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Relay Column: Electricity & Magic (Lim Asafuji)
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Lim Asafuji
Born in Iwate Prefecture
A designer who draws inspiration from literature, art, and folklore, weaving in her own story to express a sense of the peculiar and cute as her core.
She moves freely between the underground and the mainstream, presenting her whimsical creative ideas each season.
She has served as a designer for pays des fées since its launch in 2005.
Since the 2021 A/W season, she has been presenting her work in runway shows at Rakuten Fashion Week TOKYO.
Her store is located in the subculture commercial facility, Nakano Broadway.
While making clothes at my sewing machine today, I heard a lively "LINE!" call from my electronic communication device. This proves that we exist in a world line realized by the global system.
Hmm, a writing request about fashion and technology, huh. With one foot on the sewing machine pedal and opening the forbidden fruit print electronic notebook, I can't help but laugh, thinking that I am already embodying fashion and technology at this point as I jot down my thoughts. Please join me while I enjoy my coffee.
Hmm, a writing request about fashion and technology, huh. With one foot on the sewing machine pedal and opening the forbidden fruit print electronic notebook, I can't help but laugh, thinking that I am already embodying fashion and technology at this point as I jot down my thoughts. Please join me while I enjoy my coffee.
When I think of the word technology, the first person that comes to mind is Nikola Tesla (1856-1943).
Nikola Tesla was a Serbian-American electrical engineer, physicist, and inventor. He was known as the heretical genius feared by Edison and left behind numerous achievements, including the invention of long-distance power transmission and wireless communication technology.
In the late 19th century, Tesla studied a power transmission system via wireless methods and an information transmission system, naming it the "World System." The beauty of the enormous wireless transmission tower of that World System, the Wardenclyffe Tower, is unforgettable. It was an era when the line between electricity and magic was still blurry. Many must have held a sense of awe towards its aura, as if it were a religious structure for offering prayers rising to greater heights.
Nikola Tesla was a Serbian-American electrical engineer, physicist, and inventor. He was known as the heretical genius feared by Edison and left behind numerous achievements, including the invention of long-distance power transmission and wireless communication technology.
In the late 19th century, Tesla studied a power transmission system via wireless methods and an information transmission system, naming it the "World System." The beauty of the enormous wireless transmission tower of that World System, the Wardenclyffe Tower, is unforgettable. It was an era when the line between electricity and magic was still blurry. Many must have held a sense of awe towards its aura, as if it were a religious structure for offering prayers rising to greater heights.
Now, the World System, as its name suggests, has spread across the globe, and the garments I painstakingly created at my sewing machine can be delivered anywhere in the world (not a metaphor; the online store's Contents Management System can automatically translate into many languages with a single operation, allowing orders to be placed worldwide without the need for translation software).
In my town, in your town, and in distant towns with different languages, the Wardenclyffe Tower stands tall and is revered. A tower where technology enables everyone’s languages to connect.
How high will this tower rise? Will it one day collapse like the Tower of Babel?
To ensure that I can connect with anyone at that time, I quietly work each day on the physical means of exchange that make words and towers less necessary, allowing people to enjoy what I’ve sewn.
In my town, in your town, and in distant towns with different languages, the Wardenclyffe Tower stands tall and is revered. A tower where technology enables everyone’s languages to connect.
How high will this tower rise? Will it one day collapse like the Tower of Babel?
To ensure that I can connect with anyone at that time, I quietly work each day on the physical means of exchange that make words and towers less necessary, allowing people to enjoy what I’ve sewn.
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