A man came to Tokyo to sow "seed". His name is Fabrice Hyber, is an artist representing France creates a lot of works about environment. Now, "Seed and Grow", an exhibition at WATARI-UM museum in Tokyo reveal what hi...

TAB TALKS #11 “MAKING OF TOWADA ART CENTER”

2008.7.28　 Text: Naoko Wowsugi

Tokyo Art Beat is a non-profit organization that provides raw Tokyo art and design news through a bilingual site. They bring the Japanese art and design scene closer with services such as the Tokyo Art Map, which ...

QUZILA EXHIBITION

2008.7.22　 Text: Tatsuhiko Akutsu

Sunshine Studio Cafe, opened in July 2008 at Meiji St. Harajuku. “QUZILA Exhibition” was held from the 6th of June through the 21st of July, to commemorate its 1st anniversary, in which Geoff McFetridge, Yu Nagaba, an...

HISTORY IN THE MAKING: A RETROSPECTIVE OF THE TURNER PRIZE

2008.6.30　 Text: Shiori Saito

The Turner Prize started in 1984 at Tate Britain, London. And now it is one of the most important art prizes in the world. The original goal of this prize is to “show new art culture to ordinary people”. Every year, t...

MARK JENKINS & MIHO KINOMURA “GLAZED PARADISE”

2008.6.19　 Text: Wakana Kawahito

When you are walking on the street, you would see a person put his/her head into a garbage vain or crash at the wall. I recommend to look at that carefully because this might be a piece of art work. Mark Jenkins is...

BOB & TERRY RICHARDSON EXHIBITION

2008.5.31　 Text: Naoko Wowsugi

This father and son are both fashion photographers and famous for a proactive approach to photography. They had exhibitions at the same time in different places. Bob Richardson is one of the pioneers in making fashion...

SHOBOSHOBO ONSEN BUS TOUR

2008.5.31　 Text: Jo Phirip

I joined a special bus tour called "SHOBOSHOBO ONSEN BUS TOUR".　Here is what it was: various artists joining together on a tour of Japanese onsen (hot springs) by bus. And during the tour, we played music and drew pi...

DESIGN FESTA VOL. 27

2008.5.30　 Text: Tatsuhiko Akutsu

Design Festa, one of the largest art festivals in Asia, was held through May 17th through 18th at Tokyo Big Site. On brilliant summer day, it was filled with excitement of people covering the entire floor. On entering...

TENORI-ON: PRE-VIEW & AFTER-VIEW

2008.5.16　 Text: Yasuharu Motomiya

TENORI-ON is the innovative music instrument that has been taken about 6 years for its completion, created by Toshio Iwai, a leading media artist in Japan. It has 16 x 16 LED buttons laid out on its surface. Each butt...

TATSUO MIYAJIMA “ART IN YOU”

2008.5.12　 Text: Yutaka Takamura

Tatsuo Miyajima's "Art in You" is held at Art Tower Mito Contemporary Art Center. This is his first solo show in 8 years in a Japanese metropolitan area. Thankfully, it's showing a large number of his works. One of th...

FABRICA: LES YEUX OUVERTS

2008.3.19　 Text: Wakana Kawahito

Nothing but the feeling of "I must tell it." There are posters that reveal strong images of the campaign to stop AIDS and which represent the discrimination through photos that put handcuffs on White and Black. Yo...

THE 11TH JAPAN MEDIA ARTS FESTIVAL

2008.3.17　 Text: Yasuharu Motomiya

In recent years many media art festivals appear all over the world. Here in Japan is not exception. Among those festivals best known is Japan Media Arts Festival run by the Agency for Cultural Affairs. This y...