Yoko Kawamoto solo exhibition was held at TOKYO CULTUART by BEAMS from October 16 to November 4. The show exhibited 15 paintings including some new works, all of which included images of cars and bikes. She dynamicall...

SOFT CIRCLE & HIGH WOLF AT VACANT

2010.10.19　 Text: Memi Mizukami

This "Soft Circle & HIGH WOLF at VACANT" party was organized by "NO IDEA" and held at VACANT on 29th September. It featured performances by three different bands. It was a night where you could fully enjoy the Tok...

:PHUNK “WELCOME TO ELECTRICITY”

2010.8.13　 Text: Wakana Kawahito

A leading design and art team from Singapore and other Asian countries, :phunk is holding their solo exhibition in Japan for the first time at DIESEL DENIM GALLERY AOYAMA from July 23 to October 11. Exhibition vi...

PSYCHOANALYSIS EXHIBITION

2010.7.28　 Text: Wakana Kawahito

Gazes on Photo and Video Art from Austria. Ursula Mayer "Goldflames Out In The Sky" 2002, Still from the DVD, color, sound, (3 min 30 sec), Courtesy of the artist Psychoanalysis is a body of ideas advanced by...

MIKA AOKI EXHIBITION “FLUCTUATION OF LIFE”

2010.6.21　 Text: Memi Mizukami

As easily as drawing with a pencil, Mika Aoki creates an esquisse with glass. Walking down the hill in the South Aoyama district, you will find the gallery "PLSMIS", which seems like a cafe space with a Karimoku ch...

CIRQUE DU SOLEIL “ZED™”

2010.5.29　 Text: Memi Mizukami

It is an unbelievably fantastic action performed with a lot of beautiful costumes, gorgeous make-ups, and illusional opera music. Cirque Du Soleil always makes you feel seeing a fabulous dream from their performance. ...

ROPPONGI ART NIGHT 2010

2010.4.20　 Text: Kayo Tamura

The event "Roppongi Art Night 2010" illuminated Roppongi for 2 days on 27th and 28th of March. "Roppongi Art Night 2010" created an unusual space in Roppongi by integrating various works of art, design, music, ...

MEDICINE AND ART: IMAGINING A FUTURE FOR LIFE AND LOVE – LEONARDO DA VINCI, OKYO, DAMIEN HIRST

2010.2.26　 Text: Alicia Tan

"Medicine and Art: Imagining a Future for Life and Love". Photo: Osamu Watanabe, Photo Courtesy of Mori Art Museum Nietzsche once said that “Art is the proper task of life”. Mori Art Museum’s latest exhibition, “...

THE 13TH JAPAN MEDIA ARTS FESTIVAL

2010.2.24　 Text: Kayo Tamura

The 13th Japan Media Arts Festival was held at The National Art Center, Tokyo for 12 days from February 3rd until 14th. With its aim to promote the creation and development of media arts, the Festival was launched in ...

NO MAN’S LAND

2010.2.22　 Text: Monika Mogi

The old hallways and rooms of the ex-French Embassy blossomed into works of art. The gates to No Man's Land by Nicolas Buffe I was inspired from the moment I walked into 'No Man's Land'. The exhibition displa...

G-TOKYO 2010

2010.2.19　 Text: mina

During 3 days from January 29th to 31st 2010, G-tokyo 2010 was held as an unique art fair in the form of exhibiting the front line of art made based on the clear exhibition theme, which was different from the conventi...

HIGH5 3

2010.2.9　 Text: Kayo Tamura

The creative conference HIGH5 3 took place at Osanbashi Hall in Yokohama on January 23. Organized by the creative portal site HITSPAPER, HIGH5 was held for the 3rd time around 6 presentations with the theme "Galapagos...