Artist Statement Nihon Noir arose from my fascination with Tokyo and my desire to translate the feeling that struck me on my first visit, that somehow you have been transported to a parallel future where everything is more alien than familiar. Pronounced Nee-Honn, the word simply means “Japan” as a nation and together with Noir creates a play on the Neon Noir genre of film that inspired the aesthe
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