fun times on the horizon

fun times on the horizon http://mayumimasaya.multiply.com/ thought i'd upload some personal photos for friends and family. you can view most of the content if you are my direct contact or in my network. check out the rest of my images at http://www.seriousfictions.com Tue, 2 Sep 2008 07:26:58 -0000 Mon, 24 Sep 2007 11:14:00 -0000 fun times on the horizon http://images.mayumimasaya.multiply.com/logo http://mayumimasaya.multiply.com 100 100 Boo <a href="/photos/hi-res/upload/RvecQAoKCrcAABeRe7s1"><img class="alignmiddle" src="http://images.mayumimasaya.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/300x300/RvecQAoKCrcAABeRe7s1/SP_A0457.jpg?et=jMJZGyZTot0POMEeZ7SJvA" border="0"> </a> <a href="http://www.kwabanalindsay.com/">Lindsay Kwabana</a> Ran off with the circus for a few days but had to come back. An exhibit calls: Playthings opens this Wednesday, the 26th of September <a href="http://www.stroudhousegallery.co.uk/">Stroud House Gallery</a> Station Road · Stroud · Glos · GL5 3AP Private view on Saturday the 29th from 6.30-8.30pm. Serious Fictions will be installed in one room. Exhibit runs for a month. Ah well... here's a clip from the performance last Friday: http://mayumimasaya.multiply.com/journal/item/66/Boo Mon, 24 Sep 2007 11:14:00 -0000 Sparkytime :-) http://mayumimasaya.multiply.com/journal/item/65/Sparkytime_- Mon, 17 Sep 2007 14:56:00 -0000 Jaz and Mayumi for APC It's Jazzy and Mayumi, Manong <a href="http://www.bencab.com/">BenCab</a>'s daughters, for APC, or the <a href="http://www.shopatmaisonb.com/">Shop at Maison Bertaux</a>! http://mayumimasaya.multiply.com/journal/item/64/Jaz_and_Mayumi_for_APC Thu, 13 Sep 2007 12:20:00 -0000 All good in the 'hood Been incredibly interesting living with a circus performer, shot a east end hip hop group on the same day i shot an aerialist called jane. meeting all sorts of people just hanging out in my' hood. Just met a Tibetan healer called Tsering as well. More on her later on. http://mayumimasaya.multiply.com/photos/album/36/All_good_in_the_hood Sun, 9 Sep 2007 15:13:42 -0000 Playing with some sticks <a href="/photos/hi-res/upload/Rtf3lAoKCrcAAGMoFFc1"><img class="alignmiddle" src="http://images.mayumimasaya.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/300x300/Rtf3lAoKCrcAAGMoFFc1/SP_A0256.jpg?et=MBe%2Ca2XAb%2CH%2CniMV%2Cf4GZQ" border="0"></a> One of the other reasons why I really wanted the studio was so I could practice my arnis. I was training this morning when my nutter of a flatmate asked me if I wanted to perform with her tomorrow at Ascot. I was like, 'Uhh, doing what?' She was like, 'Oh just play around with your sticks.' She brings out her own gear and I look at them and go, 'Oh, like, fire sticks and shit?'  She goes, 'Its 120 GBP an hour.' I was like, 'OK!' And then I ask her what I have to wear. She tells me I have to be in a catsuit so that I won't burn anything and asks me what color I want. Of course I said black. She pulls out a black pvc catsuit, and Des, (hip hop artist from <a href="http://myspace.com/nomdplume">Nom de Plume</a> who I'm shooting on Sunday) was nearly cracking up. I put it on and tried it out with the sticks. Des says I may as well put my name on it. (Let's hope I don't burn it first.) Well, here's to all those years training, getting beaten up by the guys, sparring in disgustingly sweaty gear, and getting kalyo on my hands! http://mayumimasaya.multiply.com/journal/item/63/Playing_with_some_sticks Fri, 31 Aug 2007 11:11:00 -0000 The Cat Has Landed <a href="/photos/hi-res/upload/RtISigoKCrcAABPwYoM1"><a href="/photos/hi-res/upload/RtIS6QoKCrcAAA1kTSc1"><a href="/photos/hi-res/upload/RtITMQoKCrcAAB34ksQ1"><a href="/photos/hi-res/upload/RtIT0QoKCrcAACMarO81"><a href="/photos/hi-res/upload/RtIUgQoKCrcAAC2x0PY1"> </a> </a><img class="alignmiddle" src="http://images.mayumimasaya.