On January 23rd, 2004, Helmut Newton pulled out of a car park at the Chateau Marmont hotel just off Sunset Boulevard, Los Angeles. A moment later his Cadillac accelerated and crashed into a wall, taking the life of th...
About 30 years ago, "Bikkuri House", a legendary sub-culture magazine appeared in Shibuya, Tokyo. ("Bikkuri" means "Surprise" in English) Nowadays, young people might not even know its name which ceased to exist twent...
They say the world is getting smaller. With globalization, the popularity of the internet and improved transportation, cities begin to replicate, people start to emulate. And yet we still live in our own tiny worlds. ...
The exhibition "I am the Remix," is being held at the Western Front from January 10th to February 14th, 2004. The show, curated by Adrienne Lai, addresses the theme of DJ culture. Vancouver-based DJ, Lawrence Sim, Med...
Far from galleries and festivals L'Autre Video, "The Other Video" in English, offers to screen video art in a place of exchange and daily life: l'Autre Cafe. The aim of the event is to become a media to present pieces...
January 16th was a particularly cold Friday night here in New York: the mercury dropped to -10 ℃ and froze as arctic blasts, were definitely in full chill-factor mode outside. When the weather gets this hostile, I som...
How often does a catalog overshadow the actual exhibition? In this case, it's a close call which is better. The Paper Sculpture Show, which originated at the Sculpture Center in New York, invites visitors to get invol...
I don't know why, but it seems every time the California College of the Arts (formerly California College of Arts and Crafts) holds its end-of-semester thesis show, it rains. I guess it is only fitting: for the studen...
Berlin is on the brink of bankruptcy. It can be felt in the uncut lawns of parks, the empty storefronts of small businesses, and now in the echoes of bustling crowds and chants that fill the streets of Berlin almost e...
The predecessor of "Nueva a "futuristic" film festival was "RETinevitable" started in New York in 1998 by David Levin. "Nueva" which means "New" in Spanish, was held over about two weeks from December 10th to 25th in ...
The suitable event for the finale of Dotmov Festival, "Thanksgiving Makeup 2" was performed on Sunday night, the last day of November. This is the 2nd version of "Thanksgiving Makeup" held at Soso Cafe in April by Miw...
Scherzo expresses the "laughter" in daily life, humorously putting music and narration on an image or an illustration. Recently, the scherzo world came to Soso Cafe. Scherzo organized by Masaki Kagajo has two...
