THE NORTH RIDING PROJECT

It was when I was visiting Tokyo. I was staying in the Shibuya District. I had really gotten into eating a special kind of blowfish. I think at some point I had a reaction to the blowfish. I was staying in the hotel room for days on end. I was smoking this kind of amphetamine that was getting me excited about life. I was hanging out with these transvestite karaoke performers. We would just stay inside the hotel. I would take pictures off of these monitors that I had.  I’ve always heard there was a certain mythology about certain films, where people had died during the making of them, and if you look closely, you can see them… so, I don’t know, I was taking pictures, trying to capture ghosts.

Harmony Korine in The Tennessean, Jan 18 2009