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/300x300/RtITMQoKCrcAAB34ksQ1/SP_A0233.jpg?et=eOACeO8hEopIQCqflxjvbQ" border="0"> </a></a> </a>For the past six weeks I have felt like how a cat must feel if it was thrown up in the air a long way up, waiting and waiting and wondering when it would finally land on its feet. The cat has finally landed in the big smoke. I've just found a flat after camping at Jazzy's for a bit. Since I can't live in a darkroom and photographers hardly have any need for them nowadays, I'm living in a studio instead. <a href="http://mayumimasaya.multiply.com/photos/hi-res/upload/RtISigoKCrcAABPwYoM1"><img class="alignmiddle" src="http://images.mayumimasaya.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/300x300/RtISigoKCrcAABPwYoM1/SP_A0230.jpg?et=zEbdtrSBWLWW%2CMgjcO8yHA" border="0"></a> The first thing I saw in my new flatmate's room was this shirt: <a href="http://mayumimasaya.multiply.com/photos/hi-res/upload/RtISigoKCrcAABPwYoM1"></a><a href="http://mayumimasaya.multiply.com/photos/hi-res/upload/RtIS6QoKCrcAAA1kTSc1"></a><a href="http://mayumimasaya.multiply.com/photos/hi-res/upload/RtITMQoKCrcAAB34ksQ1"></a><a href="http://mayumimasaya.multiply.com/photos/hi-res/upload/RtIT0QoKCrcAACMarO81"><img class="alignmiddle" src="http://images.mayumimasaya.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/300x300/RtIT0QoKCrcAACMarO81/SP_A0224.jpg?et=t9yFkSDKb87S1VyJ00BLYg" border="0"></a> Well if this wasn't a sign... we also had dance rehearsals happening that afternoon. There were robots, yes, robots, dancing in my new home by the river. <a href="http://mayumimasaya.multiply.com/photos/hi-res/upload/RtISigoKCrcAABPwYoM1"></a><a href="http://mayumimasaya.multiply.com/photos/hi-res/upload/RtIS6QoKCrcAAA1kTSc1"><img class="alignmiddle" src="http://images.mayumimasaya.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/300x300/RtIS6QoKCrcAAA1kTSc1/SP_A0228.jpg?et=WTM1Y5FywDqT7wTRMJt3mQ" border="0"></a> Finally, the photographer has a studio. Wala nang atrasan 'to. <a href="http://mayumimasaya.multiply.com/photos/hi-res/upload/RtISigoKCrcAABPwYoM1"></a><a href="http://mayumimasaya.multiply.com/photos/hi-res/upload/RtIS6QoKCrcAAA1kTSc1"></a><a href="http://mayumimasaya.multiply.com/photos/hi-res/upload/RtITMQoKCrcAAB34ksQ1"></a><a href="http://mayumimasaya.multiply.com/photos/hi-res/upload/RtIT0QoKCrcAACMarO81"></a><a href="http://mayumimasaya.multiply.com/photos/hi-res/upload/RtIUgQoKCrcAAC2x0PY1"><img class="alignmiddle" src="http://images.mayumimasaya.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/300x300/RtIUgQoKCrcAAC2x0PY1/SP_A0232.jpg?et=C6DhnHxRRKC32LCuMAnBJg" border="0"></a> http://mayumimasaya.multiply.com/journal/item/61/The_Cat_Has_Landed Sun, 26 Aug 2007 23:52:00 -0000 how to kill a lobster and save the assiette how to kill a lobster. rhinefield house, armada http://mayumimasaya.multiply.com/video/item/22/how_to_kill_a_lobster_and_save_the_assiette Wed, 15 Aug 2007 12:26:10 -0000 Late at the Tate on a beautiful Friday Went to see Yason's exhibition at the Tate Britain. Got there and the Trojan Sound System were playing and they had this setup, like in Jamaica or South Africa, parang classic studio shots and the photos were then projected onto the wall behind the group. Was with Lui, Jazzy and Tristram and Kingsley. http://mayumimasaya.multiply.com/photos/album/34/Late_at_the_Tate_on_a_beautiful_Friday Sat, 4 Aug 2007 13:41:45 -0000 Part-time <a href="/photos/hi-res/upload/Rq03mgoKCrcAAHo4ljQ1"><a href="/photos/hi-res/upload/Rq030woKCrcAAHeZafM1"><a href="/photos/hi-res/upload/Rq040woKCrcAABAlao81"><img class="alignmiddle" src="http://images.mayumimasaya.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/300x300/Rq040woKCrcAABAlao81/SP_A0089.jpg?et=AUeNSD%2BfO%2CQWSAsCxUsdhA" border="0"> </a> </a><img class="alignmiddle" src="http://images.mayumimasaya.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/300x300/Rq03mgoKCrcAAHo4ljQ1/SP_A0079.jpg?et=B8wtJpaMu2ogk48S4jHKWw" border="0"></a> the Grand Hall <a href="../photos/hi-res/upload/Rq03mgoKCrcAAHo4ljQ1"></a><a href="../photos/hi-res/upload/Rq030woKCrcAAHeZafM1"><img class="alignmiddle" src="http://images.mayumimasaya.