SOUND REPUBLIC 4

2003.2.9　 Text: Yasuharu Motomiya

The fourth round of Sound Republic was held at THINK ZONE in Roppongi, Tokyo on the 1st of March under the theme "collaboration with the electro media and creators from various genres." There was a downpour on the ev...

BODYSCAPE

2003.2.1　 Text: Chris Lee

Kim Atta, Museum Project- Series of Holocaust #26, 1997 'Bodyscape' is a new neologism made up from two words, 'body' and 'landscape'. It is also a term used by American art historian Nicholas Mirzoeff to refer ...

FREDERIC LEBAIN “MY VACATION WITH HOLGA”

2003.2.1　 Text: Mlee

Imperfect, blurred, distorted and non-composed images always present a more infectious emotion. You may not agree with it ... but at least to those Lomo-lovers it does! It is no doubt that Lomography has created a uni...

LOMO WONDERLAND

2003.2.1　 Text: Fann ZJ

With rising interest and popularity of the Lomo camera, it is no wonder that Lomographers from various countries are coming together to exchange their snap shots of their Lomographic world. LOMO WONDERLAN...

FRUITS: TOKYO STREET STYLE

2003.2.1　 Text: Luca Ionescu

The Powerhouse Museum and Sydney Festival are presenting a new exhibition "FRUiTS: Tokyo street style" photographs by Shoichi Aoki. The exhibition showcases a vibrant and engaging collection of photographs taken in To...

I KILL YOU WITH MY KINDNESS

2003.2.1　 Text: Aya Takada

A new year has started with us aspiring to great things. Thinking greater than the last year and trying to make the possibility real, I look right up to the broad sky. My steps become powerful as I stand up to the vas...

UNITED STATES HOT ROD MONSTER JAM

2003.2.1　 Text: Mikey Richardson

Always open to new and potentially humorous opportunities, I recently accepted an invitation from Amoeba Corp. New Media Designer Neil Collyer to attend "Monster Jam" at the Sky Dome. Having just finished a grueling w...

NEW TALENT CONTEST 2002

2003.2.1　 Text: Gisella Lifchitz

Four young designers were the winners of "New Talent Contest", which was organized during 4th edition of Buenos Aires Fashion Week (BAF Week). In September 2002, they showed their first collections and today, three mo...

BOGOMIR ECKER “THE STALACTITE MACHINE”

2003.2.1　 Text: Andrew Sinn

The "Galerie der Gegenwart" (Gallery of the presence) is the established place for contemporary art in Hamburg. I am long term impressed by one piece that was installed there from the very beginning. The stalactite ma...

ARCO 2003

2003.2.1　 Text: Terevision Ruiz

ARCO is the International Festival of Contemporary Art which, in mid February each year, brings together spectators, critics, collectors, amateurs, students and general art lovers for nearly a week in Madrid. This ye...

THE INTERNATIONAL FURNITURE FAIR IN COLOGNE 2003

2003.2.1　 Text: Loredana Mascheroni

Expectations weren't high. The negative halo of the crisis in the German market, now evident for a couple of years, weighed heavily before the Mobelmesse even opened. But the German furniture fair, second in importanc...

PAINTURA PITCH PROJECT 12 SCRAWLED SOCCER-BALLS EXHIBITION

2003.1.31　 Text: Satoshi Ota

Wow, this is great." These words unconsciously came out of my mouth. Why? This is because many soccer balls were spinning on the ceiling and I did not understand what was going on in this exhibition at first....