Neo-Ruins: Lithographs of post-apocalyptic Tokyo
10 May 2007
Shibuya Center Town
Ameyoko
Kabukicho
Ginza Chuo Dori
Ginza 4-chome Intersection
Hisaharu Motoda’s “Neo-Ruins” series of lithographs depict the cityscape of a post-apocalyptic Tokyo, where familiar streets lie deserted, the buildings are crumbling and weeds grow from the broken pavement. The antique look of the lithographic medium effectively amps up the eeriness of the futuristic setting. “In Neo-Ruins I wanted to capture both a sense of the world’s past and of the world’s future,” says Motoda on his website.
[Link: Hisaharu Motoda]
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Provocative. Ginza 4-chome looked much worse after WWII.
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[…] Post-apocalyptic Tokyo Published May 12th, 2007 Uncategorized Hisaharu Motoda is said to be regarded by many as one of the rising stars in the world of printmaking. See how he depicts post-apocalyptic Tokyo’s central districts of Ginza, Shibuya, and Asakusain in his work called Neo-Ruins:Lithographs of post-apocalyptic Tokyo. I don’t really get why Japanese artists are fond of destroying Japan in their works. […]
Great stuff. I guess having Tokyo burned, quaked and bombed will make one realize that what’s here now is bound to be gone at some point, and it might even be nice to see it just naturally get neglected rather than destroyed.
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The Destruction of Tokyo - Artist Hisaharu Motoda…
Hisaharu Motoda is a contemporary Japanese artist who creates images of Tokyo in ruins. His prints of Shibuya, Shinjuku, Ginza, and other areas of Tokyo look like faded old photographs of the city in ……
Great lithos. The ruins after the first Global Advertising War.
[…] Questa e’ una delle stupende litografie dell’artista giapponese Hisaharu Motoda. La serie si intitola "Neo-Ruins" (nuove rovine) e da’ una visione apocalittica di una Tokio dopo una catastrofe (in alto il centro del quartiere Shibuya). Non si vedono esseri viventi e rimangono ancora in piedi solo alcuni edifici con i loro cartelloni pubblicitari. La memoria ci porta ad immaginare la bomba, che in queste opere ritorna come una vecchio scheletro nell’armadio. Io pero’ preferisco collegare la catastrofe attuale ad una devastante Guerra Mondiale di Marketing e Advertising, con le sue rovine e le sue vittime. Le litografie sono a bassa risoluzione e trattate in modo tale da sembrare vecchie stampe (digitali?). Mi piacerebbe vederle dal vero. Trovato su Pink Tentacle […]
Neo Ruins…
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Neo-ruinas de Tokyo…
El arte futurista apocalíptico de Hisaharu Motoda. El pasado y el futuro, un bucle visual visionario de la ciudad de Tokyo….
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Hiro Nakamura will save the world ! Yattaaaaaaaaaa.
More seriously, I really likes those litographs. It’s very realistic…
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[…] Me avisa Max y se me adelanta Tom de estas originales litografías de Tokyo arrasada (imaginamos que por Godzilla, por ese de la costumbre, aunque nunca se sabe). Obligatorio para todo aquel que conozca la ciudad: ¡Es el momento de empezar a construir Neo-Tokyo! Por si estáis interesados, la artista es Motoda Hisaharu y podéis comprar su obra aquí. […]
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[…] Motoda Hisaharu’s Neo-Ruins series of lithographs depicts a post-apocalyptic Tokyo, where familiar landscapes in the central districts of Ginza, Shibuya, and Asakusa are reduced to ruins and the streets eerily devoid of humans. The weeds that have sprouted from the fissures in the ground seem to be the only living organisms. “In ‘Neo-Ruins’, I wanted to capture both a sense of the world′s past and of the world’s future,” he explains. […]
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the art is amazing and so detailed.
廃墟化した東京の町並 - Hisaharu Motoda…
Shibuya Center Town 新宿・渋谷・銀座・・・ 廃墟と化し……
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