art & culture project – SILVIA SCHWATLO

MY ROLE: TEXT, VIDEO/CUT, PHOTOGRAPHY/RETOUCHING, PRINT DESIGN, WEB DESIGN
DELIVERABLE: BOOK, WEBSITE,
EXHIBITION

Many years ago I fell in love with Tokyo. In 2013, I combined my passions: Tokyo, Photography, Print and Digital Design and started this project I called Tokyo Tadaima. Tadaima is a saying in Japan, when you come home, literally it means "now". I walked the streets and caught the beauty in the ordinary and the independent art scene with my camera, interviewed artists and designers who live in Tokyo about their work, passion and life in the city. The come-out was a photobook, website, and several exhibitions or in other words: A Roadmovie on Paper, On- and Offline.

TOKYO TADAIMA BOOK

A ROADMOVIE ON PAPER

It was not only my own journey. Additionally, I asked befriended locals of the art scene to send me their photographs with notes about their secret and favourite places and things which express: What is Tokyo for you? So the book is a visual mix of styles and living and lifestyle concepts in Tokyo - like the city itself.