tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-72993070530622481052012-03-16T00:16:25.935-07:00Kiss of the WorldWelcome to the online home of interdisciplinary artist Haruko Tanaka, whose artistic practice ranges from photography, film/video, and installation to relational collaborative events and workshops. Her passion lies in the transmission and translation of intangible cultural treasures. She is also one half of the artist intuitive duo Krystal Krunch.Kiss of the Worldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12757726224439748149noreply@blogger.comBlogger181100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7299307053062248105.post-14387442523288613992012-03-15T23:45:00.002-07:002012-03-16T00:16:25.980-07:00..mind boggling, in a good/bad way!!
Poster for Asher Hartman's See What Love the Father Has Given Us. Designed by yours truly ; )
Graphic design is SO much fun. I'm not sure when it all started, but designing posters, flyers, zines, and programs have been a really delightful part of my practice. It's always a hoot and a holler to design for my friend Asher who is down for anything. "..mind boggling, in a good/bad way!!" were his Haruko Tanakahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14695544572935810234noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7299307053062248105.post-30857575798869377002012-03-01T01:44:00.004-08:002012-03-13T21:50:55.480-07:00Laputa, then, now, and forever..love...
I went to go see Miyazaki Hayao's Laputa tonight at the Egyptian. I have seen this film hundreds of times over the past 25 years- on Japanese tv for holiday special screenings and later on a tattered VHS tape (dubbed from Laser Disc!) bought from a video rental store in Little Tokyo. Now for the first time ever, I was getting to see a screening of the 35mm print at the American Cinematheque. I Haruko Tanakahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14695544572935810234noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7299307053062248105.post-44136191421489538822012-02-16T23:23:00.001-08:002012-02-17T09:06:40.506-08:00Super glossy ain't bad ; )
I'm now in the production phase of the public art commission for Fire Station 128. Usually I've pretty much been a lustre gal, but the plexi/aluminum mounting calls for glossy; and apparently there's something called super glossy these days, with 350 year archival longevity! I was very scared that the supa dupa glossy was just going to be too flashy, but was very surprised to see that it was okHaruko Tanakahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14695544572935810234noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7299307053062248105.post-78033286546258108462012-02-01T14:04:00.000-08:002012-02-17T00:14:44.819-08:00Rest In Peace...Some things should be spelled out. Not abbreviated.Kiss of the Worldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12757726224439748149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7299307053062248105.post-3034171371029703732011-12-14T23:19:00.000-08:002012-02-16T22:07:01.205-08:00Everything in its place
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In my tiny neck of the woods, I’ve been Kiss of the Worldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12757726224439748149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7299307053062248105.post-33564355147027475782011-11-22T19:37:00.000-08:002012-02-16T22:10:20.223-08:00TnT Explosive Advice: The 10 minute takeover is baaaaack!!
"Storefront Plaza" designed and built by Nate Page! Machine's regular windows are reinstalled twenty feet back!!
Krystal Krunch (aka Asher Hartman and yours truly) will be giving 10 minute energy readings inside Machine Project's new "Storefront Plaza" (picture above) this coming Sunday, November 27, from 11-3pm. Readings are first come first served and free!!Kiss of the Worldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12757726224439748149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7299307053062248105.post-10876768323766655712011-11-10T11:08:00.000-08:002012-02-16T22:10:58.757-08:00First In, Last Out
Hard hatted Haru! Down the street from my old stomping ground CalArts! @ Fire Station 132 under construction.
The super tall folding "French" windows were amazing.....Thanks to Christine Nguyen for taking my hard hat photo!!
Did you know that if you walk into any Fire Station and ask for a tour, they will gladly give you one! Apparently since Fire Stations are publicly funded, they are moreKiss of the Worldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12757726224439748149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7299307053062248105.post-90991347486978465122011-10-30T02:22:00.000-07:002012-02-16T22:11:31.464-08:00Introducing you to you!
The beautiful Skyline room at the Walker Art Center
My co-Krystal Kruncher, Asher and I are gearing up for a Krystal Krunch "Never Been To Me" Tour at the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis in January brrrrrrrrr yes!! Here's our blurb on the energy reading/workshop/intuitive art tour that we'll be conducting. City of the lakes here we come!
"Join Los Angeles intuitive duo Krystal KrunchKiss of the Worldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12757726224439748149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7299307053062248105.post-90867597908537771012011-10-19T22:34:00.000-07:002012-02-16T22:15:37.608-08:00A new About....
New photograph in the works. Can you tell what it's showing?
Gosh, I always thought I would be a natural at blogging since I love to write in my journal. I guess the 2 are quite different animals.
Well, I just rewrote my bio/about blurb and thought I would post it here as well since it is also a big thank you note of sorts.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Hello. Thank you so much for visiting Kiss of the Kiss of the Worldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12757726224439748149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7299307053062248105.post-52863969069240648872011-05-20T13:21:00.000-07:002012-02-16T22:13:17.383-08:00You know it's time for "Locks of Love" when.....you do this on skype.......
