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title: seeing the Japanese flag everywhere
date: 2025-01-11T11:12:00+01:00
author: admin
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# seeing the Japanese flag everywhere

 - kindpost­cards
- formatA5
- limitierte auflageeach 25 copies
- printlaser print
- colourcmyk
- material200 g / m² off­set paper
- priceà 2,– plus shipping
 
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  Roland Barthes 1970 called Japan the ​‘empire of signs’ in his famous book of the same title. As artist in residence in Kyoto I started an expedition through Osaka’s and Kyoto’s everyday life and soon discovered the Japanese flag each and everywhere: as a read cheek in the white face of a Manga character, as a read fire alarm light on an off-white wall, as a red plastic lid on a scruffy soy sauce bottle …

Another of my work as artist in residence in Kyoto is this [graphic one](https://www.juligudehus.net/en/jermanese-fusions).