Willa and Gallermic Tanaka Opening Reception

Nude photos filled magical, ARTROOM for an exhibition’s first night.

In Photo Reports by Sophie Knight 2010-01-23 print

The recent “WILLA” event at magical, ARTROOM, saw people descend on the Ebisu gallery to take in Gallermic (aka Galle or The Fashion Ramone) Tanaka’s photos. The exhibition opening was followed a few days later by a party called “The Absentee Owner” organized by socialite Vivienne Sato.

The artist himself in a poncho — very like his native Peru.Rob Judges (artist and DJ) in front of the photo wall of Galle's last long stretch in Tokyo — a big wall of photos from various parties, some of which he organized himself (as Narziss, TFR).

A wall of three photos of Galle's muse.

A projector went through a slideshow of different photos.

More photos of the opening can be found on the magical, ARTROOM blog.

Sophie Knight

Sophie Knight. Born in what she likes to refer to as the ‘Saitama of London’, Sophie's fetish for foreign languages and hatred of puddles meant she always had itchy feet. After enduring a homestay in Fukuoka and bussing her way through South America, she studied Social Anthropology in London, which convinced her of the essential essence of mankind... and that she had to get away from England. She came back to Japan after a brief stint in Barcelona to find some of the electric nuttiness and zarusoba she had been craving. She now spends her days deciphering Japanese newspapers, translating, writing a zine, speeding around Tokyo on her racing bike to discover tucked-away galleries, making bentos, injuring herself pole-dancing and getting used to the fact that nothing interesting is ever at ground-level in this city. » See other writings

Comments

  1. Rump Tomb
    2010-01-23

    For a brief while Gallermic was the force a truly exciting and edgy Tokyo underground party scene, with shady events that moved from place to place across the city, but then he went and “opened it up” at Trump Room. Somehow it drew Tokyo’s every appalling hipster and fashion vamp out of the woodwork and it was just awful, awful, awful.

    The flickr account makes it look like these Trump Room events are the coolest, most packed parties in town, but in actual fact all too many of them consist of little more than a bunch of people sitting around the edge of the room, doing their best to look hip while they desperately hope for more to turn up. So boring.

  2. Gonzo Flower
    2010-01-23

    I don’t think there were other parties as cool as Galle’s.. conceptually they were really potent, even now, just look around and try to find something with personality and elegance in Tokyo. You won’t find it.

    In real life, he was holding his parties in several places, twice or three times a month, which still seems to be a big challenge for Tokyo’s nightlife. The music was very different and ecclectic, too. And he made both, the cosy soirees and the crazy bashes. He practically made Tokyo’s party scene and showcased it to the rest of the world via international press.

    I like Gallermic because he gives me the idea of decadence, art and friendship, rather than just an ordinary party momentum.

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