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DESIGN FESTA: LOLITA ART EXHIBITION, TOKYO DECADANCE GOTH BODY PAINTING.

Posted by La Carmina on November 9, 2008

Tokyo Design Festa international art exhibition event in Japan. Crazy makeup special effects, girls painting hipster art, weird performance art.

Anyone else here a raving fan of the Garfield and Friends cartoon (1988-1994)? From the third to seventh season, the theme song went a little bit like this:
“Dancing, fiesta! Romancing, siesta! Samba, la bamba… aie caramba!”

That’s what I was humming to myself (okay, singing aloud) as I moseyed around Tokyo’s Design Festa. The two-day, twice-yearly event attracts over 7000 crazy persons (a.k.a. artists), who are given a sliver of floor space to express their inner animal. For some, this means dragging random attendees onto a stage and crowning them Mushroom King/Queen (top right).

Cyber Gothic Lolita and sweet loli girls at Tokyo Design Festa international art exhibition event in Japan. Japanese boy in top hat, cute gosurori girls with bow on head.

Crazy persons, you say? No wonder the J-Goth crew came out to Design Festa, along with a number of cyber / Gothic / Lolita types.

Tokyo Decadance body painting goth performance at Tokyo Design Festa international art exhibition event in Japan. Topless performance art, fetish kink stage show.

The Tokyo Decadance regulars re-staged their Halloween performance, but made it longer and less kinky. Basically, they went Jackson Pollock on each other to the soundtrack of EBM (electronic body music). Entwining limbs created a living painting of blood, kabuki, and death.

Body painting and dancing performance show, avantgarde Japanese dance theater and art. Tokyo Design Festa international art exhibition event in Japan.

The more hardcore performers got acrylic paints down their throats and on their eyeballs!

Gothic Lolita handmade clothing and fashion for sale, lace-up PVC corset, feathered top hats, bell skirts and velvet capes with neo-Victorian buttons. Tokyo Design Festa international art exhibition event in Japan.

Many Gothic and Lolita independent fashion designers had booths at Design Festa. I’m overly familiar with the major brands, so it was nice to see something both different and handmade.

Sweet Lolita jewelry, Gothloli and gosurori accessories. Shopping in booths at Tokyo Design Festa international art exhibition event in Japan, November 8, 2008.

The sweet accessories are truly works of art.

Creepy dolls on display, scary faces of dolls and figurines, Blythe and gothic lolita dresses. Goth sculptures at Tokyo Design Festa international art exhibition event in Japan.

Over a dozen exhibitors specialized in creepy dolls, along with Lolita-fied Blythes.

Now I have the “Abu Dhabi” song from Garfield and Friends stuck in my head… What were your favorite childhood cartoons?

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CUTEST SCOTTISH FOLD CAT IN A BOX: BASIL FARROW, SON OF RONAN & LA CARMINA.

Posted by La Carmina on November 6, 2008

Kitten sitting in a cardboard box, round head and tail sticking out. Ronan Farrow and Carmen baby pet Scottish Fold cat, Basil Farrow. Cutest foldy-eared coupari kitten, purebred rare breed of cat.

Basil Farrow’s granny has been sending photos and updates of our Scottish Fold son. He’s gained some weight; all grandparents are notorious for spoiling their grand-kitties. The other day, he insisted on squeezing himself into a much-too-tiny cardboard tray. Silly baby!

Cute Scottish Fold cat, furry and fat pet housecat, rare breed with fold ears and big owl eyes, fat paws. Ronan Farrow and Carmen baby pet Scottish Fold cat, Basil Farrow. Lying down cat, stretching on floor, big stomach.

I think the main themes of my blog are: cute Lolita clothes, cute Visual Kei boys, and the world’s most kawaii kitty. Have you added Basil Farrow yet on Facebook?