BAC! FESTIVAL 2007

2007.12.10　 Text: Gudrun Rau

Once a year the CCCB at Barcelona is showing an exhibition with young and upcoming artists from all over the world. This year's subject is "Babylon", here construed as the artists' view on today's or tomorrow's megaci...

SINGAPORE DESIGN FESTIVAL 2007

2007.12.10　 Text: Fann ZJ

The city has been overtaken by signposts of Batman and Robin. A year after Singapore’s first Biennale comes the second Singapore Design Festival. Event venues were identified through signposts of the dynamic duo in br...

BORN IN HOKKAIDO: PEOPLE AND ART ON THE GROUND

2007.11.29　 Text: Shinichi Ishikawa

Winter has finally come to Hokkaido. I was born in here and have been living here for a long time by now, honestly the coldness of winter and the snow sometimes get me down, but when I look around the scenery of snowi...

URBALLOON

2007.11.24　 Text: Carlos J. Gomez

Upon entering the Eyebeam in the month of October, the first thing you would notice was that big white ball, floating. Underneath it, the floor was carpeted with a large video projection, and showed this message: Why ...

OFFF FESTIVAL 2007

2007.11.23　 Text: Garry Waller

Seven years since it began in Europe, the OFFF Festival which showcases innovative digital design came to New York City this November for a three day conference. The lineup of speakers included a range of people t...

DESIGNTIDE 2007

2007.11.21　 Text: Vicente Gutierrez

Now that Tokyo Designer's Week has successfully wrapped up, with the legions of designers catching flights out of Narita its time for a little rest and to sum up for those that couldn't make it.　DesignTide is in its ...

PORTLAND FASHION WEEK 2007

2007.11.17　 Text: Lisa Radon

Portland Fashion Week had its share of showstopping moments: Emily Ryan’s architectural honeycomb dress, IDOM’s black trapeze cocktail dress with an open back cut down well below the waist, Kate Towers’ cascading floo...

52ND VENICE BIENNALE

2007.11.16　 Text: Kana Sunayama

Inviting Robert Storr as a director, the first American art critic, the 52nd Venice Biennale in 2007 was held with the title “Think with the Senses. Feel with the Mind. Art in the present tense.” Sigmar Polke © L...

FIAC 2007

2007.11.14　 Text: Kana Sunayama

For contemporary Paris art scene, autumn is not about eating, reading, or arts, but it's about buy and sell arts. Because autumn is the season of FIAC! FIAC used to be held under tents along quai Branly for 12 year...

CORPORA IN SI(GH)TE

2007.11.8　 Text: Yuko Matomo

Virtual architecture grows in accord with the environment. Above is a copy of Corpora in Si(gh)te. Who can imagine what I'm talking about if they only see this copy? I know I couldn't. © doubleNegatives Ar...

DUAL CITY SESSIONS: TOKYO AND SINGAPORE

2007.11.8　 Text: Vicente Gutierrez

Dual City Sessions is a collaborative exhibit which encompasses 28 artists, 14 from Tokyo and 14 Singapore, and was held at the Giuliano Fujiwara boutique on October 30th until November 4th, 2007. The exhibit will tr...

ZOO ART FAIR 2007

2007.11.7　 Text: Sayaka Hirakawa

How would you like to experience an art fair where, along with the exhibition, you have elephants and giraffes in your peripheral vision? Did anybody go to London Zoo Art Fair last year for exactly that? Who knew the...