#Japan Expo 2017

[sparebutton]

Here are all of the images leaked so far for Frozen: Winter Festival which is new a “short-form series”

Every image has been posted by girliesandghouls on instagram!

Another project that is referred to as a “short-form series” is Zootopia+ which is on Disney+. Zootopia+ has 6 episodes that are about 7-12 minutes long each (so about the length of Frozen Fever). So hopefully it will be the same for Winter Festival! :)

On June 7th the World of Frozen documentary comes out, on June 6th the Frozen Kingdom in Japan’s Fantasy Springs fully opens, and on June 17th the Frozen Royal Castle app releases. Considering Olaf’s Frozen Adventure had it’s first trailer come out in June 2017, I think there is a good chance Winter Festival will be officially announced in June. There is also d23 expo in August it could be announced at, but these dolls come out in September so I think it could be announced sooner, even if the series itself doesn’t come out until November-ish.

[racequeenparadise]

2024 Race Queen Retirements - Rie Kimura

Rie began working as an event companion during university and in 2014 began her career as a Race Queen in the Tracy Sports team in the Super Taikyu. In 2016 she joined the Netz Toyota Tama T's Factory Lady team in Super Formula motor racing class and began her career as a full time Race Queen. 2017 saw Rie join WedsSport Racing Girls and in 2018 the Dunlop Direzza Girls.

In 2019 she began a long term association with Team Tom's in the Super GT and Super Formula classes, first as a Vantelin Race Queen and then in 2021 as a Tom's Lady and later as a Tom's Team Attendant for Super GT. After leaving Tom's in 2022, in 2023 she began her final two years as a Race Queen in the Arta Gals team. When appointed to the team in 2023, she was 32, the oldest team member ever appointed in Arta Gals.

Race Queen Appearances

Tracy Sports Race Queen, Super Taikyu, 2014

Yamaha Thailand Racing Race Queen, All Japan Road Race Championship, 2014

Netz Toyota Tama T's Factory Lady, Super Formula, 2016

WedsSport Racing Girls, Super GT, 2017

Team Kagayama Suzuki Asia Race Queen, FIM Asia Road Racing Championship, 2017

Dunlop Direzza Girls, Super GT, 2018

Vantelin Race Queen, Super GT and Super Formula, 2019 to 2022

Team TJC& MF Kawasaki Army Girl, Suzuka 8 Hours Endurance Road Race, 2019

Tom’s Lady, Super GT, 2021

Tom's Team Attendant, Super GT, 2022

Arta Gals, Super GT, 2023 to 2024

Image Girl and Event Appearances

InterBee, Intel Booth, 2014

Ceatec Japan, JEITA Booth, 2014

Tokyo Motor Show, Omron Booth, 2015

Tokyo Auto Salon, Kanatechs Booth, 2015

Japan Drugstore Show, Asahi Food & Healthcare Booth, 2015

Ceatec Japan, Omron Booth, 2015 and 2016

Wonder Festival, Monthly Heroes Booth, 2015

Japan Drugstore Show, Ajinomoto Amino Vital Booth, 2016

Tokyo Motor Show, Fine Sinter Booth, 2017

Tokyo Auto Salon, Nitto Booth, 2017

Tokyo Auto Salon, WedsSport Racing Girls, 2018

Tokyo Auto Salon, Dunlop Direzza Girls, 2019

Automotive Technology Expo, Emerging Industry Booth, 2019

Ceatec Japan, Everlight Booth, 2019

Nagoya Auto Trend, Tom’s Lady, 2020

Tokyo Auto Salon, Tom’s Lady, 2020 and 2022

[just-a-ghost00]

About yours truthfully 👻

Names you can call me by : Ghost / Wolfie Date of birth : 28.10.1996 ♏ | year of the 🐀 Nationality : French

Facts :

I have two younger sisters, no pets and when I don't have free time, I'm teaching cutiepatooties everything they should know to access further education.

I started taking interests in tarot around 2017 if I remember correctly. I had always been drawn to it but a certain "relationship" lead me to tarot readings.

Aside tarot, my hobbies are : drawing, painting, reading, writing, baking, travelling, collecting useless stuff "just in case".

In terms of musical tastes, I listen to various genres. Metal and rock remain my favorite and the genres I always go back to no matter what.

My first ever concert was of some random French artist I saw with my parents as I child, during the Summer at L'Armada (a convention about boats and sailing that was held by the Seine). My most recent concert was at Japan Expo where I discovered an artist named UK.

Some places/countries I've traveled to : Paris, Germany (Dortmund, München) and Austria (Salzburg), Wales, Roma.

Countries I'd like to go to : Japan, South Korea, Australia, Egypt, Greece

A list of thing I can't live without : coffee, chocolate, music.

A list of things I never thought I'd do but did : travel to Roma, feature in some random guy's song, become a teacher, write an unpublished "book" with my highschool best friend, be a tarot reader.

A list of things I dream of doing : learning how to dance, speaking fluent Japanese and Korean, helping in building a school or a shelter, being influent enough to raise awareness about certain causes dear to my heart, creating something meaningful whether it be a book, a song or a humanitarian organization.

[brookston]

Holidays 11.17

Holidays

Agricultural Workers’ Day (Belarus, Kazakhstan, Ukraine)

Athens Polytechnic Uprising Remembrance Day (Greece)

Bowler Hat Day

Camilla Asteroid Day

Cervical Cancer Elimination Day pf Action

Coping With Uncertainty Day

COVID-19 Anniversary Day

Creative Alienation Day

Danny DeVito Day (New Jersey)

Day of the Knights Tilters (Elizabethan England)

Day of the Volkswagen

District Police Officer Day (Russia)

Electric Greeting Card Day

Freedom and Democracy Day (Czech Republic, Slovakia)

Global Day of Action for Climate Justice

Heidi Day (US Football)

Here To Go Day

International Candidate Attorney Day

International Day for the Fight Against Lung Cancer

International Day of Simulation & Gaming

International ERG Day

International Students’ Day

John Peter Zenger Day

Kyrgyz Cinema Day (Kyrgyzstan)

Life Day (Wookiee tradition; Star Wars)

Little Mermaid Day

Malabo Festival (Equatorial Guinea)

Martyrs’ Day (Odisha, India)

McHappy Day (Canada)

Military Medic Day (Armenia)

National Alex Scott Lawson Day

National Army Day (Zaire)

National Black Cat Day (Italy)

National Cowboy Shit Day

National Epilepsy Day (India)

National Farm Joke Day

National Jaden Day

National Journalism Day (India)

National Reuben Day

National Revival Day (Azerbaijan)

National Testosterone Day

National Unfriend Day

National Yeti Day

Omega Psi Phi Day

Polytechneio (Greece)

Presidents Day (Marshall Islands)

Public Restroom Hand Dryer Appreciation Day

Queen Elizabeth’s Day (before early 18th century England)

Retired Teachers’ Day (Florida)

Revolution Day (Mexico)

Shogi Day (Japan)

Smith-Magenis Syndrome (SMS) Awareness Day

Struggle for Freedom and Democracy Day (Czech Republic, Slovakia)

Substitute Educators Day

Suez Canal Opening Day

Take A Hike Day

Tazaungdaing Holidays (Myanmar)

Tori No Ichi (Rooster Day #2; Japan)

Tuberous Pea Day (French Republic)

Utopia Memorial Day (Republic of Molossia)

Velvet Revolution Anniversary Day

Volkstrauertag (People’s National Day of Mourning; Germany)

World Access to Higher Education Day

World Day to Combat Prostate Cancer

World Peace Day

World Petroleum Day

World Prematurity Awareness Day

World Vasectomy Day

Food & Drink Celebrations

Baklava Day

Homemade Bread Day

International Happy Gose Day

National Butter Day

Independence & Related Days

Blue Army (Declared; 2017) [unrecognized]

Cartagena Independence Day (Colombia)

New France (a.k.a. Kingdom of Araucanía and Patagonia; Declared; 1860) [unrecognized]

3rd Sunday in November

Alascattalo Day (Humor Appreciation Day; Alaska) [Sunday after 3rd Saturday]

Mother Goose Day [Sunday after 3rd Thursday]

National Donor Sabbath (2 Weeks before Thanksgiving)

World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims (UN) [3rd Sunday]

Weekly Holidays beginning November 17 (3rd Full Week of November)

American Education Week [Week before Thanksgiving]

Global Entrepreneurship Week [Week before Thanksgiving]

Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week [Week before Thanksgiving]

International Fraud Awareness Week (thru 11.23)

International Restorative Justice Week (thru 11.23) [Begins 3rd Sunday]

National Book Awards Week [Week before Thanksgiving]

National Geography Awareness Week (thru 11.23) [3rd Full Week]

Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims Week (thru 11.23) [3rd Full Week]

Festivals Beginning November 17, 2024

The Chocolate Expo (Lincoln, Rhode Island)

Heritage Fire (Miami, Florida)

One Electric Day (Werribee South, Victoria, Australia)

Feast Days

Acisclus and Victoria (Christian; Martyrs)

Aignan of Orleans (a.k.a. Anian or Agnan; Christian; Saint)

Albert Bertelsen (Artology)

Al Dente Day (Pastafarian)

Alphaeus and Zachaeus (Christian; Martyrs)

Anianus or Orleans (Christian; Saint)

Arman (Artology)

Blodmonath Thank You Day (Blood Month; Starza Pagan Book of Days)

Bronzino (Artology)

Charles Lock Eastlake (Artology)

Christopher Paolini (Writerism)

Coll ap Collfrewy (Celtic Book of Days)

Dionysius, Archbishop of Alexandria (Christian; Saint)

Elizabeth of Hungary (Christian; Saint)

Gennadius of Constantinople (Greek Orthodox Church)

Gregory of Tours (Roman Catholic Church)

Gregory Thaumaturgus (Christian; Saint)

Gregory the Wonderworker, Bishop of Neocaesareia (Orthodox Church)

Hilda of Whitby (Christian; Saint)

Holda’s Blot (Pagan)

Hugh of Lincoln (Church of England)

Isamu Noguchi (Artology)

Jack Vettriano (Artology)

Kim Heungsou (Artology)

Smoke Somewhat Out Day (Church of the SubGenius)

Summer Squall (Muppetism)

William III (Positivist; Saint)

Winter Welcome Quadrilles and Dainty-Sixes (Shamanism)

Zanobi Strozzi (Artology)

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Tomobiki (友引 Japan) [Good luck all day, except at noon.]

