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Art · Events · feric · french · giant robot · GR2 · jude buffum · Meat Bun · monyo monyo · paul robertson · video games · Mar 01, 2012

GR2 Mar 10 – Apr 4th Art Exhibition – Diversions

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – Art Exhibition at GR2 Diversions March 10 – April 4, 2012 Opening reception Saturday March 10th 2012, 6:30-10pm GR2 – 2062 Sawtelle Blvd LA, CA 90025 www.gr2.net 310 445 9276 The Giant Robot 2 (GR2) presents: Diversions This exhibition includes work by: MONYO MONYO, JUDE BUFFUM, PAUL ROBERTSON, FERIC, MEAT BUN, FRENCH, SEAN CHAO We all have interests that takes us away. Our postcard image by Australian artist Paul Robertson which hyper dense and 8-bit influenced. Jude Buffum from Philadelphia crosses 8-bit art and social and pop culture commentary. Monyo Monyo from Japan creates wearable masks that are furry and powerful. Feric from Taiwan is known for his delicate and cyber-detailed pieces. Originally from Taiwan but now a resident of Los Angeles, Sean Chao creates astonishing dioramic worlds. French from England evokes metal music and its iconography. Meat Bun, our comrades from multiple pop up shops and Game Night events will display some of their iconic work. In attendance for the opening will be Paul Robertson, Sean Chao and the trio who make Meat Bun. We’ll also have a Game Night – March 24th 6-10pm also at GR2. Giant Robot was born as a Los Angeles-based magazine about Asian, Asian-American, and new hybrid culture in 1994, but has evolved into a full-service pop culture provider with shops and galleries in Los Angeles as well as an online equivalent. Eric Nakamura Giant Robot Owner/Publisher eric@giantrobot.com (310) 479-7311

GR2 · indie game · interview · monaco · video game · video games · Videos · Feb 21, 2012

Game Night Video Interview of Indie Game Monaco

From the previous Game Night at Giant Robot, Angry Bananas Carlos Lopez interviews the creators of Monaco. [youtube]DvhMu8Jw19A[/youtube] The interview takes place in the bathroom at GR2 post event.

game night · giant robot · iam8bit · Photos · rhythm heaven · video game · video games · Feb 11, 2012

Nintendo Rhythm Heaven Fever Event Photos

GR’s co-presented Rhythm Heaven Fever event took place last night.

Play the game, experience the fever and enjoy. It’s simple to have a video game, but it’s hard to create a movement around it. Rhythm Heaven Fever is one of those games that can grow a cult ala Katamari and Parappa. It’s a cute game, rhythmic, and released originally in Japan and the hardcore fans came out to iam8bit space in Echo Park to play. We saw quite a few GR “Game Night” faces including the first few in line. Here’s a set of photos from the evening. Free T shirts, photo booths, Portos food, drinks, live painting by Yoskay Yamamoto and Mari Inukai and more. Visits by artists throughout the night included Kent Williams, Audrey Kawasaki, Luke Chueh, Carlos Ramos, Korin Faught and even more. Yes, it was a cross over type of night – which usually are the best.

nintendo · rhythm heaven · video game · video games · Feb 10, 2012

Tonite! Rhythm Heaven Event at iam8bit

Tons of giveaways. Great game, fun event. See you there.

david choe · Giant Robot NEWS · Giant Robot store · giant robot time · nintendo · video game · video games · Feb 10, 2012

Giant Robot Time 2.10.12

NINTENDO’S RHYTHM HEAVEN FEVER LAUNCH EVENT

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 6-10PM

iam8bit GALLERY – LOS ANGELES, CA

iam8bit has teamed up with the lovely folks at Nintendo and pals at Giant Robot to produce a shindig for the launch of Rhythm Heaven Fever, coming out for the Wii in a few weeks!

This will perhaps be the craziest party iam8bit has produced, as the game isn’t shy about how bizarrely addictive it is. There are more than 50 mini-games, all of which are pure awesome (like snow seals rolling to a beat) and weirdly awesome (like a monkey high-fiving fellow chimps as he rotates around a clock). The game is all about keeping the rhythm to fast-paced music, which translates most perfectly into a party scenario. They’ll have an overload of activities, including:

- Live Art (by famed artists Yoskay Yamamoto and Mari Inukai, courtesy of Giant Robot)

- Photo Playset (complete with lots of crazy, oversized plush props)

Interactive Video Playset (in which you’ll be coaxed into dancing your favorite jig for the camera, and then upload it to Nintendo’s site)

- Swag Galore! (custom-designed t-shirts and posters)

- Raffle (win the art created by Yamamoto and Inukai)

- Food (yum!) Drinks (gulp!) DJ (oh yeah!)

HELLO SPRING

FEBRUARY 18 – MARCH 7

RECEPTION: SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 6:30-10PM

The Giant Robot 2 (GR2) presents: Hello Spring! Spring is upon us and mysterious, whimsical, and even gritty fits the artists below. It’s going to be a fun exhibition.

The exhibition includes work by:

APAK – Ulises Farinas – Renee French – Pamela Henderson – Albert Reyes – Erika Yamashiro