POETS OF THE PASTE

2008.6.23　 Text: Katherine Lorimer

The Poets of the Paste show at the Ad Hoc Art gallery in Bushwick, Brooklyn, opened to a packed house on Friday, June 13th. The group show features the work of four street artists known primarily for pasting original ...

HOUSTON FENCE

2008.6.20　 Text: Carlos J. Gómez

The Houston Fence is a temporary outdoor installation on chain-link fences inspired by QR code barcode patterns. It is located at the intersection of Broadway and Houston in New York City, a crossroads notorious for i...

PRIMAVERA SOUND 2008

2008.6.20　 Text: Julio Cesar Palacio

The local music critics say that there is so many Festivals during the summer and that matter will affect the quality of the artist and the public affluence. But Primavera Sound is a maybe the Big brother of all th...

MARK JENKINS & MIHO KINOMURA “GLAZED PARADISE”

2008.6.19　 Text: Wakana Kawahito

When you are walking on the street, you would see a person put his/her head into a garbage vain or crash at the wall. I recommend to look at that carefully because this might be a piece of art work. Mark Jenkins is...

DMY 2008

2008.5.31　 Text: Ayako Yamamoto

What would come to your mind when you hear the name of the city Berlin? It might includes Berlin Wall, the separation of East and West, the collapse of the wall, the progression afterwards, architectural buildings by...

BOB & TERRY RICHARDSON EXHIBITION

2008.5.31　 Text: Naoko Wowsugi

This father and son are both fashion photographers and famous for a proactive approach to photography. They had exhibitions at the same time in different places. Bob Richardson is one of the pioneers in making fashion...

SHOBOSHOBO ONSEN BUS TOUR

2008.5.31　 Text: Jo Phirip

I joined a special bus tour called "SHOBOSHOBO ONSEN BUS TOUR".　Here is what it was: various artists joining together on a tour of Japanese onsen (hot springs) by bus. And during the tour, we played music and drew pi...

SYNESTHESIA – WITH SENSATION PATHS CROSS, IMAGES ARE HEARD, SOUND IS SEEN

2008.5.31　 Text: Josephine Sze Chan

Saturday afternoon I arrived at the Brooklyn Museum. Walking down the block to a warehouse like building, some local kids are hanging outside of the gallery, Five Myles. The gallery had music playing and there ...

DESIGNING 2008

2008.5.30　 Text: Yuko Matono

The 4th exhibition "DESIGNING" in 2008 was held at about 50 shops and galleries in Fukuoka city. The concept of this exhibition was "ON". In the main hall, IMS, there has gathered to showcase "pieces" of each e...

DESIGN FESTA VOL. 27

2008.5.30　 Text: Tatsuhiko Akutsu

Design Festa, one of the largest art festivals in Asia, was held through May 17th through 18th at Tokyo Big Site. On brilliant summer day, it was filled with excitement of people covering the entire floor. On entering...

OFFF FESTIVAL 2008

2008.5.27　 Text: Eduard Prats Molner

The eighth edition of the OFFF festival is going to take place in Lisbon. After 6 editions in Barcelona, one in Valencia and two extra editions hosted by NYC and Mexico (canceled at the very end), OFFF 2008 organi...

AINU MUSIC FESTIVAL 2008

2008.5.24　 Text: Yurie Hatano

On May 15th 2008, a piece of mail arrived following the report by The Hokkaido Shimbun Press, "At last, the Japanese government is going to recognize the Ainu as an indigenous people!" The mailing continued to report ...