Bronze Statue for the third animation - 9th Tehran International Animation Festival, Iran, Mar 2015 Jury special mention - 6th Roanne animation film festival Ciné Court Animé, France, Mar 2015 Best Animated Film - Fargo Film Festival, Fargo, USA, Dec 2014 Young Peoples Jury - Marcin Prize for best short film for young people, at Inernational Young Audience Film Festival Ale Kino! Poznań, Poland, Dec 2014 International Special Jury Prize at Animpact Animation Festival 2014, Seoul, South Korea, Nov 2014 KuanDog Prize: International Short Film Special Mention at KDIAF, Taipei, Taiwan 2014 Jury's Special Award at Cinanima 2014 Best Animation & Best of Fest at Aesthetica Short Film Fest 2014 Silver Hugo for Best Animated Short at 50th Chicago International Film Festival 2014 2nd Place for the Audience Choice Award at the 3rd Annual Sweaty Eyeballs Animation Invitational, Baltimore 2014 Joint Best Irish Short Film prize with 'The Ledge End of Phil' at the Dublin Animation Film Festival 2014 Winner Best Short Animation at SXSW - Austin, USA 2014 Best Animation at Kino Fest - Bucharest, Romania 2014 Audience Choice SICAF - Seoul, South Korea 2014 Best in Show at Animation Block Party - New York 2014 Joint Best Animated Film Award with 'Pandas' at Kratkofil Plus - Banja Luka, Bosnia & Herzegovina 2014 Winner of the Anča Award, Fest Anča - Zilina, Slovakia 2014 Most Creative Short Award, Edinburgh Short Film Festival - Edinburgh, Scotland 2014 FICC Don Quijote Prize +Special Mention Best Animation, Galway Film Fleadh - Galway, Ireland 2013

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speedknight · 7 years

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STGCC over the years (File Photos: Speedknight.com )

STGCC is marking its 10th Anniversary milestone this year! Here is what to expect for the event that is happening this weekend at the Sands Expo & Convention Center! More zones, More fun!

Good Game Experience (GGXP)

Mountain Dew Cup, STGCC 2016 (File photo: Speedknight.com )

Win or lose, let’s all say “GG!” and keep on striving to improve our game (and of course, crush our opponents in the next clash). The Good Game Experience (GGXP) is the “G” of STGCC – serving as home base to our gaming fans. This year, we’re dedicating an entire hall for the gaming scene at STGCC and things are just about to get savage! There’ll be tears, sweat, roars of “Nice lah!” and of course, plenty of salt and kappa. Expect some high octane tournaments with awesome prizes coming your way soon! It’s not all about electronics though as our friends from Coliseum will also be present with exciting tabletop games such as Pokemon Trading Card Game, Yu- Gi-Oh! and Final Fantasy Trading Card Game. Not so much into hardcore gaming? Why don’t you relax a bit at our Chillax Zone, where beanbags and consoles will be set out for you and your buddies to knock out a grudge match or two. What’s more, support our indie developers in Singapore and around the region. They can be found at GGXP showcasing their work so do drop by and give their offerings a spin. All indie studios participating in GGXP will also be eligible for our Good Game Awards (GGA). Determined by a panel of judges, consisting of veterans and important figures in the gaming scene, we’ll be giving out Best in Show and Best Runner Up award in appreciation for their hard work.

AKIBA ZONE

Hisui & MoMo Guest Cosplayers as Hanamaru & Ruby from Aqours(Love Live! Sunshine!!) ,STGCC 2016 (File photo: Speedknight.com )

D.Watt(IOSYS) feat. TAM(TAMusic), both if you are unfamiliar ,are household names in the touhou music circle,STGCC 2016 (File photo: Speedknight com)

GuildStars one of the visiting idol group from japan,STGCC 2016 (File photo: Speedknight.com)

Erika at winner of STGCC CoC,STGCC 2016 (File photo:Speedknight.com)

Inspired by the sleepless high energy electric town in Japan, Akiba Zone strives to provide an area of cosplay, music and idols to cater to our fans. The area will be hyped up and transformed into a high energetic zone, featuring some of the most popular DJs from Japan, upcoming idols and beauty brands for cosplay makeup junkies! Visit our cosplay guests - Leon Chiro, Shimo, Siutao and Iori Moe- at their booths to get up close and personal with some of the most sought-after cosplayers in the global scene. Hang out, party and have fun as we serve up bite-sized live entertainment segments on our mini stage. Got a costume boo boo? Swing by the Costume Repair Station, managed by our STGCC Championship of Cosplay (CoC) 2016 winner, Erika Jean Garbin. Erika and her partner will be providing quick fix-up services to attendees. What’s more, she will also be hosting a talk on costume maintenance and enhancing a costume’s durability.

Artist Galore!

Rachta Lin,STGCC 2016 (File Photo: Speedknight.com)

Discover an amazing showcase of homegrown and regional artists and new talents celebrating all things pop culture! These artists and talents create original and fan art such as comic books, art prints, toys, jewellery, clothing and more. Get your hands on a master piece done by your favorite creator!

Exclusively Yours!

The Commemorative SJ 50 Bearbricks were one of the Exclusives at STGCC 2016 (File photo: Speedknight.com)

Don’t miss out on the collection of exclusive merchandise on showcase. From comics to games, toys and collectables and loads of fun stuff to see and do. Expect limited edition toys and figures, life-sized installations, plushies and many more. Add them to your treasure trove!

Fam-fun!

Young Padawans honing their light sabre skills,STGCC 2015 (File photo: Speedknight.com)

This impressively transforms, I kid you not. STGCC 2016 (File photo: Speedknight.com) See? I told ya! STGCC 2016 (File photo: Speedknight.com)

The Geek Life chose us. Start your Padawans young with a plethora of fun kid-friendly activities, attractive giveaways and family-bonding! Guest! Guest! Guest! I Wanna meet all the Guest...

