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Category Archives: topic-culturepolitics

18.04.11

No Music, No Message, No Meaning: Japanoise

“I wanted to compose real surrealistic music in a non-musical way....
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20.05.10

Superflat Art

Takashi Murakami & Louis Vuitton: Superflat meets Superfashion, by Eugenia Hannon
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20.05.10

Hello Kitty

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