AFTER AFTER… by BURTON NITTA, is a shop and journal. We like to think of it as an open studio space. Here you’ll find ideas and artworks from our Anglo-Japanese art studio. The name AFTER AFTER… reflects the practice of looking into the past (often into deep history) to imagine futures, to ask: what comes after? We invite you to explore articles, art, and products that inspire other ways to see the world around us.
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21st FEBRUARY 2023
Can we be architects of the unknown? Can we create catalysts for chains of relationships beyond ourselves? How might we carve out space for the undetermined and hidden? These were just some of the questions arising from the recent project Biota Beings. In this article we explore how we create systems as a holobiont…
21st NOVEMBER 2022
When we look at the folklore surrounding plants, we find that there are shreds of truth in these stories. In researching our works Biota Beings and Entanglaculture, we are curious about the beliefs and magical associations assigned to plants in folklore…
24th OCTOBER 2022
Recent work called Entanglaculture originates from a tool we created in a project called Biota Beings. This tool or system is a manifesto of sorts. However, we feel a manifesto sits uncomfortably with the core beliefs of the works...
22nd SEPTEMBER 2022
For us, the opportunity to share work in exhibitions is also to create a space to invite outside experiences, stories and knowledge into the development of the ideas. One particular insight which a visitor shared in a recent exhibition at Kew Gardens stays with us. The conversation creates a connection between Ancient Greece and Japan through folklore tales ...
2nd FEBRUARY 2022
In the 2020 pandemic lockdown, we produced a creative coaching tool called the Reality Coach to free the mind and imagination. The first volume...
JULY 2021
What others are saying about the Reality Coach live sessions:
“ It opened so much potential for my future
by widening my perspectives on it.
Reality Coach can turn insecure and blurred ideas
into actual future plans! ”
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JULY 2020
Maps to find and create seeds for transformation
Synching minds
As a collaborative practice, we often invent systems and titles to capture abstract concepts. Once these are within a discourse, we can ‘sync’ our minds and test the ideas. We think this process of invention is natural when working across disciplines. These placeholders help ...
3rd January 2020
The journey so far...
In recent work, we proposed Altered Ways of Being and made New Organs of Creation from living cells to imagine other versions of humanness. We invited audiences of...
AFTER… by BURTON NITTA, an Anglo-Japanese Art Studio. We invite you to explore articles and products that inspire other ways to see the world.
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