Guests
Artist Guests of Honor
Tyrine Carver and Wil Woods of MUSETAP
Tyrine was brought up in China and furthur up in Los Angeles, she is a versatile artist and recent graduate of UCSD. She is a full time graphic desinger and web artist and has a much more amazing weekend job as one half of Musetap's illustrative wonder duo.
Wil is a full time illustrator and print artist. He is the current artist for the Avatar: The Last Airbender webcomic entitled The Inferno King. He is most well known for his piece "Deathstar Reflections", a piece featuring Darth Vader at the memorial wall that has gained internet noteriety. He is a proud member of MUSETAP and hopes to become a art world powerhouse alongside Tyrine.
Check out their DeviantArt accounts here and here!
Japanese Culture Guests of Honor
Returning for 2011! Three Rivers Okiya presents dances, historical interpretation, and tea ceremony demonstrations as geisha. Events and panels hosted by the Okiya will be announced soon.
Find them online at threeriversokiya.net!
Rave DJs
DJ Ataru is a self-taught DJ who has been working for 2 year, applying his 15 years as a drummer to keep the floor moving. He has adored anime since the early 90s (which he would trade on VHS tapes; look it up) and also has fondness for Jpop/Jrock, especially Namie Amuro, Ayumi Hamasaki, Yuki and YUKI, The Polyics and YMCK, among others that are not coming to his head.
djLdes - DJ/Producer/Visual Artist/Otaku =@_^=
"I started deejaying when I was 14. I have been doing it for quite some time. I like it and it likes me...well, not all the time. It called me a name yesterday, but we cool.
I have deejayed at several underground spots and raves here in St. Louis and abroad (like Japan...yep, you heard right.) I have also deejay at most of the nationally recognized clubs based here in St. Louis like Rue 13, Xes, Velvet, Dante's, Lure, Skybox, Oz, Lit, Oxygen, Upstairs Lounge, 609, Urban, Sol, Mercury and Lo are just a few examples.
I produce my own music also. My debut CD "djLdes - StL - Betta Than Yo Sh#t!" will be available for sale mid February at myspace.com/platformnine75. I will have them for sale at the Kon. It's good...real effen good.
I love anime. In fact, out of all the musical producers that I have heard, Yoko Kanno is my favorite even about some of the top Electro and Trance artist that I spin. The girl is just sick. She can do everything. What kind do I like. Nearly everykind (not yaoi...i said nearly...not all). I've been down since fan subs and dubs were on VHS and Laserdisc. What r those? Bing it and prepare to be taken back into time.
What to expect? Aww, now that would ruin the surprise."
Sound and lighting provided by Eric Johnson of Third Day Technology.
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