From Friday, May 16th to Sunday, May 18th, SUPER-KIKI SHOP will be holding a pop-up event called "Impure Utopia" at Shimokitazawa BONUS TRACK.
It's a packed 3 days, with everything from sales of upcycled old clothes to workshops. We can become anything we want. To resist this world that only wants simple things, and to find hope for coexistence. Please come and visit us.
"Impure Utopia" Event Overview
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“Political Clothing” SUPER-KIKI SHOP Pop-up Impure Utopia 5/16 Fri. 11:00-20:00 Shimokitazawa BONUS TRACK Gallery |
Selling everyday items and upcycled items
Items for sale range from everyday wear such as T-shirts and tote bags with messages about queer feminism and liberation from oppression, to one-of-a-kind items made from upcycled second-hand clothing.
Workshop: "Let's make a message bracelet using scraps!"
Share the process with the people around you and weave a friendship bracelet with scraps and message ribbons to express the wish you want to come true. The event will be held at the pop-up venue.
Date and time: May 16th (Fri) - 18th (Sun) 12:00-18:00
Participation fee: 500 yen and up (donations welcome)
Half of the sales, excluding material costs, will be donated to support women and children in conflict areas, Palestine, and LGBTQ youth. (Donation recipients will be posted on the day.)
You can choose the message for the ribbon here.
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LIBERATION NO PRIDE IN GENOCIDE END RACISM END SEXISM END WAR CLIMATE JUSTICE DECOLONIZATION DREAM & HOPE Feed People Not War |
*The event will end as soon as ingredients run out. If the event is full, you may have to wait.
Artist super-KIKI's thoughts on the concept "Impure Utopia"
| In our world where we are expected to be "productive," it is no longer important what the truth is. Pursuing it is considered "unproductive," meaning it is not cost-effective.
AI technology has developed to an extremely complex level, and has succeeded in easily creating beautiful, realistic, and emotional landscapes (while at the same time destroying the real land we live in). However, on the other hand, isn't our social system trying to categorize and control us more simply and with lower resolution? In this world where we desire only simple things that are "pure, strong, beautiful, excellent, and highly productive," we are surely "monsters." Monsters/ghosts/witches/cyborgs... Yes, our existence is complex and troublesome, and it is not easy to understand each other. However, the complexity of my existence and your existence is undeniably true, and no one can deny it. And from now on, we will continue to change into all sorts of forms. Before we are changed by something bigger that continues to exclude people. Yes, we can become anything. Let's create our own bodies to live a new story. We, the "different," will take over this dystopia and portray its complexity to the world. Let's look closely at our strange and impure appearances, and talk with our bodies to find hope for coexistence with each other, asking ourselves who we are and what I am. |
about SUPER-KIKI SHOP
Since the nuclear accident in 2011, he has been interested in the violence of an unbalanced society, and has been crafting his own expressions through the project super-KIKI, a designer. He mainly upcycles and produces wearable items such as clothing, fabric patches, and stickers using original graphics, and shares his methods through sales and workshops. He explores ways to resist and raise his voice in a sustained, exhausted society, and to ensure that his existence is not drowned out.
super-KIKI (Designer): Since 2011, she has participated in street demonstrations and has been expressing her questions and messages about society through DIY crafts such as banners made from stuffed toys, neon sign-style stencil placards, and clothing. She also organizes meetings for feminist gamers and silkscreen workshops to print political messages. She posts selfies on Instagram as a way to care for herself and explore sexual expression. Having experienced burnout, she is currently creating wearable political items every day, exploring how to raise her voice sustainably in a way that doesn't put too much strain on herself.
FRAGEN (Management): FRAGEN means "to ask" in German. We are a company that accompanies you to continue thinking and acting in society. We specialize in web campaigns, PR, branding, and event coordination. Our main fields of activity are politics, philosophy, activism, and culture. We also host film screenings, feminist reading groups, study groups, and music parties.