Yasu

Yasu is prolific Japanese artist, illustrator, character and product designer from Nagoya Japan. Yasu is a veteran of the Tokyo Design Festa show having exhibited there many times under her brand name "Yorozu zakka Ebineko-ya" Ebineko Character Goods Company. Yasu’s original character designs come alive in a wide variety of media including plush, resin, soft vinyl, drawings, paintings, messaging stickers, and more! Her trademark character is “Ebineko” - a half cat and half shrimp character that seems to have gotten himself into some tempura batter. “Ebineko” was released as a soft vinyl toy earlier this year - Yasu sculpted the figure herself and painstakingly hand-paints every release. Her figure line-up has recently expanded featuring several new soft vinyl figures; “Same” - the three eyed shark, “Yamorin” - the Gekko Dragon plus a cute mini version of “Ebineko “are all on the way. She exhibited at the Taipei Toy Festival last year and did a live painting performance. She will be having a show in Shanghai in October with fellow artists Teresa Chiba, Hikari Bambi and Hinatique. This will be Yasu’s first visit to Singapore. Website : http://ift.tt/1KhczfL Facebook: http://ift.tt/2waoXgt Instagram : http://ift.tt/2wIBBqb

Teresa Chiba

Teresa Chiba is a Japanese Graphic Designer and Illustrator. Through her own art production label - Production_Genmu - she releases creative works in a wide variety of disciplines including Yukata (summer kimono), daily items and live performances in addition to her illustrations and designs. Many of Teresa’s works are based on traditional Japanese motifs including Kabuki and Folk Art. Her illustration work celebrates the ‘Kabuki Otome” - the teenage girls of Kabuki who are passionate, brave, yet sensitive. She combines the pieces of their rock spirit with girly characteristics and encourages the girls of today to find themselves in Kabuki too. Her designer toys are inspired by Japanese folk art. “KIBUNADON” was her first design toy - fish Kaiju toy - which was released from Maxtoy company (USA) in 2014. Her newest toy design - INU-HARIGON - was self-produced and has already seen releases in a variety of colorways. The character is very popular and has recently been picked up by MEDICOM Toy (Japan), as both a Gacha toy in Vinyl Artist Gacha series 11, and as a Bearbrick in series 34. Teresa is also an educator, teaching digital illustration skills at the Tokyo Design Academy in Harajuku, Tokyo. Website : http://p-genmu.com/ Instagram: http://ift.tt/2wJcQua Twitter: https://twitter.com/p_genmu Facebook: http://ift.tt/2walApy

SIMONE LEGNO

Simone Legno is the Co-founder and Creative Director of tokidoki. Born in Rome, Italy, Legno, drew incessantly as a child. The boxes of chewed, broken and unsharpened pencils he adored as a kid were the beginnings of a passion for art that led to the eventual creation of tokidoki. tokidoki started as Legno’s professional online portfolio and artistic diary while living in Italy, where he showcased his illustrations, advertising and new media designs for various clients. A partial list of these clients includes Volkswagen, MTV, John Galliano, Champion, Toyota, Renault, Daihatsu, BenQ, Microsoft, Narcotic Bureau of Singapore, Telecom Italia, and TIM. tokidoki means “sometimes” in Japanese. Legno, who has always had a deep love of Japan and fascination with world cultures, chose the word because he feels “everyone waits for moments that change one’s destiny, by chance or by meeting a new person”. Simone's special moment arrived when his designs drew the attention of entrepreneurs Pooneh Mohajer and Ivan Arnold, who spied the art on his personal website and convinced him to move to L.A. to build a brand. Since officially launching in 2005, tokidoki has grown into an internationally recognized pop- culture lifestyle brand and has amassed a cult-like following for its larger-than-life characters, megawatt partnerships and extensive range of products from apparel and handbags to home décor and even slot machines. tokidoki has collaborated with many brands such as Karl Lagerfeld, Guggenheim Museum, Sephora, LeSportsac, Onitsuka Tiger, Marvel, New Era, Hello Kitty, Fujitsu, Levi's, Smashbox cosmetics, Xbox, T-mobile, Medicom Toy, Major League Baseball, Skullcandy, Barbie, Canon, Black Eyed Peas, and more. As the creator of tokidoki, Simone has become a sought-after speaker around the world at museums, universities and conferences, from MOCA (the Geffen Museum-Los Angeles) to the Adobe MAX conference, UCLA, USC, the Flash Film Festival in San Francisco, Art Center College of Design, Apple store in Osaka, Istituto Europeo di Design in Rome, Singapore Toy and Comic Convention, Grafika Manila and many others.

Mark Nagata

Mark Nagata, founder of San Francisco-based Max Toy company, introduced Singapore to the likes of Eyezon, Dualos, Argus and the perenial favourite, Negora in 2012. These kaiju (怪獣 which means strange beasts in Japanese) did not last a day at STGCC. Mark Nagata will be back for another round of kaiju invasion this year and he has an spectacular lineup, including a very special STGCC 10th anniversary exclusive, that will satisfy your vinyl cravings. What exactly will he be unleashing from his ever-expanding monster family? Let's just say only the cat is out of the bag. If your only experience with Kaiju is a selfie with Godzilla in Shinjuku, drop by the booth and have a chat with the unofficial Kaiju Ambassador!

Hisacy(HYPER CORE)

HYPER COREモデルのありす @ariusa_chan_ がSGSさんのサイトに"バンダナ堕惡再度"コーデで掲載されております🍓😈🍓 https://t.co/fyC6w09ZrP

— HYPER CORE原宿店オフィシャル (@hypercore_hrjk) September 3, 2017

FCKです😀HYPER CORE7周年おめでとうございます❤️ちょっとフライングですがお店に遊びに行ってきました✨ Hisacyさんもﾊｲﾊﾟｺも大好き😆これからもよろしくお願いします‼️お店には可愛いかっこいい商品がたくさん🎵来週は、渋谷タワレコの前にﾊｲﾊﾟｺだね✨ http://pic.twitter.com/42wovUN6Iz

— GacharicSpin ガチャリック (@Gachapin_info) September 3, 2017

The mastermind behind the popular rocker’s favourite Harajuku fashion brand “HYPER CORE” Hisacy started on the street in Harajuku back in 2000 as an illustrator. With the experience that he have gathered through designing for many rock icons such as YOSHIKI (X JAPAN) and hide, he founded the brand HYPER CORE and opened their first shop in Harajuku in 2010. With their motto “HYPER CORE IS HERE FOR YOU!”, HYPER CORE is looking forward to bring their brand overseas. Find their shop at 3-23-2 JINGU-MAE, SHIBUYA-KU, TOKYO, JAPAN

