Is this how your concept is born – from the feeling of “fear of something”?

Not necessarily fear, but the concept is always personal. I start from what I strongly feel the most that time and then build up the work and technology. I also try to do it different from a lot of interactive works that often try to show off the technology first. The feeling’s the most important for me.

I value the concept and feeling of the work more than what technology it uses or shows off. The technology and the format of the work results from a solid concept I have. I like a lot of interaction design or technology artwork but I felt that there could be more work that are personal or emotionally strong.

It’s not like either is good or bad.

CHINKO NO UTA (The penis song)

Do you have any idols?

YESYESYESYESYESYESYES

Laurie Anderson. She’s the WOMAN. She is someone I look up to and someone I hope to be like.

She’s a performance artist too who used a lot of technology and wrote her songs. She is very intelligent, had very strong messages about politics and feminism, and inspired many people including me. I like her attitude, her ideas, her life – she’s KEWL.

Oh and Perfume, the J-POP Idol. They are fantastically cute and they sing about living inside virtual worlds – awesome. They are so BIG in Japan, very POP.

You are pretty geeky… how about fashion? I saw your performance once in Florence…. totally different dress code than normal (mainly black). Did you put a lot of attention to it? Or are you trying to strike a Sputniko! impression here?

Haha. I don’t spend that much time, but it’s a Sputniko! thing – she likes bright colours and funky costumes. She’s a cyber idol. She likes to wear fun and pretty “Yeah!” things.

Did you make them yourself?

Yep I got a shirt and stuck things on it. I intend to have a “SUPU-RYU (Sputniko Style)” fashion happening in in Japan by 2010. These female magazines would say something like: “SUPU RYU Fashion 7 days!

GET THE SUMMER MUST PROGRAMMER STYLE! “ That’s my realistic goal by 2010. Don’t worry – it’ll happen.

Skype Song

If you had to choose an electrical appliance to represent yourself, what would it be? And why?

HAHAHAHA! Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeegh
A pink vibrator with a cute bunny picture on it with rainbows.
If that gets censored, okay, I’ll say a toaster. They’re really interesting things to have conversations with. You put a toast in – wait – it burns a bit and pops it back at you. You can read the burns. Actually i have a relative “Toastgirl“.
She’s a performance artist who performs with a toaster on her head. She’s active in Tokyo.Sputniko! and Toastgirl are sisters.

Do you know her personally?

What’s funny is that she is ACTUALLY my relative. I’ve known her since I was young.

One last question – is there any advantage being half English, half Japanese, cyber, creative, tall and pale – all in ONE package?

Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm……!!!!
Well people can remember me easily because I’m weird, which is great! Muahaha!