*Candy Factory Projects in Seoul
May 9 - June 9 2019 Altspace LOOP
1-2 F -Stair case / B 1F
The Foreign Domestic Worker shall not get married in SIngapore
Projection 1 (stair case)
( 03:35 ) Sound + text animation
Text taken from Government regulations for Foreign domestic workers in Singapore
Projection 2 (B1F)
( 07:22 )
Animated view of Bukit Timah Shopping Center in Singapore filled with foreign maid
agencies.
B1F
There is no ghost after the revolution
Takuji Kogo 2018
from a collaborative research "A *Candy Factory Project : Chocolate City Guangzhou
by Takuji Kogo + Mike Bode
Double channel projection
Projection 1 Right ( 06:20 )
Projection 2 Left ( 06:06 )
Animated street views of Xiobei district, Guangzhou China.
Homes for America
3 monitors (B1F) text animation + sound
Hello Classmates!
( 03 : 14 ) 2019
Starving dogs and prostitutes
( 02 : 05 ) 2019
* Text from a U.S Base online community website at Sigonella, Italy.
CREDO Navy Region Japan
Marriage Enrichment Retreat
( 02 : 45 ) 2019
* Text from a poster for a U.S Military Base online community site, Sembawang,
Singapore.
HOMI
Single channel video
monitor (vertical)
A *Candy Factory Project 2016
Takuji Kogo + Mike Bode
A billboard advertisement for the Emirates airline company situated on the road
leading up to the Homi Public Housing Estate known for housing the largest Brazilian
community in Toyota city, Aichi prefecture in 2009. The advert is announcing a free
bus connection from Nagoya for flights from Osaka to Sao Paulo via Dubai and is
written in Portuguese.
AMERICAN SITCOM / Joining the Air Force
( 21:23 )
A *Candy Factory Project 2014
Takuji Kogo + Mike Bode
A part of a trilogy of quasi anthropological research on American online culture.
The text animation is made up of transcriptions from V-loggers monologues sharing
experiences about joining the US Air force.