As an ode to Throwback Thursday #TBT, I am publishing the fifth edition of J+C Magazine – a self-published tabloid magazine that I created with my best friend in the early 2000s. We were snarky to say the least, with a particular bloodlust for Christina Aguilera and a pure reverence for the saintly Britney Spears. […]
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With the recent release of The Musical Melodyian EP (available on Bandcamp), music producer, Scott Tooby, reflects on how he created the cosmic tunes for this transmedia production as well as his thoughts on the ever-precarious future of music. J. Sayuri: What was the vision behind the sound and music of the Musical Melodyian EP?
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I went to a group painting show at the Tag Gallery at Bergamont Station in Santa Monica, CA last Saturday afternoon (April 10, 2015) for an artist talk with painters: Betty Sheinbaum, Daniel Janotta, and Shelley Lazarus. The conversation was intimate and moreover, it was refreshing to listen to these seasoned artists talk honestly about
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For the past three years, I have been working on a collaborative art/music/technology project called The Musical Melodyians with multimedia producer, Scott Tooby. In the process of developing this project, I have grown as an artist as well as a businesswoman. Scott in turn, whose background was in music composition, has grown as a product
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I had the pleasure of participating in AHA last Thursday (March 19, 2015) with old friends and new friends in the heart of the Mission District of San Francisco at The Lab, where I demonstrated my harmonograph and 100 harmonographic drawings. This experience reinvigorated my faith in art practice as a viable way to carve a
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