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 ...

NEW YORK PHOTO FESTIVAL 2008

2008.5.20　 Text: Garry Waller

New York has just held it's First International Photography Festival in the United States and despite arriving jet lagged from a vacation the night before I managed to catch the last day of the event. The 3 day festiv...

MILANO SALONE 2008

2008.5.16　 Text: Daisuke Ark Kozuki

One of the world biggest international furniture fairs, The 47th Milano Salone Internazionale del Mobile was held from 16th to 21st April in Milan, Italy. This article is a digest of the report by Daisuke Ark Kozuk...

TENORI-ON: PRE-VIEW & AFTER-VIEW

2008.5.16　 Text: Yasuharu Motomiya

TENORI-ON is the innovative music instrument that has been taken about 6 years for its completion, created by Toshio Iwai, a leading media artist in Japan. It has 16 x 16 LED buttons laid out on its surface. Each butt...

100 ARTISTS ORGANIC COTTON T-SHIRTS DESIGN EXHIBITION

2008.5.14　 Text: Shinichi Ishikawa

It is definitely important to think about the environment. However, it is difficult to keep being aware of something in our everyday lives. You cannot act anything without being aware of. There are many cases that ...

TSUNEMI UMETSU RETROSPECTIVE

2008.5.14　 Text: Asami Miyamura

On the occasion of the first anniversary of Tsunemi Umetsu' s death, "Tsunemi Umetsu Retrospective Exhibition" was held in Gallery Odori Art Museum in Sapporo from April 29th to May 4th. Tsunemi Umetsu was born and...

TATSUO MIYAJIMA “ART IN YOU”

2008.5.12　 Text: Yutaka Takamura

Tatsuo Miyajima's "Art in You" is held at Art Tower Mito Contemporary Art Center. This is his first solo show in 8 years in a Japanese metropolitan area. Thankfully, it's showing a large number of his works. One of th...

SHAYNE EHMAN & FRIENDS “NOMADIC!”

2008.5.6　 Text: Aya Takada

The public offering and project exhibition “Nomadic! -Shayne Ehman & Friends-” took place from March 20th through April 20th at Tokyo Wonder Site Hongo. We, Birdo Flugas, took charge of planning and exhibited...

STREET ART IN NEW YORK CITY

2008.4.30　 Text: Katherine Lorimer

I can still remember the first piece of New York City street art that made an impression on me: walking through Williamsburg several years ago, I was stopped in my tracks by the haunting face of a young girl peering o...

THE 5TH BERLIN BIENNALE

2008.4.29　 Text: Yoshito Maeoka

The 5th Berlin Biennale Biennale entitled “When things cast no shadow” begun on the 5th, April 2008. This time the biennale was organized by the great young curator Adam Szymczyk and his partner Elena Filipovic. Accor...

WHITNEY BIENNIAL 2008

2008.4.21　 Text: Carlos J. Gómez

The Biennial characterizes the state of American art today. Phoebe Washburn, It Makes for My Billionaire Status, 2005 (installation view, Kantor/Feuer Gallery, Los Angeles, 2005). The Whitney Biennial is being...

DORIS SALCEDO “SHIBBOLETH”

2008.4.21　 Text: Waiming

Walking through the crack floor, my whole body system worked simultaneously! Both my legs and heart struggled hard against one another in overcoming my height phobia and avoiding the danger of “falling off” while my b...