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KIRIN BIG IN JAPAN RETURNS IN 2010
18.08.2010
THE BEST OF THE JAPANESE UNDERGROUND SURFACE IN AUSTRALIA
Kirin and ksubi today announce the return of KIRIN BIG IN JAPAN. Following the success of the inaugural 2009 event, the iconic Japanese beer and the notorious Australian fashion label will join forces once again to inject a cultural pulse into the flat-lining scene.
The Kirin Big in Japan programme will hit the road this year, touring a new guard of Japanese talent in both Sydney and, for the first time, Melbourne.
Sydney – 16th November 2010 at The Royal Hall of Industries, Moore Park
Melbourne – 19th November 2010 at Thousand Pound Bend, Melbourne
The first Kirin Big In Japan event saw face-hackers, controversial doves and masked Harajuku girls. If you missed the event, check out the video presented by Mark Hunter aka “The Cobra Snake” (US); http://vimeo.com/8091918
The unique concept lives online year round through the Kirin Big In Japan blog www.biginjapan.com.au. Curated by ksubi and contributed to by several local writers, the blog specialises in all things big in contemporary Japanese culture. It also provides insight into the dangerously talented performers who will be selected to tour Sydney and Melbourne this November.
Stay tuned for more event information as Kirin and ksubi take the cultural exchange programme that is Big in Japan to the next level!
mixitup Produces Party of The Year!
14.12.2009
Some described it as “extravagant”, others described it as “bizarre”. But according to the majority… and we all know a majority rules… the Kirin Big In Japan event was… (drum roll please)…. Party of the Year![nbsp] (pedestrian.tv)
Yes, that’s right ladies and gentleman, mixitup produced an epic event where Japanese contemporary art was appreciated like never seen before!
We had Daito Manabe face hacking to the sound of bleeps and white noise, Trippple Nippples carving up the stage with their Lady-Gaga-looks-conservative costumes, Mademoiselle Yulia pumping up the crowd with her exquisite beats and Kathy captivating the crowd in a trance with their truly unique performance art…
Sydney’s CarriageWorks provided the perfect canvas to an event of such diversity and difference. We’ll reveal what the future holds in the weird and wonderful world that is the Ksubi Kirin Big In Japan partnership, so stay tuned boys and girls
To check out the Party of the Year click here
Kirin & Ksubi Announce Big In Japan Event
12.11.2009
Brought to you by Kirin, created by ksubi. The Kirin ‘Big In Japan’ event will be truely unique!
The digital and experiential event will take place December 2nd 2009, at Sydney’s new home for contemporary arts, CarriageWorks.
The first of it’s kind in Australia, the event will showcase a selection of contemporary Japanese artists & musicians— all curated by an iconic contemporary Australian fashion label.
Performers are those teetering on the verge of success in Japan, including sound designer, Daito Manabe, Japanese
DJ/MC Mademoiselle Yulia, eerie performance trio, Kathy, and mind blowing electronic group, Trippple Nippples—all being flown to Sydney specifically for the event.
The bold arts centre dedicated to the development and presentation of contemporary arts, Carriageworks, will be dimly lit throughout three large performance spaces, acting as an engaging and inspiring platform for these artists to showcase their talent.
Daito Manabe will be redefining existent media and technologies from unique angles by producing the output of sounds, images & light from various sensors in an audio/visual installation.
Clad in identical blond wigs with black pantyhosed faces, Kathy render themselves completely featureless because
anonymity is the ideal point of surveillance. Their eerie and ritualistic performances have been described as Moulin Rouge meets Victorian morality meets Lucifer rising.
Tokyo’s queen of the underground electro scene, Mademoiselle Yulia, along with her ubiquitios blue or purple bob will perform her DJ set awhilst MC/singing, and Trippple Nippple’s unhinged DIY aesthetic, and inimitably intense live energy & songs about teaching your nipples to speak, will make for an incredible performance.
On display at the event is also an exciting curation of Japanese visual artists— exhibiting in the mediums of print, photography and design in the ‘First Press’ gallery space.
Post event, selected visual artists from Kirin “Big In Japan’ will be exhibited for a two week period at Black and Blue Gallery, Chippendale.
The Kirin ‘Big in Japan’ programme was initiated in July with the introduction of www.biginjapan.com.au, a blog edited by Sydney writer Amelia Groom & showcases everything from Japanese fashion to architecture, music to magnetic art, cinema to robotics, haute couture floristry to photography, abandoned theme parks to ceramics, and instillation art to anime. For more information on artists, their profiles and the Kirin ‘Big In Japan’
programme make sure to log on.
Kirin & Ksubi are Big In Japan!
15.07.2009
Australia’s favourite fashion force Ksubi has teamed up with iconic Japanese beer brand Kirin to launch the Australian ‘Big In Japan’ cultural exchange programme.
Originally a sarcastic phrase applied to failed rock bands, the term ‘Big In Japan’ is contemporarily used as a statement to describe up and coming talent on the verge of international stardom.
As an illustration of the thriving culture continuously evolving in both Australia and Japan, Kirin and Ksubi will showcase emerging Japanese and Australian talent online at www.biginjapan.com.au and through experiential based events.
July saw the beginning of an exciting and ever-evolving partnership with the launch of the ‘Big In Japan’ blog. Ksubi, alongside Japanese contemporary cultural writer Amelia Gloom bring us the blog, a celebration of innovative Japanese creativity that is sure to keep us in the know on what really is ‘Big In Japan’!!
Check out the ‘Big In Japan’ blog here.
Sydney will host the subsequent inaugural Big In Japan event, where talented Japanese and Australian bands, DJs, musicians and installation artists will be showcased in Spring 2009.
Watch this space for further details of the event!