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Stories without Words - The Automata of Kazuaki Harada
When talked to, this device responds by raising its hand. Is it only me that finds the sight of the rubber glove gradually deflating and crumpling vaguely sorrowful?
In Japan, bad actors are called "daikon (radish) actors." Similarly they're called "ham actors" in English, and "turnip actors" in French. In this work, three representative third-rate artists of the world put on a dream play together on top of a board.
Sketch for automata - text: "Hi!" When you talk to a microphone, a rubber glove stands up rapidly
This mechanism stamps a card with the character for love and then discharges it. I got the idea for it while looking at stamps at a stationery store. It's my habit to think "what if I turned this into an automaton" when I encounter some interesting thing or phrase.

Stories Without Words By Kazuaki Harada

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This delightful book of Kazu Harada’s automata is printed in English and Japanese. (Imported to UK from Japan).

‘I talk a lot about frivolous things;
when someone asks me something serious, though,
I become incoherent.

I have a lot I want to say.
I have too much to convey-It doesn’t coalesce inside of my head.

So, eventually, when I try to speak,
I end up saying something short.

148mm × 210mm
144 pages| softcover
text: kazuaki harada
photographs by Ryumon Kagioka
edit&design: aptp books
translation: Jeremy Woolsey
printing & binding: Fujiwara printing co., ltd.

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Weight 0.45 kg

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