Downtown Ditties

I am in love with the series of books called "Petit Pattern Books," published by a Japanese company BNN. Basically, books with tons of designs, complete with attached CDs of the different patterns in that book so you can manipulate them (if you want) using Photoshop. The creative possibilities are endless, and each book has a unique theme! (See some examples on Amazon).

I found them in the MOCA store after seeing the Murakami exhibit, as well as some really intriguing works by Gordon Matta-Clark. Really enjoyed both exhibits, and the happy colors Murakami used made me quite cheery in turn. How can you be sad when you see something like this?



However, my favorites were definitely Tan Tan Bo Puking and the animation, Planting the Seeds starring Kaikai and KiKi.

Kiki looks exactly like my sister, it's hilarious (minus the third eye).

Overall, a splendid day exploring Los Angeles and museum-ing. Time to go make some stuff.