Premieres

All Dogs Go to Heaven (Animated Film; 1989)

Americana, by The Offspring (Album; 1998)

The American President (Film; 1995)

Another Thin Man (Film; 1939)

Apples and Oranges, by Pink Floyd (Song; 1967)

As the Fly Flies (Phantasies Cartoon; 1944)

At the Circus (Mighty Mouse Cartoon; 1944)

The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes (Film; 2023)

Bolt (Animated Film; 2008)

Breathless, by Kenny G (Album; 1992)

Buddy’s Adventures (WB LT Cartoon; 1934)

Casino Royale (US Film; 2006) [James Bond #21]

Church of England reestablished (Christian Denomination; 1558)

The Civil War: A Narrative, by Shelby Foote (History Book; 1963)

Conjunction Junction (Grammar Rock Cartoon; Schoolhouse Rock; 1973)

The Dognapper (Disney Cartoon; 1934)

Double Fantasy, by John Lennon (Album; 1980)

Drip-Along Daffy (WB MM Cartoon; 1951)

Drooopy’s Double Trouble (Tex Avery Droopy MGM Cartoon; 1951)

Duck Soup (Film; 1933)

1899 (TV Series; 2022)

Fireman Sam (Animated TV Series; 1987)

GoldenEye (US Film; 1995) [James Bond #17]

Happy Feet (Animated Film; 2006)

Harlem Nights (Film; 1989)

Heroes (Film; 1977)

How the Grinch Stole Christmas (Film; 2000)

The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes (Film; 2023)

I Eats My Spinach (Fleischer Popeye Cartoon; 1933)

Justice League (Film; 2017)

Justice League: Secret Origins (WB Animated Film; 2001)

Land of Confusion, by Genesis (Song; 1986)

Let It Be …Naked, by The Beatles (Album; 2003)

The Little Mermaid (Animated Disney Film; 1989)

Mexico (Oswald the Lucky Rabbit Cartoon; 1930)

Monarch: Legacy of Monsters (TV Series; 2023)

The Mote in God's Eye, by Larry Niven (Novel; 1974)

The National Lampoon Radio Hour (Radio Series; 1973)

A Nod Is As Good As A Wink … To A Blind Horse, by The Faces (Album; 1971)

Oberto, by Giuseppe Verdi (Opera; 1839)

Pink Lightning (Pink Panther Cartoon; 1978)

The Punisher (Film; 2017)

The Queen (Film; 2006)

Right Off the Bat (Modern Madcaps Cartoon; 1958)

The Rite of Spring, completed by Igor Stravinsky (Ballet; 1912)

Robinson Crusoe, featuring Farmer Al Falfa (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1933)

Rugrats in Paris: The Movie (Animated Film; 2000)

The Saint Overboard, by Leslie Charteris (Novel; 1936) [Saint #17]

Scott Pilgrim Takes Off (Animated TV Series; 2023)

1776 (Film; 1972)

Spirit, by Jewel (Album; 1998)

Steel Magnolias (Film; 1989)

Tales of a Librarian, by Tori Amos (Compilation Album; 2003)

Teaser, by Tommy Colin (Album; 1975)

This American Life (Radio Series; 1995)

Who Let the Dogs Out, by Baha Men (Song; 2000)

Who’s Zoo in Hollywood (Color Rhapsody Cartoon; 1941)

A Ricky, Wacky Romance (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1939)

Today’s Name Days

Florin, Gertrud, Hilda (Austria)

Alfej, Elizabeta, Igor, Zakej (Croatia)

Mahulena (Czech Republic)

Anianus (Denmark)

Egil, Egon, Einar, Einari, Eino, Heinar (Estonia)

Einari, Eino (Finland)

Élisabeth, Élise, Hilda (France)

Florin , Gertrud, Hilda, Walter (Germany)

Genadios (Greece)

Gergő, Hortenzia (Hungary)

Elisabetta, Gregorio (Italy)

Hugo, Uga, Ugis, Urdze (Latvia)

Benita, Getautas, Gilvilė, Viktorija (Lithuania)

Hauk, Hogne, Hugo (Norway)

Dionizy, Floryn, Grzegorz, Hugo, Hugon, Salome, Salomea, Sulibor, Zbysław (Poland)

Grigorie, Lazar, Zaharia (Romania)

Klaudia (Slovakia)

Gregorio, Hilda, Hugo, Isabel, Victoria (Spain)

Naemi, Naima (Sweden)

Annalisa, Annalise, Annelise, Hilda, Hildie, Hildy (USA)

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 322 of 2024; 44 days remaining in the year

ISO: Day 7 of Week 46 of 2024

Celtic Tree Calendar: Hagal (Hailstone) [Day 22 of 28]

Chinese: Month 10 (Yi-Hai), Day 17 (Yi-You)

Chinese Year of the: Dragon 4722 (until January 29, 2025) [Wu-Chen]

Hebrew: 16 Heshvan 5785

Islamic: 15 Jumada I 1446

J Cal: 22 Wood; Oneday [22 of 30]

Julian: 4 November 2024

Moon: 95%: Waning Gibbous

Positivist: 14 Frederic (12th Month) [William the Silent]

Runic Half Month: Nyd (Necessity) [Day 11 of 15]

Season: Autumn or Fall (Day 56 of 90)

Week: 3rd Full Week of November

Zodiac: Scorpio (Day 25 of 30)

[zeldamomoe]

Let's do a little bit of a Flashback Friday, shall we? Some of you might remember me as "that Lana cosplayer" from Hyrule Warriors! Back in 2014 before the game even came out in Japan, I swiftly created this costume as my "comeback to cosplay" after a few years hiatus to focus on paying my way through college. It really opened my eyes to how mainstream cosplay was becoming at that time, because of my first photoshoot with PialVisions getting viral thanks to ZeldaInformer sharing it everywhere. Unfortunately, the racists came out of the woodwork like it was their job and ridiculed my skin tone. The ones that stood out to me the most were:

the person who tagged their friend and said "your Arab cousin ruined Lana for me"

and the person who asked if I was Hispanic (in Spanish, mind you), and I said no I'm Lebanese from America, and he said "well your skin should me milk white" again, in Spanish lmao fuck you 😂

I was really sad about all of it that I almost decided not to continue cosplaying. Seeing all that hate after such a long hiatus was difficult (and I wasn't even very good at cosplay or photo editing yet, I just was the first Lana, so it made WAVES 🙈). But I made so many new friends thanks to me getting viral like CinnamonNeutrality (Cee), ChibiTifa, LayzeMichelle, just to name a few. I'm sure I would've ran into Cee eventually since we went to the same GTA cons, but you never know! Nowadays, I stay humble and thankful for the opportunities Lana gave me. I took her to Fan Expo 2014, and shot with Herbiecide there. We took some gorgeous photos on the roof, and I'll remember fondly that we ran into a trio of Perfume cosplayers. Because I hadn't been to Fan Expo since 2009 at that point, and it was my first big con since then, I was so excited seeing Perfume cosplayers XD I was a big fan of them in high school and college. I posted some of his photos of my Lana cosplay on Tumblr actually and got viral again! I do remember that was a good viral though, not much harassment came from that, and if it did, I forgot all about it. My username used to be SMZeldaRules, so it was on that Tumblr, which has long been deactivated. In 2015, I made her staff and brought her to Pax East. And in 2017, I had one final photoshoot with Z is Eternal. I then ended up giving it to my friend Ayla at Antipode Geek Bellydance. It's 2023 now, and big companies and websites STILL don't moderate their comment sections well at all (looking at you Square Enix when you shared my Rachel Amber cosplay in 2020 and people were acting a fool lmao). We gotta stand up for all marginalized groups in cosplay! Keep making your stuff and have fun! FUCK RACISM 😤😤😤

photos: Pial Visions, Herbiecide, Z is Eternal & edits by me

[brookstonalmanac]

Holidays 11.17

Holidays

Agricultural Workers’ Day (Belarus, Kazakhstan, Ukraine)

Athens Polytechnic Uprising Remembrance Day (Greece)

Bowler Hat Day

Camilla Asteroid Day

Cervical Cancer Elimination Day pf Action

Coping With Uncertainty Day

COVID-19 Anniversary Day

Creative Alienation Day

Danny DeVito Day (New Jersey)

Day of the Knights Tilters (Elizabethan England)

Day of the Volkswagen

District Police Officer Day (Russia)

Electric Greeting Card Day

Freedom and Democracy Day (Czech Republic, Slovakia)

Global Day of Action for Climate Justice

Heidi Day (US Football)

Here To Go Day

International Candidate Attorney Day

International Day for the Fight Against Lung Cancer

International Day of Simulation & Gaming

International ERG Day

International Students’ Day

John Peter Zenger Day

Kyrgyz Cinema Day (Kyrgyzstan)

Life Day (Wookiee tradition; Star Wars)

