a page about my zine projects is now up on my website, and a few copies of these zines are available in store at platform3 / loneliness books, a wonderful independent bookstore & community space in higashi nakano, tokyo! 🌈
more updates to come :)
laeastra.com/projects/
photograph of a bright sunny day in tokyo near an art museum, with a bright pink cherry blossom tree and the shadow of the branches and blossoms falling across the sidewalk
springtime :)
this new nhk world program, A Mile in Your Shoes, features foreign residents in japan who are working on projects to tackle issues that the country faces! i provided narration for the two episodes currently available:
www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/...
this is a documentary i narrated about Takao Michiko & her son Nobuhiro, working to bridge japan and ukraine through ballet despite the war:
www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/...
haven't updated much about my work lately, since i'm very sporadic with social media (meaning i barely use / check it), but here is a recent nhk world documentary that i narrated! it tells the stories of students at the asian university for women, in bangladesh:
www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/...
flyer that reads “art exchange ftm ftx ピクニック4 (屋内) アリシャンパーク2F 代々木 4月18日 14時〜16時, アートを作ったり、交換したり、売ったりしよう！”
flyer that reads “04/18 SAT 2-4PM Alishan Park 2F, Yoyogi art exchange transmasc picnic vol 4 (indoors) A chill, cozy space to create, exchange, and sell your arts and crafts!”
✨ event news / お知らせ ✨
@leotranslations.bsky.social & i are organizing a transmasc art exchange hangout, 4/18 14:00-16:00 at alishan park cafe, yoyogi!
one drink order to venue please.
transmasc, trans men, nb only - contact me for invite.
ftx, ftm, ノンバイナリー向け、少人数のアートイベントを開催します！興味ある方はご連絡下さい🏳️⚧️🎨✨
Zine Fest Tokyo is tomorrow! I'll be at 5F booth A5.
明日はZineフェス東京！5階のA5でお待ちしております。
A long trip
#illustration
postcard showing info for the kuminten exhibition at setagaya art museum 3/13 to 3/22
framed watercolor and acrylic painting by lae, sitting in afternoon sunlight
✨ event news / お知らせ ✨
#世田谷区民展 参加します！
my painting will be in the kuminten (residents exhibition) at setagaya art museum, march 13 to 22!
1F kumin gallery / 世田谷美術館 1階 区民ギャラリー
free entry / 無料
www.setagayaartmuseum.or.jp
lae astra is going to zine fest tokyo on 2026.3.8 (sun), 12:00 to 17:00. entry 500 yen. location is tokyo metropolitan industrial trade center taito building in asakusa
freshly arrived copy of queer colorscapes, an artbook zine by lae astra
✨ this weekend / 今週末 ✨
#zineフェス東京 参加します！
i'll be at zine fest tokyo, march 8th!
3月8日(日) 12:00〜17:00
入場料 500円
東京都立産業貿易センター台東館(浅草)
lae astra & @ipso.studio at 5F booth A-5
🌈 bringing my first ever artbook zine, queer colorscapes! come take a look and say hi :) 🏳️⚧️
i'm honored to be a part of this anthology!! 😊
paperback copy of alocasia: 99 queer writers on plants and nature
my contributor copy of alocasia: 99 queer writers on plants and nature just arrived today! thank you again, @alocasiamag.bsky.social @sarahclark.bsky.social !!
thanks so much!
thank you!
thank you @alocasiamag.bsky.social @sarahclark.bsky.social for including a poem of mine in this collection! �
alocasia.org/alocasia-99-...
(poem is still online here: alocasia.org/2024/03/19/l...)
lae astra is going to zine fest tokyo on 2026.3.8 (sun), 12:00 to 17:00. entry 500 yen. location is tokyo metropolitan industrial trade center taito building in asakusa
sneak peek of a brand new self published photobook zine with a pigeon photograph on the cover. the title says "hey friend"
✨ event news / お知らせ ✨
#zineフェス東京 参加します！
my first ever self published photobooks & artbooks will be at zine fest tokyo, march 8th!
3月8日(日) 12:00〜17:00
入場料 500円
東京都立産業貿易センター台東館(浅草)
主催: ZINE FARM TOKYO
here's a peek at the bird photobook that i made :) more info to come~
初フェス出展なのでドキドキ〜
よろしくお願いします！
the thing about gender is I don't have a favorite color, and this seems to anger a lot of people. I've had people tell me they know my favorite color even though I don't know it. (That's not an allegory; that exact thing has happened.) But I don't have a favorite, nor is my favorite "no colors"
最終日に見れてよかったです！ありがとうございます😊 thank you for sharing your amazing artwork, looking forward to seeing it again!
Got my copies of Love on the Horizon! My editor TJ @ferenteeny.bsky.social did an amazing job as always 🥰
I’m looking forward to visiting! 😊
This store is my favorite spot in Tokyo for books in English, I’ve been going there for years, so it was really great to see your novella on the shelf there ☺️
This World Is Not Yours by @kashinggiwa.bsky.social in the SFF section at Kinokuniya Shinjuku bookstore! Happy to see it here in Tokyo <3
🔥
Thanks so much!
おめでとう〜！！
aw thanks 😊
I did voice work for this Pokemon Sleep & Pokemon GO Plus + announcement video - first ever job with Pokemon!
Childhood lae who loved playing the games & collecting the cards would've been in disbelief (I think my first card was Paras 🍄)
#voiceactor
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJB_...
