WONDER FESTIVAL 1999
For some past few years, the market for animation/figure, regarded as Otaku-culture is expanding to anti-Otaku people. This maybe created by Takashi Murakami who goes ahead with the fusion of Otaku and Art, 'Ghost in ...
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FUSE
The VJ event 'FUSE' will be held on the largest scale in Japan on 20th of March at Liquid Room in Shinjuku. It'll be the second time as 'FUSE'. The last event was held at Club ASIA on last November and a long li...
MEGO AT ICC
Based in Vienna, Austria, Mego is a techno label whose music draws a sharp distinction between so-called "techno music". Including artists such as Tina Frank and Farmers Manual, 6 units of Mego artists gathered in NTT...
ERO POP CHIRISMAS
Takashi Murakami has been the center of the attention in the Japanese modern art scene ever since he made up his original character DOB-Kun a few years ago. He runs an art factory Hiropon Factory that is firmly ...
TAKEHIKO SANADA EXHIBITION
A solo exhibition by Takehiko Sanada is taking place on the basement floor at Tokyo International Forum. Weaving the animal hair of sheep, horse and goat, he creates hand-made coats of the felt which is meticulously m...
YOKOHAMA FILM FESTIVAL ’98
Yokohama France Film Festival aims to introduce the French films which are not on show to Japanese audiences. As it's the 6th year of the festival at Pacifico Yokohama, more people joined to enjoy the rare Fren...
SIMON FISHER TURNER “BLUE”
As one of the events of UK98, a retrospective of Derek Jarman took place at Cine Vivienne in Roppongi. Simon Fisher Turner came over to Japan to dj to the footages of BLUE. a great deal of mixed ambient sounds whi...
THE 1ST JAPAN MEDIA ARTS FESTIVAL
The first ceremony of the Media Art Festival that is organised by the Agency for Cultural Affairs was held at Opera City in Shinjuku. The festival was set up in order to support and develop game software, CGs, animati...
MARK BORTHWICK EXHIBITION
In Japan, this was the first photo exhibition by Mark Borthwich who photographed for fashion magaines such as I-D, Self Service and an advertising campaign for Parco. Mark Borthwich who had initially worked a...
NEST “CIRCULATION MODULE”
Nest has been fascinating audiences by its powerful danceing to the beat of Techno sounds since 1991 when it presented "Never More". After a year from the successful performance "UT" in Slovackia, Nest has just perfor...
TAKESHI KITANO “HANA-BI”
HANA-BI (Fireworks), 1997, Takeshi Kitano HANA-BI (Fireworks) directed by Takeshi Kitano won the grand-prix at the last Venezia Film Festival. Prior to the roadshow in Tokyo, Takashi Kitano Gallery was held featu...
MAYA MAXX “COME HERE, LOVE IS HERE”
Known as a painter who drew the cover of 'Junior Sweet' by Chara and Honey Moon by Banana Yoshimoto, MAYA MAXX, the originator of the recent boom of cute and punkish illustrations, through this exhibition. "The...