Little Mermaid Day

Malabo Festival (Equatorial Guinea)

Martyrs’ Day (Odisha, India)

McHappy Day (Canada)

Military Medic Day (Armenia)

National Alex Scott Lawson Day

National Army Day (Zaire)

National Black Cat Day (Italy)

National Cowboy Shit Day

National Epilepsy Day (India)

National Farm Joke Day

National Jaden Day

National Journalism Day (India)

National Reuben Day

National Revival Day (Azerbaijan)

National Testosterone Day

National Unfriend Day

National Yeti Day

Omega Psi Phi Day

Polytechneio (Greece)

Presidents Day (Marshall Islands)

Public Restroom Hand Dryer Appreciation Day

Queen Elizabeth’s Day (before early 18th century England)

Retired Teachers’ Day (Florida)

Revolution Day (Mexico)

Shogi Day (Japan)

Smith-Magenis Syndrome (SMS) Awareness Day

Struggle for Freedom and Democracy Day (Czech Republic, Slovakia)

Substitute Educators Day

Suez Canal Opening Day

Take A Hike Day

Tazaungdaing Holidays (Myanmar)

Tori No Ichi (Rooster Day #2; Japan)

Tuberous Pea Day (French Republic)

Utopia Memorial Day (Republic of Molossia)

Velvet Revolution Anniversary Day

Volkstrauertag (People’s National Day of Mourning; Germany)

World Access to Higher Education Day

World Day to Combat Prostate Cancer

World Peace Day

World Petroleum Day

World Prematurity Awareness Day

World Vasectomy Day

Food & Drink Celebrations

Baklava Day

Homemade Bread Day

International Happy Gose Day

National Butter Day

Independence & Related Days

Blue Army (Declared; 2017) [unrecognized]

Cartagena Independence Day (Colombia)

New France (a.k.a. Kingdom of Araucanía and Patagonia; Declared; 1860) [unrecognized]

3rd Sunday in November

Alascattalo Day (Humor Appreciation Day; Alaska) [Sunday after 3rd Saturday]

Mother Goose Day [Sunday after 3rd Thursday]

National Donor Sabbath (2 Weeks before Thanksgiving)

World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims (UN) [3rd Sunday]

Weekly Holidays beginning November 17 (3rd Full Week of November)

American Education Week [Week before Thanksgiving]

Global Entrepreneurship Week [Week before Thanksgiving]

Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week [Week before Thanksgiving]

International Fraud Awareness Week (thru 11.23)

International Restorative Justice Week (thru 11.23) [Begins 3rd Sunday]

National Book Awards Week [Week before Thanksgiving]

National Geography Awareness Week (thru 11.23) [3rd Full Week]

Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims Week (thru 11.23) [3rd Full Week]

Festivals Beginning November 17, 2024

The Chocolate Expo (Lincoln, Rhode Island)

Heritage Fire (Miami, Florida)

One Electric Day (Werribee South, Victoria, Australia)

Feast Days

Acisclus and Victoria (Christian; Martyrs)

Aignan of Orleans (a.k.a. Anian or Agnan; Christian; Saint)

Albert Bertelsen (Artology)

Al Dente Day (Pastafarian)

Alphaeus and Zachaeus (Christian; Martyrs)

Anianus or Orleans (Christian; Saint)

Arman (Artology)

Blodmonath Thank You Day (Blood Month; Starza Pagan Book of Days)

Bronzino (Artology)

Charles Lock Eastlake (Artology)

Christopher Paolini (Writerism)

Coll ap Collfrewy (Celtic Book of Days)

Dionysius, Archbishop of Alexandria (Christian; Saint)

Elizabeth of Hungary (Christian; Saint)

Gennadius of Constantinople (Greek Orthodox Church)

Gregory of Tours (Roman Catholic Church)

Gregory Thaumaturgus (Christian; Saint)

Gregory the Wonderworker, Bishop of Neocaesareia (Orthodox Church)

Hilda of Whitby (Christian; Saint)

Holda’s Blot (Pagan)

Hugh of Lincoln (Church of England)

Isamu Noguchi (Artology)

Jack Vettriano (Artology)

Kim Heungsou (Artology)

Smoke Somewhat Out Day (Church of the SubGenius)

Summer Squall (Muppetism)

William III (Positivist; Saint)

Winter Welcome Quadrilles and Dainty-Sixes (Shamanism)

Zanobi Strozzi (Artology)

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Tomobiki (友引 Japan) [Good luck all day, except at noon.]

Premieres

All Dogs Go to Heaven (Animated Film; 1989)

Americana, by The Offspring (Album; 1998)

The American President (Film; 1995)

Another Thin Man (Film; 1939)

Apples and Oranges, by Pink Floyd (Song; 1967)

As the Fly Flies (Phantasies Cartoon; 1944)

At the Circus (Mighty Mouse Cartoon; 1944)

The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes (Film; 2023)

Bolt (Animated Film; 2008)

Breathless, by Kenny G (Album; 1992)

Buddy’s Adventures (WB LT Cartoon; 1934)

Casino Royale (US Film; 2006) [James Bond #21]

Church of England reestablished (Christian Denomination; 1558)

The Civil War: A Narrative, by Shelby Foote (History Book; 1963)

Conjunction Junction (Grammar Rock Cartoon; Schoolhouse Rock; 1973)

The Dognapper (Disney Cartoon; 1934)

Double Fantasy, by John Lennon (Album; 1980)

Drip-Along Daffy (WB MM Cartoon; 1951)

Drooopy’s Double Trouble (Tex Avery Droopy MGM Cartoon; 1951)

Duck Soup (Film; 1933)

1899 (TV Series; 2022)

Fireman Sam (Animated TV Series; 1987)

GoldenEye (US Film; 1995) [James Bond #17]

Happy Feet (Animated Film; 2006)

Harlem Nights (Film; 1989)

Heroes (Film; 1977)

How the Grinch Stole Christmas (Film; 2000)

The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes (Film; 2023)

I Eats My Spinach (Fleischer Popeye Cartoon; 1933)

Justice League (Film; 2017)

Justice League: Secret Origins (WB Animated Film; 2001)

Land of Confusion, by Genesis (Song; 1986)

Let It Be …Naked, by The Beatles (Album; 2003)

The Little Mermaid (Animated Disney Film; 1989)

Mexico (Oswald the Lucky Rabbit Cartoon; 1930)

Monarch: Legacy of Monsters (TV Series; 2023)

The Mote in God's Eye, by Larry Niven (Novel; 1974)

The National Lampoon Radio Hour (Radio Series; 1973)

A Nod Is As Good As A Wink … To A Blind Horse, by The Faces (Album; 1971)

Oberto, by Giuseppe Verdi (Opera; 1839)

Pink Lightning (Pink Panther Cartoon; 1978)

The Punisher (Film; 2017)

The Queen (Film; 2006)

Right Off the Bat (Modern Madcaps Cartoon; 1958)

The Rite of Spring, completed by Igor Stravinsky (Ballet; 1912)

Robinson Crusoe, featuring Farmer Al Falfa (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1933)

Rugrats in Paris: The Movie (Animated Film; 2000)

The Saint Overboard, by Leslie Charteris (Novel; 1936) [Saint #17]

Scott Pilgrim Takes Off (Animated TV Series; 2023)

1776 (Film; 1972)

Spirit, by Jewel (Album; 1998)

Steel Magnolias (Film; 1989)

Tales of a Librarian, by Tori Amos (Compilation Album; 2003)

Teaser, by Tommy Colin (Album; 1975)

This American Life (Radio Series; 1995)

Who Let the Dogs Out, by Baha Men (Song; 2000)

Who’s Zoo in Hollywood (Color Rhapsody Cartoon; 1941)

A Ricky, Wacky Romance (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1939)

Today’s Name Days

Florin, Gertrud, Hilda (Austria)

Alfej, Elizabeta, Igor, Zakej (Croatia)

Mahulena (Czech Republic)

Anianus (Denmark)

Egil, Egon, Einar, Einari, Eino, Heinar (Estonia)

Einari, Eino (Finland)

Élisabeth, Élise, Hilda (France)

Florin , Gertrud, Hilda, Walter (Germany)

Genadios (Greece)

Gergő, Hortenzia (Hungary)

Elisabetta, Gregorio (Italy)

Hugo, Uga, Ugis, Urdze (Latvia)

Benita, Getautas, Gilvilė, Viktorija (Lithuania)

Hauk, Hogne, Hugo (Norway)

Dionizy, Floryn, Grzegorz, Hugo, Hugon, Salome, Salomea, Sulibor, Zbysław (Poland)

Grigorie, Lazar, Zaharia (Romania)

Klaudia (Slovakia)

Gregorio, Hilda, Hugo, Isabel, Victoria (Spain)

Naemi, Naima (Sweden)

Annalisa, Annalise, Annelise, Hilda, Hildie, Hildy (USA)

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 322 of 2024; 44 days remaining in the year

ISO: Day 7 of Week 46 of 2024

Celtic Tree Calendar: Hagal (Hailstone) [Day 22 of 28]

Chinese: Month 10 (Yi-Hai), Day 17 (Yi-You)

Chinese Year of the: Dragon 4722 (until January 29, 2025) [Wu-Chen]

Hebrew: 16 Heshvan 5785

Islamic: 15 Jumada I 1446

J Cal: 22 Wood; Oneday [22 of 30]

Julian: 4 November 2024

Moon: 95%: Waning Gibbous

Positivist: 14 Frederic (12th Month) [William the Silent]

Runic Half Month: Nyd (Necessity) [Day 11 of 15]

Season: Autumn or Fall (Day 56 of 90)

Week: 3rd Full Week of November

Zodiac: Scorpio (Day 25 of 30)

[fotos-art]

All images courtesy of TASCHEN

Mount Fuji World Heritage Center (2017), Fujinomiya, Shizuoka, Japan. Photo by Hiroyuki Hirai.

