Imaitoonz and Yutanpo Shirane were the stars of Dotsoso#19 this August. Loyal readers of Shift know who we are talking about. Both have already been to Sapporo. Imaitoonz visited us exactly one year and Yutanpo two mo...

COW PARADE TOKYO 2003

2003.10.1　 Text: Yuki Ishida

Currently celebrating its one year anniversary in the Marunouchi area, are loads of cows situated around the Maru-building. These cows are part of a public art event, Cow Parade, being held all over the world. The fir...

METAMORPHOSE 2003

2003.8.10　 Text: Yasuharu Motomiya

Metamorphose is an unique and has a special status in the rapidly increasing Japanese open air music festivals, not only for the size but also for the quality and wide range of participating artists regardless of thei...

DIGITAL ART FESTIVAL TOKYO 2003

2003.8.7　 Text: Jo Kazuhiro

Digital Art Festival Tokyo (DAF Tokyo) is a meeting place where people meet through the digital arts and create something. Over August 8th to 17th, various programs, such as performances, exhibitions, symposiums, and ...

FUJI ROCK FESTIVAL 2003

2003.7.10　 Text: Yasuharu Motomiya

The 7th annual biggest open-air music event in Japan, Fuji Rock Festival was held for four days from the 25th of July. From the first to the third edition, the festival was held in different places but it has been he...

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...

SINE WAVE ORCHESTRA (S.W.O.)

2003.5.21　 Text: Jo Kazuhiro

The Sine Wave Orchestra (S.W.O.) which make the sea of sine waves, under the rule -one sine wave for one participant-, was held at Design Gallery, Hachioji Campus of Tama Art University in 4/18 with 40 or more sine wa...

ARTDEMO 03

2003.4.24　 Text: Tomohiro Okada

Japanese tend to hesitate to get involved in overseas media arts and designs scenes. They think these scenes can only occur through submitting works or for business. Japan has and remains a distant country for artist...

TIME! TIME! TIME! EXPLORATION OF TIME!

2003.4.20　 Text: Chiaki Sakaguchi

National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation is a "future place" where people can experience the forefront of scientific technology. This museum is located in Odaiba, Tokyo, one of Tokyo's more popular places, ...

OPEN MIND

2003.2.14　 Text: Jo Kazuhiro

The Mori Art Museum will open in the center of Tokyo in October 2003. As a commemorative release of the CD "Open Mind" (the museum pre open plan) the "Open Mind Live Event" was performed at Roppongi Hills Information...

THE 6TH JAPAN MEDIA ARTS FESTIVAL

2003.2.14　 Text: Tomohiro Okada

Prize winning works of Media Arts Festival for Cultural Affairs were announced on the 19th of November. This festival had many Japanese top media arts in 2002. It hits its 6th round and has been building as one of t...

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...