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/300x300/Rq030woKCrcAAHeZafM1/SP_A0080.jpg?et=dA9B3MCPabIQ%2B9atycFQrw" border="0"></a>the Alhambra Room This is where I work during the weekends in the summer, and during uni breaks (like easter). It's an unspecified four red star hotel somewhere in the forest where we do silver service. It's actually an old castle in protected hunting grounds since the 1000's (!) http://mayumimasaya.multiply.com/journal/item/58/Part-time Mon, 30 Jul 2007 00:57:00 -0000 "do you want to go clubbing?" "do you want to go clubbing?" "tonight? it's a sunday." the move from hoxton to brick http://mayumimasaya.multiply.com/video/item/19/do_you_want_to_go_clubbing_ Mon, 2 Jul 2007 16:01:14 -0000 spinning around in the lazy daisy with ariz and louie big lazy daisy thing that you can try to move and spin around on at the foundry http://mayumimasaya.multiply.com/video/item/18/spinning_around_in_the_lazy_daisy_with_ariz_and_louie Mon, 2 Jul 2007 15:57:49 -0000 sa foundry ulit http://mayumimasaya.multiply.com/video/item/17/sa_foundry_ulit Mon, 2 Jul 2007 15:56:41 -0000 tambay sa gallery tinkering with gadgets http://mayumimasaya.multiply.com/video/item/16/tambay_sa_gallery_tinkering_with_gadgets Mon, 2 Jul 2007 15:54:10 -0000 video of projection with ariz and louie this was my projection of the video, on the gallery basement. all the images came from the toy camera. i re photographed the images with a microscope camera on 5x4 film, digitized it, animated it in after effects, edited in final cut pro and ariz helped me with the sound on pro tools to create a really simple slide show http://mayumimasaya.multiply.com/video/item/15/video_of_projection_with_ariz_and_louie Mon, 2 Jul 2007 15:49:57 -0000 tambay hoxton (phone photos from my london exhibition) manila in the house 'yo! me and lui's first london exhibition was short and sweet. opening night was pretty chilled. jazzy came around and was great to see her really happy. baguio/london reprazent. louie t's also in town, and had ariz and him hang at the gallery during the next few days. tambay hoxton, tamang wine, steady lang...! after gallery drinks at the foundry, our other tambayan. gallery, performance venue, graffiti, exhibitions, tamang cubao grime pero london. haha.. met new people, made some friends.... and a good time was had by all. http://mayumimasaya.multiply.com/photos/album/30/tambay_hoxton_phone_photos_from_my_london_exhibition Mon, 2 Jul 2007 15:30:05 -0000 the world is our playground and we will always be home <a href="/photos/hi-res/upload/RnmeGwoKCrcAAAyNr@41"><img class="alignmiddle" src="http://images.mayumimasaya.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/300x300/RnmeGwoKCrcAAAyNr@41/stonepagesstonehenge1024.jpg?et=e3HCy1lAFvPRlW3E4W%2BZAQ" border="0"></a><a href="/photos/hi-res/upload/RnmeGwoKCrcAAAyNr@41"> </a><a href="http://bristol.indymedia.org/attachments/may2006/stonepagesstonehenge1024.jpg">source</a> Getting itchy feet. I wouldn't recommend for anyone to live in Bournemouth (unless of course you were born here, you really can't help where you're from.) One of my tutors once said that the reason why we are so good at what we do (being in the academe, in the arts, whatnot) is because we have nothing else to do. It's a good place to study for sure. It's a work hard party double hard place. Intense on both ends of the spectrum (for me anyway.) The lack of decent clubs led to the rise of smaller club nights. You get pretty good live acts coming down, tho mostly dj's, and they come once in a while. Recently, more progressive nights started coming on and the scene started coming together. Nothing cultural around this area unless you call charity shops cultural. I heard that the <a href="http://www.bbcprograms.com/pbs/catalog/antiquesroadshow/arsmain.htm">Antiques Roadshow</a> was here last week. You've got the beach. It is truly one of the most disappointing beaches I have ever seen. Even Zambales, with its gravel like sand, seems much better than a slew of tiny b... http://mayumimasaya.multiply.com/journal/item/56/the_world_is_our_playground_and_we_will_always_be_home Wed, 20 Jun 2007 21:36:00 -0000 Certain Histories An exhibition of up and coming UK based Filipino artists. http://mayumimasaya.multiply.com/calendar/item/10001/Certain_Histories Tue, 19 Jun 2007 11:14:20 -0000 Certain Histories <a href="/photos/hi-res/upload/Rne6qAoKCrcAAF8qMvQ1"><img class="alignmiddle" src="http://images.mayumimasaya.