Almost Perfect Tokyo Podcast
Almost Perfect Tokyo
Almost Perfect is an artist residency in Tokyo where creatives come to stay, create and show their work. In this podcast we interview our residents when they start their residency with us, then again at the end of their stay to know about their works, processes and findings.
Find out more about us at www.almostperfect.jp
Find out more about us at www.almostperfect.jp
Episodes
Mentioned books
Oct 23, 2024 • 28min
Sunwoo Kim at Almost Perfect
Sunwoo Kim, a painter from South Korea continues to seek dodo birds in Tokyo.
Sunwoo's website
Oct 15, 2024 • 27min
Paula Cruz at Almost Perfect
Paula, an artist from Brazil explored Tokyo to discover.
Paula's website
Handsaw press (The riso studio that Paula went to)
Sep 24, 2024 • 27min
Viviana Matsuda at Almost Perfect
Viviana Matsuda, an artist and a business person working under the name MUD WITCH, spent 2 weeks in Tokyo going to craft classes to feed her creativity.
MUD WITCH
Sep 3, 2024 • 27min
Sara Kipin at Almost Perfect
Sara Kipin chose Tokyo for her first international trip destination. Listen to her creative journey in the land of crafts and stationary.
Sara's website
Aug 22, 2024 • 28min
Deb JJ Lee at Almost Perfect
Listen to Deb talking about the work of making a graphic novel and their experiences in Tokyo.
Deb's website
Their recent graphic novel, "In Limbo"
Aug 9, 2024 • 32min
Djamila Knopf at Almost Perfect
Djamila and we talked about artists' self-discipline and many other things.
Djamila's website
Jun 25, 2024 • 27min
Philip Thomas at Almost Perfect
Philip Thomas, the founder of Contraption Company spent 2 weeks to explore the working cultures in Japan and beyond.
Philip's website
His post about the presentation "Rethinking work beyond the factory"
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the best coffee according to him
Leaves Coffee
and
Glitch Coffee
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Happy listening!
Jun 5, 2024 • 35min
Stu Livingston at Almost Perfect
An award-winning animation director Stu Livingston explores Tokyo.
Stu's website
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other useful links from the conversation
Adrian Hogan
Fab Cafe
PechaKucha Night
May 30, 2024 • 25min
Yan Yan Candy Ng at Almost Perfect
An colorful and fun-loving illustrator Candy spends 4 weeks in Tokyo.
Candy's website
Food recommendations from the conversation:
Fakalo Pizza Gallery
Asada Soba
May 23, 2024 • 24min
Tommy Parker at Almost Perfect
An English illustrator in Tokyo. Tommy Parker explores the crafts in his residency.
Tommy's website
Useful links from the conversation:
Kakimori (Stationary shop in the neighborhood)
Sekaido (Art supply department store)
Lemon Gasui (Supply shop for architects)
