CHINA DESIGN NOW EXHIBITION
The familiar words "Made in China" are about to take on a whole new meaning, if the V&A contemporary wing's China Design Now exhibition is anything to go by. China Design Now Exhibition View. © Tonkin Liu...
The familiar words "Made in China" are about to take on a whole new meaning, if the V&A contemporary wing's China Design Now exhibition is anything to go by. China Design Now Exhibition View. © Tonkin Liu...
Nothing but the feeling of "I must tell it." There are posters that reveal strong images of the campaign to stop AIDS and which represent the discrimination through photos that put handcuffs on White and Black. Yo...
Aaron Rose, the independent curator of this show, is mostly known in connection with the smart art magazine ANP Quarterly and the travelling exhibition "Beautiful Losers", a point of view on spontaneous art movements ...
In recent years many media art festivals appear all over the world. Here in Japan is not exception. Among those festivals best known is Japan Media Arts Festival run by the Agency for Cultural Affairs. This y...
There’s increasing political talk about “sex workers”. Front-page articles deal with prostitution, sexual violence and even murder. But while listening to our politicians and reading the stories in our newspapers, ca...
On first impression of entering Hauser and Wirth, the series of dual images lend themselves to what seem like patterned and abstract images of a phallic nature, yet on closer inspection, a detailed and quizzically hum...
Kimihiko Okada has won many prizes, especially in design competitions. His long-awaited residence will be completed this year. This exhibit could be a pre-cursor for that. You can see a sense of floating or transparen...
People leave their home for various reasons; some in need for work to support themselves financially, some desperate to move because of wars or other forms of tragedies, and others longing for progress in life. People...
When I arrive at the venue in Poland Place, all the buyers and members of press were mingling in front of the beautiful Victorian house waiting for the opening. Black cabs keep dropping off excited looking clients a...
The Hong Kong & Shenzhen Bi-City Biennale of Urbanism / Architecture is the first ever exposition on architecture and the urban environment co-hosted by Hong Kong and Shenzhen. The Hong Kong exhibition has the the...
The Exhibition of the Francois Pinault Collection was held in France where it seemed that everyone have a slight disdain for the man. Francois Pinault is a billionaire French businessman and owns the PPR Group, which...
Recently a new film festival was held in Hamamatsu City, Shizuoka and other cultural activities by Shizuoka creators have stood out. This time I visited Shizuoka Contents Valley Festival 2008 (SCVF) which showed movin...
The five meter high walls at Heliumcowboy Artspace are studded with various artwork. Paperwork next to canvases, small images next to large ones. Some are dark, some blaze with fluorescent colour. Right after entering...
Take a walk in downtown Manhattan, and you will quickly see signs of construction everywhere: scaffolds, barriers, cables, and signs make these streets look like an obstacle course. In fact, there are so many of these...
At the end of January in Berlin, which was warmer than usual, Transmediale 08 was held. Transmediale is an art festival to take a view of the present scene of media art and held in Berlin every year. This year, Haus d...
A hotel room turns into a permanent gallery space! The Chelsea hotel in New York is known for the art fairs it hosts, and Agnes Hotel Art Fair 2008 is leading the scene in Tokyo. At Agnes Hotel and Apartments T...
There is a new and innovative platform for Asia's emergent creatives - Tiger Translate, an ongoing series of events showcasing individuals who double-time as creative forces in their home countries. Taking the locals-...