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HIROAKI UMEDA
A visual artist who equivalently combines light, sound, and the human body. "Holistic Strata" making view (2011, YCAM) Hiroaki Umeda is a choreographer who has been attracting attention in Japan and overseas w...
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1980 YEN (ICHI QU PPA)
A home appliance music group formed by Teppei Kuroyanagi and Tyousinkai. “1980 yen” is a reasonable price for Japanese, it reminds us of electronics retail stores where you can easily find a number of price tags wi...
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JAPAN MEDIA ARTS FESTIVAL IN SAPPORO
The Japan Media Arts Festival traveled to Sapporo (hereinafter called the Sapporo Exhibition) for the first time to hold the largest media art exhibition. The Sapporo exhibition was held at Sapporo Art Park Center fro...
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YUI ONODERA & CELER
Just released in October, "Generic City" is a first album collaborated with Yui Onodera, who works on sound designs in Japan and overseas, and Celer, who makes a number of ambient and experimental music based in Calif...
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MAX HATTLER
This year's DOTMOV FESTIVAL 2010 has kicked off from November 1st. Among the selected works, SHIFT features a London-based artist Max Hattler, who made two different world that continues forever. One of them, "1925 ak...
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DAI SUZUKI
Released on October 1st, SHIFT 2011 CALENDAR includes one of the 12 visuals, was created by Kanagawa-based graphic designer Dai Suzuki. He created a cover work for this month, SHIFT will deliver how he started his car...
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KIYOSHI TAKAHASHI
With the theme of “Visualization of the momentum”, Kiyoshi Takahashi is a Sapporo-based artist, exploring his installation works and performance art that combines aspects of manga, calligraphy and music. His bold and ...
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SAJI
'What you eat today is what you will be 10 years from now'. A project called "saji" challenges new approaches to food in various ways in photography, magazines, and events. Since its start in 2004, saji expores its...
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TAISUKE KOYAMA
An artist who photographs entropy of the metabolizing city. Taisuke Koyama makes photographic works by capturing organic phenomenon from the continuously changing city, an inorganic being. He started his career as ...
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CHIKARA OHNO
Chikara Ohno is an architect who works on various projects relating to residential and commercial facilities. Since he has established his own office "sinato" in 2004, Ohno is gaining national and international a...
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OTARU COLLAGE
On June 25th it was a hot, sunny day in Otaru a well-known tourist spot in Hokkaido. It was also the day a music and poetry event called Otaru Collage was held in Otaru Soko No.1, along the Otaru Canal, a must-visit s...
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THE PRINTS OF ARINORI ICHIHARA
The universe spreads from a myriad of tiny daily events. Works by printmaking artist Arinori Ichihara, who is reaching 100 years old this year, features otherwordly landscapes. Born in 1910 and living in Otaru Hokk...
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POLIXENI PAPAPETROU
"Between Worlds". Polixeni Papapetrou is a photographer based in Melbourne, Australia. Her latest series of photographs "Between Worlds" were exhibited at LM D Gallery in Paris in May and June. Intrigued by mag...
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NOZOMI WATANABE
An artist who approaches to space with imagination from materials. Jet black in the Japanese letter uses 2 characters: one means black and the other means lacquer (Urushi). Using lacquer as the material, Nozomi...
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FFIXXED
ffiXXed is a collaborative art and design project formed by Australian artists/designers duo launched in Berlin, 2008. Although one of their focus lies in the fashion design, ffiXXed never limit their possibilities, e...
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DOMINIC WILCOX
The territory of the everyday. Dominic Wilcox is a London-based artist. His witty idea can be fully seen on his new work "Pre-Handshake Handshake Device", which was exhibited at the group exhibition Uncomfortable C...
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IKUKO IMAMURA
My House 2 / 2006 / FIX MIX MAX! at Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art (Sapporo) Ikuko Imamura is an artist who uses light, shadows, and darkness to showcase a tiny bit of unforgettable everyday happenings that re...
