Confessions Of An Otaku: David Blandy In Conversation With Manga Artist Inko
Talk & screening Thursday 16th February 2012
Time: 18.45
Venue: Asia house 63 New Cavendish Street London W1G 7LP
Video artist David Blandy unravels his obsession with Chinese and Japanese popular culture. From philosophical conversations with Bruce Lee to the quandary caused by loving Anime and being the grandson of a veteran of the Japanese concentration camps, Blandy will discuss the misrecognitions, mistranslations and revelations in Kung-Fu flicks, Manga and computer games.
Blandy uses video, performance and comics to address how identity is constructed, investigating our relationship to the mass media and cultural heritage.
Blandy won the Times/South Bank Show Breakthrough Award in 2010. Inko was born in Kyoto, Japan, and has been working as a Manga artist, and as a culture and language ambassador with SOAS.
Book online: http://confessionsofanotaku.eventbrite.com
£10 / £8 concessions
Asia House Friends £6
Ticket price includes a glass of Wine
(Image courtesy of Asia House)
Related Posts:
Exhibition: Japan Kingdom of Characters 1970′s – 2000′s At Sainsbury Centre, UK
Press Release: London Anime & Gaming Convention Feb 11th – 12th 2012
Leave a Reply
Interview: Yoshiki
X Japan Rock Star
NEO issue 153
On sale NOW!
A Shodo Master & The Symbol Of Zen
Click image to read article
MyM issue 53
On sale NOW!
Japan Close-Up
Click image to subscribe
Exclusive interview: Nao Nagasawa
Actress, Singer & Idol
Chisato Kusunoki: “Piano”
Label: Quartz Music Limited
JNTO
Japan National Tourist Organization
Hotel Chelsea
Free to watch online
Contemporary Asian Art
96 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4RH
Diverse Japan 
Reblogged this on Red Saints Blue Devils and commented:
Seems my ex-tutor-cum-mentor is holding a conversation with a manga artist. BTW, http://redsaintsbluedevils.wordpress.com/2011/02/21/comic-artist-of-the-week-david-blandy-with-inko/
*Sighs* If only I live in London and I wasn’t living in benefits and being unemployed despite getting a BA(Hons) Degree in Fine Art…
LikeLike
That’s a real shame – I feel for you! But thanks for re-blogging.
LikeLike