Haesley Hamlet (2020), Gyeonggi, South Korea. Photo by texture on texture

Japan Pavilion (2000), Expo 2000, Hanover, Germany. Photo by Hiroyuki Hirai

Nomadic Museum, Pier 54, New York, United States (2005); Santa Monica, California, United States (2006); Tokyo, Japan (2007). Photo by Michael Moran

Simose (2023), Otake, Hiroshima, Japan. Photo © TASCHEN

Centre Pompidou-Metz (2010), Metz, France. Photo by Didier Boy de la Tour

Cardboard Cathedral (2013), Christchurch, New Zealand. Photo by Steven Goodenough

Kur Park Nagayu (2019), Oita, Japan. Photo by Hiroyuki Hirai

Swatch/Omega Campus (2019), Biel/Bienne, Switzerland. Photo courtesy of Swatch

La Seine Musicale (2017), Île Seguin, Boulogne-Billancourt, France. Photo by Didier Boy de la Tour

# COLOSSAL # TASCHEN # Hiroyuki Hirai # Haesley Hamlet # Michael Moran # Didier Boy # Steven Goodenough # Swatch # artist photographie # fotos art # xpuigc

[captain-alex-grayson]

My y2k emo dreams when I was little was to have a room like those teen girls with all the posters and stuff papering their walls.

I think I'm finally achieving that in my room at 25 years old.

The Mulan poster is from my dad's best friend, my late uncle beaky. He gave it to me in a black frame that I promptly beat the shit out of. I replaced it just Tuesday and it makes the wall brighter and allows me to add more gold frames. My maternal Uncle (my favorite and only bio uncle) passed in April. He had this low quality Edvard Munch print in a frame, it's a canvas like paper modpodged onto particle board. I wanted a frame but it's 11 1/2 by 13 1/2 which is custom and I'm poor so I used sticky velcro on the wall. Looks good right there.

In my closet I actually removed what was stored up there because it was from when I was like 5 so I vacuum sealed the stuff and stashed them away to utilize the shelf for figures. We have a type writer that doesn't function and is so unkempt that it's not worth fixing so I'm tossing it soon. In front of it is the sour apple intellectual property waterparks vinyl I got with that AP bundle. Holding it up is a die-cast model car that I put together myself like 19 years ago. I've got a wonder woman 5 by 7 from denver fan expo a few years ago (kaela kroft art if yall like star wars that's what she's known for). Hidden behind the bunny is my coffin terrarium with owliver on top. Got a tiny lego cyberman in the closet too bc it doesn't bring joy. There are 3 rows of funkos on the bottom layer, the second almost goes 3 back across and the top only goes two deep. They are organized bottom left to bottom right: Rivers Cuomo (music) Party Poison Gerard Way (music) Sox (film) The Hex Girls (nostalgia). Middle left to middle right: Patrick Stump (music) Pete Wentz (music) Number Five (comics) Laid Back Inosuke (anime/manga). The top right to left: Viktor Krum (Film) Buckbeak (film) Severus Snape (memoriam). In front are flowers I have dried. I really like vintage ceramic decor and target has been feeding me so we got that cheeky lil guy. The box has some of Pinky's fur to keep him with me since he passed in January and the photo behind the box is of Pinky. Then there's my mad hatter hat being protected by the shittiest 2012 fashion choice a burgundy fedora bc Taylor Swift did it and so can I. I looked fucking dumb it is not wearable and I'm tossing it soon. I'll someday have details on my bookshelf but for now just know that I had a loft bed until 2016 2017 ish. So my dresser was under the bed and I had space for my desk bookshelf and storage chest. I didn't want to take my frames under my sconce down so the bookshelf went in the closet.

I started adding sentimental things to my wall above my desk when I was 15. It was small but as I went on vacations and to concerts with friends I started a collage wall. My mom made the puzzle and it's glow in the dark and also not glued together lmao. My white board has a reminder to wear black and an awsten knight sticker being held up by magnets. I actually used to have a full sized Sirius Black wanted poster and that magnet replaces it. There's a picture of me and my sibling Binket from my late uncle's house and a turtle magnet my mom got me. That picture of pinky is roughly near the spot he was on my loft bed when I took that picture. I like the art in red vines boxes so I kept that. The envelope was from my grams during lunar new year. The white envelope has some papers I made in high school that just live there now. That feesh! is a post card from Saga Japan and was given to me by a guest from Saga when I was in 6th grade. I've gotta replace that marvel poster with the updated one or I just have to take it down because it's not a full reflection of my comic interests any more. Underneath that I have texts from last night Borderlands edition, a Captain America vintage promo poster on printer paper with a pewdiepie duck stuck to it. There's a funny insta story from awsten knight to the left of Borderlands and Pinky in a halloween costume under that. We have a little Vaughn that is looking toward a Rhys. Rhys is to the right of the cap poster. Then there's a row of bands I need to see live. I have Da Vinci's Demons texts from last night from my high school locker with blink 182 and fob mixed in. Got a micro burrito and micro totoro with 3 concert tickets. And I'll stop there bc I'll post close ups later.

I custom framed my signed parx poster and Geoff's signature goes off the page so I'm gonna fight him. Next to it is Rawrly and Pohly's Silly Lillies Monet remix. Under is a picture of me and my mom and me and Bink then we have me and my dad. I also never took down my 2016 2017 Newt Scamander cosplay reference photos and a soda exploded and they just live there now.

My beloved posters. The Gotham one is new, batman is my favorite vigilante. The AC Unity trailers reminded me of Backstreet's Back (Alright) so I got the poster and that's the only AC poster they had bc it just came out. The Last of Us is from my first con. Back when Denver Fan Expo was called Denver Comic Con. I love this poster and it has never laid flat for me so I might be forced to frame it soon. Heath Ledger was my favorite Joker and the best fake Knight I had ever seen and this poster was an immediate snag. I got wall clings from when I worked at Hot Topic and Isabelle is my comfort character, I didn't realize how much I found peace when playing New Leaf until the Isabelle obsession started. Below all that and back at the beginning we have an old Lost Boys poster from when the film was released. It was my mom's. Next is the Duran Duran poster, also my mom's. The crusty DC poster needs either an update or a replacement I'm not sure yet.

Yes I have a tv tray in my room. Yes I have plans to fix that. No I haven't found a way to fix it my ps5 cord is too short. Also those crayons are from like 2001.

[nzomix]

【展示告知】

小林望美個展「サナギュトリウム」

会期：2023年11月21日（火）〜12月3日（日）

11時〜19時※最終日17時まで

会場：MEDEL GALLERY SHU 愛でるギャラリー祝

〒100-0011 千代田区内幸町1-1-1帝国ホテルプラザ2F

入場無料

2023年の集大成となる個展です。どうぞよろしくお願いします🎨

＜展示ステイトメント＞

サナギュトリウム：さまざまな出来事を要因にサナギ化した人々が、ぶじ羽化する時を待つ場所（造語）

「自他の表裏一体性や親和性」を画題にモザイク画を制作する小林望美。その作風は石や、ガラス、貝殻などの小片を寄せ合わせてつくる装飾美術技法ではなく、写真のメディウム転写に始まり、ブロックノイズや低解像度の画像などから着想を得て変遷してきました。

2016年以降は木製パネルへ描いたモザイク画を彫刻刀で彫り、溝へ金属色を流し込むといった独自のスタイルを確立し、手掛ける作品は現在も進化変容を遂げています。小林のモザイク画は、現代社会とその中に存在する個人を細かなモザイク粒子とその集合体によって暗喩した作品が多く、彫る行為は個を明確に区分し存在を刻み込む意図で用いられてきました。

SNSを利用した広域での交流が容易となった現代社会において、各自が保有する当事者性��ら起こる主張や保護を巡る衝突は顕著になり、さまざまなキャンセルカルチャーやヘイトクライムがより盛んに巻き起こった2023年。現代を生きる作家として、本個展では彫る行為をいったん休め、調和や、安全な繭・サナギの中で新しい時代へ羽化する時を待つ人々を細かな粒子で表現しようと試みた新作を発表します。

＜プロフィール＞

小林望美 Nozomi KOBAYASHI

2014 群馬大学教育学部 美術専攻 卒業

2016 彫るモザイク画での活動を開始

以降、都内ギャラリーや百貨店でのグループ展を中心に活動を展開中

<個展>

2022「ユーフォトルビア404」MEDEL GALLERY SHU（東京）

2021「roll swipe connect」MEDEL GALLERY SHU（東京）

2019「ジェネリックラブ」八犬堂（東京）.

