BLOOMY GIRLS The first visual book with the unleased video arts collection of Takagi Masakatsu, a world-reputed video artist/musician. Art book + DVD 2006. May. 25 title: BLOOMY GIRLS author: Takagi Masakatsu code: ISBN4-902519-01-1 price: 6,090yen (with tax) number of copies: 2,000 specification: 21x28cm, 136 pages (120 full color pages + 16 monochrome pages), hard covered, with DVD (contains 4 video works) language: English / Japanese publishers: Bluemark Inc.+ Epiphanyworks Ltd. Takagi Masakatsu, the artist who works both in visual arts and music field, creates video arts using the animation together withhis original shooting resorces, composes with piano and computer. His CDs and DVDs have been released from the overseas as well as domestic labels, and his creative activities are crossing the borders; presents video installation and live performances at art spaces around the world, produces music videos, music for TV commercial films and so on. The book is one of the media which interests Takagi who has opened up new visions all the time. Since his works can be called as "Video Paintings", the still images are also can be seen as beautiful pictures. As an art book, "BLOOMY GIRLS" represents his works' attractiveness thoroughly as well as we can appreciate them in full aspects with the movies in the attached DVD. The art works in the book were produced from 2004 to 2005, including the 4 works; "Bloomy Girls", "Pia Files", "Light Pool" and "WAVE" which were only presented at museums etc. Especially the title work "Bloomy Girls" fully represents its colors and alive images. For inquiries : www.bluemark.co.jp Bluemark Inc. 3F Morii Bldg. 1-6-8 Tomigaya Shibuya Tokyo 151-0063, Japan Tel 03-5465-2191 Fax 03-5465-2192 e-mail. info@bluemark.co.jp Epiphanyworks Ltd. www.epiphanyworks.net   1-10-11-901, Higashi Gotanda, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo 141-0022 Japan Tel&Fax. 03-3448-0745 e-mail. info@epiphanyworks.net