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Doala the Koala is a mascot for the Chunichi Dragons, a baseball team in Nagoya in central Japan.
I was so proud to hear that this blue eared Koala was now the most popular mascot in Japan, Doala (pronounced Doara in Japanese) has become well known for his ‘two-left feet’ and other misguided antics during games has become insanely popular of late; here is an except from a recent article on ABC news:
He has been representing the team since 1994, but inexplicably in recent months he has become a cult figure - publishing a book and sparking big queues and crowds at public appearances.
“Honestly, we don’t know why he’s become so popular now,” says Tetsuro Ishiguro, PR manager for the Dragons.
“We think it might be because people have been putting his video on to websites.”
This then led me to seek out said videos which resulted in the find above… sure it’s 8 mins long and without subtitles but I found it to be the best 8 mins I have had this week. Also take into account I have had quite a mundane work filled week and, although I’m no furry, I find mascots to be equal parts alluring, disturbing and hilariously funny.
I’ve been a little quiet on the posting front for a while, the reason for this is the flurry of activity that has surrounded the set up of a group exhibition I am in here in Melbourne.
“Maybe we have met before?” is a collection of recent illustrations and collaborations by recent illustrators and collaborators.; some of them had only met online, some have yet to meet at all. In most cases their art preceded themselves, like an avatar, floating in a virtual world.
We had met the art but who was the creator?
Come meet them….
I have some new works and some collaborative pieces, if you are in town head on down to Kick Gallery, 239 High St, Northcote
this coming Saturday the 10th of May, from 6 -9pm.
A collection of six collaborative works will also be shown featuring a string of characters that slowly multiplied as they were posted half way around the world and back to land at Kick. Four of the artists, including myself have done a mural in the back room of islands we inhabit in our minds…
Brooke Bobridge
Catherine Campbell
Coralie Kane
EvelineTarunadjaja
Sean Morris
A week of sleepless nights makes for a sleepy innocentgirl so I’ll shut up now and just let the pictures do the talking.
Here is a sneak peak…..
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