The 31st international creative festival "TOKYO DESIGN WEEK" started in 1986 and was held at the front of the Meiji Memorial Picture Gallery from October 26th, 2016 to November 6th. (It was canceled on November 7th) ...

PIERRE HUYGHE “UNTILLED HOST”

2016.10.28　 Text: Shuhei Ohata

Espace Louis Vuitton Tokyo in Omotesando is currently exhibiting Pierre Huyghe’s “Untilled Host”. Huyghe is a leading contemporary artist. Born in 1962, he is currently based in both Paris and New York. Two video piec...

JAPAN MEDIA ARTS FESTIVAL EXHIBITION “POWER TO CHANGE”

2016.10.25　 Text: Kengo Michizoe

Japan Media Arts Festival has the 20th anniversary this year. As the keyword “change” indicates, Japan Media Arts Festival 20th Anniversary Exhibition “POWER TO CHANGE” introduces various expression of media art t...

DOBOKU: CIVIL ENGINEERING

2016.10.21　 Text: Kengo Michizoe

What do you imagine when you hear the word “doboku (civil engineering)”? From transportation networks such as roads and railroads to communication technologies like mobile phones and the Internet, from water and s...

SUTRA

2016.10.7　 Text: Kengo Michizoe

Choreographer Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui has infused a new aesthetic form into Shaolin Kung Fu. 19 athletic warrior monks from the world renowned Shaolin Temple have teamed up with director and choreographer Sidi Larbi ...

ART GIVEN OUT: ARTISTS FIGHTING THEIR WAYS INTO SOCIETY. HOW TO PROCEED ART

2016.5.24　 Text: Yoko Akiyoshi

On January 16th 2016, a talk event titled “Art given Out: Artists fighting their ways into society. How to proceed Art” was held at Aoyama Book Center in Tokyo. The event featured two artists who have been creating wo...

TOKYO ART MEETING Ⅵ “TOKYO”

2016.3.31　 Text: Yasuharu Motomiya

The Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo recently held a show called “Tokyo Art Meeting Ⅵ "TOKYO" －Sensing the Cultural Magma of the Metropolis”, from November 2015 through February 14th 2016. As the title of this show ...

NIGHT FISHING

2015.7.28　 Text: Koji Tsuchiya

Sakanaction hosted a new project/event "Night Fishing" on Thursday, July 2nd and Friday July 3rd at Ebisu LIQUID ROOM. This year was their first year ever to not play at any summer festivals, due to the pregnancy of t...

THE 18TH JAPAN MEDIA ARTS FESTIVAL

2015.4.7　 Text: Takashi Ichikawa

A popular annual event in Japan, the 18th Japan Media Arts Festival was held from February 4th to 15th, 2015. Besides a main exhibition place, the National Art Center Tokyo, Cinem@rt Roppongi and Super Deluxe had e...

THE 17TH JAPAN MEDIA ARTS FESTIVAL

2014.3.27　 Text: Noriko Yamakoshi

A media arts festival with “current” art that connects memories and opens our eyes. Passing the registration desk and walking through the entrance, an exhibition space without any partitions appears. The 17th Jap...

GLOBAL PHOTO COLLABORATIONS BY VICE JAPAN

2013.12.12　 Text: Ayami Ueda

In November, 2013, the free magazine “VICE,” which boasts tremendous popularity with art fans from all over the world, finally launched a limited Japanese edition. You might have seen their distinctive logo as embodyi...

RED BULL MUSIC ACADEMY WEEKENDER TOKYO

2013.12.3　 Text: logram

Red Bull Music Academy (RBMA) Weekender Tokyo was held in several places in Tokyo for 4 days from 1st to 4th of November. RBMA started in 1998 as a global music school which supports young and talented artists and has...