It’s ON! (Tonight!)
I can’t believe it, but the Dr Sketchy’s Exhibition Party Day is finally here. *SO EXCITED!*
Listen to an interview I did in Harajuku with the lovely Guy Perryman (Tokyo radio celeb) to promote the party. He made me feel very comfortable so I actually sound like less of a fool than I usually do in these situations.
The special canvas prints I had made up especially for this exhibition have not yet arrived from the U.S. and I’ve had to make do with regular prints, so I’m kinda bummed. The prints I have still look pretty good but oh, I was so excited about the lovely dustiness of canvas photographic prints. Oh well. Next time.
The photo above is one of the images, titled – with superb panache, imho – “Fishnets and stiletto’s, feathers, sequins and a lovely ass.” Very Dr Sketchy-esque, don’t you think?….;p
The other titles include:
Image 1: Dancing is the perpendicular expression of a horizontal desire.
Image 2: Just take off your clothes! Please…
Image 3: Even the just may sin with an open chest of gold before them!
Image 4: Ch-ch-ch-Cherry Bomb!
Image 5: I’m a classy honey kissy huggy lovey dovey ghetto princess.
Image 6: Soft skin weeping with a joy you can’t keep in…
Image 7: Fishnets and stiletto’s, feathers, sequins and a lovely ass.
Image 8: Just because I’m sorry doesn’t mean I didn’t enjoy it at the time…
Image 9: Mamesome and Mamechiho, artists of the floating world…
Image 10: Your rock ‘n’ roll soul.
Image 11: I haven’t left here yet, but I’m trying. I’m still tied to the bed.
Image 12: I’ll be the waterwings that save you if you start drowning.
Image 13: I spilled the ink across the page trying to spell your name.
Image 14: From her lips I heard her say….”Can I have you?” I said you do. I said you do.
Image 15: Sun lights up the daytime, you light up my life.
If you’re in Tokyo, please come down and help pay for my ticket home.
I’m having an exhibition – one night only – The Dr Sketchy’s Exhibition Party!
Dear Blog Friends,
I’m writing to invite you to my third (and perhaps my last?) photo exhibition in Tokyo, next weekend – Saturday November 22. This party/exhibition is the beginning of the end of my time here in Japan, the beginning of the sayonara process…. Oh how the next few weeks and months will fly!
Anyway, back to the exhibition party. I’d love to see you there.
The event will feature a 3 set performance incorporating 6 different shows by various dancin’ girls, and will run from 9 pm – 2 pm, with an afterparty at a different club afterwards. There will also be an art exhibition and a photo exhibition (mine), and 4 different DJ’s. I will be showing 15 different photos – half of them Dr Sketchy’s models, the other half various portraits I have shot over the past year, all printed on canvas at 28cm x 43cm. They will all be available for purchase, natch. We’re also making a calendar with some of the pictures from the massive haul I’ve shot over the past 7 months at the monthly Dr SKetchy drawing night (sooo much fun).
My involvement with Dr Sketchy’s Tokyo has been a truly special experience, and I’m proud to have been a part of the team alongside Lady Elle, Cherry Typhoon, Hilo, Toy and Toby. We’ve been working hard to improve the monthly event and its profile, as well as planning this big exhibition party (which is the result of a hell of a lot of work and long mid-week night meetings). It’s been a pleasure working alongside this lovely team of super-genki artists. Go Team!
Anyway, here is the spiel (and facebook event page here):
Dr.Sketchy’s Anti-Art School, Tokyo presents:
Dr. Sketchy’s Exhibition PartyDr. Sketchy’s is what happens when cabaret meets art school.
Dr. Sketchy’s Anti-Art School, Tokyo is a cabaret sketch art salon. On Saturday November 22nd at La Boheme on Kotto Dori (Aoyama) at 9pm-2am the good Doctor will be hosting an art exhibition showcasing the work of Sketch Artists, and Sketchy Photographer Martine Cotton.
The event will be peppered with cabaret performances by a variety of Dr. Sketchy’s muses which include Tokyo’s own Ms. Exotic World Champions Erochica Bamboo, Cherry Typhoon, Safi and The Murasaki Baby Dolls. Hoop star Deanne Tonking will also be doing a show, alongside a salsa dance troupe led by Dirty Dancing Diana.