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/300x300/Rne6qAoKCrcAAF8qMvQ1/postcard_flat.v.2.jpg?et=eUSI9dxcB2JYm0Aiiz2roQ" border="0"></a> 29th of June, Private view at 6pm La Viande Gallery 3 Charlotte Road Tube Station: Old Street a 5 minute walk from the White Cube Spread the word and tell your London based friends to come down to our exhibit! http://mayumimasaya.multiply.com/journal/item/55/Certain_Histories Tue, 19 Jun 2007 11:14:00 -0000 david bowie http://mayumimasaya.multiply.com/music/item/9/david_bowie_ Wed, 13 Jun 2007 17:28:10 -0000 all i have.. <a href="/photos/hi-res/upload/RnAnHwoKCrcAAAMRXB81"><img class="alignmiddle" src="http://images.mayumimasaya.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/300x300/RnAnHwoKCrcAAAMRXB81/Picture%2015.png?et=fTpoPLubs3RP5kJhkCFFyQ" border="0"> </a>screen capture from <a href="http://www.criterion.com/asp/release.asp?id=304&eid=436&section=essay">The Man Who Fell To Earth</a> ...in the fridge is a bottle of bubbly (no, not champagne, but aussie bubbly..,) and feta cheese. some pitta, some hoummus.  strawberries and fennel in the garden, berries for the bubbly and fennel for the...hoummus. this is a strange kind of broke. David Bowie- <a href="http://mayumimasaya.multiply.com/song/1/10/full/U2FsdGVkX1,s0ixynNJ2ayBkV4vInOOvMB83DweeqNhZn2s9nnY6hT0gkvMyXJ0M/David%20Bowie%20-%20The%20Man%20Who%20Sold%20the%20World%20-%2008%20%20The%20Man%20Who%20Sold%20the%20World.mp3">The Man Who Sold the Earth</a> "Born in 1928, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolas_Roeg">Nicolas Roeg</a> became a moviegoer in the '30's, long before cinema was granted the status of an art form. There was no great emphasis on scholarly appreciation or critical  analysis of the moving image. Film schools had yet to be invented. People went to the movies without knowing the business inside out, like today. The first film Roeg saw was <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0024852/">Laurel and Hardy in Toyland. </a> 'The thing that struck me most of all about cinema was that I believed it, said Roeg. I didn't think of it as drama. It wasn't like pantomime or going to the theatre. .... There are no rules in life, are there? says Roeg. And if there are, you should lea... http://mayumimasaya.multiply.com/journal/item/53/all_i_have.. Wed, 13 Jun 2007 17:13:00 -0000 some travel stuff http://mayumimasaya.multiply.com/photos/album/28/some_travel_stuff Thu, 7 Jun 2007 00:48:49 -0000 a sheltered life <a href="/photos/hi-res/upload/RmWiqQoKCrcAAAvE3zw1"><img class="alignmiddle" src="http://images.mayumimasaya.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/300x300/RmWiqQoKCrcAAAvE3zw1/GD3547508%40ca-4605.jpg?et=EyujkT4v7oHlGVb7wjQ0nQ" border="0"> </a> A group of Israeli soldiers during the six-day war Photograph: Vittoriano Rastelli/Corbis source: <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/gallery/2007/jun/04/internationalnews.israel?picture=329969521">The Guardian</a> It started out with a song called 'Six Days', a <a href="http://www.djshadow.com/">DJ Shadow</a> sampled Colonel Bagshot original with a <a href="http://www.djshadow.com/videos/">music video</a> directed by <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0939182/">Wong Kar Wai</a> and DP'd by the visual poet, <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0236313/">Chris Doyle</a>. I became slightly obsessed with the song and later on, so did the rest of the flat. It was at the same time last summer that I was living in London, and was asked to do a shoot for an olive oil group called <a href="http://www.zaytoun.org/">Zaytoun</a><a href="http://www.zaytoun.org/">.