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Pray for Japan is a collaborative art show that takes place at ConArtist Gallery in NY and organized by Beautified Taboo, from March 9 - 13th. I have my books Drainspotting and Graffiti Japan, signed and ready for auctioning and I also have a set of photographs on display and ready for auction. The photos were taken during the month of the disaster. All funds raised will be donated to Japan through the Japan Societys earthquake relief fund. They have already raised millions of dollars for Japan and are doing great work. I am honored to be part of this auction and exhibition.

For more info go to the website link below:
conartistnyc.com

Sink or Swim

Join us at the M event space in Daikanyama Tokyo this Saturday the 16th for an exhibition to save the Sharks. I will be exhibiting the above images, along with friends from around the globe, to help raise funds for  Shark helping organization, PangeaSeed. With many other great artists and a video by myself and Wayne J it is Presented by PangeaSeed. Hope to see you there!!

Remo photographs Araki Nobuyoshi @ Polart 6000

REMO INT WITH TV ASAHI JAPAN "WIDE SCRAMBLE"

Recently TV Asahi, Japan Channel 10 - Show Wide Scramble came to my studio and interviewed me about Drainspotting. The Japanese seem very proud that a westerner comes to their country and discovers something unique to share with the world. This is a typical Japanese lunchtime Variety show, where they do a small interview and then a panel of artistic academics discuss the item, in this case the Drainspotting Book. 

     

DRAINSPOTTING EXTRAS AVAILABLE ON ITUNES FOR IPAD

Drainspotting hard copy will be coming to a book store near you soon, but for a preview of this wonderful book you can now download the IPAD version from Itunes store. This elegant IPAD companion features over 50 extra manhole covers and photographs that are not included in the hard back copy, and it serves as an electronic companion to the book. In this copy, View the process of making manhole covers at the Nagashima factory in a photo essay and discover the first look of manholes documented through beautifully crafted photographs and stylish design in a coffee table type book on your IPAD. Visit this hidden Japanese culture for the first time, documented in a complete volume of work including  electronic and hard back. 
                   DOWNLOAD NOW FROM ITUNES

                   http://itunes.apple.com/au/app/drainspotting/id364587681?mt=8

DRAINSPOTTING COMING SOON

Drainspotting will be released by Mark batty
Publlisher in the coming months. Until then welcome
to the online companion to the book Drainspotting
by Remo Camerota and Mark Batty Publisher.
Japanese manhole covers come in many shapes,
colors and sizes, and in Japan, scanning the streets
for a colorful and delightful array of manhole
covers has become a pastime, for both the Japanese
and foreigners looking to experience a distinctly
Japanese visual phenomenon: drainspotting.
I became fascinated by these covers while i was
photographing my first book "Graffiti Japan" also
published by Mark batty Publisher. So of course
with the suggestion by my good friend
Michael Shaun Conaway and the help of my Partner
Hisako Emura we made the first ever book on the subject.
There are many websites dedicated to these wonderful
artifacts, created by the many manhole
maniacs online, and there are even manhole museums
spread throughout Japan, but now there
is the full glossy color book.In this blog i will include
photos and info that did not make it into
the book. And as photographing these manhole
covers is like treasure hunting, i will endeavor
to display newly found drain covers that appear after
the book has been printed and on the shelves.
You can check out my other titles at
www.markbattypublisher.com and www.graffitijapan.com