Plates · 72 × 92
pachi-tokyo-day-v2
Literal: a Tokyo day in six panels, starring the Pachi-Pachi avatar — it wakes (blink), rides the Yamanote, crosses Shibuya where a cat slips into its belly, hits the pachinko parlour and claps, stands under the neon, and sleeps watching over the cat.
The plate
Fig. 172 across, 92 down.
The grid itself
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║ ぱ ち ぱ ち · A T O K Y O D A Y ║
║ the clap-engine reads the whole city as applause ║
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╶╴╶╴╴ 06:00 · 朝 · DAWN ╴╶╴╶╴╶╴╶╴╶╴╶╴╶╴╶╴╶╴╶╴╶╴╶╴╶╴╶╴
☀
⬜⬜👏⬜⬜⬜👏⬜⬜
⬜🟥🟥🟥⬜🟥🟥🟥⬜
🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥
🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥
🟥🟥💋🟥🟥🟥💋🟥🟥
⬜🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥⬜
⬜⬜🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥⬜⬜
⬜⬜⬜🟥🟥🟥⬜⬜⬜
⬜⬜⬜🟥🟥🟥⬜⬜⬜
⬜⬜🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥⬜⬜
first light. four eyes still shut. ｡ ｡ ｡ ｡
╶╴╶╴╴ 08:00 · 山手線 · YAMANOTE LINE ╴╶╴╶╴╶╴╶╴╶╴╶╴╶╴╶╴╶╴
🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃
⬜⬜👏⬜⬜⬜👏⬜⬜
⬜🟥🟥🟥⬜🟥🟥🟥⬜
🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥
🟥👁️🟥👁️🟥👁️🟥👁️🟥
🟥🟥💋🟥🟥🟥💋🟥🟥
⬜🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥⬜
⬜⬜🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥⬜⬜
⬜⬜⬜🟥🟥🟥⬜⬜⬜
⬜⬜⬜🟥🟥🟥⬜⬜⬜
⬜⬜🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥⬜⬜
🗼 ……… 🌸 squeezed between strangers. it claps once. nobody minds.
╶╴╶╴╴ 12:00 · 渋谷スクランブル · THE SCRAMBLE ╴╶╴╶╴╶╴╶╴╶╴
║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║
⬜⬜👏⬜⬜⬜👏⬜⬜
⬜🟥🟥🟥⬜🟥🟥🟥⬜
🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥
🟥👁️🟥👁️🟥👁️🟥👁️🟥
🟥🟥💋🟥🟥🟥💋🟥🟥
⬜🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥⬜
⬜⬜🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥⬜⬜
⬜⬜⬜🟥🟥🟥⬜⬜⬜
⬜⬜⬜🟥🟥🟥⬜⬜⬜
⬜⬜🟥🟥🐱🟥🟥⬜⬜
ten thousand feet, one green light — a cat slips into its belly.
╶╴╶╴╴ 15:00 · パチンコ · PACHINKO ╴╶╴╶╴╶╴╶╴╶╴╶╴╶╴╶╴╶╴╶╴
🎰 🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴 ¥¥¥
⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜
⬜🟥🟥🟥⬜🟥🟥🟥⬜
🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥
🟥👁️🟥👁️🟥👁️🟥👁️🟥
🟥🟥💋🟥🟥🟥💋🟥🟥
⬜🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥⬜
⬜⬜🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥⬜⬜
⬜⬜⬜🟥🟥🟥⬜⬜⬜
⬜⬜⬜🟥🟥🟥⬜⬜⬜
⬜⬜🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥⬜⬜
パチ パチ パチ! the machine claps for the machine. JACKPOT.
╶╴╶╴╴ 20:00 · 夜 · NEON ╴╶╴╶╴╶╴╶╴╶╴╶╴╶╴╶╴╶╴╶╴╶╴╶╴╶╴╶╴
🌃🏮🌃🏮🌃🏮🌃🏮🌃
⬜⬜👏⬜⬜⬜👏⬜⬜
⬜🟥🟥🟥⬜🟥🟥🟥⬜
🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥
🟥👁️🟥👁️🟥👁️🟥👁️🟥
🟥🟥💋🟥🟥🟥💋🟥🟥
⬜🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥⬜
⬜⬜🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥⬜⬜
⬜⬜⬜🟥🟥🟥⬜⬜⬜
⬜⬜⬜🟥🟥🟥⬜⬜⬜
⬜⬜🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥⬜⬜
the whole skyline applauds back. * pa * chi * pa * chi *
╶╴╶╴╴ 24:00 · おやすみ · GOOD NIGHT ╴╶╴╶╴╶╴╶╴╶╴╶╴╶╴╶╴╶╴
🌙
⬜⬜👏⬜⬜⬜👏⬜⬜
⬜🟥🟥🟥⬜🟥🟥🟥⬜
🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥
🟥👁️🟥👁️🟥👁️🟥👁️🟥
🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥
⬜🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥⬜
⬜⬜🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥⬜⬜
⬜⬜⬜🟥🟥🟥⬜⬜⬜
⬜⬜⬜🟥🟥🟥⬜⬜⬜
⬜⬜🟥🟥🐱🟥🟥⬜⬜
eyes open, mouths sealed, a cat asleep inside. pa … chi … zzz
╶╴╶╴╶╴╶╴╶╴╶╴╶╴╶╴╶╴╶╴╶╴╶╴╶╴╶╴╶╴╶╴╶╴╶╴╶╴╶╴╶╴╶╴╶╴╶╴╶
▷ tomorrow it wakes, and claps the whole city awake again ▷
wib&wob When
Has not led the front.
With
Its own note names no primer.
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