Exquisite screenshotography by Kevin McCarty
but back to locks o' love.
Locks of Love is a non-profit organization that provides hairpieces made from hair donations to financially disadvantaged children under the age of 21 who have suffered long-term hair loss from any medical process.
It's an amazing feeling to be able to grow out your hair knowing it's for a Kiss of the Worldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12757726224439748149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7299307053062248105.post-60033610729889848082011-05-17T22:52:00.000-07:002012-02-16T22:15:12.789-08:00The things we know, the tools we have....
Hot off the digital press! (Some of) My Inheritance: Water level for cooking rice from Mar
A few years back I decided I wanted to memorize one entire poem by heart. I memorized June Jordan's Of Nightsong and Flight. I then made a mix called "Songs to remember," and proceeded to transcribe, transliterate, and memorize songs in Arabic (Marcel Khalife's I Love You More), Xhosa (South Africa's Kiss of the Worldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12757726224439748149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7299307053062248105.post-10567120957975484182011-05-08T14:38:00.000-07:002012-02-16T22:14:43.163-08:00"It's a secret we already know"
Sketch for photograph (left) and noren/door curtain (right) to be included in the group exhibition Telephone at the Torrance Art Museum, later this month.
The premise of the exhibition- each artist nominates another artist of the opposite gender living in SoCal to participate in the exhibition until 40 artists are in the lineup. My good friend Asher Hartman nominated yours truly, and I had theKiss of the Worldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12757726224439748149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7299307053062248105.post-7194244228639129012011-02-21T17:02:00.000-08:002012-02-01T14:07:28.047-08:00Color me goodwill The Goodwill color code sketched after my last shift.
I just finished 48 hours of community service in lieu of paying a $500 ticket for driving through a red light in Culver City (yes, it is possible to opt for community service if you can't/don't want to pay the outrageous amount, and no, you do not wear an orange jumpsuit for a traffic Kiss of the Worldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12757726224439748149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7299307053062248105.post-48313357834711433822011-02-17T00:04:00.000-08:002012-02-16T22:16:06.901-08:00Taiwanese spinach rocks!!
I was at my local 99 Ranch Market (a Chinese Market chain) in Hacienda Heights the other day and was super stoked to discover Taiwanese spinach, very much similar to spinach found in Japan- dark green, really thick leaves and stalks. Seems like you get a whole lot more spinach for, well, the spinach. See, not everything American is bigger!Kiss of the Worldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12757726224439748149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7299307053062248105.post-35781798571362322192011-02-16T23:11:00.000-08:002012-02-16T22:16:33.767-08:00dreams in jasmine air....
map of the world, i've been, you're from, dreams in jasmine air....is the short poem that opens the installation Café Kiss of the World. The best part was being able to incorporate all my creative impulses into one body of work. I had long thought that some things were too personal, or not 'art world' enough, but maybe it's age, now it just seems that the only way to sustain my practice is to Kiss of the Worldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12757726224439748149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7299307053062248105.post-30764992110263919282011-02-05T22:12:00.001-08:002012-02-16T22:16:55.672-08:00and the Nobel Prize goes to...
Skyyyyyype! (imagine program opening sound ; ) Yesterday I had the awesome experience of Skyping into Kamakura, Japan, from the Armory in Pasadena to give my parents a walking tour of my installation Café Kiss of the World. No plane tickets needed! It's such a comforting feeling to be able to keep family in the loop.
Stay tuned for upcoming skype art and skype film from Kiss of the World!! (and Kiss of the Worldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12757726224439748149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7299307053062248105.post-68224093361559209422010-12-14T18:18:00.000-08:002012-02-16T22:18:51.333-08:00"..the actual kiss of the world, everywhere"
Sleeping and working from the tatami floor in Kamakura, Japan.
Café Kiss of the World is a room with a door curtain, some clocks, photographs, poems, a jigsaw puzzle, and a light breeze. It is an installation that comes out of years of calling different places home, seeing friends in all different parts of the world and being transported back momentarily to a place of familiarity no matter how Kiss of the Worldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12757726224439748149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7299307053062248105.post-88045494248294731432010-10-28T17:50:00.000-07:002012-02-16T22:30:59.677-08:00"Let me kiss your feet."
Cast & crew of Asher Hartman's ANNIE OKAY at the Hammer Museum
And with those beautiful words, so came to end the LA premiere of my friend Asher Hartman's glorious performance play ANNIE OKAY, or as I kept on mentioning to Ash all throughout production, "we're like the Lord of the Rings of the art world!" Lesson learned ~ intention is everything! Whether it's an actor delivering lines or a Kiss of the Worldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12757726224439748149noreply@blogger.com