DESIGNART TOKYO 2021

2021.12.3　 Text: Taketo Oguchi

DESIGNART TOKYO 2021, a festival of design and art in the city of Tokyo that has become a well-known Autumn event in Tokyo, was held from October 22nd to 31st. In the Autumn of 2021, when the COVID-19 pandemic is grad...

DOUBLE EYE STUDIOS “FINDING PANDORA X”

2021.12.1　 Text: Taketo Oguchi

Do you know the word “Metaverse”? It’s new to remember that Facebook has changed its name to Meta, Metaverse (a synthetic word for Meta and Universe, a virtual world on the Internet) is rapidly gaining attention aroun...

BLUM & POE KYOTO, COCON KARASUMA

2021.11.30　 Text: Amelia Ijiri

Happening now in a pop-up exhibition space in downtown Kyoto, two or three representative works from seven emerging and established contemporary artists are brought together by Blum & Poe, an LA-Based art gallery. Al...

AMOAKO BOAFO “SOUL OF BLACK FOLKS”

2021.11.20　 Text: Saya Regalado

Ghanaian painter Amoako Boafo to showcase first solo exhibition At MoAD (Museum of the African Diaspora). Smithsonian affiliate MoAD have reopened October 21st after the fine art space experienced over a year of closu...

EXPERIENCE LEONARD COHEN

2021.11.15　 Text: Saya Regalado

Leonard Cohen’s words gave voice to the human condition, in all of its grace and imperfection — and to this day, they continue to inspire generations of artists, musicians, and writers. This inspiration is at the hear...

AWE (AUGMENTED WORLD EXPO) 2021

2021.11.14　 Text: Taketo Oguchi

The world's largest XR (general term for technology that fuses the real world and the virtual world) conference & exhibition, AWE (Augmented World Expo) was held from November 9th to 11th, 2021 in Santa Clara, next to...

WORLD PRESS PHOTO 2021

2021.11.5　 Text: Victor Moreno

The renowned international photography contest World Press Photo 2021 (WPP) kicked off in several cities around Europe this fall. Founded in 1955 in Amsterdam, the institution’s main focus is to address the importance...

KYOTOGRAPHIE 2021

2021.11.1　 Text: Amelia Ijiri

ECHO was the theme of the 2021 KYOTOGRAPHIE International Photography Festival held in Kyoto, Japan, from September 18th to October 17th, 2021. It reflected on the decade since the 2011 Great East Japan earthquake, ts...

INSCAPE – VOYAGE TO HIDDEN LANDSCAPE

2021.10.20　 Text: Kate Lee

Paradise City, Korea presents the media art festival “INSCAPE - Voyage to Hidden Landscape” from October 21st to 24th throughout the venue. Starting its ambitious journey from the first comprehensive solo show in Asia...

MARKET ART FAIR 2021

2021.9.29　 Text: Victor Moreno

Barely two weeks before Sweden put an end to any type of restrictions for covid-19, between September 17th and 19th the fifteenth edition of Market Art Fair 2021, the independent art fair of Stockholm, took place at t...

KENGO KUMA “BAMBOO RING: WEAVING A SYMPHONY OF LIGHTNESS AND FORM”

2021.9.24　 Text: Saya Regalado

Kengo Kuma, one of Japan's leading architects, is collaborating with OPPO, the world's leading smart device manufacturer, to present "Bamboo Ring Weaving a Symphony of Lightness and Form," an installation based on the...

HALF CENTURY SINCE WHOLE EARTH CATALOG: SHAPING THE FUTURE WITH TECHNOLOGY

2021.9.12　 Text: Taketo Oguchi

The New Context Conference 2021 was held at Digital Garage on August 11th under the theme of "Earthshot: Half Century Since Whole Earth Catalog: Shaping the Future with Technology". This event was launched in 2005 wit...