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....

FRANCIS LAM AND YASU SANTO “CO-EXISTENCE COMMUNICATION SUITE”

2003.1.31　 Text: Mlee

Someone likes exploring the virtual world simply because it's so unreal...but somebody hates it because they want something solid. Co-existence Communication Suite allows you to experience either of them as you like. ...

BAY BEATS

2003.1.31　 Text: Fann ZJ

Touted as Singapore's first ever-biggest Alternative Music Festival, Bay Beats provided an alternative platform for local talent. Held at the Esplanade, the three-day event was performed on two outdoor stages [namely ...

HUMANFIVE “BUNNY HILL: A HOT SPOT”

2003.1.31　 Text: Aya Takada

The street on a sunny day becomes lively and lovely with drivers in their favorite cars, cyclists on a bicycle trip, and walkers with light steps. The three members of Humanfive must be also skateboarding around Vanco...

DRAWING ATTENTION

2003.1.31　 Text: Mikey Richardson

Drawing Attention is a group exhibition of drawing-based works being held at Toronto's Spin Gallery from January 10th to February 2nd. The show is curated by Juno Youn and features work by over 20 artists from Canada,...

MORAD BOUCHAKOUR “PARTY! IN THE NETHERLANDS”

2003.1.31　 Text: Bastiaan Rijkers

Every year Dutch newspaper NRC Handelsblad and the Rijksmuseum invite a photographer to record a specific part of Dutch culture. Huwelijksfeest, Morad Bouchakour, 2002 © Morad Bouchakour This time Morad Bouch...

PROFILE INTERMEDIA BREMEN

2003.1.30　 Text: Daniel Goddemeyer

Having the theme of "contrasts", this years "Profile Intermedia 5" focussed on the idea of contrasts between a lot of things: the contrast of the way a client sees an aim, the contrasts of the artists producing thei...

JOAN MOREY “FUCKING FASHION RULES”

2003.1.30　 Text: Terevision Ruiz

We live surrounded by brands and the art world is no different. The work of a good number of modern artists is based on this concept. Joan Morey (born in Mallorca, Spain, in 1972) is one of these. STP (I am your who...

ART BASEL MIAMI BEACH 2002

2003.1.30　 Text: Ilaria Ventriglia

First edition for the American offspring of Art Basel. Art Miami, lively and colourful, has little of the airs of its mountain relative in Switzerland. Ilaria Ventriglia paid a visit for us. Miami Beach Conventio...

EVAN HECOX “TOKYO: TRAVEL VISUALOGUE”

2003.1.30　 Text: Benjamin Roy

Skateboarding is Art. It is Craft. It is Culture. The creativity is continuous. The brush will roll. The canvas in this case has evolved beyond the concrete and into the temporary. The subject matter is co...