Soso Cafe in July hosted the solo exhibition of Imaitoonz, whose career as an illustrator reaches 10 years this year. He recently opened the door to a new direction by producing the film "DEADLEAVES" (distributed by S...
OFFF 2004, the fourth edition of Spain's festival of 'experimental audio and unusual video', was held in Valencia between July 1st to 3rd. Devoted to exploring the most groundbreaking work currently done in fields s...
Nike's Art of Speed project hit Toronto last Wednesday at a huge raw warehouse in the Liberty Village area. The event showcased 15 Art of Speed films (Yugo Nakamura's was an interactive piece), 5 films by studen...
This month's article is about one of the most interesting exhibitions I took part since I'm arrived here in Portugal . At Fabrica Features Benetton Gallery in the centre of Lisbon , an entire open space was dedicat...
It's hard to believe the Sonar Festival began way back in 1993. So much in global music and art culture has changed since then. Now in its eleventh year, the 2004 Festival program features music, art and all the exper...
Graceful graphics, dynamic editorial design, graphical typeface born from a free way of thinking and feeling. Such is the philosophy behind graphic designer Hideki Inaba, who designed the cover for the Shift June issu...
Yayoi's career began with pictures that were influenced by hallucinatory experiences she had in childhood. She has received high international praise for her renowned work with the dot motif and meshes of net prolifer...
Between the Chancellery and building site that is Lehrter Bahnhof, Berlin's future main station, lies a patch of the tropic this summer - well, almost. 3800 tonnes of sand have been delivered here from the coast of...
Manifesta, the itinerant European contemporary art biennial, which some say is the alternative to the Venice biennial, arrived in Spain, more specifically to San Sebastian, in June. The fifth edition of the event ...
What comes to mind when you think of photographs of the human face? The sullen expressionless passport photos, smiling pop stars in teen mags, people all dressed up, looking prim and proper in formal anniversary w...
For most of today's emerging visual artists, drawing is where they got their creative start. You know, a Metallica logo penned on their binder, unicorns, puffy clouds, skulls and crossbones, a precious sketch of a ...
I had not been to an opening for over 3 months. This last Friday 25th I programmed myself to go to the Deitch project's openings, mostly to cover the story & take pictures, but also to see what was being shown ...
"Pixelesque", eBoy's first Barcelona exhibition opened at Maxalot Gallery, Barcelona on May 7th. The 3-d world of the Berlin-based pixel-masters is a hubbub of hot chicks, functional robots, spectacular vehicles, weap...
IdN My Favourite Conference and Exhibition 2004 was held in Singapore, from May 13th to 15th. Dedicated to the ideal of melting of different design aspects to give rise to unique insights into creativity, the organis...
Tekko, based in Canada, is going to hold an exhibition both in Toronto and Singapore to show print and motion pieces by 39 artists and designers. Tekko is an on-going, project-based design collaboration between...
For two weeks, four strangers put their lives on show to the whole of Singapore. Sounds familiar? Indeed, it is almost like the Truman show, just without the tear jerking scenes. Daily activities ranging from sl...
What is the most familiar media form of "image"? Hmm...TV? Well, it's all right but I seldom watch it. Rather than TV, I find more familiar things for everyone on my way to work. It is scenery or the simple spectacl...
