Last night I went to the Royal Opera House where the latest project from the guys behind Gorillaz, Monkey: Journey to the West is taking place. I was blown away by it, it was brilliant. The music was great, visually it was stunning and the acrobats/martial artists were awesome.

Journey to the West It is a new opera directed by Chen Shi-Zheng, composed by Damon Albarn with visual concept, design and animation by Jamie Hewlett. Monkey is based on the ancient Chinese legend and combines Music, Animation, Chinese acrobatics and martial arts to tell the story of Monkey’s quest for enlightenment.

Don’t miss it if you can still find tickets available…

Have a look at the cool website or click on the image for a detail article from BBC.

When you think about Japanese tattoo, one artist must come into your mind, and that name is Horiyoshi III, the greatest master of Irezumi, the traditional handmade technique that simply means “Insert Ink”. I just got a new book with selected artwork by him and it looks awesome..I’m also trying to arrange a meeting and get a piece from the master when I travel to Tokyo.

Have a look at his website or click on the image for a detail article from Pingmag.

“After the Olympic Games, the fight for human rights must go on.”

Following for many years Amnesty’s campaigns on human rights this is the latest one for the upcoming Beijing 2008 Olympic games. Strong images with a meaning…

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