Kaori Hinata(Hinatique)

Kaori Hinata is a Japanese artist, illustrator and character designer. The overarching theme of her creative works is "The Cuteness of antiques and Nostalgia”. She loves drawing pictures, live painting and making Knick Knacks in felt, ceramics and other materials. Kaori’s first toy release was Kaiju Kinora - a cute little mushroom monster produced by Max Toy in 2015. Kaori continues to produce resin figures which she sculpts and paints herself. Her newest original character is called "Morris - The Cat with Antlers". Morris is a cat boy - but different from the average cat because he has big antlers on his head. “Morris” has proved to be a very popular character and will be released as a sofubi figure this fall. Additionally the character will be featured in the Medicom’s VAG (Vinyl Artist Gatcha) Series 12 and has been featured in mini picture book also released by Medicom. Her works has been featured in many exhibitions in Japan, and recently had a show in Taiwan at the Wrong Gallery with Teresa Chiba and Hikari Bambi. In addition to her own original characters, Kaori has produced collaborations with many popular properties including STAR WARS, ULTRAMAN, MAZINGER-Z, GACHAPIN & MUKKU and THE POWERPUFF GIRLS. This will be her first time to Singapore - make sure to check out her custom WeGo in the Custom Show. Stay tuned to Hinatique’s Social Media channels for news and updates of future projects and events. Website : http://ift.tt/2sNq0Wy Facebook : http://ift.tt/2wJcSlM Twitter : https://twitter.com/hinatique Instagram : http://ift.tt/2wb1kEo

Deanne George (Sorbet Jungle)

Deanne George is the founder and lead designer behind the wildly popular U.S. based brand, Sorbet Jungle. Having been introduced to art and animation as a young child, Deanne found herself drawing incessantly throughout her entire life. Never missing a chance to grow and experiment with new media and tools, she eventually found her passion in character and toy design. In late 2010 her love for animals and desire to pursue illustration and product design as a career led her to create the first characters inside the Sorbet Jungle universe. Best known for their instant hit character, Croconana, Sorbet Jungle combines cute animal characters and creative word play into a smile invoking brand that has not only grown into one of the most popular, but also one of the most established companies of its kind around the world. Facebook: http://ift.tt/2wapGOz Instagram: http://ift.tt/2wJOKzv Twitter: https://twitter.com/sorbetjungle Website: http://ift.tt/2wb1mMw

Carlos East(The Beast Brothers)

one of a kind piece in collaboration with @1000toys ! @singaporetgcc see you there come and say hi and check this cyber luchador 🤼‍♂️ 🤖@datadub thanks amigo! #thebeastbrothers #losbeastbrothers #1000toys #stgcc2017 #LA #Mexico #California #Singapore #art #design #retro #VHS #glitch #glitchy

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Born in an Aztec temple deep inside the jungle of Mexico, The Beast Brothers spent most of their childhood developing their unique and distinct style of art. Through the years, this royal pair have used their mighty twin powers to create memorable works for Nike, Kidrobot, Reebok, Coachella, Bacardi, VANS, among others. They have also travelled the world teaching and customizing techniques to fans and aspiring toy designers. Carlos and Ernesto East continue to make paintings, illustrations and sculptures in their secret jungle laboratories, located in Mexico City and Long Beach, CA. This will be Carlos second time visiting STGCC since his appearance in 2013. Website : http://ift.tt/1sxu9Hw Instagram : http://ift.tt/2wJiv3z

Sae Tsukiyama

ではではシンガポってくるよ！！🇸🇬✨(ふたりしてすっぴんで失礼)

行ってきまーーーすっ💓💓 http://pic.twitter.com/8MtSdPCNiY

— 築山さえ@9.9-10シンガポール (@tsukiyamasae) September 6, 2017

倉庫から5枚だけ出てきたーーッ！！本当に本当にラストトラックです、これシンガポール持って行きます…！！！青春メランコリーとか入ってるやつ！いや本当貴重よこれ…！ http://pic.twitter.com/ML2ZB02F0C

— 築山さえ@9.9-10シンガポール (@tsukiyamasae) September 5, 2017

A well-known performer in the game music industry, Sae mainly performs songs for video games. She is also the main vocalist for the doujin circle “Amateras Records”. She has participated in many songs as singer and lyricist for KONAMI’s BEMANI series music game, namely SOUND VOLTEX, MUSECA etc. A familiar face in Akihabara, she is also active as a MC in various events in Japan. An artist with many talents, she also participates in local radio programs and models as a free paper model. Sae will be MC-ing for STGCC 2017 Akiba mini Stage. Website: http://ift.tt/2wamqCY Twitter: https://twitter.com/tsukiyamasae

Tokyo CLEAR’S

@rin_asahina7 @ure_sheena @karuberuka @RionSawabe_ @TOKYO_CLEARS

良い曲でした❗ http://pic.twitter.com/heHqPyGPcB

— Quattro (@sugiura_nau) September 3, 2017

Probably the world-first idol group to combine idol activities with cleaning activities, Tokyo CLEAR’S is an idol group with active sister groups in 9 different areas around Japan. With the catchphrase “Keeping our streets clean!!”, the groups actively takes part in monthly cleaning activities with members being certified with cleaning licenses. Tokyo CLEAR’S is active in Tokyo and frequently makes appearance in media and lives. CLEAR’S had their major debut back in 2014 and ranked in on the Oricon Chart for 1st , 2nd and 3rd spots consecutively. In 2016, the group released their single 「キラリ☆NIPPON (KIRARI☆ NIPPON) which was an instant hit selling over 40000 copies. Their latest single「HEART WASH」is the ending theme song for TBS TV program 「アッコにおまかせ」(Akko ni Omakase).