Among the featured artists are Josh McKible creator of the Nani Bird series recently on display in Shibuya Station courtesy of Art Below, Laura Hammer an artist who found the magic in Crayola and turned it into artistic alchemy and a whole host of professional and amateur young artisans.
DJ’s include Evil Penguin, James Carstensen, Bambi and Norishirocks.
Please email rsvp@drsketchytokyo.com for cheap entry (It’s \3500 at the door, \2500 if you RSVP)
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Dr. Sketchy’s Anti-Art School, Tokyo is a community life-drawing event that takes place once a month at the Pink Cow, Shibuya. We search Tokyo to find sexy people who model for you for about three hours. In between poses there are contests with cool prizes, sexy performances, drinks and all sorts of mischief.
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BiZ Nite (Monday, October 20)
10/20 sees the Biz Nites team move on back to Daikanyama Tableaux after last months Photo Nite. Thanks to all 180 of you who attended Photo Bite despite the pouring rain – wasn’t it an inspirational night! Thanks for the support.
So, this months event is supposed to be running with 30% Hawaiian content but it remains to be seen if we will achieve that. Hawaiians are a rare breed in the megalopolis, it seems! 
We do have the guys from the Uni of Hawaii coming along to do a table and a bunch of excellent non-Hawaiians making presentations, including the snarkily brilliant Dave Gutteridge from the Tokyo Comedy Club talking about the comedy scene in Tokyo.
Other presenters include the Japan Times illustrator Chris Mackenzie, who’ll be talking about illustrating for newspapers and magazines;
…and Artist/photographer Matthew Messner who will be discussing a digital video installation he created that involved the use of multiple video and rapid imagery projections through thin, translucent material in addition to live camera footage and two-way mirrors;
…and Richard Lane from DI.fm, which is the largest fully licensed dance music radio network in the world. They broadcast free internet radio to the world and are 100% fully licensed with soundexchange in America. DI’s daily listenership peaks at over 70,000 simultaneous listeners and is listed prominently in Apple’s itunes radio, AOL music, and windows media directories.
…and our fabulous resident DJ James Carstensen who will help you get your boogie on between presentations.
There are some more juicy surprises being planned and I will be updating the facebook Biz Nites fan page with details over the weekend….
As usual, Tableaux are offering Biz Nites guests drink specials (700 yen drinks) and their delicious buffet (1300 yen). Remember, Daikanyama is just 5 minutes from Shibuya on the Toyoko – directions can be found here.
See you on Monday night, doors open at 6 pm – 11:30 pm
PS – if you are a Tokyo blogger, please do me a favour and make a mention of this event on your blog – (love viral advertising)
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The guff. The story. The dispatch. The word. The scoop. The news.
Decided to make a post dedicated exclusively to the BiZ NITE event I’ve been helping coordinate. Keep it simple, ne.
We are still booking presenters so if anyone is interested in doing a presentation or product / services / exhibition / performance launch at next Mondays event, or any of our monthly events can email me at martine@tigermusic.jp
BiZ NITE, French Flavour at Daikanyama Tableaux. July 14th, 2008. 6 pm – late.
What is BiZ NITE?
Tokyo‚Äôs fastest growing networking event for creative business people. It’s a monthly event which features presentations, showcases, exhibitions, discussion panels, product launches and more from the creative industries in Tokyo. Each sphere of interest in the A-Z of creative industries has a Biz NITE nickname, for example photo biz, ad biz, art biz, DJ biz, design biz, eco biz, NPO biz, fashion biz, movie biz, music biz, net biz, sport biz, success biz, VJ biz, wellness biz. Every month the crowds get a little bigger, and more and more people are making it a regular feature on their monthly event calendar to meet with old friends, meet new ones and see a little of what’s going in around the city.
When & Where is this monthly event held?
Biz Nites are held monthly at Daikanyama Tableaux on 7/14, 8/18, 9/8, and venue TBD on 10/20, 11/17, 12/15.
When is the next Biz NITE?
Monday 14 July at Daikanyama/Ebisu Tableaux, 18:00-23:00, with a ‘French Flavor’ to celebrate Bastille Day together.
