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Translation & Subtitles: thoseguiltyeyes | scandal-heaven.com
Hello, RINA here.
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Today, as you can tell by the title
("Talking About Something I've Always Wanted to Do"),
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I have a happy announcement to make.
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For three days from July 23-25,
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I will be holding my first solo exhibition! Yay!
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I had always wanted to hold a solo exhibition someday,
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and I finally get to do it.
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My first video on YouTube was of me making a zine,
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and I've been posting videos on a regular basis relating to making stuff.
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What I will be exhibiting
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will be the original works of my "22Grrrls" zine I released last year.
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That zine was made when the first state of emergency in Japan was declared.
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I made one work per day over the course of 22 days.
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The inside features 22 pages of collages.
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A lot of people picked that up,
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and they've become important works to me.
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I thought that I'd be great if seeing the original works in person
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would give a different experience than from when they're viewed in the zine,
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so I decided to hold this.
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It'll be held at "gem," a gallery in Nakameguro.
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It's a gallery that opened fairly recently,
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but since our managing office ROOFTOP is in Nakameguro,
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making it a city I often commute to,
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it's also a place that I'm extremely familiar with.
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I found it by narrowing down spots and searching online,
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but I thought that its atmosphere and warmth was awesome,
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so I decided to go with it.
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It's close to the Nitori furniture store in Nakameguro.
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It's only about a 5-minute walk from the station,
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which makes it a location that's pretty easy to get to.
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As for the title of this exhibition...
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It's called "22Grrrls +1."
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It includes the 22 works I made last year,
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plus one collage that I recently made,
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so I will be exhibiting a total of 23 works.
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The original works will also be sold,
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but I think I'll be keeping the 23rd one.
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I'm so happy!
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It feels like it's finally happening.
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Since these are things that I truly did make on my own by hand,
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I went to Sekaido in Shinjuku
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and picked out every single frame to decorate my works.
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So...
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I'm attached to all of the works,
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and it would make me happy if they make it to people who will enjoy them with care.
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Given what's going on right now,
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we came up with a way to prevent a large number of people from gathering all at once.
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If anyone's interested, please check out the description box.
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I'll be making a new zine that has a new arrangement.
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I like to go see works of art myself,
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and it definitely is fun when you see something in person made by hand.
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I'd be happy if it feels like a fun space for everyone.
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I hope it'll be a 3-day exhibition where you can share that feeling.
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I'll now be showing a video of me going over the renewed zine.
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I'll give it a try.
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Today, we're working on arrangements for the zine.
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Let's try it.
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How big should it be?
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That looks cute.
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This is endless.
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This work is endless.
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Maybe the cloth should be a little smaller.
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Ah, this might be cute.
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Something like this.
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We'll go with this.
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I got it.
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Maybe I'll cut the fabric to an extent and then just put it together.
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-It's really cute.
-It is.
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It's great.
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For the fabric, I was introduced to a trader,
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went to go see the fabric,
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and chose these two out of the thousands there.
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This lace,
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and this thin, natural-like fabric.
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In a girls' movie from long ago,
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there was a tattered piece of fabric hanging from the wall or ceiling of the attic.
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The fabric had a girly-yet-dishelved look to it.
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I looked for the same kind,
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and I chose this dull blue lace,
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as well as this natural-colored fabric.
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And...
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I'm printing out the exhibition's name on tracing paper,
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cutting out pieces of both fabrics about this size,
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crumpling the paper like this with my hand,
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putting it on top of the fabrics,
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and stapling it onto the zine.
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The completed zine is put into a clear bag,
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and then it's ready to go.
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The front of each zine will be slightly different.
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That's what I'll be doing today.
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For about five minutes, is it okay if the sound of the coffee maker is heard?
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Yeah, that's fine.
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I'm in our office as usual,
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but...
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In the room on the other side,
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which is in sight of me,
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everyone else is working hard.
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Like...
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It feels kind of weird.
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That's why I'm talking softly.
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This work might go on forever.
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I've gotten used to it.
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I really like the rough, not-clean look.
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It's going really well.
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My camera battery ran out.
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I'll film with my phone now.
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I'm done!
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Wow.
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Wow!
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Really, wow.
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I got it done in one day!
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I feel really accomplished.
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So this is what I did today.
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I'm done doing arrangements for the zines!
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I really thought that I'd be splitting the work into two days, but...
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I did it all in one day.
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I think they're really cute.
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I'm really satisfied.
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I can't wait until you guys get it.
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I'll do my best to create a space so that it'll be an exhibition you can enjoy.
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Thanks so much for watching until the end!
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See you in my next video!
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Bye bye!