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My Famicase Exhibition opening in LA ⊟

My Famicase Exhibition, the gallery of imagined games displayed as Famicom cartridges, will come to the USA for the first time in 18 years tomorrow. Traditionally hosted by Tokyo game shop Meteor, the annual exhibit will open with a special Los Angeles show at the Capsule Corner gashapon booth and art gallery (located in the Hive Gallery & Studios).

"253 original cartridge designs will be on display from artists, illustrators, designers and creators from over 29 countries! ... Visitors of MY FAMICASE EXHIBITION - LA will have an opportunity to cast their vote for USA’s favorite Famicom design as is tradition in the Japanese exhibit."

The exhibit runs from July 1 to 24, with an opening reception for the first three days that you can RSVP for here. Capsule Corner will also feature works by Froyo Tam, Mel Haasch, and Nelson Wu at its gallery.

If you can't make it to LA this July, you can view the Famicom cartridge designs virtually at Meteor's site, or purchase a print catalog collecting all 253 entries through Capsule Corner's online shop. There's a killer commemorative sticker (sized at 4"x3.5", shown above) illustrated by Billie Snippet that you can pick up, too!

In Southern California there is a Really cool art show going on with artists making custom famicom carts called The My Famicase Exhibition by super meteor for the first time in the US.

Thymine’s [SELECT START: Harmony] haunts us with Game Boy ghosts, slimes, and devil girls ⊟ 

LA micro-gallery Capsule Corner is hosting another collection by Thymine with 30 custom cartridges (new designs plus reprints from last year’s show) and two painted Game Boys featuring her original artwork. A lot of her artwork for this round are ghosts and slimes, two of my favorite things!

From Thymine’s artist statement:

“I think my art is overall usually seen as cute, but it touches upon darker, bittersweet themes sometimes. Some of the carts are bright and silly, some sad or scary, and some that are inbetween. With this show I wanted to have fun with the carts and this idea. I also wanted to have it as a reminder that with the bad comes the good (and vice versa), & that the darkness and light need a balance of eachother and work in harmony.“

Most of them are sold already, but you can still buy a handful of Thymine’s framed Game Boy carts for $50 apiece -- otherwise you can see them all online at Capsule Corner’s site or in person at The Hive Gallery and Studios. The [SELECT START: Harmony] exhibit will run there until July 10.