My Japanese doll complex movie is playing in a film program about ‘Cosplay,’ (costume play or animation and J-rock fans who dress like their favorite characters) organized by the Urban Nomad Festival Let me confess right here that my movie would have been a flop without the support of Sean Hsiao, who introduced me to… Continue reading Urban Nomad Film Fest (Taipei) Goes Cos
Author: Katrien Jacobs
Reunion with Friends, Maids, Dolls in Japan
I just returned from Tokyo and Kyoto where I took hundreds of photographs and shot about 5 hours of video. You can access the photo galleries by clicking on the links in the text. First of all the trip was a reunion with my friends from Boston, Shujen Wang and Chris Fujiwara–and their super cute… Continue reading Reunion with Friends, Maids, Dolls in Japan
New Issue of Intersections on 'Boys Love.'
The new issue of Intersections on Yaoi, Boys Love, or gay animations for girls, is out, and it is called ‘Japanese Transnational Fandoms and Female Consumers,’ guest-edited by Mark McLelland. I am very grateful to Mark McLelland and Carolyn Brewer for including my documentary On The Japanese Doll Complex. It fulfills a long-awaited desire to… Continue reading New Issue of Intersections on 'Boys Love.'
Kyoto Doll Museum: Tenshi No Sato
We are planning a visit to Kyoto in May to visit the museum of SD (Superdolfie) dolls that belongs to the company Volks. Those dolls are a high-class brand and made for adults, though meanwhile there are other and more affordable ball-jointed dolls made in China and Korea. But Japan and Volks seem to have… Continue reading Kyoto Doll Museum: Tenshi No Sato
Doctor doll gives sex advice
We used doctor doll to talk to people in a secluded room and also had a live transmission of the sessions in the Blue Lotus gallery, where the audience was watching. Some people shared their fantasies, but many testified that they never masturbate or are virgins or just too busy to have sex. Yes it… Continue reading Doctor doll gives sex advice
Doctor Doll gives sex advice at Blue Lotus Gallery
Chinese dress up nudes to protest censorship
It is always hard to find out what precisely is going on the Chinese Internet, but certainly the news about another major crackdown on vulgar and pornographic content was depressing. These kinds of drastic actions are not so common in Hong Kong and seem to be out of place here. Still I was interviewed a… Continue reading Chinese dress up nudes to protest censorship
Hike from Mui Wo to Pui O
It was an ecstatic walk at first since I can hike again after the motorbike accident in Vietnam. Then I felt regrets in the middle of it and thought that I had made a big mistake. Finally I was greeted by a lonely buffalo on Pui O beach–after it was all over.
back-blogging: Cheung Chau island
I visited Cheung Chau island more or less a year ago, right after the Chinese new year of 2008. It was cold and the red lanterns were still out. Since I moved to Hong Kong in 2005, I have hiked around on many of its beaches, hills and islands. I enjoy the process of slowly… Continue reading back-blogging: Cheung Chau island
Blue Lotus Gallery, Hong Kong, 14 feb
The Blue Lotus Gallery beckons you to crash their opening, sat feb 14, 3 pm-6pm: “Are you lonesome on this saturday afternoon? Do you have performance anxiety? Have you been in Hong Kong for too long? Do you want to get out? Do you worry about your penis size? Vaginal dryness? Relationship drought or depression?… Continue reading Blue Lotus Gallery, Hong Kong, 14 feb