// lae
Hello! I'm lae astra. I'm an artist and writer who calls Tokyo home. My current creative practice and projects include: writing poetry & stories, photography, digital & traditional painting, experimental electronic music, and more. As a narrator & voice artist, I have done voice work for NHK World documentary programs, commercials, games, educational material and various other projects. I also work on game localization projects as a Japanese to English editor and translator.
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laeastra@gmail.com
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lae astra｜レイ アストラ
幼少期から大学までアメリカで過ごす。 カリフォルニア大学バークレー卒業後、日本に移住。現在は英語のボイスアーティストとして、 NHKドキュメンタリー番組をはじめ、様々なCM、ゲーム、教材、企業PV等に出演。1000以上のプロジェクトに声を提供している。抽象画やエキスペリメンタルな電子音楽も作り、 英詩が様々な雑誌に所載。日本の永住者、東京在住。
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After graduating from university in California, I moved to Tokyo and have lived here ever since. I'm now a permanent resident of Japan.
From late 2020, I started to experiment with abstract painting and improvised electronic music. In 2021, I co-founded the artist collective Far Future with ipso, a multilingual audiovisual artist and storyteller. We collaborate on various creative projects, including experimental electronic music.
In summer of 2023, I began submitting poetry, prose, and visual artwork pieces to publications.
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The website that held my old photography portfolio and client work from previous years is now closed, but I still sometimes update my personal photography journal.
I enjoy painting with watercolor and acrylic on paper and canvas, as well as digital with Procreate, krita, and Rebelle.
Fond of birds, invertebrates, and other nonhuman beings, I like taking walks in the city and in nature, browsing farmers markets, and cooking plant-based food.
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