I felt like if I became a dwarf. Having more than double of my height, many of big, shiny, silver and gold colored, and heart and star shaped paper structures were built up in the entire gallery space. As a kid, I use...
Design Festa Vol. 28 was held on the 28th and 29th of November at Tokyo Big Site. You are familiar with this festival, for this is usually picked up in SHIFT. Today, I will suggest some special ways to enjoy it. At...
When I walk through Omotesando on business I'm curious to see what is going on in Omotesando Hills and look at the many interesting people on the street. So I had never walked through Aosando until I visited this ar...
A trip to forest of illusion. Chisato Shinya aka Kinpro is a Sapporo-based illustrator, who works in various fields including advertisements, magazines, and publishing. Her name should be familiar to you from past ar...
It's the season for fashion. 2009 Spring/Summer Collection. On September 1st, Japan Fashion Week in Tokyo, or JFW, was held in advance of four of the largest collections in the world. The JFW Organization has been w...
Cutting Insights Leaving Nippori St. and passing some gravestones in a cemetery and temples, I took to the street with traditional houses. And a few minutes’ walk took me to the gallery SCAI THE BATHHOUSE, where “Cut...
Throwing yarn into cosmic space. Taku Anekawa's exhibition vol.1 mixed media will be presented at Gallery ef in Tokyo from September 26th, 2008. © Taku Anekawa / phil co., ltd. Taku Anekawa is an artist who ...
“France’s leading female artist” is what’s used to describe Annette Messager, who will turn 65 this year. I was led to have a certain impression, but the works were surprisingly fresh and young. Remains (family II)...
A man came to Tokyo to sow "seed". His name is Fabrice Hyber, is an artist representing France creates a lot of works about environment. Now, "Seed and Grow", an exhibition at WATARI-UM museum in Tokyo reveal what his...
Tokyo Art Beat is a non-profit organization that provides raw Tokyo art and design news through a bilingual site. They bring the Japanese art and design scene closer with services such as the Tokyo Art Map, which hi...
Sunshine Studio Cafe, opened in July 2008 at Meiji St. Harajuku. “QUZILA Exhibition” was held from the 6th of June through the 21st of July, to commemorate its 1st anniversary, in which Geoff McFetridge, Yu Nagaba, an...
The Turner Prize started in 1984 at Tate Britain, London. And now it is one of the most important art prizes in the world. The original goal of this prize is to “show new art culture to ordinary people”. Every year, t...
When you are walking on the street, you would see a person put his/her head into a garbage vain or crash at the wall. I recommend to look at that carefully because this might be a piece of art work. Mark Jenkins is...
This father and son are both fashion photographers and famous for a proactive approach to photography. They had exhibitions at the same time in different places. Bob Richardson is one of the pioneers in making fashion...
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...
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...
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...
