GirlGI | Girl Gone International GirlGI Issue 5 | Page 92

This Girl Gone International’s eclectic career ranges from VJing at a dance event held at Amsterdam’s Stedelijk Museum and producing her own music video, Flowerbomb, (available through iTunes), to having her colourful, mind-bending digital collages exhibited at the Fine Art Museum of Long Island in the US. WHY AMSTERDAM? Amsterdam felt totally different from Japan. The art world is largely ignored in Japan. When I used to tell people I was an artist there, they’d think I was crazy. I arrived in Amsterdam and there was a thriving community of creatives. Every one is really open and direct here. They don’t care where you’re from which is the opposite attitude to that of Japanese culture. FLOWERBOMB Computer Generated, Photo print with acrylic glass and aluminum at the back. 120 x 155 cm