Takashi Murakami Instagram – I held a dinner party for the opening of my exhibition “Takashi Murakami Mononoke Kyoto” at Hyatt Regency Kyoto on February 2. I asked RTFKT, friends of mine in the NFT art world, to produce an animation for the enormous wall projections at the event venue. This projection movie was extremely lively, filled with my artworks related to “Mononoke Kyoto”, together with characters from their new project “Animus” also making appearances. They achieved such a high quality in a very short time, and it was a true testament to RTFKT’s skills and talent. My artworks created in collaboration with them are also on display at the “Takashi Murakami Mononoke Kyoto” exhibition at the Kyoto City KYOCERA Museum of Art. The RTFKT members live all over the world including France, the U.S., Costa Rica (at least at one point), and more, and they weren’t able to make it to this opening, but I am very grateful to them for the wonderful movie they made for the occasion. The founders of RTFKT, Benoit, Chris, and Steven, have been such kind friends to me, beyond our age differences, and the others including Samuel in Dubai and Nikhil in Ohio have also been so good to me. Even though I am their elder, the young team is more intelligent and more solidly on their feet, like older brothers to me! I hope they will continue to work with me closely going forward. Thank you very much. @rtfkt @benitopagotto @clegfx @zaptio @takashimurakami_mononoke_kyoto #kyotocitykyoceramuseumofart #kyoto #art #TakashiMurakami #mononokekyoto Photo by @suzukish1n @kozotakayama @rkrkrk