</a> (the arabic word for olive) Zaytoun is a non-profit group that faciliates the import of Palestinian made olive oil and other produce by Palestinian farmers. The olives are handpicked from olive trees as old as Jesus Christ. It is wholly organic. They also produce something called Za'atar. which is a wild herb mix that you can sprinkle onto the olive oil to make a simple and delicious dip. The Zaytoun group organizes visits to Palestine. This is taken from their <a href="http://www.zaytoun.org/harvest.php">website</a>: This work offers sol... http://mayumimasaya.multiply.com/journal/item/52/a_sheltered_life Tue, 5 Jun 2007 17:49:00 -0000 a bit of twee That's what I gave up. I came to Bournemouth to take further studies at the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Arts_Institute_at_Bournemouth">Arts Institute</a>, as well as to get a bit of surf. I read somewhere that the <a href="http://www.transworldsurf.com/surf/news/article/0,,1174418,00.html">first artificial reef in Europe</a> was supposed to have been built, and ready to go. I thought to myself, "Right, so it's going to be a bit cold, but if the surf is good the whole year round, then... let's go!"  There were talks of building the reef for ages now. All I've seen so far are messy, mushy waves, that break by the pier, similar to Huntington Beach in LA. The color of the water is similar as well. It breaks during the winter, when the water is freezing, the skies are gray, and the water, a murkish brown. Not very enticing to someone spoiled by the tropics. The coldest I've ever surfed was Mexico during the winter! But... the <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/dorset/6263519.stm">building has begun</a> and it looks like the reef will be ready to go by September of 2007, exactly two years since I first moved. At which point, I would have moved out of  <a href="http://www.bournemouth-libdems.org.uk/news/000046.html">Britain's happiest town</a>.... http://mayumimasaya.multiply.com/journal/item/51/a_bit_of_twee_ Mon, 4 Jun 2007 00:58:00 -0000 Manipis'to http://mayumimasaya.multiply.com/photos/album/27/Manipisto Sun, 27 May 2007 00:21:54 -0000 fruits of the earth <a href="/photos/hi-res/upload/Rlcm6goKCrcAAGtznjQ1"><img class="alignmiddle" src="http://images.mayumimasaya.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/300x300/Rlcm6goKCrcAAGtznjQ1/Image035.jpg?et=rsj5s6rGnotfnXEQ%2CWayFQ" border="0"></a> alpine strawberries from our garden :-) http://mayumimasaya.multiply.com/journal/item/50/fruits_of_the_earth Fri, 25 May 2007 18:10:00 -0000 Garden of Earthly Delights <a href="../photos/hi-res/upload/Rla5RgoKCrcAAH@Tcb81"><img class="alignmiddle" src="http://images.mayumimasaya.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/300x300/Rla5RgoKCrcAAH@Tcb81/Hieronymus_Bosch_-_The_Garden_of_Earthly_Delights_-_Garden_of_Earthly_Delights_%28Ecclesia%27s_Paradise%29?et=AtWpO43GkDOMBmjKItT1XA" border="0"></a> <a href="http://www.boschuniverse.org/">Heironymus Bosch</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strawberry_tree">Strawberry Tree </a>in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Garden_of_Earthly_Delights">Garden of Earthly Delights</a> source: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/">Wikipedia</a> Alpine Strawberries in <a href="http://www.boschuniverse.org/">Heironymus Bosch</a>'s <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Garden_of_Earthly_Delights">Garden of Earthly Delights</a> <a href="http://images.mayumimasaya.multiply.com/song/1/8/full/U2FsdGVkX18Bj,FUT0mpDY5N9yM1PmF.o2DVTOeOmMiu1rY4SpIJ1RFP1w,kK9I6/INKM.mp3">Be Thankful For What You've Got</a>- <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_DeVaughn">William DeVaughn</a> http://mayumimasaya.multiply.com/journal/item/49/Garden_of_Earthly_Delights Fri, 25 May 2007 10:28:00 -0000