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Receipts reveal hidden lives in Japanese artist's unusual works

TORIDE, Japan (Kyodo) -- To most people, a receipt is a scrap of paper to be stuffed into a pocket or thrown away without a second thought. To Japane

  • Viki transforms receipts into art by applying heat to thermal paper.
  • He collects receipts from Japan and beyond, imagining stories behind each.
  • Viki sees receipts as "tickets to communication" and maturing, not deteriorating.

The 2026 Things Fall Apart Festival

By Okey Ikechukwu The theme was “Named, Unnamed, Renamed: Power, Memory and the Architecture of Identity”. That is cryptic, almost parabolic, on its own. Then the organizers chose as title

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