LIFE OF IMITATION: A REFLECTION

2010.8.24　 Text: Rachel Alexis Xu

Perched on the grassy lawn of the Singapore Art Museum is a colorful, hand-painted and retro-looking billboard harkening the throngs of people who pass by day in and out. It is a slice of the past standing out gla...

WAY OUT WEST

2010.8.23　 Text: Jovan Velkoski

Way Out West is a three day festival in the middle of Göteborgs city park: Slottskogen, Sweden that attracts a mixed crowd and a variety of different artists. The festival takes place at the same time as a city-wide c...

SURROUND GARDEN – BODY AND SOUND IN RESONANCE

2010.8.16　 Text: Fumi Hirota

Yamaguchi Center for Arts and Media (YCAM) keeps various experimental challenges such as showing large scale installations of media art and performing arts. It also approaches the educational field uniquely by develop...

:PHUNK “WELCOME TO ELECTRICITY”

2010.8.13　 Text: Wakana Kawahito

A leading design and art team from Singapore and other Asian countries, :phunk is holding their solo exhibition in Japan for the first time at DIESEL DENIM GALLERY AOYAMA from July 23 to October 11. Exhibition vi...

FIGMENT ON GOVERNORS ISLAND

2010.7.29　 Text: Aya Karpinska

On a hot and sticky Friday afternoon, we took a family trip to Governors Island just off the southern tip of Manhattan. No private cars are allowed on the island, and with plenty of wide open spaces and elegant trees ...

PSYCHOANALYSIS EXHIBITION

2010.7.28　 Text: Wakana Kawahito

Gazes on Photo and Video Art from Austria. Ursula Mayer "Goldflames Out In The Sky" 2002, Still from the DVD, color, sound, (3 min 30 sec), Courtesy of the artist Psychoanalysis is a body of ideas advanced by...

OTARU COLLAGE

2010.7.22　 Text: Mariko Takei

On June 25th it was a hot, sunny day in Otaru a well-known tourist spot in Hokkaido. It was also the day a music and poetry event called Otaru Collage was held in Otaru Soko No.1, along the Otaru Canal, a must-visit s...

BREATH-TAKING: AN INTROSPECTION OF TIME

2010.7.19　 Text: Rachel Alexis Xu

Challenging the linear notion of time, Li Huai’s Breath-Taking elevates space beyond the day-to-day realm and invites the individual to reflect on the forces of chronology. Held at The Substation Singapore from 21 Jun...

THE PRINTS OF ARINORI ICHIHARA

2010.7.15　 Text: Mariko Takei

Works by printmaking artist Arinori Ichihara, who is reaching 100 years old this year, features otherwordly landscapes. Born in 1910 and living in Otaru Hokkaido, Arinori Ichihara's solo exhibition "Arinori Ichihara's...

IDENBURG LIU “POLE DANCE”

2010.7.9　 Text: Ariel Yen-ju Hsieh

On June 25th, P.S.1 festively opened up its annual Young Architects Program to general public of New York City. This year’s winning project which is set to reshape the scenery of museum’s courtyard - Pole Dance, is cr...

SONAR 2010

2010.7.5　 Text: Julio Cesar Palacio

17th International Festival of Advanced Music and Multimedia Art This was the last Sonar edition underage, next year Sonar become 18 years old. The happy teenager left the youth with a A+ in school. Difficul...

THE LIGHT IN WINTER

2010.6.22　 Text: Joanna Kawecki

When the sun goes down and the stars come out, what does light mean to us mortals? Pop over to Federation Square and discover the meaning of light through the event 'The Light in Winter' curated by Robyn Archer, artis...