TAM (TAMUSIC)

シンガポールのファンから応援コメントが既に沢山届いてます(^^)

arigato! https://t.co/Q5rU9SSEOc

— TAMUSIC 同人音楽 (@TAMUSIC_STAFF) September 6, 2017

TAM,STGCC 2016 (File photo: Speedknight.com)

Perhaps the most active otaku violinist on planet earth, TAM started to upload videos of himself playing violin online in 2003, as of now he have uploaded over 1000 videos and garnered more than 50000000 views online in total. TAM founded a doujin music circle TAMUSIC at 2005, and since then they have expanded to 500 members and produced over 160 CDs to date. TAM starts his first step in the anime industry in 2015, when he started to be involved musically in anime, game products and singers in Japan. Till date, he has contributed to more than 10 anime titles, spanning over more than 100 songs in total. Currently TAM is busy touring as a musician, where he performs around 30 concerts in Japan and 10 concerts internationally every year. Twitter:http://twitter.com/TAMUSIC/ Website:http://tamusic.jp/ YouTube:http://www.youtube.com/user/violinpiano2/

Rie Yunohara

シンガポール到着！！

毎年お出迎えに朝早くに空港でファンのみんなが待ってていてくれて本当にうれしいですん😭💕

シンガポールめっちゃ満喫するぞ！#りえちょ遠征#肉アイドル#リエチョブ#teamRiecho#シンガポール#STGCC#STGCC2017 http://pic.twitter.com/RyX8LJIPms

— 柚之原りえ▶︎9/9〜10シンガポール (@rie_yunohara) September 6, 2017

Rie Yunohara,STGCC 2016 (File photo: Speedknight.com )

Known for her love unending love for Singapore, Rie Yunohara or Riecho have been performing in STGCC every year since 2014. Graduated from MKM-ZERO and PhantomVoice, currently as a solo artiste, Riecho have been crowned as the official idol of the Japan’s biggest food entertainment festival “Niku-Fes”. Other than being active in her own solo activity, she is also busy in providing choreography for artistes and in her very own food blog. Don’t miss out her adventures by following her weekly stream in DeNA Showroom! twitter : https://twitter.com/rie_yunohara instagram : yunoxrie Youtube : https://www.youtube.com/user/yunoxrie

Hiigari Rio

凸待ち配信見てくれてありがとう🌝💓みんな何かに向かって頑張ってる！自分ももっと進んでいきたい。行く(｀・ω・´)！！いろんなことがあるけど、全部全部意味がある。今日という日もいい日でした！また明日！

(全国ワンマンツアー中！詳細はhttps://t.co/dKPimPn33M ) http://pic.twitter.com/yAtAYFRGBr

— 柊木りお10/8札幌ワンマン (@HiiragiRio) September 6, 2017

RioRio started her idol activities since 2011, where she gained public attention as participating and winning various competitions. From TwitCasting, SHOWROOM, NicoNico Nama Housou, she streams actively DAILY to interact with all her fans from France, UK, USA, Taiwan and all over Japan. Her continued streaming since 3 years ago have not stopped for a single day, and has hit the 1000 th day by October 20 th 2015! She major debuted on 1 st April 2015 and held her first solo concert on 21 st June that year at Osaka, since then she have been set to tour 12 cities around the world. On July 2015, she performed at JAPAN EXPO 2015, HYPER JAPAN Festival at UK, Macao’s International Board Game Doujin & Anime Convention and then Solo Live at Hongkong. She have performed in the world’s largest Idol related festival such as TOKYO IDOL FESTIVAL 2015 and also participated in mega event like a-nation. She is currently one of the most awaited solo artists in the country. Please give your best cheer to RioRio too!

Color Pointe

Color Pointe is an idol group with a refreshing visual concept and a theatrical vision for ballet dancing and vocals. The group leader, Hink heads the production in choreography and lives, writing lyrics for their songs as well. In a world whereby classical ballet is regarded with high standards, the group has successfully merged band music with electric sound, mesmerizing audience into their fantasy-like performance where” music comes alive”. In 2016, they finished their second live in Singapore and this year, they completed their second live in Thailand. With their expanding horizon in overseas activities, they are one of the upcoming girl artists to look out for in Japan.

ayame a.k.a apricot*(Alstroemeria Records)

Ayame,EOY 2015 (File photo: speedknight.com)

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9/9・10『STGCC2017』https://t.co/bIja7ox6ap

今週末シンガポールで開催のイベント『STGCC2017』で、踊ってみたのあぷりこっと＊として＆Alstroemeria Recordsのayameとして出演します！２年ぶり！ http://pic.twitter.com/wuoJqJvE5Q

— あやめ@あぷりこっと＊今週末STGCC (@ayame_apricot) September 6, 2017

Popular odorite from NicoNico Douga, ayame is known for her fantastic choreography, costume design, and also her unique video recording style that is not found in other similar odorite. Having performed at the festive NicoNico Chou Kaigi’s Chou Party and many others NicoNico’s official event, she have recently evolved into a public figure by participating as MC and hosting several successfulevents by herself. When she is not busy fangirling at Aikatsu! Going under the name “ayame”, she sings for the famous Touhou Circle “Alstroemeria Records”, regular DJ at Anisong DJ event アニ LOVE っ!! And also forthose who frequent Akihabara, you will be able to find her at Maid Café Pinafore where she has served for the past 8 years.

AkaiRyusei(Tokyo Active NEET)

Akai Ryusei,STGCC 2016 (File photo: Speedknight.com)

AkaiRyusei is the Arranger, Pianist, Mixer, Producer and also the Founder of the famous doujin circle “Tokyo Active NEET”. The circle started with uploading video clips of their performance medleys on NicoNico Douga back in 2008 and they have since been releasing video actively till today. Known for their high energy jazz arrangement of famous tunes from Touhou, Kancolle, Vocaloid and others. AkaiRyusei is actively performing in both Japan and international stage with other doujin artistes. Twitter: https://twitter.com/akairyusei Tokyo Active NEETs Website: http://neets.tokyo/ Tokyo Active NEETs Twitter: https://twitter.com/active_neet

Yunomi+nicamoq

Yunomi is a track maker, lyricist and composer from Tokyo. He started his musical adventures back in 2015. Yunomi composed “kawaii” themed songs to various contents and acts such as KONAMI’s “Hinabita♪”, idol groups. He also provided remixes for singers, namely Lovely Summer and the popular seiyuu Hana Kanazawa. Main works: Makuramoto ni Ghost (w/ Aiobahn)」(2015 Maltine Records) Yunomic ni Ocha Shite EP (feat. nicamoq) (2016 Village Vanguard Music) Oedo Controller EP (feat. TORIENA) (2017 Village Vanguard Music) Official Website: http://www.yunomi.tokyo nicamoq is a vocalist from CSI Promotion. Known for her collaboration with Yunomi, she has provided vocals for more than 20 songs, making appearance in Yunomic ni Ocha Shite’s music video. Recently she has been active as a seiyuu and an actress under the name Morisaki Futaba.

