MOVING CONCEPTS

2003.7.1　 Text: Fann ZJ

In life, perception and insight are the keys to one's mental development. In the world of design, where designers are sensitive to the poetry in life, outlook and perception set the brilliant apart from the mediocre. ...

CHAMPIONS OF THE UNIVERSE: I LOVE T-SHIRTS

2003.7.1　 Text: Aya Takada

A fashion show titled "Champions of the Universe: I Love T-shirts" was held recently at Cambrian Hall. Local designers and Amsterdam-Paris-based graphic/textile designer, Fredreque Daubal, were some of the participant...

DAVID STORCH “TWELFTH NIGHT, OR WHAT YOU WILL”

2003.7.1　 Text: Mikey Richardson

There is always a lot to do on Canada Day in Toronto. On a nice sunny long-weekend people flock to the Beaches or the Harbourfront, if they aren't at a cottage up north or camping. This year we chose to spend the day ...

JOSH BAUMGARTEN “IRRATIONAL LIBRARY”

2003.7.1　 Text: Ania Markham

Jump on a train from Centraal Station in the direction of the sea and within 15 minutes you'll end up in Haarlem. This is the home of Josh Baumgarten, originally from New York and now happily settled in the Netherland...

READING FOR BREAKFAST

2003.7.1　 Text: Gisella Lifchitz

The monumental Tower of Retiro was the scenery for the launching of Reading for Breakfast's first book. The event has taken place on June 7th. in a freezing Saturday afternoon in Buenos Aires. Despite the weather, the...

ARNE JACOBSEN “ABSOLUT MODERN”

2003.7.1　 Text: Andrew Sinn

On the occasion of his 100th birthday the "Deichtorhallen" in Hamburg presented an exhibition of Arne Jacobsen's work. He was a Danish architect who worked from the 30's to the early 70's. Because of perfectionism he ...

BEHIND THE MIRROR: SPANISH FASHION

2003.7.1　 Text: Terevision Ruiz

Sybilla Fashion is a reflection of both our society and our times, and therefore, on 18th June Madrid's Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia opened an exhibition organised by the Ministry of Economy and the ...

THE 50TH VENICE BIENNALE

2003.7.1　 Text: Simone Biffi

This year's Biennale of Venice's 50th International Art Exhibition presents an "exhibition of exhibitions" called "Dreams and Conflicts"; The Dictatorship of the Viewer. From the 12th of June until November, throughou...

UP OUR SLEEVE, THE DUBLAB COVERS PROJECT

2003.7.1　 Text: Aya Muto

Marriage of music and art is not a ground breaking news. Yet to deliver the sense of community, connection, and profound nostalgia all in one behind these pleasantly bulky record sleeves, are most definitely unique to...

JOELLE TUERLINCKX “CHICAGO STUDIES: LES ETANTS DONNES”

2003.6.30　 Text: Matt Smith

In the 60s and 70s, the movement known as Conceptualism introduced an art which removed as much as possible the intermediary object from its underlying ideas. This art of ideas could appear in written form, diagrams, ...

SONAR 2003

2003.6.10　 Text: Ben Vine

Thursday, 11 a.m. No sign of the shifters. I've arranged to meet three staff members of Shift outside the Barcelona Museum of Contemporary Arts (MACBA) but they're nowhere to be seen. I assume they're either lost arou...

SALVANILLA “INTER/ACTION”

2003.6.10　 Text: Yasuharu Motomiya

"Salvanilla" and "Lap Top Orchestra" presented the live performance event "Inter/Action" on the 27th and the 28th of June at Roppongi Hills Arena in Tokyo. Roppongi Hills is a complex cultural facility that inc...