808 is a harsh and brutal homage to “them” — all the cities, books, novels, games, films and dystopian universes that defined my future self ever since the start of my adolescence. A childhood lost in thoughts, marked by the impact of different cultures; every night I dreamed with my eyes open. Without knowing it, “them” slowly forged what would become my adult tastes, shaped my visual spectrum image after image, story after story, and developed my deep interest in architecture, drawing and the dream. Finally they pushed me to go and see the world. “808” is an undisguised loving nod to Kawajiri's youthful masterpiece OEDO CITY 808. Essentially photographed without any sun, the book is filled with nocturnal cityscapes, solitary wanderers and strange beasts in dark corners.