TAKU INOUE

A popular sound designer, composer and DJ, Taku Inoue is one of the rising stars in in the club scene in Japan. Known for his cult hit songs in both fighting and idol games, he also composes for singers and does official remixes. In 2017 he co-composed and arranged the ending theme song for the anime “Rage of Bahamut: Virgin Soul” titled ”拝啓グッバイさようなら”, which was performed by the singer & rapper DAOKO. While he is not busy composing or remixing new tracks, he can be spotted spinning the mashed up version of his songs in various club events across the country.

Shouya Namai

Shouya Namai started his DJ and composing activities back in 2006, with his music focus spanning across different genres from Trance dance music to pop music. Besides producing original works, the composer also produced songs for seiyuu, idols and KONAMI’s music games. He also does official remixes for animes and game songs. A composer with multi-talents, Shouya has recently produced 「追い風Running」(Oikaze Running) for the popular series「THE IDOLM@STER CINDERELLA GIRLS」.

REDSHiFT

REDSHiFT is one of the earliest VOCALOID producer units from Indonesia. The group consists of music producer, lyricist and illustrators. The group begun their journey back in 2010, since then REDSHiFT has produced and published their original works in various music compilation albums via their music circle & crafTUNER. Besides composing original tunes, REDSHiFT also creates remixes of various Indonesian Pop music and Anisongs. Their repertoire mostly comprised of electronic genre, such as electro house, future bass to drum and bass. Aside from music production, REDSHiFT often performs as a DJ-VJ duo in various expo and Japanese events all across Indonesia while spinning the hottest anisong mixes,VOCALOID and more.

Masayoshi Minoshima(Alstroemeria Records)

Masayoshi Minoshima is easily one of the best known producers in the Touhou Doujin music scene. His record label Alstroemeria Records, established in 2003, is rife with elements of House, Trance, UK Hardcore and Dancehall amongst a spectrum of genres, reflecting his musical versatility. Minoshima’s Touhou arrangements primarily showcase Techno and House music. In 2007, the genius producer was brought icon status by his arrangement and shadow-art video for “Bad Apple!!” – a staple with the Touhou fan base. Minoshima has since expanded his capabilities to producing and composing original tracks for major commercial projects and Japanese entertainment giants Konami and Taito.

Kitune(ANISON INDEX!!,Anilab)

Source: Profile page on anilab

A regular VJ at Akihabara MOGRA, he’s at the helm for the visuals at every 3 rd Wednesday of the month in the event “ANISON INDEX”. He is also the organizer of the popular Anisong + Bowling + Cosplay event, “Cos☆Bowl”. As a member of the Anisong DJ group “Anilab” he actively collaborates with various events namely with the dance and vocal group Prizmmy☆,as well as the TV anime & Trinity Seven, LISANI! Night Vol.05 and others. Collaboration list: Noitamina 10 th anniversary event “Noitaminight” AnimeJapan 2015, “Noitaminight powered by AnimeStore” Visual Art’s 20 th Anniversary Thanksgiving Festival’s Club Event “OTSU” Space Shower’s event “SPACE SHOWER SOCIOUS” “spirite LIVE 2015 –Beyond the sky-“ And other Anisong and non Anisong related events. Cosbowl’s website：http://www.cosbowl.com/ Anilab’s website：http://anilab.info/ Profile：http://ift.tt/2wagnOG

DJ MarGenal (ANISON INDEX!!,AniLab.)

Source: Profile page on anilab

DJ MarGenal started his DJ activities back in 2007 after coming in contact with club culture from hip hop music. Now, he plays at the heart of Anisong DJ boom “Anisong Index!!” event as one of the top artists. Skillful and experienced, he plays at regular events and other Anisong events all over Japan. In 2013 alone, he played in LISANI Night and Akinet Music Festival organized by the famous Akihabara Anisong club MOGRA. In 2014, he was invited to be the backup DJ for the Anisong singer ZAQ for notable events such as “AJ Night” and “Animesia”. In previous year, he was spinning as the backup DJ for the well-known idol group Prizmmy☆at 2016

D.watt (IOSYS)

D.watt is the multi-talented artist from the famous music production team "IOSYS" of Sapporo. A familiar name in Akihabara subculture scene like "Nico Nico Douga", anime, games scene. In the recent years D.watt has provided music and remixes to music game giants like SEGA, KONAMI, TAITO, NAMCO. Other than game he also composed anime theme song for famous titles like "SanshaSanyou", "YuruYuri", "Etotama". While he have collaborated as composer for Koishio Ringo(Band janaimon!), Nanahira and miko, he also pens the lyrics and scenario for the 2-dimensional girl band "Irodorimidori" of CHUNITHM(SEGA).

CleanTears(S.C.X)

CleanTears is a creator with a self-proclaimed liking for rabbits. He has provided corporate DJ works to notable labels such as DefSTAR Records, Jake Entertainment, SEGA, 5pb. Records, EXIT TUNES. Not to mention, he also composed works for idols, cosplayers, Tokyo Joypolis, online games and compilations. Releasing on the online music store, Beatport, his works have received credits in overseas as well. He is also active in Vocaloid×EDM scene, composing works under the alias S.C.X.

ARM(IOSYS)

Hailing from Hokkaido, ARM is the composer and arranger from the popular mega circle IOSYS. Together with IOSYS, ARM have composed some of the most memorable and popular songs in the Touhou scene such as “Marisa Stole the Precious Thing”, “Overdrive”, “Cirno’s Perfect Math Class” and many others. Not to be limited to IOSYS’s activity, ARM is also actively involved in projects by KONAMI, Pony Canyon, KADOKAWA, avex, Lantis for their respective products. ARM channels his creative instinct through the influences like Pop, Jazz, Shibuya-kei, Rock, Metal, Orchestra, Hardcore, and EDM music into his works, where he brings us the hit songs with his distinctive Moe Denpa music style. Known works: 「THE IDOLM@STER CINDERELLA GIRLS」 ● Märchen Debut! ● LET’S GO HAPPY!! ● HANAKANZASHI ● Ao no Ichibanboshi ● Nyowa Nyoworld☆ KONAMI’s BEMANI series ● “Meumeupettantan!!” 芽兎めう ● “Chikuwa parfait da yo☆CKP” 山形まり花&芽兎めう ● Totsugeki! Glass no kneeso hime! ● Bakunana☆testroyer Anime and Character songs “D-Frag!” Opening Theme Song ● Stalemate! “Robot Girls Z” Opening Theme Song ● Robot Girls Z “Acchi Kocchi” Opening Theme Song ● Acchi de Kocchi de “Yuruyuri” Character Song ● Akaza Akari’s Watashi, Shuuyaku no Akaza Akari Desu Pachinko’s “Kaito Tenshi Twin Angel” Series ● Endless Heaven ● OTONA NI NARU NO DESU!

