Picupthesesame is a non-binary organism based in Tokyo and London. We focus on female/queer/sinophone practitioners and artists in contemporary research, promote artistic projects in visual cultures. Through our artistic promotion, picupthesesame aims to share a mutual support art space and decompose the ubiquitous hegemonic masculinity.
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Wine And Dine
「好好招待」是撿芝麻團隊新推出的聊天欄目。聊天，是指以輕鬆隨意的方式談話，不受拘束、漫無邊際地談話。我們以酒會友，和過著不同生活的朋友進行一次閒談，聊聊他們朝九晚五之外的人生。
「Wine and Dine」 is a new section of picupthesesame. In this program, we talk to friends who work in different fields, such as curation, self-publication. Armed with good wine, we chatted casually and learned more about their lives outside of their daily routines.
第四期的聊天我們邀請到了xiaoyuan(小高）。她是平面設計師，也設計字體。在探索字體設計的過程中，她發現原來不一定要遵循市面上那些（被男性字體設計師推崇的）規矩。近幾年她積累了一些不太常規的做字方式，希望通過分享的方式幫助到那些對字體設計感興趣，卻因技術問題而沒有繼續的女性設計師們。
Xiaoyuan (Xiao Gao) is a graphic designer with a specialization in font design. During her exploration of font design, she found that strict adherence to the conventions commonly advocated by male font designers in the market is not necessary. Over the past few years, she has developed unconventional approaches to font creation. By sharing her experiences, she aims to assist female designers interested in font design but who may have encountered technical challenges hindering the continuation of their journey.
第四期的聊天我们邀请到了扒赖客（大黑）。他是多元文化厂牌「Pharos环绕寺」的发起人之一，也是时尚造型师，同时供职于《V Magazine》做时装编辑工作。多重身份的扒赖客跟我们分享了他的多重生活。
8LACK (Dahei) is a fashion stylist and one of the founders of PHAROS, a multicultural label that hosts parties, multimedia art, creative services and other activities. With endless curiosity and thinking about the world, they continue to innovate and broaden their understanding of the boundaries of the land. In our talk, they share with us their extraordinary lives in multiple identities.
Niptong is an illustrator. Her works are reminiscent of the era of 2000s, where dress-up games QQ shows were popular. Working forms like Making books, making small models of furniture, designing clothes all are ways to carry her thoughts. She describes herself as the punctuation "?" that represents doubt, sarcasm, the unknown and the possible...
第二期聊天我們邀請到了藝術家軟透明（魏思雪）。她被大家熟知是因為繪畫作品，但除了畫畫以外，軟透明也製作音樂和動畫，多樣的創作載體使她更自由地表達。我們也觀察到軟透明近期的畫作內容發生了改變，沒有了以往的輕柔幻境和觸手可破的意象，變成了各種「有重量」的物體。以此為契機，我們找到軟透明，聊了聊她的變化。
Weisixue is an artist known for soft style of painting. In addition to painting, she is also involved in music production and animation. We observed that her paintings have changed from imponderable illusory shapes to weighty objects. Based on this change, we talked with Weisixue about her latest creations.
第一期的聊天我們邀請到了書籍編輯從業者朱文琪（kiki）。作為曾經的全職編輯、木木美術館的工作人員，kiki和我們分享了全職與自由職業的差異。
For the first talk, we invited self-publishing worker Zhu Wenqi (kiki). As a former full-time editor and staff of Mumu Art Museum, Kiki shared with us the difference between full-time and freelance.