Shanghai Cosplay - Performance Shanghai Duolun MoMA
Nov 27. 2006 During Tobias Bernstrup's Solo Exhibition Mantis City
Curated by Biljana Ciric

 
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Tobias Bernstrup is performing his songs dressed as a praying mantis and flanked by the local Cosplay group SkyWaterTown. The performance took place during the opening night of Bernstrup's solo exhibition 'Mantis City' at the museum curated by Biljana Ciric. CosPlay (from Costume Play) started as a Japanese subculture where participants dressed up as manga, anime or video game characters. It is nowadays a world wide spread cultural phenonema.

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