Aizawa(Hachimitsu-Lemon)

Aizawa is a creator working in the music circle “Hachimitsu-Lemon” with his partner, CleanTears. Diverse in his works, Aizwa had produced songs of different genres from EDM, rock to orchestra. The circle had composed songs for idols, games and corporate attractions in Japan and overseas. In recent years, he has written numerous songs for the doujin game「東方紅輝心」 (Adventures of Scarlet Curiosity) on PlayStation®

Siu Tao

Siu Tao,AFA 2015 (Filephoto: Speedknight.com)

Cheerful and bubbly, Hong Kong based popular cosplayer Siutao always strive for her best in cosplay, regardless in prop-making or sewing (she is especially fond of doing props!). Travelling to different events in Asia connected her with many of her like- minded fans which she feels is the most joyous part of her travels. Her favorite characters are energetic characters such as Hoshizora Rin from Love Live! but she does takes a liking for quiet and intellectual characters as well. A first timer at STGCC, Siutao looks forward to meeting her fans at the event.

Shimo

Shimo,FAM 2015 (File photo: Speedknight.com)

Shimo, a widely- recognized Taiwanese cosplayer. A familiar face in conventions, she has graced as guest for events in China, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam etc... and this year STGCC welcomes her back to the sunny island of Singapore. Her hobbies are traveling and listening to music. She likes to cosplay character from idol series or cool female characters.

Leon Chiro

Leon Chiro is a professional cosplayer from Italy, and the official cosplayer for large video game companies such as Ubisoft (Assassin’s Creed and Watch Dogs), Square Enix (Gladiolus - Final Fantasy XV), Capcom (Devil May Cry) and many more. He currently works for Riot Games as the official cos-model for the champion Rakan from League of Legends. Having worked for 20th Century Fox on the last Assassin’s Creed movie promotional campaign, stunting and official launch events in Europe, he’s also known as one of the most iconic figures in the Assassin’s Creed community. He has officially been recognised as the Italian face of Assassin’s Creed since 2016 as well. A winner of many cosplay competitions, he has been invited as a special guest in over 80 events in more than 30 different countries around the world. He has acted as both a judge of numerous cosplay competitions and a host of entertaining panels, Q&A sessions and conferences. With a medium of 4 events or conventions per month, Leon is one of the most successful cosplayers in the worldwide male cosplay community. Facebook: http://ift.tt/1jxthxw PATREON : http://ift.tt/2wb1n32 DeviantArt: http://ift.tt/1pcFtFm YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/LeonChiroCosplayArt Instagram: http://ift.tt/2wJfTT5 Twitter: https://twitter.com/Leon_Chiro CosPro: http://ift.tt/2wap4bx

Iori Moe

A popular Internet personality, Gamer, Model and Cosplayer from Japan, she took over the cosplay scene in Japan by storm when she appeared in cosplay and gaming events such as Comiket, TGS and others. Popular for cosplaying sexy anime characters, Iori is unique to the fans due to her innocent face but yet having a proportionate body that enables her to bring to life unrealistic 2D anime character into realistic real life cosplay. Addressed fondly by her fans as Iorin, when she is not busy modelling or appearing in various radio and tv show, she will spend her free time playing games on steam and stay active in her social media which boasts 650000 followers around the world.

Sonny Liew

Sonny Liew's The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye was a New York Times and Amazon bestseller, and the first graphic novel to win the Singapore Literature Prize. Other works include The Shadow Hero (with Gene Luen Yang), Doctor Fate (with Paul Levitz) and Malinky Robot, as well as titles for Marvel Comics, DC Comics, DC Vertigo, First Second Books, Boom Studios, Disney Press and Image Comics. He has been nominated for multiple Eisner Awards for his writing and art (including 6 for The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye) and for spearheading Liquid City, a multivolume comics anthology featuring creators from Southeast Asia.

Mirka Andolfo

Italian artist, Mirka is actually working at DC Comics on “Teen Titans” within the “Metal” event, “Wonder Woman” (with Greg Rucka and Shea Fontana) and “Bombshells” (with Marguerite Bennet). Recently, she illustrated a issue of “Rebirth JLA: Killer Frost” (DC Comics), two issues of “Ms. Marvel” (Marvel), and some pages on “Green Arrow” (DC Comics), after many pages drawn at Dynamite (“Vampirella”, “Chaos”, “Lady Demon”, “Swords of Sorrow: Chaos”) and Aspen (“Damsels in Excess”), Vertigo, Young Animals. In Europe, she’s also an acclaimed author, thanks to her best seller creator-owned series as “Sacred/Profane” and “Unnatural”, sold in many countries (Italy, France, Spain, Germany, Netherlands...). She started very young her career as colorist, working on important international properties like “Mickey Mouse”, “Geronimo Stilton”, “Ice Age” and “Adventure Time”.

Hiro Kanzaki

A multi talented individual, Hiroyuki ODA is widely known within the anime industry for his involvement with many hit titles in Japan’s anime scene. Going under the alias of Hiro Kanzaki, he have provided original character design to some of the most memorable anime in the recent times namely My Little Sister Can't Be This Cute, Eromanga Sensei and Go! Go! 575, where he also provides the art illustration for the original light novel. As an animator, Hiroyuki ODA have worked on many hit titles such as Eureka Seven: AO, Rozen Maiden, Ichigo Mashimaro and most notably HEROMAN. Breaking out of illustration and animation world, he is known to be rocking the dance floor as DJ HanasoumenP (HSP) in NicoNico Douga. In the midst of this busy schedule, he is also known to participate in Comiket as the circle “tabgraphics”.