2018「夜底の惑星で、」Art Mall（東京）

2017「心辺に座礁」Art Mall（東京）

<受賞歴>

2017 第2回星乃珈琲絵画コンテスト 佐藤俊介審査員優秀賞

2016 KENZAN2016 LOWER AKIHABARA賞

<メディア>

2022 月刊アートコレクターズ 12月号「日常、再発見」（新作グラビア掲載）

Cocco 25周年12thアルバム「プロム」ジャケットアートワーク担当

2022 雑誌「SWITCH」Vol.40 No.4 特集 Eve 廻人奇譚（「プロム」関連インタビュー掲載）

2021 歌集『変奏曲を編む 』辻 桂子 / 鷹志かれん著・編、求龍堂刊行（描き下ろし作品掲載）

2020 アートビジネスマガジン「ARTFULL」インタビュー掲載

2019 月刊美術6月号（「藝術集団 ARTpro」のエッジィな個性派×7 頁にて掲載販売）

2018 BSフジ「ブレイク前夜〜次世代の芸術家たち〜」第107回出演

2017 美術の窓6月号（「新人大図鑑2017」Art Mall推薦作家として掲載）

＜参加アートフェア＞

2023

「Study:関西大阪国際芸術祭 2023」MEDEL GALLERY SHU

2022

「ART TAIPEI」MEDEL GALLERY SHU

2019

「ART FAIR ASIA FUKUOKA」八犬堂

「Infinity Japan Contemporary Art Show」八犬堂

「ART EXPO MALAYSIA」八犬堂

2018

「ART FAIR TOKYO」八犬堂

＜近年参加グループ展＞

2023

「アートまみれ Vol.2 Part.1」Artglorieux of TOKYO GINZA SIX（東京）

「once more Jonathan Hadipranata & Nozomi Kobayashi」MEDEL GALLERY SHU（東京）

「大宴会的美術展 KENZAN2023」東京芸術劇 Gallery1

2022

「KOWAII展 Vol.XII」銀座新井画廊（東京）

「NEW SURFACE -新しい絵肌への挑戦-」大丸東京店（東京）

「EYES-portrait show-」MEDEL GALLERY SHU（東京）

「八犬堂京橋移展」八犬堂ギャラリー（東京）

「Artist! Artist! Artist! Matusya Contemporary Art Selection」松屋銀座（東京）

「art art arヤングアーティスト旋風2022」松坂屋名古屋店（愛知）

「変奏曲を編む刊行記念展」MARUZENギャラリー（丸善・丸の内本店、丸善京都本店、ジュンク堂書店福岡店他、巡回）

開通60周年記念「芸術作品に見る首都高展」Ｏ美術館（東京）

2021

「NEW SURFACE -新しい絵肌への挑戦-」大丸東京店（東京）、松坂屋名古屋店（愛知）

「家入一真コレクション展 “表現へのシナジー” 」awabar kyoto（京都）

「名作 REBORN展」松坂屋上野店（東京）

2020

「アートのチカラ」伊勢丹新宿店（東京）

「阪急×アートコレクターズ ニュースター達の美術展」阪急うめだ本店（大阪）

「ニュースターアートコレクション」松坂屋名古屋店（愛知）

「Artglorieux Selection」GINZA SIX（東京）

「名作 REBORN展」松坂屋上野店（東京）、松坂屋名古屋店（愛知）

「KENZAN2020」一般社団法人Jian主催 WEB展示会

「たんざく展」銀座新井画廊（東京）、阿部敬四郎ギャラリー(宮城)

「納涼妖画展」丸善・丸の内本店（東京）  

「ほころびとざんぞう」MEDEL GALLERY SHU（東京）

「フレンチチーズウォーク in 中目黒」MDP GALLERY、ビストロ13区

[amethystsoda]

Araki Interviews/JoJo Exhibit Footage:

1980 -- Araki meeting Osamu Tezuka (author of Astro Boy)

1993 -- Interview about the upcoming JoJo OVA

1993 -- Araki Interview (without eng subtitles) JoJo OVA DVD--includes Araki drawing Josuke

2003 -- French NoLife interview for Araki's exhibition in Paris

2003 -- Les Dossiers Du Manga interview

2006 "Special Interview with Hirohiko Araki" (around the time the Phantom Blood PS2 game came out) PART 1 PART 2 PART 3

2006 -- Araki interviewed by Shoko Nakagawa with ENG captions: PART 1 PART 2 PART 3 (full interview without captions here)

2008 upload date - in the video, Steel Ball Run was still being published -- Interview with Araki about JoJo in general

2009 -- 100 questions with Araki-sensei PART 1 PART 2 PART 3 PART 4 PART 5 (PART 6 missing)

September 2011 -- fan footage of the JoJo/Rohan x Gucci collab store display

October 2011 -- more footage of the JoJo Gucci Tokyo display

July 2012 -- Q & A with Araki for the "Hirohiko Araki Original Art Exhibition Jojo Exhibition"

July 2012 -- Araki teaches a college class how to draw and has them design characters, talks about the JoJo design process and some art history references. PART 1 PART 2

September 2013 -- Jojoveller Disk 2 -- Short Video "Making of JoJo"

September 2013 -- Araki hour long timelapse of fully drawing and painting the Jojoveller illustration

August 2014 -- Araki Official ALS ice bucket challenge video

August 2014 -- SPUR Love Mode 100 -- Araki talking about his gucci ipad case and how he stores a sketchbook inside

Nov 2014 -- fan video of the Jojolion Exhibition at Lucca Con

July 2016 -- fan video of Araki's Anime Expo message

December 2016 -- Jump Ryu (1x speed, hour and a half, Araki drawing Jojolion) ( extremely sped up short version )

Anime Expo 2017 Greeting from Araki-sensei

October 2017 -- VIZ: Araki's favorite fashion designers/the fashion of JoJo

JoJo exhibition 2018 trailer

2018 Ripples of Adventure exhibition interview and tour

September 2018 -- UOMO magazine "5 strange questions for Araki" and Bruno fashion drawing

January 2020 -- VIZ: Araki on Diamond is Unbreakable

October 2020 -- VIZ: Araki on Golden Wind

April 2021 -- screen record of Araki's message from the Stone Ocean press conference livestream

June 2022 -- Popcult Japan Interview

Summer 2022 -- VIZ: Summer Greeting from Araki Special Jolyne Illustration Special Anniversary Message

[wasutazone]

wasuta's bread themed costumes for japan expo paris (2017)

[dylanndr]

2023 Year in Review

Without writing a whole book about it, 2023 was an extremely difficult year for me. Started the year with one type of debilitating pain, traded it for another, and landed myself in physical therapy for four months due to an injury to my drawing arm. So, while I don’t always put together a Year in Review post, I wanted to do one this year to prove to myself that I did manage to accomplish some things despite the onslaught of physical problems:

• 12 comics for 12 issues of OUT FRONT Magazine • approx 180 postcards sent to p8rons • 5 new sticker designs • several art shows at Spectra Art Space including Spooky Art, TDOR popup, and Tiny Art • a new Feeping Creatures micro zine, and a zine of my adventures at a metal show in Japan • participated in a panel discussion for an Estonian queer film festival for their showing of the queer comics documentary No Straight Lines • speaking of No Straight Lines, when I was originally interviewed back in 2017(?) I had NO CLUE it would be shown on PBS, but in fact it streamed there for several months • made a soft return to comic shows; while I’m still not inclined to travel much, Denver Zine Fest, DeCAF, Queer Author Expo, and First Friday at Danny the Comic Shop all saw my (masked) face [and you can now get my comics and zines at Danny the Comic Shop, so swing by and support ‘em!]

In the end, that’s not too shabby for a year in which I was physically out of commission for a good 6 months and could barely work. I’m in a better place pain-wise, if not fully back to where I was before. Hopefully 2024 will see continued improvements, and a lot more art!

[blue-item]

ゲスト◇月城ひまり（Himari Tsukishiro）

2014年からアイドルとして活動を始め、2017年にNECRONOMIDOL（ネクロノマイドル）に加入。2022年にソロプロジェクト「Isiliel」（イシリエル）を発動し、2nd MVは配信開始から6週間で再生回数10万回を超えを記録。「霊魂消滅しましょうか。二次元に生きる、月城ひまりです」と言うキャッチコピーと共に日本のアニメが大好きなアイドルとして世界中に認識され、アイドル以外でも舞台役者やコスプレイヤーとして活躍中。グループとして12ヵ国でツアーをし、イギリスの最大級の日本文化イベント「Hyper Japan」等にも出演。ソロプロジェクトでは、スウェーデン最大のコスプレイベント「NärCon Summer」やアメリカの「anime expo chibi」にも出演。夢は、音楽や様々な文化を通して日本のサブカルチャーを世界中に発信する事。 ・Twitter  Isiliel（イシリエル） ・Twitter  月城ひまり

[oneart001]

Artist CV

EDUCATION

Art Student League of New York, New York City, NY, United States, 2012 

B. B. A. Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea, 2005-2010 

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

8469838369766584737978, Stanley Museum of Art, Iowa City, Iowa, 2024

Photometry, Nakanoshima Museum of Art, Osaka, Japan, 2024

The Era of Lithic Landscapes, Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture, Spokane, Washington, 2023 

Synaptogenesis, Seoul Olympic Museum of Art, Seoul, South Korea, 2022

Resonance, The Kulturwerkstatt Auf AEG, Nürnberg, Germany, 2022

Elysian Chronicle: Reflections of the Sublime, Giverny Museum, Giverny, France, 2021 

Beyond the Infinite, CICA Museum, Gimpo, South Korea, 2019

A Monochromatic Flux, Arts Fort Worth, Fort Worth, Texas, 2019

Spectra, New York Academy of Art, New York City, New York, 2018 

By Wind, Toronto Media Arts Centre, Toronto, Canada, 2017

Time and Motion, Arts Centre Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia, 2017

Monument, Boston Center for the Arts, Boston, Massachusetts, 2016

De Rerum Natura, Artz Centre, West Lancashire, UK, 2016

Arma Virumque Cano, Visual Art Center of New Jersey, Summit, New Jersey, 2015

Million Miles, Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv, Israel, 2015

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

HCA Winter Show, Hopkinton Center for the Arts, Hopkinton, Massachusetts, 2024  

Reclaim the Chain, Oculus World Trade Center, New York, New York, 2024

India Art Festival, Palace Grounds, Bengaluru, India, 2024  

Reno Tahoe International Art Show, Reno-Sparks Convention Center, Reno, Nevada, 2024 

