Adapter 2nd exhibition "Memai" was held from August 19th to September 17th at the Nanzuka Uunderground. "Memai" is the exhibition by a graphic artists' group Adapter, which is lead by an Art Director Kenjiro Harigai, ...

GUNDAM GENERATING FUTURES: CONTEMPORARY ART

2006.9.28　 Text: Shinichi Ishikawa

TV animation "Mobile Suit Gundam" (Total 43 episodes) is one of top 3 Japanese animations. This position might be unshakable at least in this century. The work of 27 years ago is still continued making as sequels or r...

METAMORPHOSE 2006

2006.9.28　 Text: Jo Phirip

Metamorphose is the Outdoor Electronic Music Festival, which is the largest one in Japan and in which great musicians from various genres. I've been a fan of this party and was on the staff of installations this ti...

BILL VIOLA “HATSU-YUME”

2006.9.20　 Text: Yurie Hatano

Bill Viola, "The Crossing" (detail), 1996, Video Sound Installation, Photo: Kira Perov A large-scaled retrospective exhibition of Bill Viola will take place in Mori Art Museum from October 14th, 2006 to January 8...

MATZU-MTP EXPO

2006.9.5　 Text: Yoshihiro Kanematsu

From July 28th to August 13th in midsummer, "MATZU-MTP EXPO" was held at a Gallery SPEAK FOR. MATZU, who was born in Hida-Takayama, grew up in Orange county, and now lives in New York, is a valuable Japanese artist st...

TARO OKAMOTO “MYTH OF TOMORROW”

2006.8.5　 Text: Yoshihiro Kanematsu

During the boom of summer vacation in Japan, "Myth of Tomorrow" by Taro Okamoto will be "released" in the Shiodome. Although it was painted in the late 1960s, just about the same time in which he created "Tower of the...

60 FOOTBALL VISIONS

2006.7.28　 Text: Yasuharu Motomiya

On June 9th, the first day of 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany, "60 Football Visions" by 60 groups of creators started at KDDI DESIGNING STUDIO in Harajuku, Tokyo. At the reception on the preceding day of June 8th, the ...

RYUTA IIDA EXHIBITION

2006.7.5　 Text: Yoshihiro Kanematsu

From June 13th until July 2nd, in the middle of rainy season, "Ryuta Iida Exhibition" was held in the Gallery (g). The work of Iida, in which he focuses single-mindedly on cutting books with a paper cutter, has won t...

TOKYO LIVEPAINT SHOWCASE “HUOVA”

2006.6.30　 Text: Yoshihiro Kanematsu

At the end of Golden Week on May 6th, a live-painting event called "HUOVA" was held in Gallery Conceal in Shibuya. The Chinese word for "torch", HUOVA is a show for those who compete for the title as "the fastest" pai...

FOOTBALL THE PASSION

2006.6.5　 Text: Yoshihiro Kanematsu

This continuous rainy season from May 20th to June 4th, "FOOTBALL THE PASSION" is being held at Speak For, a gallery in Daikanyama. It is an exhibit on the works of the 60th issue of Big Magazine, a culture magazine f...

MERRY EXPO IN TOKYO

2006.3.5　 Text: Yoshihiro Kanematsu

There was an exhibition called "Merry EXPO in Tokyo" at Ginza Mikimoto in the middle of winter from Feb 2nd to 14th. This was the memorial exhibition for the release of a visual book "Merry EXPO - Book of global exch...

THE 9TH JAPAN MEDIA ARTS FESTIVAL

2006.3.1　 Text: Yasuharu Motomiya

Have you heard about the "Japan Media Arts Festival"? Shift has featured it in the past several times. As the name tells you, it is a media art festival the Japan Media Art Plaza holds every year. This year is the 9th...