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04/30/2008: "CICAF 2008 / Grand Tour"

April was a bit too hectic than I'd preferred, but that's also part of the fun I suppose.


2 days following my return to Shanghai from New York, we had to head out to Hang Zhou (China) for another convention, China International Cartoon & Animation Festival (CICAF). That's basically the biggest comic-con in Mainland China every year. Is still very different from SDCC, I can tell you that. I've been a visitor to this convention a number of times in the past, but this would be adFunture's first time participating in it. We were always a bit careful about doing these type of convention in the Mainland, but this year, we worked closely with the organizer to make sure we are presented correctly. We also thought that it was about time to do something like this in Mainland. I mean, someone has got to start. Showing them what designer figures are, set under a preferred environment would be a good start.

We had 2 areas in this one convention, one is our corporate booth, and the other one is ran by the CICAF committee where they invited some key labels to be presented in another destinated display area. They gave us the largest space, which we are very grateful. Our whole team went to the venue for the week, so yeah, if you are trying to reach our studio this week, you can't.


For the public showing, the organizer gave us this space. I quite like the space, where we can set up like we would in our own gallery events. So again, thank you CDD.


When they said we can do whatever we want, I asked "WHATEVER we want? You sure? Have you seen what we did before?" We asked these 2 beautiful ladies to come help with the "crowd control"


The CICAF happens from April 28th to May 3rd. Check it out if you are in the region. Will post more about the actual CICAF later when I go back there to finish up.

A big thanks to the whole adFunture Crew for getting all this up and running. I know it was tough for the short preparation time. THANK YOU.

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Left the crew at Hangzhou and flew to Beijing tonight to come visit the friends who are preparing for the opening of "The New Grand Tour" exhibition presented by Diesel Jeans. Months ago, we caught a glimse of the exhibition at BRAVE in Hong Kong, but what that was was simple a preview of what will be shown in Beijing from April 30th to May 25th in Beijing, the massive collection by Suitman, Jose Parla, Rostarr, Davi Russo and Deanne Cheuk.


Rostarr still working on a few installation pieces tonight. The night is still young, no problem.


Why am I here? Why is Tommy from DITA Glasses here? Hmm... we'll find out soon enough.

The space is massive, and it is filled with work, so you won't want to miss this exhibtion. You have a month to see this, don't miss out.

The New Grand Tour
DNA SPACE 2 Jiuxianqiao Rd Dashanzi Art District, Chaoyang District,
Beijing, China