Annual Studio Art Fair, Ashin Gallery, Yangpeong, South Korea, 2024

Open Call for Artist Exhibition, JRNY Gallery, Las Vegas, Nevada, 2024

Art Spring Berlin, Rathaus-Center Pankow, Berlin, Germany, 2024 

Mundo Geo Connect, Yellow Pavilion, São Paulo, Brazil, 2024

Metaverse Expo Tokyo, Tokyo Big Sight, Tokyo, Japan, 2024 

Paris Open Art, The Holy Art Gallery, Paris, France, 2024 

Fine Art Painting and Photography, Ardel Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand, 2024 

The Haat of Art, Bombay Exhibition Centre, Mumbai, India, 2023 

Emerging Artists, Montreal Art Center and Museum, Montreal, Canada, 2023 

ICT Convergence: Art & Science, EXCO Exhibition Hall, Daegu, South Korea, 2023 

ARTMUC Contemporary Art Fair, MTC Center, Munich, Germany, 2023 

Global Art & Design Education, Blue Diamond, Pune, India, 2023  

Gwanak Art Show, Cultural Platform S1472 x Gwanak Foundation for Arts and Culture, Seoul, South Korea, 2023  

Art on Paper Art Fair, Pier 36, New York City, New York, 2023 

Le Projet, D'Arts en Ateliers, La Réole, France, 2023

Arts and Media, Taiwan Contemporary Culture Lab, Taipei, Taiwan, 2023 

2023 Annual Art Showcase, International Museum of Art, El Paso, Texas, 2023

Art, Beyond the Great: Art Korea Expo, Kintex, Goyang, South Korea, 2023 

The Ottakring Art Station, Kunsttankstelle Ottakring, Vienna, Austria, 2023 

Spectrum Miami, Mana Wynwood Convention Center, Miami, Florida, 2022 

Annual Juried Art Exhibition, West Hartford Art League, West Hartford, Connecticut, 2022 

Art of Living, Forum de Beyrouth, Beirut, Lebanon, 2022 

Holiday Art Show, Northern Contemporary Art Gallery, Toronto, Canada, 2022

Birmingham Studio Art Exhibition, Casa Itzatna, Birmingham, UK, 2022 

Creative Culture and Technology Innovation Exhibition, HKCEC, Hong Kong, 2022 

Ansan International Art Show, Hwarang Art Museum, Ansan, South Korea, 2022 

World Metaverse Show, Dubai Marina, Dubai, Arab Emirates, 2022

Spring Art Show, STAAA Art Gallery, St. Augustine, Florida, 2022

2022 MetaJam Asia: Singapore, Experience Center, Singapore, 2022 

A Contemporary Art Collection, Macau Scientific and Cultural Centre Museum, Lisboa, Portugal, 2022

Evidence Portal: 4 Artists Exhibition, Mirrored Sphere, Seoul, South Korea, 2022 

A New Wave of Contemporary Painting, Young Art Gallery, Daejeon, South Korea, 2021 

Juxtapose, Godsbanen Art Space, Aarhus, Denmark, 2021

Artworks Open Exhibition, ArtWorks Project Space, London, UK, 2021 

Creative Engagement, The Customs House Gallery, South Shields, UK, 2021 

Stratosphere, Cathay View Art Zone, Beijing, China, 2021

Hamilton Art: Signature Exhibition, Hamilton Art Council, Hamilton, Canada, 2021 

Painting and Sculpture, Niko Art Gallery, Moscow, Russia, 2021

ESC Project Exhibition, 98B COLLABoratory, Manila, Philippines, 2021

Call For Artist Group Exhibition, Gallery Art Number 23, Athen, Greece, 2021

St. Petersburg Fine Art Festival, The Gallery, St. Petersburg, Florida, 2021 

Open Studio Showcase, Casa Equis, Mexico City, Mexico, 2021

A HELP: International Art Exhibition, International Association of Visual Artists, Florence, Italy, 2020

Busan International Art Competition, Korea China Japan International Art Association, Busan, South Korea, 2019 

Creative World, PVA Praha, Prague, Czech Republic, 2019 

Melbourne international Art Festival, Melbourne Auditorium, Melbourne, Australia, 2019 

Annual Juried Exhibition, Marin Society of Artists, San Rafael, California, 2019

Art in the City, Gloucester Cathedral, Gloucester, UK, 2019 

Evolution Amsterdam, Westergasfabriek, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 2019 

Korean Culture Festival, Place de Basse Vieille Tour, Rouen, France, 2019 

Kawasaki International Asia Art Festival, Art Garden Kawasaki Museum, Kawasaki, Japan, 2019

Annual Juried Exhibition, Wailoa Art Center, Hilo, Hawaii, 2019

New York Spring Collection, K&P Art Gallery, New York City, New York, 2019

Holiday Festival of the Arts, Center for Allied Arts, Bellingham, Washington, 2018 

Art Works Downtown, 1337 Gallery, San Rafael, California, 2018

Chroma and Form: The Language of Color, Henie Onstad Art Center, Oslo, Norway, 2018

Art of Peace Tyler, Art of Peace Foundation, Tyler, Texas, 2018  

Ocean Shores Art Show, Ocean Shore, New South Wales, Australia, 2018 

North: Emerging Artists , The Gallery 8680, Frisco, Texas, 2018 

Hutzot Hayotzer, Creator’s Complex, Jerusalem, Israel, 2018 

Slipvillan Studio Exhibition, Long Island Art Center Stockholm, Stockholm, Sweden, 2018

ARCH Moscow, The Central House of Artist in the Crimean Shaft, Moscow, Russia, 2018

Art Motivation, International Roerich Art Gallery, Manali, India, 2018

Creative Warehouse Art Show, Kunming Art Loft, Kunming, China, 2018 

Sarasota Winter Fine Art Festival, The Humane Society of Sarasota County, Sarasota, Florida, 2018  

Annual Holiday Treasures, Museum of Dufferin, Mulmur, Canada, 2017 

China Shanghai International Arts Festival, CCSIAF, Shanghai, China, 2017 

Ravenswood Art Walk, Ravenswood Community Council, Chicago, Illinois, 2017 

Art Meets Spirit: Two Artists Exhibition, KCCW, NW Washington, Washington D. C., 2017  

Artists of the Nord Art 2017 International Exhibition, Kunstwerk Carlshütte, Büdelsdorf, Germany, 2017 

New Zealand Art Show, ASB Arena, Wellington, New Zealand, 2017

Kyiv  International Contemporary Art, Kompleks Toronto-Kyiv, Kyiv, Ukraine, 2017

Third Wave Art Project Show, 3rd Wave Initiative, Izmir, Turkey, 2017 

Visions Unbound, Musée Visionnaire, Zurich, Switzerland, 2017 

Encountering the Dreams, Gallery Il Ho, Seoul, South Korea, 2017 

Arts on the Green, Reeves House Visual Art Center, Woodstock, Georgia, 2016 

Hilton Arts Festival, Hilton College, Hilton, South Africa, 2016   

Harmony Arts, Visual Arts Hub, West Vancouver, Canada, 2016 

ART Santa Fe, Santa Fe Convention Center, Santa Fe, New Mexico, 2016 

Doors Opening the Future, EK Gallery, Seoul, South Korea, 2016  

Figuratively Speaking: Open Juried Exhibition, Art League of Long Island, Dix Hills, New York, 2016  

Head On Photography Festival, Project Space, Sydney, Australia, 2016 

Downtown Contemporary Arts, Factory Space, Cairo, Egypt, 2016

Arizona Fine Art Expo, Exhibition Studio, Scottsdale, Arizona, 2016  

SELECTED PUBLICATION

The re-incanation and re-interpretation of Art Brut, Narrative Way, 2024

Contemporary Art Collection, Bangkok, Bangkok, Thailand, 2024

Metaverse Expo Toky,o Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan, 2024

India Art Festival, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, 2024

Festival De La Culture Coréenne, Rouen, Normandy, France, 2024

Momentorum Lux Infinita–The Intersection Of Time And Perception, Iowa City, Iowa, United States, 2024

Toiles Et Imagination : Un Voyage À Travers L'art, La Réole, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France, 2023

New Dimensions: The Future Of Media Art, Taipei, Taipei, Taiwan, 2023

2023 Annual Art Showcase, El Paso, Texas, United States, 2023

The Forces Of Form, Spokane, Washington, United States, 2023

 Us Starting From Me, Daegu, Gyeongsang, South Korea, 2023

Crack It, Gimhae, Gyeongsang, South Korea, 2023

Miami Art Week, Miami, Florida, United States, 2022

2022 Holiday Art Show, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 2022

Spring Art Show, St. Augustine, Florida, United States, 2022

Evidence Portal: 4 Artists Exhibition, Seoul, Seoul, South Korea, 2022

Unveiling The Art Of Transformative Narrative And Emerging Perspectives, Nürnberg, Bayern, Germany, 2022

2022 Ansan International Art Show, Ansan, Gyeonggi, South Korea, 2022

2021 Juxtapose Aarhus, Aarhus, Midtjylland, Denmark, 2021

St. Petersburg Fine Art Festival, St. Petersburg, Florida, United States, 2021

New Wind Of Contemporary Visual Art, Daejeon, Chungcheong, South Korea, 2021

Cica Art Now 2020, Seattle, Washington, United States, 2020

Art In The City Gloucester, Gloucester, South West England, United Kingdom, 2019

2019 Busan International Art Show, Busan, Busan, South Korea, 2019

Kawasaki International Asia Festival, Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan, , 2019

