ROBOEXOTICA

2003.12.2　

When did you last have your favourite cocktail mixed by a robot? Do robots have anything in common with alcohol, anyway? Robots can achieve a lot, however, they are hardly ever used for hedonistic cultural perform...

DANIEL LIBESKIND

2003.12.2　

Though the name Daniel Libeskind has become synonymous with large-scale public commissions, it wasn't always so. Before the Jewish Museum was built in Berlin, Libeskind was known only as an academic architect witho...

TOKYOZONE

2003.12.2　

he third edition of Tokyo Zone has taken place in Paris in from October 23rd to 26th in prestigious places such as Bibliotheque Nationale de France or Centre Georges Pompidou and more independent places like Batofa...

VISUALOGUE

2003.11.4　

October 8th. The auditorium was filled with thousands of anxious spectators. The beat of traditional Noh drums and flutes welcomed us to the 20th Icograda Congress. Visualogue had officialy begun. Visualogue staff ...

TOKYO DESIGNERS BLOCK 2003

2003.11.4　

Tokyo Designers Block (TDB) was held throughout Tokyo in areas such as Aoyama, Harajuku, Shibuya, Roppongi, Daikanyama, Shinjuku, etc from October 9th to 13th. It is a very unique art festival not only in terms of its...

CHEN ZHEN EXHIBITION

2003.11.4　

The highly anticipated "Silence sonore" at the Palais de Tokyo is the first major show at a parisian institution devoted to the chinese artist Chen Zhen. Chen Zhen was born in Shangai in 1955 and France as his residen...

KEIKO MIYATA + THE ANALOG GIRL

2003.11.4　

This exhibition is by Keiko Miyata, an artist who creates wonderful and strange stuffed animals. Following last year's exhibition "IN&OUT, Soso Cafe was filled with cute and scary stuffed animals. The exhibit's op...

“HAPPINESS” EXHIBITION

2003.11.2　

Japanese say that autumn is for art, reading or eating, etc.. These were some good topics, suitable for "autumn for art" in Tokyoin autumn 2003. The hottest topic in the Japanese art world is the opening of Mori A...

LIVE PERFORMANCE BIENNIAL

2003.11.2　

"Performance art is anything but bookish which could explain the lack of written history which has contributed to many misconceptions. The Academy's misrepresentation and misunderstanding have left performance art ...

TOKYO DOLL SHOW

2003.11.2　

I recently took the time to visit the Tokyo Doll Show at the DX here in Toronto on the advice of my friend Derrick Hodgson (MDRL, Hoboyard). I was aware of some of the interesting new things happening such as the c...

VICTORIA COELN “COLOR SPACES”

2003.11.2　

Color Space e-basis, Bertl Mutter, composer, Vienna 14 June 2003 "Colour is visible light. This light becomes space - Colour Space. In the Colour Space your body turns into light, Into immaterial colour - on the mo...

ZOOLOGY

2003.11.1　

For the last 10 years the 111 Minna Gallery in the SOMA District of San Francisco has been a center for art, music, film and nighttime leisure (read drinking and dancing). This is where the tragically hip and just ...

ARS ELECTRONICA 2003

2003.10.4　

The Computer Graphic Society (CG-ARTS) hosts the ACA Media Arts Festival with the Agency of Cultural Affairs. This year, for the first time, works from the ACA Media Arts Festival were incorporated into the ARS Electr...

IMAITOONZ + YUTANPO SHIRANE

2003.10.4　

Imaitoonz and Yutanpo Shirane were the stars of Dotsoso#19 this August. Loyal readers of Shift know who we are talking about. Both have already been to Sapporo. Imaitoonz visited us exactly one year and Yutanpo two mo...

RESFEST 2003

2003.10.4　

That time of the year has come around again- week worth of excitements on screen and penetrating experience with never seen (and would never see any where else) motion footages. Amongst all the celebrated film festiva...

COW PARADE TOKYO 2003

2003.10.1　

Currently celebrating its one year anniversary in the Marunouchi area, are loads of cows situated around the Maru-building. These cows are part of a public art event, Cow Parade, being held all over the world. The ...

A2 EXHIBITION SERIES

2003.10.1　

A2 Exhibition Series One: First Aid - What Do We Need Now? Sound and Vision Festival (SVF) has been held every year in Hong Kong since 2000, aims at exploring the inter-relationship of two medium, sound and images...