J-Pop Explosion! July 13, 2012

Big Umbrella Studios next show is at hand. This time around we’re doing a little homage to Japanese Pop culture. Japan is a really funny place. It’s an epic travel destination too. It will bleed your bank account dry within a few days, but there is no such thing as a “rough neighborhood” so you’re free to walk the streets completely trashed from a never ending night of sake bombing.

To me Japan is at it’s high point of pop culture hilarity when manage to copy American pop-isms and then due to vast cultural and linguistic differences (read: Japanese speak English better than you speak Japanese and their English is terrible!) they are forced to re-interrupt and spit it back out to us. The results will often vary, but will always be awesome.

From Harajuku and it’s kawaii girls and boys to Puri-Club and Tonkatsu Ramen whose milky stock has been simmering away for years, to Manga and of course Hello Kitty, Akira, Macross and even Voltron it’s safe to say we have an affinity for the land of the rising sun.

Come celebrate this crazy, weird Island of awesomenss and it’s far reaching influence with us as we open J-Pop Explosion!

Featuring a live art battle, Japanese or possibly Vietnamese food, but hopefully Japanese, limited edition special gifts to the first 25 guests, and much more, this is an event not to be missed!

Featuring the art of:

Eve Skylar
Cecilia Wong
Gabriel Rose
James Pascal
Kim Herbst
Monico Chavez
Rick Kitagawa
Stephanie Cortes
Twinkie Chan
Vivian Nguyen
+ more

7-11 PM

906 1/2 Divisadero St.

San Francisco Ca, 94115

URL: http://bigumbrellastudios.com/2012/j-pop-explosion-opening-july-13/

Domo Arigato Mr. Roboto!

Official Website: http://bigumbrellastudios.com/2012/j-pop-explosion-opening-july-13/