As you know reading the interview in last month's issue, Furi Furi Company did an exhibition from November 2nd to 14th at Harajuku Gallery. They have mainly been participating in overseas exhibition until now. This...

SRL IN TOKYO

1999.12.3　

In the streets of Tokyo hang huge posters where mechanical-looking robots are jostling in raging flames. Rumors of what lie behind these posters reach my ears here and there at the bar counter. It's a robot performa...

HAPPENING 1999/2000

1999.11.24　

In its second year "Happening" was held from October 8th (Fr.) to 17th (Sun). This exhibition showcases the works of 30 designers of interior and furniture from England/Germany/Holland/Italy/France/Japan and...

AIRBOARD BY KAZUHIKO HACHIYA

1999.10.24　

An experiment to make the skateboard just like the one in the movie 'Back to the Future 2'. For two days on September 4th and 5th, an experiment to work the AirBoard by Kazuhiko Hachiya was carried out at Gallery ...

WONDER FESTIVAL 1999

1999.3.30　

For some past few years, the market for animation/figure, regarded as Otaku-culture is expanding to anti-Otaku people. This maybe created by Takashi Murakami who goes ahead with the fusion of Otaku and Art, 'Ghost in ...

FUSE

1999.3.22　

The VJ event 'FUSE' will be held on the largest scale in Japan on 20 of March at Liquid Room in Shinjuku. It'll be the second time as 'FUSE'. The last event was held at Club ASIA on last November and a long line mor...

MEGO AT ICC

1999.2.26　

Based in Vienna, Austria, Mego is a techno label whose music draws a sharp distinction between so-called "techno music". Including artists such as Tina Frank and Farmers Manual, 6 units of Mego artists gathered in NTT...

I’LL WRITE LOOSELY THIS MONTH

1999.2.22　

As I wrote in my Best 5 last month, I'm watching animations almost every day. Recently I came to watch GASARAKI(Ryousuke Takahashi), but it starts from nine thirty in the morning. My girlfriend watched it and wonder...

ERO POP CHIRISMAS

1998.12.22　

Takashi Murakami has been the center of the attention in the Japanese modern art scene ever since he made up his original character DOB-Kun a few years ago. 　He runs an art factory Hiropon Factory that is firmly s...

TAKEHIKO SANADA EXHIBITION

1998.7.21　

A solo exhibition by Takehiko Sanada is taking place on the basement floor at Tokyo Internatinal Forum. Weaving the animal hair of sheep, horse and goat, he creates hand-made coats of the felt which is meticulously ma...

YOKOHAMA FILM FESTIVAL

1998.7.21　

Yokohama France Film Festival aims to introduce the French films which are not on show to Japanese audiences. As it's the 6th year of the festival at Pacifico Yokohama, more people joined to enjoy the rare French fi...

BLUE + SIMON FISHER TURNER

1998.4.21　

As one of the events of UK98, a retrospective of Derek Jarman took place at Cine Vivienne in Roppongi. Simon Fisher Turner came over to Japan to dj to the footages of BLUE. a great deal of mixed ambient sounds which ...

THE 1ST JAPAN MEDIA ARTS FESTIVAL

1998.3.21　

The first ceremony of the Media Art Festival that is organised by the Agency for Cultural Affairs was held at Opera City in Shinjuku. The festival was set up in order to support and develop game software, CGs, animati...

MARK BORTHWICK EXHIBITION

1998.3.21　

In Japan, this was the first photo exhibition by Mark Borthwich who photographed for fashion magaines such as I-D, Self Service and an advertising campaign for Parco. Mark Borthwich who had initially worked as a hai...

CIRCULATION MODULE

1998.2.27　

Nest has been fascinating audiences by its powerful danceing to the beat of Techno sounds since 1991 when it presented "Never More". After a year from the successful performance "UT" in Slovackia, Nest has just perfor...

TAKESHI KITANO

1998.2.20　

HANA-BI directed by Takeshi Kitano won the grand-prix at the last Venezia Film Festival. Prior to the roadshow in Tokyo, Takashi Kitano Gallery was held featuring his paintings which were used as props in the film and...

MAYA MAXX EXHIBITION