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Monday, February 10, 2003
Shinagawa by day
Today I met and photographed Aiko-San who lives in Shinagawa, home to the technology giants - sony, canon, phillips and more.
Shinagawa by night
She's a remarkable Lady, 96. She's moving out of her council flat in 2 days after 26 years to go into an old people's home, so we have been really lucky to be able to see her and record something that just won't be there soon.
Room Detail
Her flat is very traditional with sliding shoshi (paper screens), tatami mats and is filled with her dolls collection and things that she has made from recycled paper and packaging. She is as sharp as a tack and is only going into a home now because her legs are bad.
Me and Aiko-san
To me, she's a real artist. She doesn't really watch tv and says she feels quite out of touch with teh modern world. From her window, each day she takes a photograph of the sky. These are then compiled into albums. She explained this , then we saw that there was about 10 albums, each with 6 photos a page, all different, beautiful photographs. She told me 'the world changes but the sky stays the same'. I have borrowed a book to scan for the films.
We're back tomorrow to interview Aiko about her room and experiences.
Hitting the Jr line at Rush Hour
Most of the shops stay open till 10pm so I decided to hit Electric town. Oh my god. I've heard about Akihabara, Arts group Command-N make video work to show in the tv screens in the windows, and seen photos but nothing prepared me for the scale of it.
Akihibara - Electric Town
It's basically giant shop after giant shop selling electrical goods at knock down prices. I was in electric heaven. I bought - 64mb flash media for my camera, mini dv tapes (rainbow coloured of course), a sony rifle mic for my camera and a mini japanese - english - japanese translator. I think it's safe to say I love shopping!
posted by Jeanie Monday, February 10, 2003