Joyce Chin

Joyce Chin has been working in comics since 1995 when she pencilled for Guy Gardner: Warrior for DC. Since then, she has been working on many other titles, interiors and covers on stories for the Hulk, Spider-man, Green Lantern, Witchblade, Red Sonja, and many others through various publishers. Currently, other than pencilling and inking Marvel covers, she also works on book, game, magazine and toy packaging illustrations.

James C. Mulligan

James C. Mulligan's fine artwork is recognized internationally and collected by famous personalities from Hugh Hefner, Dick Van Dyke, Oscar winning composer Richard M. Sherman, Brad Pitt to Holly Madison, Fred Durst, Roger Daltrey and many others. James also works with corporate clients including: Disney, Lucas Films, Warner Brothers, Hollywood, Magic Castle, Lexus and Playboy whereby he won an art direction award for Playmate of the Year. He is also the estate's official artist for Elvis Presley Enterprises and working with notable organizations and companies. James was recently named as one of Disney's top selling artists, and his solo shows at the Bellagio and Aria resorts in Las Vegas smashed all records, both domestically and internationally. He also performs on stages around the world, from Tokyo to the Hollywood Bowl. He is currently in development on a television show atDreamworks Studios, and is involved with development work on an unnamed Sony project with Rob Minkoff (director of Disney's “The Lion King”) and Mel Brooks. James is a large supporter of various charities including Shine Family Foundation, Boy's Town and Loma Linda Children's Hospital. His work can be seen at http://ift.tt/1V5DoJO or http://ift.tt/1gCpAHP.

Fujima Takuya

ビッグサイズの新作タペストリーが出ます！WEBで予約受付中なほか９／１６−１８にサンシャインで開催の「神絵祭」でも販売されます☆ ”さくらんぼちゃん”B0タペストリー｜ https://t.co/ekJTGFFAsi http://pic.twitter.com/W9hvAdCDwz

— 藤真拓哉@Z/X 9/21連載開始！ (@fujimatakuya) September 6, 2017

One of the most sought after illustrator in Japan, while he design character for anime and game characters he is also a popular mangaka in Japan. Known for his extensive involvement with the Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha series, his serialized manga “Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha ViVid” is made into anime by A-1PICTURES in 2015. He is also tasked with the original character design for the continuation “ViVid Strike!” anime in 2016 where he single handedly drew all the anime end cards. Works: Anime ・Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha ViVid (Character Design) ・ViVid Strike! (Character Design, All Anime End Cards) ・R-15(Character Design) ・Black Bullet (Character Design) Manga ・Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha ViVid ・DOG DAYS ・NEGIMA!?neo ・THE IDOLM@STER BREAK! Light Novels ・R-15 Series TCG ・Aquarian Age ・Battle Spirits ・Cardfight!! Vanguard ・WIXOSS ・Force of Will ・MONSTER COLLECTION ・LORD of VERMILION ・ChaosTCG ・Weiβ Schwarz ・Z/X -Zillions of enemy X-

Frank Cho

Frank Cho is an Emmy Award-winning and critically acclaimed writer and illustrator. He is known for his newspaper comic strip series, Liberty Meadows, as well as for books such as Mighty Avengers, Spider-Man, X-Men, Shanna the She- Devil, the Hulk and Savage Wolverine for Marvel Comics. As of this year, he is the cover artist for Wonder Woman and Harley Quinn at DC Comics.

Frank Cho is noted for classical and energetic figure art, beautiful women illustrations, humorous writings and adventure stories.

He is currently working on several creator-owned projects, Skybourne at Boom Studios, Guns & Dinos at Image Comics, and World of Payne with novelist Tom Sniegoski for Flesk Publications. When he’s not writing and drawing, Frank Cho is napping.

