OFFF FESTIVAL 2007

2007.6.5　 Text: Eduard Prats Molner

The seventh edition of the OFFF festival presents itself with a statement for renovation. And so it goes, the rich media starts to be mature and so has been OFFF as well. Yes! in my opinion OFFF offered the most solid...

FACTORY PROJECT “THE FORMS OF TRANSPARENCY”

2007.5.21　 Text: Shinichi Ishikawa

If I have nice things beside myself, I feel I get something by itself. “The Forms of Transparency” is the exhibition, which is the fair for furniture and products made in collaboration of young designers with small-sc...

EAST LONDON ART WALKS

2007.5.14　 Text: Sawako Kanematsu

On April 21st I had a chance to join the East London Art Walks hosted by COMMENT ART. COMMENT ART is a group that dispatches information about art in London. They produce the East London art map, which coverts galle...

THE FORBIDDEN EMPIRE EXHIBITION

2007.5.11　 Text: Filip De Haes

As a means to compare the rise and evolution of art in both Flanders and China, LucTuymans (Belgian artist) and Yu Hui (curator at the Palace Museum in Bejing), conceived a temporary exhibition called "The Forbidden E...

ART BRUSSELS 2007

2007.4.25　 Text: Filip De Haes

The 25th art fair in Brussels got quite a lot of media attention. It was the first time that we got to hear something about it on national radio, or get some preview publicity on national television. As we're open min...

THE SECRET PUBLIC: THE LAST DAYS OF THE BRITISH UNDERGROUND 1978 – 1988

2007.4.25　 Text: Sayaka Hirakawa

The Secret Public is the exhibition of the underground art which occurred a time of lowering political, economic, and social change of the 1980s, under the rise of Thatcherism. This generation had created something da...

HARMONICA BLDG. “GOSHUJIN-SAMA”

2007.4.2　 Text: Shinichi Ishikawa

"Maid Kissa" (Maid Coffee Shop) In this cafe, a waitress who wears a black or navy blue colored frilled white apron dress with a hair band so-called the housemaid clothes meets you "Welcome home" as you drop by. A v...

OPTRONICA FESTIVAL 2007

2007.3.30　 Text: Peta Jenkin

Showcasing a new language of AV, and embracing the whole structure of the audiovisual. It’s always exciting to feel like you’re a part of something "new". Art, fashion and design fads come and go, but there’s alwa...

VIRGINIE LAVEY “TOMORROW’S MEMORIES”

2007.3.29　 Text: Naoko Wowsugi

And A is a select shop that presents fashion, goods, music and art. They have original items and import items mainly from Europe. They have produced many collaborative items with various designers and artists. Also, t...

BURRED EDGES: 12 DAYS OF MODERN MUSIC IN HAMBURG

2007.3.29　 Text: Gudrun Rau

Were we really going to spend this beautiful spring-afternoon behind the 3 metre-thick concrete walls of the bunker? But, I have to admit, I really like this surreal building plus there was going to be a concert featu...

MIFREL “GRANDMA’S LOVE”

2007.3.28　 Text: Yuhei Kikuchi

Mifrel... has an incredibly mysterious sound. The first art exhibition "GRANDMA'S LOVE" in Tokyo occurred last March from the 21st to the 25th. It was launched in last year by Japanese artist Tomoaki Ryu and Taiwan...

NORWAY ICE CONCERT

2007.3.2　 Text: Yurie Hatano

The whole world is speaking of a "warm winter" this year. Hokkaido is not the exception, and many snow or ice statues were exposed to the rain. The 29th Chitose Shikotsu Ice Festival, however, reproduced the fantasti...