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Confessions of an Otaku

Thursday, February 16, 2012 at 6:45 PM (BST)

London, United Kingdom

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Confessions of an Otaku


David Blandy in conversation with

Japanese manga artist Inko

Talk and Screening


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.

 

Ticket Price includes a glass of wine


 


 

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Asia House
63 New Cavendish Street
W1G 7LP London
United Kingdom

Thursday, February 16, 2012 at 6:45 PM (BST)


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