We spoke with German artist and director Oliver Latta, known as Extraweg. You might recognize his work from the critically acclaimed Apple TV series Severance — his hauntingly surreal opening title sequence for Season...

KEISUKE SUGAWARA

2021.6.25　 Text: Ari Matsuoka

In the fall of 2019, I met him in a solitary theater after a performance. He was sitting on the concrete stairs outside the theater, seeking an empty chair. He looked like something out of a novel, with an old-fashion...

MANAKAA PROJECT

2019.12.9　 Text: Ari Matsuoka

Today, the word “sustainable” is spreading throughout the world via social media in the fashion industry where every customer is the key. “Sustainable” translates literally to “able to be maintained or continued”, and...

YUYA FUJINAMI

2019.8.25　 Text: Ari Matsuoka

The contemporary dance he embodies is dramatic and slightly nostalgic. Yuya Fujinami is based in Berlin. He is a dancer who is drawing attention from all over Europe, including direct offers from world-famous Constan...

ZEITGUISED

2016.10.7　 Text: Victor Moreno

Pioneering Synthetic Art. Zeitgeist is the spirit of the time encapsulating the beliefs and mindset of the individuals of a society. The beginning of the 21st Century unleashed a cultural crossover triggered by a ...

ADAM MAGYAR

2014.8.20　 Text: Victor Moreno

Existence and time are keywords in the stunning work of Adam Magyar, a sincere chap living between Berlin, Hungary, New York, Tokyo and Korea, dedicated to amplify the capacity of the human perception. He observes our...

ASAKO SHIROKI

2014.2.23　 Text: Setsuko Hori

Since May 2013, Japanese artist Asako Shiroki has been an artist in residence at Künstlerhaus Bethanien in Berlin. Bethanien is based in Kreuzberg, a suburb of Berlin located south of the city centre and a place where...

ANDREAS GREUSSLICH

2014.2.8　 Text: Kiyohide Hayashi

Why is Berlin famous and seen as one of the major centers of contemporary art? I think the reason is because there are so many galleries in Berlin that attract many artists and art people. Now that Berlin has reached ...

CARSTEN NICOLAI

2012.4.16　 Text: Mitsuhiro Takemura

When he was a boy, he was charmed by bats and he thought we can communicate with them. Now he has grown up and became an international artist inspired by his childhood belief. His name is Carsten Nicolai. He works in ...

RICHARD BYERS

2011.2.5　 Text: Joanna Kawecki

Richard Byers is an independent new media artist collaborating internationally to create light and video projections that rely on complimenting human interaction with sound and light. What forms from the relationsh...

KIM CASCONE

2009.6.23　 Text: Shintaro Miyazaki

The first time I noticed the name Kim Cascone, was maybe 8 years ago, when I researched a bit about experimental electronic music. He founded 1999 a now very big mailinglist-community called microsound, which formed a...

KARIN HOFKO

2008.10.14　 Text: Yurie Hatano

Following to Salotezmo, this month's another cover collaboration with Shift Calendar artists is a German media artist living in New Zealand, Karin Hofko aka KIR ROYAL. Enjoy her cover work and the following interes...