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Raining support at Fuji Rock Fest

Submitted by my on Mon, 08/16/2010 - 00:16
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Raining support at Fuji Rock Fest

Did the thugs that beat the workers at the sit-in site stop them? NO -

Did the winter winds that blew up high on the electricity tower where the workers did a hunger strike for 30 days stop them? NO -

Did a libelious, false charge against the workers by conservative Dong-a Newspaper stop them? NO – and the courts ruled that Donga News had falsely reported that the union had caused Cort to shut down. Incredible – since their website and industry show appearances show that Cort is clearly speeding on in production in Indonesia and Japan.

Atelier Bow Wow/Rendez-vous with them

Submitted by my on Sat, 08/14/2010 - 12:43
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Atelier Bow-Wow is an architect group in Japan. In spite of their philosophy, they designed Miyashita NIKE Park and became a party to exclude homeless people and the others. Their design makes the Miyashita Park gentrified as a restricted sports park. Up to the last week, their works had been exhibited in the National Museum of Modern... Art, Tokyo, named "Where is Architecture?". Where is (their philosophy of) Architecture? You will find it out in comparison of their following text and this video.

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03:57

NIKE Steal This Park

Submitted by jeanmakisig on Thu, 04/22/2010 - 19:33
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Watch this video!

In the name of Lifestyle Branding corporate giant NIKE is taking away a public park for Market Strategy. A number of Homeless people and Artists who frequently inhabit the park is stripped away their access to a space that is free of Consumerism.

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2min: 46seconds

The Bridge: Live Under the Bridge Remix

Submitted by shosoya on Wed, 04/21/2010 - 18:33
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01:28

Hole in the Park

Submitted by my on Sun, 04/04/2010 - 20:19
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A scene in Miyashita Park after the Funeral Parade on 28 March.

http://airmiyashitapark.info/wordpress/

Munenori Yamakawa

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09:02

The Funeral Parade for 30,000 Suicides

Submitted by my on Wed, 03/31/2010 - 14:53
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The Funeral Parade for 30,000 Suicides was held on 28 March in Tokyo, Japan.
More than 30,000 people kill themselves every year in Japan. Ichimura says like this;
"Things happening in Japan, such as a public park is changing into NIKE park, that make us feel like killing ourselves. We don't want any more commercial spaces. Don't rip off our common spaces!"

http://airmiyashitapark.info/wordpress/

Munenori Yamakwa

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09:05

Ghost Travelling, 29 March 2010

Submitted by my on Mon, 03/29/2010 - 19:57
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the flow of colors, forms, sounds, information, advertisements, graffiti, voices, noises, flowers, people.

http://airmiyashitapark.info/wordpress/

Munenori Yamakawa

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02:04

Call for a Global Day of Action to Protest the Conversion of Miyashita Park into ‘Nike Park’ --March 31st, 2010--

Submitted by my on Sun, 03/28/2010 - 07:09
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Call for a Global Day of Action to Protest the Conversion of Miyashita Park into ‘Nike Park’ --March 31st, 2010--

Prevent NIKE’s commercial exploitation of public land!
Together, we can stop the construction before it starts! 　　　　　　

On March 10, the Shibuya Park Division announced that the Shibuya Ward Assembly’s Urban Environment Commission has given the green light to construction which will lead to the all-out conversion of Miyashita Park by sporting goods giant NIKE.

According to the official report, the project plan is expected to proceed as follows.
- March 24: NIKE will explain plans to local residents in a briefing session
- Mid-March: Total closure of the Harajuku section of the park
- April 1: Commencement of construction to convert the park
- Late April to late July: Construction to install a new skateboarding facility
- August to September: Construction to install a new rock climbing wall
- End of October: Construction ends
- Early November: Opening of the new park

"A.I.R Miyashita Park" / The Final Day 13:00-13:20 / 2010.03.17

Submitted by Anonymous on Sun, 03/28/2010 - 07:05
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"A.I.R(=Artist in Residence) Miyashita Park" project aims to make people's park by themselves through staying & making works in Miyashita Park.

Their first A.I.R project was done during 15-17 March. On 17, The artists made their own clothes in the park, and then they performed "No Nike Fashion Show" in front of NIKE Harajuku store.

Their statement & schedule & contact are as follows.

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02:34

"A.I.R Miyashita Park" / The Second Day 09:00-10:20 / 2010.03.16

Submitted by Anonymous on Sun, 03/28/2010 - 06:56
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"A.I.R(=Artist in Residence) Miyashita Park" project aims to make people's park by themselves through staying & making works in Miyashita Park.

Their first A.I.R project was done during 15-17 March. On 16, Shibuya Ward officers tried to blockade the northern part of the park. The one of the entrances was closed by fences temporarily, but the artists, residents of the park, supporters stopped them finally.

"A.I.R Miyashita Park" statement & schedule & contact are as follows.

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02:44
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