David mack

David mack is the Emmy nominated, New York Times Best Selling Author & Artist of KABUKI, writer of Marvel's Daredevil, cover artist of Neil Gaiman's American Gods, Jessica Jones, & Fight Club 2 by Chuck Palahniuk. Artist on Jessica Jones opening titles & Captain America The Winter Soldier film titles & US Comic Book Ambassador of Arts & Story for US State Dept. Mack created artwork for the the opening titles of the new Jessica Jones Netflix TV series (winner of the Peabody Award), based on the book he was co-collaborator on. The opening titles he worked on with Imaginary Forces garnered an Emmy Nomination in the category of Outstanding Main Titles. For the Academy Award nominated film Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Mack created the art & concept for the titles sequence with Sarofsky Designs, which received recognition for the Excellence in Titles Design Award. Mack contributed artwork for the opening titles of Robert Rodriguez's Matador TV series with Sarofsky designs, and contributed art (and a cameo role) for the Powers TV series at Sony. Mack's work has garnered nominations for ten Eisner Awards, four International Eagle Awards, and both the Harvey and Kirby Awards in the category of Best New Talent, as well as many other national and international awards and nominations. Mack has authored his children’s book THE SHY CREATURES from MacMillan, has illustrated and designed music albums for both American and Japanese Labels, including work for Paul McCartney, Amanda Palmer, Thomas Jane, Vincent D'Onofrio, painted Tori Amos for her RAINN benefit calendars, directed three music videos for Amanda Palmer, storyboard artist & asst director for Dead Can Dance music video, designs for toy companies in Hong Kong, animation art for MTV, ad campaign for SAKURA art materials, written and designed video game characters for film director John Woo and Electronic Arts, wrote the interactive animated viral promo for Mission Impossible four, and contributed the artwork for Dr. Arun Ghandi’s essay on the Culture of Non-Violence. Mack created the Marquee art and make up designs for the theatrical performance of Tenshu which received multiple Broadway World Awards. Mack’s KABUKI books have been the subject of under-graduate and graduate university courses in Art and Literature, and listed as required reading. His work is on exhibit in the Philadelphia Museum of art with Michelangelo, Titian, & Rubens. His work has been studied in graduate seminars at USC and hung in the Los Angeles Museum of Art. He’s lectured at universities and taught classes in writing, drawing, and painting all over the world, including a Masterclass at the University of Technology in Sydney, Australia, for Japan’s School of Communication Arts of Tokyo, Nagoya, and Osaka, and an invitation to speak at Harvard as the Guest of Honor at their annual Science Fiction Writing convention. Mack created the final two seasons of Dexter Early Cuts episodes for Showtime (the first, collaborating with legendary artist Bill Sienkiewicz). The latest season earned him nominations for both the Writers Guild of America and the Producers Guild of America. In 2013 Mack had exhibits in Los Angeles & Chicago of his work presented with originals of Gustav Klimt & Egon Schiele, and spoke in Barcelona at the OFFFest presentation of trailblazing artists and designers. Mack's paintings were exhibited in Paris and Brussels with successful gallery openings and book store signings. The documentary film on Mack's work, The Alchemy of Art, was awarded the top prize at the 40th annual Worldfest Film Festival among other film awards & in 2012 Mack delivered an inspiring TED Talk. In 2016 the US State Dept. honored Mack as a US Comic Book Ambassador of Arts & Story selected to travel abroad to teach storytelling in other countries, beginning in Tblisi, Georgia, joining efforts with the US embassy there. In the former Soviet country & borders, Mack taught at settlement camps for displaced persons, the Asylum Seekers Center, the Marneuli Youth Center, Tbilisi Arts Academy, Special Needs school, & the Tbilisi Palace of Fine Arts Museum featured a massive exhibit of Mack's work & books. In 2017 Mack traveled to Tunisia in North Africa to speak & teach there. In 2004 Mack, with Brian Michael Bendis & Mike Oeming (M.O.B.- Mack, Oeming, Bendis), formed a new imprint at Marvel Comics which they named ICON, to publish their creator-owned comics KABUKI and POWERS. ICON continues as an imprint of Marvel to this day publishing some of the most successful creator-owned comics. David Mack is one of the only creators to be listed in both the Top Ten Writers List, and the Top Ten Artists List in Wizard Magazine. Mack’s writing and art on KABUKI, have earned him international acclaim for his innovative storytelling, painting techniques, and page design. KABUKI has been translated in seven languages, in addition to nearly two million copies of KABUKI Comics, Paperbacks, and Hard cover graphic novels in print in the U.S. The series has launched successful lines of action figures, toys, and art objets (many of which were featured on Showtime’s TV show DEXTER). Mack has exhibited his work in Europe, Asia, and America with gallery shows, and book signing tours in over a dozen countries. He was the first American to be nominated for Germany's most prestigious Max-Und-Moritz award in the category of Best Imported Comic. Mack has illustrated poetry collaborations with Neil Gaiman and U.S. Poet Laureate Billy Collins, & wrote the adaptation of Science Fiction Master Philip K. Dick's Electric Ant as a graphic novel at Marvel Comics. Mack is currently working on a new creator owned project with Brian Michael Bendis and on bringing KABUKI to the screen.

C.B. Cebulski

Rumor has it McDonald's Singapore is bringing back the Nasi Lemak Burger?! Hope they last till @singaporetgcc!! https://t.co/Svl1KeVPsB

— C.B. Cebulski (@CBCebulski) August 24, 2017

Tired of "news" about the same chicken rice & chili crab places? Here's a great piece on young hawkers in Singapore: https://t.co/V1eNqLMIjK

— C.B. Cebulski (@CBCebulski) August 24, 2017

C.B. Cebulski is just a guy lucky enough to be working for Marvel, a company whose comics and characters he’s loved since he was a kid. He travels from country to country, month after month, hunting for opportunities for Marvel to expand their creative interests in new markets, while also searching for the best artists in the world. C.B. spends his free time blogging about his international eating adventures on Eataku, www.eataku.com.

Adi Granov

Adi works as an illustrator and designer primarily for Marvel. His most notable works include the Iron Man: Extremis series, written by Warren Ellis, and his role as a conceptual designer and illustrator on the Iron Man films and the Avengers. He worked on key character designs and created keyframe illustrations for the action sequences. He recently completed work on the upcoming Avengers: Infinity War and Black Panther movies. For comic work Adi is currently under an exclusive contract with Marvel and has produced covers for multiple series over the last few years, as well as a number of short interior stories. He has also designed statues for companies such as Kotobukiya and Sideshow, and has created album cover art and tour posters for multi-platinum selling rock band, Tool. Adi currently lives in England with his wife, Tamsin, and their two very weird cats. He likes aeroplanes, trains and cars, and working on his 1967 Lotus Elan.

Arthur Adams

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Arthur Adams, a self-taught artist, became a fan favorite when, at the age of 19, he left his job making pizzas for the masses to pencil the critically-acclaimed Longshot limited series, written by Ann Nocenti and published in 1985 by Marvel Comics. He has been in high demand as an artist since. Adams' highly distinctive and detailed artwork gained him considerable popularity amongst fans and editors, if not his inkers, and he's enjoyed being a cover artist, and the artist and sometime writer for miniseries, specials, and annuals. These days, in order to spare inkers the pain, his work is largely shot directly from pencils or inked by himself, with some exceptions. In his career, Arthur has worked on many titles, Batman, Superman, Spiderman, X men, Godzilla, Vampirella, Rocketeer, the Authority, Danger Girl, Excalibur, and the Hulk, to name a few. He also launched his creator owned, written, and drawn series Monkeyman and O'Brian in 1993 with Dark Horse Comics "Legend" imprint. He also had a ten-issue run on an anthology series featuring the character Jonnie Future. The eight page Jonnie Future stories appeared in Tom Strong's Terrific Tales (2002–2004). More recently, Arthur has been working on Ultimate X for Marvel Comics with writer Jeph Loeb, and issue one launched in 2010. Adams has provided cover images for issues of the Justice League of America, Appleseed, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Green Lantern, Hulk, Avengers, X Men, Red Sonja, Superman, Batman, and Vampirella, among other titles. In addition to his work in comic books, he has also produced popular commercial art, such as numerous illustrations for trading cards, posters, shirts, and various other comics-related merchandise. Outside the field of comics, he has also provided illustrations for various magazines, movies, video games, and worked in toy design, packaging art, and even a series of X-Men-themed Campbell Soup cans. Arthur lives in Northern California in the woods somewhere, like his hero, Bigfoot. When told he should have a "Web" site he went outside and tried to spin his own web. It was funny and sad all at once. We got him back inside and gave him his medicine.

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