HONG KONG ART BIENNIAL 2003

2003.12.2　 Text: Mlee

Like the other regions, Hong Kong Art Biennial Exhibition, which is an exhibition that showcases artworks selected from an open competition, aims at providing the platform to showcase the local artistic practices and...

THE 5TH ROBOEXOTICA

2003.12.2　 Text: Christina Merl

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 cultura...

COUNTERPOINT: THE ARCHITECTURE OF DANIEL LIBESKIND

2003.12.2　 Text: Kristy Kagari Sakai

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 without ...

TOKYOZONE 2003

2003.12.2　 Text: Eric Dalbin

The 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 Batofar ...

HIDDEN ART OPEN STUDIO 2003

2003.12.2　 Text: Sari Uchida

Hidden Art Open Studios (HAOS), an annual event for designers based in East London took place on two weekends, 22nd and 23rd, 29th - 30th November. An initiative to bring together the designers with small businesses...

VISUALOGUE

2003.11.4　 Text: Erika Saca

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 staf...

TOKYO DESIGNERS BLOCK 2003

2003.11.4　 Text: Yasuharu Motomiya

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 “SILENCE SONORE”

2003.11.4　 Text: Lola Dousse

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 “DANGEROUS POP”

2003.11.4　 Text: Naoko Fukushi

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 o...

“HAPPINESS: A SURVIVAL GUIDE FOR ART AND LIFE”

2003.11.2　 Text: Yuki Ishida

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

VANCOUVER BIENNIAL OF PERFORMANCE ART 2003

2003.11.2　 Text: Aya Takada

"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 as ...

TOKYO DOLL SHOW

2003.11.2　 Text: Mikey Richardson

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 caps...