BogFires Asian Tour

BogFires go Asia in October to attend two conferences and present research papers there:

IASDR 2009 October 18-22. Seoul, South Korea:

• Karjalainen, Toni-Matti; Laaksonen, Laura & Ainamo, Antti (2009). Design for b(r)and identity: Exploring visual concept building within the metal music genre. IASDR 2009. October 18-22. Seoul, South Korea.
• Laaksonen, Laura; Karjalainen, Toni-Matti & Ainamo, Antti (2009). Understanding Cultural Exports- Finnish heavy metal music in the United States. IASDR 2009. October 18-22. Seoul, South Korea.

DeSForM 2009 October 26-27 2009. Taipei, Taiwan:

• Karjalainen, Toni-Matti; Laaksonen, Laura & Ainamo, Antti (2009). Occult, a Tooth, and the Canopy of the Sky: Conceptualizing Visual Meaning Creation of Heavy Metal Bands. DeSForM 2009. October 26-27 2009. Taipei, Taiwan.

... and to attend Loud Park (incl. Children of Bodom) and V-Rock (incl. Negative) festivals in Tokyo.