Maywa Denki at NTT ICC in Hatsudai

[Captain Japan]

Art - Maywa Denki "Nonsense Machines"
Via TokyoQ

President Masamichi Tosa and vice-president Nobumichi Tosa formed Maywa Denki in 1993, and became well-known in Japan for their regular appearances on Takeshi's TV Tokyo art program Daredemo Picasso. The two artists usurp the blue workshop outfits and home-electronics brand paraphernalia of Japanese industrial high-tech to create their own completely useless gadgets, musical instruments and home appliances. This retrospective shows decades of nonsense machinery, from the Tsukuba series of musical instruments the guitara and roctopus and the Naki series of fishy kitchen appliances to the Edelweiss series of mecha whatsits. High concept art with an arch sense of humor.

NTT Inter-Communication Center Info: 0120-144199 Entry 800 yen http://www.ntticc.or.jp/

I checked this out yesterday. It's worth attending.

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As far as I'm concerned, old Meiwa Denki is the only Japanese group worth seeing in concert.... for FREE.

"Parallel-world electricians", Maywa Denki
Company motto: "Do it to conquer, Take it to conquer."

Lunch time concert
Date : December 6(Mon.) from 12:00am about for 45 minutes
Venue : Tokyo opera city concert hall
Amdission free
Lunch time concert will be held at Tokyo opera city concert hall.
http://www.ntticc.or.jp/Schedule/2004/NONSENCEMACHINES/Events/event02.html

MEIWA DENKI!

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The Nonsense Machines of Maywa Denki
Sake-Drenched Postcards

"In Japan, the mainstream is dominated by companies like Panasonic or Sony. But Maywa Denki works in parallel. We are a niche market," Tosa laughs as he moves to the empty seat to his right and thrusts his hands in front of himself to demonstrate his point.

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we make money not art:-- 11:24 PM event
Maywa Denki in Paris
Maywa Denki is performing at Quartier d'ete Festival in Paris on July 21,22 and 23.
This art unit, which is produced by Nobumichi Tosa, has been inventing a number of hard-to-describe electric devices by transforming the history and culture of small electrics manufacturers in Japan's high-growth period (about 40 years ago)....more...

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:bowdown: MEIWA DENKI!