Echoes Of Light: The Chromatic Abstraction, New York City, New York, United States, 2018

A Curated Collection Of Art, Ocean Shore, New South Wales, Australia, 2018

Frames Of Vision: Stories Told In Colors And Shapes, Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel, 2018

Sarasota Winter Fine Art Festival, Sarasota, Florida, United States, 2018

Art Meets Spirit: Two Artists Exhibition, NW Washington, Washington, United States, 2017

Nord Art International Exhibition Of Visual Arts, Büdelsdorf, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, 2017

2016 Harmony Arts, West Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, 2016

30Th Annual Collection: A Creative Concert, Seoul, Seoul, South Korea, 2016

Regnum Et Artium: I Chronicle The Realm And The Arts, Summit, New Jersey, United States, 2015

RESIDENCY

Kala Art Institute Artist Residency, Berkeley, California, U. S., 2022 

International Center for the Arts Artist Residency, Umbria, Italy, 2019

AWARD AND FELLOWSHIP

Selected Artist for the Meta Project and Technology Convergence Art Program, Daegu Foundation for Culture & Arts, 2023

Selected Artist for Contents Marketing Support Program of Gyeongnam Content Enterprise Support Center, Gyeongnam Foundation for Culture & Arts, 2023

Exhibition Fellowship, Ansan International Art Show, Ansan Cultural Foundation, 2022 

2nd Place, Evidence Portal: Emerging Artists, Mirrored Sphere, 2022

Honorable Mention, Exhibition of Contemporary Art: A HELP, International Association of Visual Arts, 2020 

Honorable Mention, Busan International Art Competition, Korea China Japan International Art Association, 2019 

Exhibition Fellowship, Sarasota Fine Art, Sarasota Humane Society, 2018

Exhibition Fellowship, Korean Cultural Center Washington, 2017

Best of Exhibition, 2017 Emerging Artist Award, EK Art, 2017 

2nd Place, SeoJin Art Artists of the Year Competition, SeoJin Art Space, 2016

ARTIST STATEMENT

This collection features a series of abstract pointillism works that transform literal text into color values through mathematical and numerical codes, visually reshaping the results. Each piece is both a work of abstract art and a record of coded information. This approach breaks down the boundaries between information and abstraction, logic and aesthetics, while creating a new visual language through data and color.

The works go beyond simply representing or interpreting data and text, inviting viewers to explore the multi-layered meanings and symbols embedded in everyday life. By bridging the gap between information and art, these pieces allow the viewer to experience the transformation of everyday text into color and form through a creative process. Beyond their visual aesthetics, these works explore how language, symbols, and cultural codes in this age can be artistically transformed and reinterpreted.

Expanding the traditional language of abstract art into the realm of mathematical language, these works lead viewers into a metaphysical exploration. Symbols, language, and color are key elements in expressing human perception and emotions. This abstract process serves as a visual reinterpretation of the psychological dimension. As a result, the works transcend the visual realm, engaging viewers in both analytical reasoning and intuitive thinking, thereby broadening their perception.

[akihitotakuma]

AKIHITO TAKUMA CV

1966 Born in Hitoyoshi, Kumamoto, Japan 1993 Completed the postgraduate course at Shiga University of Education (Painting Department) 1993 - 94 Studied at Circulo de Bellas Artes de Madrid (Spain) Lives and works in Tokyo & Kanagawa, Japan

Solo Exhibitions 2023 Lines of Flight - The battle is decided in an instant, but I seem to lose most of the time., CADANYURAKUCHO by Yoshiaki Inoue Gallery, Tokyo 2022 Lines of Flight - Color, Yoshiaki Inoue Gallery, Osaka 2021 Lines of Flight - skyscraper II, Yoshiaki Inoue Gallery, Osaka 2020 Akihito Takuma, Galerie Benjamin Eck, Munchen, Germany 2018 Lines of Flight - skyscraper, Yoshiaki Inoue Gallery, Osaka 2018 Akihito Takuma, Le Confort des Étranges, Toulouse, France 2017 Lines of Flight SA-KU-RA, Yoshiaki Inoue Gallery, Osaka 2017 Difference et repetition / Tableau en evolution, Gakeigimlet, Kyoto 2016 Difference et repetition / Tableau en evolution, Institut francais du Japon-kyusyu, Fukuoka 2016 Lines of Flight, Gakeigimlet, Tokyo 2016 Lines of Flight, Gakeigimlet, Kyoto 2015 Lines of Flight - Unexpected power, Yoshiaki Inoue Gallery, Osaka 2014 Lines of Flight, ponyhof artclub, Munchen, Germany 2014 Difference et repetition / Tableau en evolution, Gakeigimlet, Kyoto 2014 Difference et repetition / Tableau en evolution, Yoshiaki Inoue Gallery, Osaka 2014 Difference et repetition / Tableau en evolution, Institut francais du Japon-Kansai, Kyoto 2012 Lines of Flight, Gakeigimlet, Kyoto 2012 Lines of Flight, Akiyama Gallery, Tokyo 2010 Lines of Flight - to the Sahara, Kinokuniya Gallery, Tokyo 2009 Lines of Flight, Galerie Tokyo Humanite, Tokyo 2008 Lines of Flight, Cubic Gallery Iteza, Kyoto 2007 Lines of Flight, Shinanobashi Gallery, Osaka 2006 Lines of Flight, Shinanobashi Gallery, Osaka 2005 Lines of Flight, Shinanobashi Gallery, Osaka 2004 Lines of Flight, Shinanobashi Gallery, Osaka 2002 I until 1999 from 1990-to give it value in the daily life, Shinanobashi Gallery, Osaka 2001 I whom I don't know-Memory, Cubic Gallery Iteza, Kyoto 2000 To leave, Shinanobashi Gallery, Osaka 1999 Escape the border, Shinanobashi Gallery, Osaka 1998 Painting from Record of Action, Shinanobashi Gallery, Osaka 1998 Expressive Machine for Future, Cubic Gallery Iteza, Kyoto 1997 about Existence, Shinanobashi Gallery, Osaka 1996 It is connected, Shinanobashi Gallery, Osaka 1996 escape from the two clauses confrontation, Cubic Gallery Iteza, Kyoto 1994 Painting from Record of Action, Cubic Gallery Iteza, Kyoto 1992 Devenir, Cubic Gallery Iteza, Kyoto

Group Exhibitions 2024 OSTRANENIE - AKIHITO TAKUMA x KEDIMARI, BENJAMIN ECK PROJECTS, Munchen, Germany 2023 In Your City, CLEAR GALLERY TOKYO, Roppongi, Tokyo 2023 ART SG, Marina Bay Sands Expo and Convention Centre, Singapore 2022 Collection1, Iwaki City Art Museum, Fukushima 2022 TABI / TRIP / TRAVEL / JOURNEY, Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art, Kobe 2022 ART FAIR TOKYO, Tokyo International Forum, Tokyo 2021 ART OSAKA, OSAKA CITY CENTRAL PUBLIC HALL, Osaka 2021 Grand Vernissage, GALERIE B\, Hamburg, Germany 2020 CADAN, TERADA B&C HALL, Tokyo 2020 CADAN x SETAN MEN’S - POP UP, ISETAN MEN'S, Tokyo 2020 NATSUKODACHI, Pierre Yves Caer Gallery, Paris 2020 Galeristes, Carreau du Temple Paris, Paris 2020 Show window, Ralph Lauren OMOTESANDO, Tokyo 2019 Andoche Praudel and Akihito Takuma - Les reves de la pluie -, Pierre Yves Caer Gallery, Paris 2019 Duenn x Akihito Takuma - Point x View -, Yoshiaki Inoue Gallery, Osaka 2019 Satoyama 2019 - Art Festival in between Nature and City, Okagami, Kawasaki 2019 ART FAIR TOKYO, Tokyo International Forum, Tokyo 2019 Art Osaka, HOTEL GRANVIA OSAKA, Osaka 2018 KIAF ART SEOUL, COEX HALL, Seoul, Korea 2017 Juan Zurita x Akihito Takuma, Galerie Benjamin Eck, Munchen, Germany 2017 Gengenten, Moritakaya, Iwaki 2017 Adventures on Surface - Apocalypse of Abstraction, Gallery Kounotori, Tokyo 2017 ART FAIR TOKYO, Tokyo International Forum, Tokyo 2017 ART in PARK HOTEL TOKYO, PARK HOTEL, Tokyo 2016 ART BUSAN, BEXCO, Busan, Korea 2016 ART FAIR ASIA FUKUOKA, HOTEL OKURA, Fukuoka 2016 ART in PARK HOTEL TOKYO, PARK HOTEL, Tokyo 2016 In Praise of Shadows, Japanese beauty, Yamagiwa, Tokyo 2015 LUISA KOCH & AKIHITO TAKUMA reflections, ponyhof artclub, Munchen, Germany 2015 STROKE, Praterinsel, Munchen, Germany 2015 ART BUSAN, BEXCO, Busan, Korea 2015 Link Link Art-3, Kakian, Tokyo 2014 Landscapes. Rural vs Urban, The Brick Lane Gallery, London, United Kingdom 2013 ART.FAIR, Staatenhaus am Rheinpark, Auenweg, Cologne, Germany 2013 The Gallery Shinanobashi Collection, Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art, Kobe 2013 mujikobo contemporary × gimlet contemporary, mujikobo, Yokohama 2013 Link Link Art-2, Kakian, Tokyo 2013 Matsuda Art 3, Matsuda high school, Kanagawa 2012 KAMIWAZA, Gakeigimlet, Kyoto/Tokiori, Nagoya/HIGURE 17-15 cas,Tokyo 2012 Black Aesthetics 01 - Avantgarde and Realism, Gakeigimlet, Kyoto 2012 Link Link art, Kakian, Tokyo 2012 Gimlet Cross, Gakeigimlet, Kyoto 2012 Batta mon's batta mon, gallery ARTISLONG, Kyoto 2011 Mark Humphrey Gallery, Southampton, USA 2011 Hatsuden-Private power generation, Kakian, Tokyo 2010 ASIA and RICE, sori arts center of Jeolla Buk-do, Changheum, Korea 2010 Invitation to Our House, at Artist's home in Kanagawa 2009 Permanent Collection 2, Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art, Kobe 2009 ADVENTURERS on SURFACE, exhibit Live & Moris Gallery, Tokyo 2007 Hyakka-Ryoran, Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art, Kobe 2006 Commemoration of Masuo Ikeda art prize, Ginza Yokyo Hall, Tokyo 2005 The 10th Anniversary of Post- Earthquake Restoration- Hyogo International Competition of Painting, Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art, Kobe 2005 Line of Artist, Ishida Taiseisya Hall, Kyoto 2004 Daily life and Not Daily life, Hira Museum, Shiga 2001 - 2005 Seed Project, Kyoto & Shiga 1997 Invitation to Our House, at Artist's home in Shiga 1994 Exhibition of current state of Kyushu art, The Kagoshima Municipal Museum of Art, Kagoshima 1992 Impact Art Festival, The Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art, Kyoto 1991 Kyoto Independent Exhibition, The Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art, Kyoto 1990 Two persons exhibition, Cubic Gallery Iteza, Kyoto

