The existing things and things that we are looking for in the belief that they exist. Although it is unfortunate that we can't find these things when we want to, there is possibility in some degree that we don't get t...

FASHION DOLL “MOMOKO”

2002.5.27　 Text: Satoshi Ota

It was last summer when dressable doll Momoko was born. Namie Manabe, who is a founding mother of "PostPet" from So-Net, has made a dressable doll. The fact that Namie is a doll enthusiast is an origin of this project...

JAM: TOKYO/LONDON

2002.3.27　 Text: Satoshi Ota

It was the beginning of February when "JAM: Tokyo/London" exhibition has started. I had been really in hustle and bustle days and could not find a chance to visit this. However, I finally could make it in last week....

TOKYO DESIGNERS BLOCK 2001

2001.11.24　 Text: Naoko Ikeno

The city of Tokyo has been in great excitement from 10th to 14th of October. Tokyo Designers Block (TDB), a festival of various kinds of design, had started and main areas in Tokyo, such as Aoyama and Harajuku were us...

Q&A PROJECT

2001.11.24　 Text: Akira Natsume

Q&A Project was carried out as a part of Tokyo Designers Block at cafes, galleries, bars, selected shops and others such as 'Trico Open' and 'And A' in Tokyo at the middle of October, 2001. This is a mess...

KEIJI ITO VS. NAMAIKI

2001.9.17　 Text: Andrew Thomas

In a brick-walled vault under the Toyoko-line tracks from Nakameguro, restaurant bar 'depot' has recently become one of the more interesting gallery spaces in Tokyo. In the second volume of the 'versus' exhibition ser...

MEX 2001

2001.8.16　 Text: Andrew Thomas

This month saw the launch of the MeX 2001 project, including a live 3-hour webcast from a studio in the Tokyo suburbs, and a group exhibition of interactive and computer graphic artists at Axis Gallery. MeX was establ...

TOONZ CAMP

2001.6.11　 Text: Chibashi

Imai Toonz is a comic artist, who is popular with youth and famous for his works, such as MTV's "Top of Japan" program's opening animation, Suntory "C.C.Lemon" CF work, and the character design of SEGA's arcade game "...

MAYWA DENKI

2001.4.25　 Text: Aki Ikemura

Maywa Denki landed at Galerie Du Jour Agnes b. from Japan. They've produced and released their original and unique 'products' (artworks), and have been working actively doing performances with those products, holding ...

TOMATO “REAL AND IMAGINARY FLOWERS”

2001.4.10　 Text: Andy Thomas

somethings that you stand in front of, somethings that you interact with, and somethings that you're within. without surprises, life would be dull first impressions are usually not accurate eventually you...

INTERACTION 2001

2001.4.9　 Text: Jo Kazuhiro

The fifth symposium Interaction 2001 was held March 4 and 5 at Waseda University Tokyo. The symposium's focus is the cooperation of the real organic world and "information technology". Interaction 2001 saw 300 partici...

BIT GENERATION 2000 “TV GAMES”

2001.2.7　 Text: Chibashi

I had a chance to visit the exhibition titled 'Bit Generation 2000 TV GAMES' held at the Contemporary Art Gallery, Art Tower Mito over the Century from October 28th, 2000 to January 28th, 2001. This exhibition focu...