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I see this site is doing the "incompatible with recent versions of Firefox" thing that steals the content away after displaying it for a split second, like imgu
by rhizome 6y ago
I see this site is doing the "incompatible with recent versions of Firefox" thing that steals the content away after displaying it for a split second, like imgur has also done (among others, I'm sure).
That said, I recommend reading the Superflat manifesto:
https://www.amazon.com/Superflat-English-Japanese-Takashi-Murakami/dp/4944079206 https://www.amazon.com/Superflat-English-Japanese-Takashi-Mu... ...obviously this might be mentioned in the linked page that doesn't like me.
- tropdrop 6y agoWayback machine luckily has a copy: http://web.archive.org/web/20040319114336/http://www.hirokiazuma.com/en/texts/superflat_en2.html http://web.archive.org/web/20040319114336/http://www.hirokia... For me, this text didn't just illuminate Murakami as an artist – it significantly altered how I think about media consumption, otaku (shut-in) culture and [post]post-modernity.
- blacksmith_tb 6y agoHe's an interesting thinker, I saw him give a lecture at the Henry in Seattle many years ago, which opened my eyes to the many echoes of Hiroshima in anime.
- CiceroCiceronis 6y agoAzuma’s discussion of otaku culture is nothing short of revelatory for anybody who looks at the proliferation of animanga imagery and associated ideas and is attempting to understand their underlying structure. The manuscript he mentions in that interview is now an excellent book - “Otaku - Japan’s Database Animals” - which expands heavily on the concepts he mentions here including further discussion of Murakami.