Awards 2014 Saatchi Online SHOWDOWN Finalist 2011 Saatchi Online SHOWDOWN Finalist 2005 The 10th Anniversary of Post-Earthquake Restoration- Hyogo International Competition of Painting, Second Prize 2005 20th Holbein Scholarship Exhibitioner

Public collections Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art, Kobe Iwaki City Art Museum, Fukushima Color museum, Tokyo Ueshima collection, Tokyo Hirose collection, Hiroshima Maibara Shiga prefectural high school Suzuki Design & Build, Machida

Selected Bibliography 2021 Maria Abramenko, "Bottomless Darkness", Nasty magazine, 20 May 2021 Marie-Charlotte Burat, "A Fresh Perspective on Society in 'Lines of Flight'", Pen-online, 12 March 2020 Katsuya Ando, "Why did I buy Akihito Takuma's painting?", 12 Jan 2018 Atsuo Yamamoto, “From 'Painting from Record of Action' to 'Lines of Flight': the works of Akihito Takuma”, Lines of Flight 2004 - 2018 2017 Andrey V., Juan Zurita and Akihito Takuma On Show at Benjamin Eck, 16 November, Widewalls 2017 Akihito Takuma, "GP hall - Industrial Blue", Cover of LP jacket 2016 Yutaka Mikami, “Painting of Akihito Takuma", No.16 - The Bulletin of the faculty of Representational studies of Wako University 2016 Akihito Takuma, “A Study of Contemporary Art in Germany : Irony, Humor and Political Criticism", No.16 - The Bulletin of the faculty of Representational studies of Wako University 2015 Mitsuo Yoshikawa, ART OSAKA Leaflet 2014 Toshiya Ueno, Link-Link-Art2, Review, Document of MEGA project 2014 Michiaki Nanba, review, HAPS 2012 Hitoshi Dehara, “Freedom of Flight”, Akiyama Gallery Catalog 2012 Art square, 29 April, Kyoto Newspaper 2012 Chiemi Sano, Review, Arts Magazine”Collector” (November) 2011 Akihito Takuma, Saatchi Online Interviews SHOWDOWN’s Top Finalists 2011 Akihito Takuma, Lesson practice which took in contemporary paintings, Art Education Society of Japan, No.294  2010 Ren Fukuzumi, Review, artscape 2010 Takeshi Sugawara, “At the Dunes of Merzouga”, KINOKUNIYA Gallery Catalog 2009 Akihito Takuma, “momentary brightness”, Galerie Tokyo Humanite Catalog 2009 Akihito Takuma, “A study of the Relation Between Art Education and Postmodern Era”, Art Education Society of Japan, No.292  2008 Yutaka Mikami, “Gray light”, Galerie Iteza Catalog 2008 Toru Kawamura, Review, 6 September, Kyoto Newspaper 2007 Akihito Takuma, “Lines of Flight”, ACRYLART2007, p.61 2005 Ichiro Hariu, Jurors’ Comments, 10th Anniversary of Post- Earthquake Restoration- Hyogo International Competition of Painting Catalog 2005 Shigenobu Kimura, Jurors’ Comments, 10th Anniversary of Post- Earthquake Restoration- Hyogo International Competition of Painting Catalog 2005 Oh Kwang-su, Jurors’ Comments, 10th Anniversary of Post- Earthquake Restoration- Hyogo International Competition of Painting Catalog 2005 “Art scene”, Nichiyo-bijutsukan, NHK-TV, 23 January 2005 Unsigned, "Fantastic atmosphere", Asahi Newspaper, 5 February 2005 Unsigned, "Find a vast landscape", Kyoto Newspaper, 15 February 2005 Yutaka Hayami, ARTRAMBLE, vol.8, Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art 1999 Shinichiro Ozaki, Review, SHIJO Gallery 1998 Minoru Otagaki, Review, 20 June, Kyoto Newspaper 1997 Eiji Yamamori, Review, 15 June, Asahi Newspaper 1997 Hideyuki Yamanaka, Review, 5 July, Kyoto Newspaper 1997 Unsigned, "Exhibition at our house", Chunichi Newspaper, 8 July 1996 Shinji Komoto, Review, SHIJO Gallery 1992 Yusuke Nakahara, Review, BBC-Biwako-TV 1991 Yoshiaki Inui, Review, BBC-Biwako-TV 1990 Akihito Takuma, Contemporary Art Messages '90, The International Art Center of Kyoto

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Events 10.1 (after 1950)

1953 – Andhra State is formed, consisting of a Telugu-speaking area carved out of India's Madras State. 1953 – A United States-South Korea mutual defense treaty is concluded in Washington, D.C. 1955 – The Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region is established. 1957 – The motto In God We Trust first appears on U.S. paper currency. 1958 – The National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics is replaced by NASA. 1960 – Nigeria gains independence from the United Kingdom. 1961 – The United States Defense Intelligence Agency is formed, becoming the country's first centralized military intelligence organization. 1961 – East and West Cameroon merge to form the Federal Republic of Cameroon. 1962 – James Meredith enters the University of Mississippi, defying racial segregation rules. 1963 – On its third anniversary as an independent nation, Nigeria became a republic. 1964 – The Free Speech Movement is launched on the campus of the University of California, Berkeley. 1964 – Japanese Shinkansen ("bullet trains") begin high-speed rail service from Tokyo to Osaka. 1966 – West Coast Airlines Flight 956 crashes with no survivors in Oregon. This accident marks the first loss of a DC-9. 1969 – Concorde breaks the sound barrier for the first time. 1971 – Walt Disney World opens near Orlando, Florida. 1971 – The first practical CT scanner is used to diagnose a patient. 1975 – Muhammad Ali defeats Joe Frazier in a boxing match in Manila, Philippines. 1978 – Tuvalu gains independence from the United Kingdom. 1979 – The MTR, Hong Kong's rapid transit railway system, opens. 1982 – Helmut Kohl replaces Helmut Schmidt as Chancellor of Germany through a constructive vote of no confidence. 1982 – EPCOT (Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow) opens at Walt Disney World in Florida. 1982 – Sony and Phillips launch the compact disc in Japan; on the same day, Sony releases the model CDP-101 compact disc player, the first player of its kind. 1985 – Israel-Palestinian conflict: Israel attacks the Palestine Liberation Organization's Tunisia headquarters during Operation Wooden Leg. 1987 – The 5.9 Mw  Whittier Narrows earthquake shakes the San Gabriel Valley with a Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe), killing eight and injuring 200. 1989 – Denmark introduces the world's first legal same-sex registered partnerships. 1991 – Croatian War of Independence: The Siege of Dubrovnik begins. 2000 – Israel-Palestinian conflict: Palestinians protest the murder of 12-year-old Muhammad al-Durrah by Israeli police in northern Israel, beginning the "October 2000 events". 2001 – Militants attack the state legislature building in Kashmir, killing 38. 2003 – The popular and controversial English-language imageboard 4chan is launched. 2009 – The Supreme Court of the United Kingdom takes over the judicial functions of the House of Lords. 2012 – A ferry collision off the coast of Hong Kong kills 38 people and injures 102 others. 2014 – A series of explosions at a gunpowder plant in Bulgaria completely destroys the factory, killing 15 people. 2014 – A double bombing of an elementary school in Homs, Syria kills over 50 people. 2015 – A gunman kills nine people at a community college in Oregon. 2015 – The American cargo vessel SS El Faro sinks with all of its 33 crew after steaming into the eyewall of Hurricane Joaquin. 2016 – The leader of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party, Pedro Sánchez, resigns. He would return to the position a year later. 2017 – Fifty-eight people are killed and 869 others injured in a mass shooting at a country music festival at the Las Vegas Strip in the United States; the gunman, Stephen Paddock, later commits suicide. 2018 – The International Court of Justice rules that Chile is not obliged to negotiate access to the Pacific Ocean with Bolivia. 2019 – Kuopio school stabbing: one dies and ten are injured when Joel Marin, armed with a sabre, attacks a school class at Savo Vocational College in Kuopio, Finland. 2021 – The 2020 World Expo in Dubai begins. Its opening was originally scheduled for 20 October 2020 but was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.