Chapter 6, the Studio visit

the studio visit was to marakami's studio workshop in japan

1. The status of creativity is much lower here, the art market is weak

its strange to think that someone so huge here isnt as big in his home country

2. What is the dealers role in the studio? ... Dealers are editors and conspirators. We help determine what gets shown and how it gets shown, and we help put art in production. At the end of the day, our business is to sell symptoms articulated as objects.

i like the idea that the artist donst have to think completly about what hes doing everytime in the long run certin peice will stand out, its about making things over lingering on one concept

3. I'm thinking alot about how to connect with people who are under 30 in japan. I have to cumminicate with a video game feeling- marakami

he has his target market, where do we come up with this, am i to write about things like this?

4. This peice had the grudge of those sculptors" marakami he talks about how rigerious his plan is, how they make small sketches of it,

this kind of thing remined me of chully the glass blower that he really dosnt do his own stuff, but its his design, we talked about designers not really being artists, and also talking about how everyone contradicts everyone.

5. MarakamiIs talks about his workfor louis vuitton his "Honest and completly canny relationship to commercial culture industries" says its "My urinal"

he makes millions on his shitter? is this for real? hahaha i find that crazy, but they also talked about how imprortant his branding ideas and way to connect with the millions of people, i bet no one who buys that really knows what he says about it... crazy