SHOBOSHOBO ONSEN BUS TOUR

2008.5.31　 Text: Jo Phirip

I joined a special bus tour called "SHOBOSHOBO ONSEN BUS TOUR".　Here is what it was: various artists joining together on a tour of Japanese onsen (hot springs) by bus. And during the tour, we played music and drew pi...

SYNESTHESIA – WITH SENSATION PATHS CROSS, IMAGES ARE HEARD, SOUND IS SEEN

2008.5.31　 Text: Josephine Sze Chan

Saturday afternoon I arrived at the Brooklyn Museum. Walking down the block to a warehouse like building, some local kids are hanging outside of the gallery, Five Myles. The gallery had music playing and there ...

DESIGNING 2008

2008.5.30　 Text: Yuko Matono

The 4th exhibition "DESIGNING" in 2008 was held at about 50 shops and galleries in Fukuoka city. The concept of this exhibition was "ON". In the main hall, IMS, there has gathered to showcase "pieces" of each e...

DESIGN FESTA VOL. 27

2008.5.30　 Text: Tatsuhiko Akutsu

Design Festa, one of the largest art festivals in Asia, was held through May 17th through 18th at Tokyo Big Site. On brilliant summer day, it was filled with excitement of people covering the entire floor. On entering...

OFFF FESTIVAL 2008

2008.5.27　 Text: Eduard Prats Molner

The eighth edition of the OFFF festival is going to take place in Lisbon. After 6 editions in Barcelona, one in Valencia and two extra editions hosted by NYC and Mexico (canceled at the very end), OFFF 2008 organi...

AINU MUSIC FESTIVAL 2008

2008.5.24　 Text: Yurie Hatano

On May 15th 2008, a piece of mail arrived following the report by The Hokkaido Shimbun Press, "At last, the Japanese government is going to recognize the Ainu as an indigenous people!" The mailing continued to report ...

NEW YORK PHOTO FESTIVAL 2008

2008.5.20　 Text: Garry Waller

New York has just held it's First International Photography Festival in the United States and despite arriving jet lagged from a vacation the night before I managed to catch the last day of the event. The 3 day festiv...

MILANO SALONE 2008

2008.5.16　 Text: Daisuke Ark Kozuki

One of the world biggest international furniture fairs, The 47th Milano Salone Internazionale del Mobile was held from 16th to 21st April in Milan, Italy. This article is a digest of the report by Daisuke Ark Kozuk...

TENORI-ON: PRE-VIEW & AFTER-VIEW

2008.5.16　 Text: Yasuharu Motomiya

TENORI-ON is the innovative music instrument that has been taken about 6 years for its completion, created by Toshio Iwai, a leading media artist in Japan. It has 16 x 16 LED buttons laid out on its surface. Each butt...

100 ARTISTS ORGANIC COTTON T-SHIRTS DESIGN EXHIBITION

2008.5.14　 Text: Shinichi Ishikawa

It is definitely important to think about the environment. However, it is difficult to keep being aware of something in our everyday lives. You cannot act anything without being aware of. There are many cases that ...

TSUNEMI UMETSU RETROSPECTIVE

2008.5.14　 Text: Asami Miyamura

On the occasion of the first anniversary of Tsunemi Umetsu' s death, "Tsunemi Umetsu Retrospective Exhibition" was held in Gallery Odori Art Museum in Sapporo from April 29th to May 4th. Tsunemi Umetsu was born and...

TATSUO MIYAJIMA “ART IN YOU”

2008.5.12　 Text: Yutaka Takamura

Tatsuo Miyajima's "Art in You" is held at Art Tower Mito Contemporary Art Center. This is his first solo show in 8 years in a Japanese metropolitan area. Thankfully, it's showing a large number of his works. One of th...