A trip to forest of illusion. Chisato Shinya aka Kinpro is a Sapporo-based illustrator, who works in various fields including advertisements, magazines, and publishing. Her name should be familiar to you from past ...
The sky was a perfect uniform blue, and the air fresh and crisp, as I touched down at Zurich airport from London. I’d just enjoyed fabulous weather there too, while at the London Frieze Art Fair, so I was in a good m...
The cafe played a crucial part in city life. It is not only the love story born in a café. It is also where culture is born. The greatest art, literature, even revolution began in cafes. From the late nineteen...
DOTMOV is a digital film festival organized by an online magazine "SHIFT", aiming to discover unknown talented creators and provide an opportunity to show their works. We had a total of 289 works from 37 countries thi...
Okay, I know this write-up is late. My body is totally being over run by the wicked sleeping spell that is the Northwest in the Rainy season, which accounts for 9 months out of the year, or so I’m told. So sleeping in...
The London Design Festival, now in its sixth year, is one of Europe’s biggest design events. Featuring a wide range of crafts, architectures, furniture, products, graphic, fashion and even fine art. With over 150 eve...
The first time I had the chance to see Sterling Ruby’s work was two years ago at Emi Fontana’s gallery historically located at the address Via Bligly 42 in Milano: the show was composed of black and white picture...
Melrose Avenue, a few minutes drive away from Beverly Hills, is recently know as a cool spot like SOHO in New York. Young people in the street enjoy their own tastes in fashion, music, art, and subculture in diversit...
The third edition of PICNIC saw a pioneering, cross-media, creative innovation program attracting over 8,500 creative and technology professionals from more than 100 countries, and over 3,000 viewers for the PICNIC li...
Sankai Juku Japan Tour, the first time in two and a half years. Kitakyushu Performing Arts Center was enveloped in complete darkness. The Sankai Juku Japan Tour, which was the first time in two and a half years, w...
“What Are Crass?” Presentation Portland is an amazing city. There is so much constantly going on that it’s hard to keep up! From my adventure last First Thursday, I talked a bit with an artist at The Pony Club nam...
I’m a pirate. You’re a pirate. We’re all pirates. Well, that was the general mood on Sunday at the 3rd Annual Portland Pirate Festival. The festival happens every year, rain or shine, underneath the St. John’s...
