100% DESIGN LONDON 2007

2007.10.12　 Text: Sayaka Hirakawa

100% Design London was back to Earl's Court once again. One of the biggest events among London Design week exhibited interior, furniture, product, lights, all sort of design, in fact. They had Tom Dixon as a creativ...

UFP EXHIBITION 2007

2007.10.11　 Text: Fumika Kawase

This exhibition, the 5th in the series, started in 2003 by ufp members who had lived in the 5 continents; America, Asia, Europe, Oceania and Africa. As its name indicates, this is a global photo exhibition named after...

7TH LOMOGRAPHIC WORLD CONGRESS

2007.10.9　 Text: Waiming

Gerald Matt, Director, Kunsthalle Wien and seasoned Lomographer, kicked-off the 7th Lomographic World Congress in true LOMO-spirit by reciting his ‘95 Theses of Lomography’ in front of an ever-growing audience at Traf...

BLUE MAN GROUP IN TOKYO

2007.10.9　 Text: Yurie Hatano

Quiet, mysterious and comical. A creative organization showing the rediculous but high-developed performance, Blue Man Group is finally coming to Japan. Blue Man Group is a creative organization founded by Phi...

MAGICAL CAMP 2007

2007.10.5　 Text: Emi Honma

Magical Camp was held on September 1st and 2nd in Sapporo, Japan. The festival started at 13:00. The sound of rehearsal came up as we approached the venue from the parking lot. The venue was Sapporo Teine known as ...

METAMORPHOSE 2007

2007.10.5　 Text: Jo Phirip

In the end of summer, I visited Metamorphose 2007 on Aug 25th and 26th. A great number of people attended more than ever as they celebrated 8th anniversary this year. I was wondering if this big event obtained its r...

PAUL MCCARTHY “AIR BORN, AIR BORNE, AIR PRESSURE”

2007.10.2　 Text: Filip De Haes

Paul McCarthy is an American artist, vastly influenced by Viennese Actionism (Body Art, Performances...). Instead of just making paintings, this artist also produces videos, performances and sculptures. Paul McCa...

ILLUSTRATIVE BERLIN 07

2007.10.2　 Text: Ayako Yamamoto

Illustrative 07 has been holding at Berlin. This year is the second time and it has already decided that sister event will be holding at Paris from November 2007. It is expected that this event will be seen many peopl...

RYUICHI SAKAMOTO + SHIRO TAKATANI “LIFE: FLUID, INVISIBLE, INAUDIBLE…”

2007.10.1　 Text: Wakana Kawahito

"LIFE: Fluid, Invisible, Inaudible..." is an exhibition at NTT Inter Communication Center (ICC) at Shinjuku, Tokyo, from 15th September to 4th November. It is newly corroborated Ryuichi Sakamoto with Shiro Takatani fr...

SCULPTURE PROJECTS MüNSTER 2007

2007.9.30　 Text: Kana Sunayama

The so-called Grand Tour is arguably the largest series of contemporary art events of the year 2007, as the triangle of three major international exhibitions happened to take place within the same year; the Venice Bie...

BURNING MAN 2007

2007.9.24　 Text: David Fogel

Experience, Exploration, Ingenuity I’ve recently returned from my first foray to what has got to be the greatest creative explosion on the planet, Burning Man. If creativity, intensity and innovation inspire an...

SH CONTEMPORARY 2007

2007.9.20　 Text: Wee Ling Soh

Students holding placards in a mock protest greeted visitors as they entered the stately 1950s Soviet-designed Shanghai Exhibition Center on opening night. I had been looking forward to SH Contemporary 2007 even befor...