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]
Provocative. Ginza 4-chome looked much worse after WWII.
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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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Great lithos. The ruins after the first Global Advertising War.
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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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the art is amazing and so detailed.
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Wonderful if disturbing imagery...
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