The venue has a beautiful patio, great food and reasonably priced drinks. In addition to our regular content,
BiZ NITE will host presentations about contemporary French fashion and culture, and about French creative business people’s activities in Japan.
We expect around 300 people to attend community presentations and get-togethers in three spaces throughout the venue.
How much?
Entry: Advance: 1000 yen / Door 1500 yen, (Please buy at least one drink) (To qualify for advance, please sign up as a member at biznites.ning.com)
The first 50 people at Biz Nite receive a Skype headset & calling card.
Who is presenting this month?
7/14 (Mon) ‘French Flavor’ BiZ NITE CONTENTS
18:00-22:30 Presentations & Discussions in Three Spaces:
Ad Biz: info soon
Art Biz:
1) ‚ÄúDr Sketchy’s Anti-Art School: an introduction to the divinely seedy underbelly of live sketching ala Burlesque style‚Äù with MC LadyElle [www.drsketchytokyo.com]
(Plus: 5 minute burlesque dance performance by burlesque dancer Cherry Typhoon of the Murasaki Baby Dolls at 10 pm)
2) “ICON 5: The NY Illustration Conference: A review, and an Introduction to the works of Andrea Innocent and Beck Wheeler“,
a review presentation and slideshow by well-known Australian artists/illustrators/animators
Andrea Innocent (www.otoshimono.org) and Beck Wheeler (www.beckwheeler.net)
3) “Creative platforms to bring different art forms and audiences under the same umbrella” with 4th Skin Arts Network www.4thskin.com
Design Biz:
“WorkVitamins: Why creativity in the office just works” РMartin van der Linden (workvitamins.com, www.vanderarchitects.com)
Eco Biz: info soon
Fashion Biz:
Fashion Biz: “ID SHAPE: new solution for luxury packaging anti-counterfeiting from France” – Lucas Nanini (www.idshape.com)
Lucas Nanini
Movie Biz:
“Surfing DVD Release- Japan’s legendary surfers of the ‘70s enjoy a 2007 reunion in Micronesia” – Michio Degawa (http://www.kooks.jp)
Music Biz:
1) “Panel Discussion: Anime, Games and Urahara Fashion РHow can Japanese Pop Culture Drive
Japanese Music Sales at Home and Overseas?” – Moderator & presenter: Nathan Reaven (www.hearjapan.com)
2) “The New French Music Scene – Preview of French Summer Festival Artists”- Sylvain Delange
(Bureau Export de la Musique Francaise a Tokyo, www.french-music.org/video)
Net Biz:
1) “New Contents Delivery and Gallery System”- Tan Tan (http://ikaros-plan.jugem.jp/ )
2) info soon
New in Japan Biz:
“Revolutionary New Instrument – Tenori-on” – K. Sugii (YAMAHA, www.yamaha.co.jp/tenori-on)
Performance BIz:
Performance Biz: “The making of ‘Tunnelvision’ DVD РChoreographed Performance Art in one of the biggest underground locations in the world,
Gaikaku Housuiro, broadcast on NHK” Monique van kerkhof (www.roboudendijk.com)
Photo Biz:
“Unknown France: A tour of the cheese and wine farms of rural France” by photographer, writer and editor, Miki Toyoda.
Sports Biz:
1) “Update on Hakuba MTB Jamboree 8/16-17” ( www.sweetriders.com)
2) “Reporting about Muay Thai Fight Events” – Chisa Yamane (www.jmc-gym.com)
VJ Biz: info soon
Wellness Biz:
’Awaken to New Dimensions’ РIntroduction to insightful transformation techniques to tap into your inner balance
and potential through Art of Living“ with Marianne White & Keerthana Mariappan (www.artofliving.org)
22:00-23:30 LOUNGE DJs: James Carstensen (Tokyo Electro – Special French Music Mix), DJ Tawara (ultralounge)
See more information in Japanese and English at http://www.stereojapan.com/ and forum http://biznites.ning.com/
So there you have it, as it stands at this point…. I plan to add all changes to the line up as they occur, so keep checking back for the details.
Please come along and say Hey.
Oh, and PS – if you have a blog of your own, please feel free to mention Niz NITE there too…
