BURNING MAN 2006

2006.10.27　 Text: Jo Phirip

I took part in the Burning Man project held in Nevada, USA, for the first time. This event takes place every year for a week from the end of August to early in September. This is the event that all visitors are not vi...

DORKBOT TOKYO

2006.10.27　 Text: Yasuharu Motomiya

"dorkbot"?, What's that? I hit on that question. I'd never seen it, so that's quite a natural...however, regardless of it, that question got bigger while I couldn't catch the detail if I visited Web site of it. As inf...

DIGITAL ART FESTIVAL TOKYO 2006

2006.10.17　 Text: Yurie Hatano

Digital Art Festival Tokyo 2006 will be held mainly by a Japanese TV program for the new century NHK "Digital Stadium" (Digista) which seeks new talents of digital art. The digital artworks from CG, animation, film wo...

MUSIC & SCULPTURE

2006.10.5　 Text: Shinichi Ishikawa

Speaking of art events in Sapporo, usually come up with West side of the city with "Soso Cafe" or Susukino district where you can find nightclubs. What about around Sapporo station? 7 to 8 minutes walk from a North ...

ADAPTER “MEMAI”

2006.10.5　 Text: Yoshihiro Kanematsu

Adapter 2nd exhibition "Memai" was held from August 19th to September 17th at the Nanzuka Uunderground. "Memai" is the exhibition by a graphic artists' group Adapter, which is lead by an Art Director Kenjiro Harigai, ...

OCTOMANIA (ON DRAWING THE NUMBER EIGHT)

2006.10.5　 Text: Becky Ip

When I was 7 years old, the world of gambling was introduced to me through the 1989 Hong Kong film, "God of Gamblers". Inspired by the near-supernatural powers and sleight of hand techniques wielded by Chow Yun-Fat's...

WHAT MAKES BERLIN ADDICTIVE?

2006.10.5　 Text: Soh Wee Ling

Berlin is Germany's largest city and one of the most influential centers in European culture while Shanghai, the economic capital of the middle kingdom, is building skyscrapers faster than at the speed of sound. So wh...

ANSTOSS BERLIN

2006.10.5　 Text: Yoshito Maeoka

Approximately 60 top artists from 21 countries living in Berlin got together for this exhibition "ANSTOSS BERLIN" in Haus am Waldsee. This museum is located in a suburban of Berlin, Dahlem area. Despite its small appe...

JULIEN MACDONALD S/S 07

2006.10.5　 Text: Sayaka Hirakawa

There were more than 50 cat walk schedules all the editors, buyers and photographers had to cover. Surely which made us completely knocked out. Even though it is impossible to hold Adrenaline once going into H...

ART PARADE 2006

2006.10.5　 Text: Carlos J. Gomez

On the lovely, warm Saturday afternoon of September 9th, a legitimat New York freak show known as the Art Parade 2006 took place. Organized by Deitch Projects, Creative Time and Paper Magazine the second annual parade...

GUNDAM GENERATING FUTURES: CONTEMPORARY ART

2006.9.28　 Text: Shinichi Ishikawa

TV animation "Mobile Suit Gundam" (Total 43 episodes) is one of top 3 Japanese animations. This position might be unshakable at least in this century. The work of 27 years ago is still continued making as sequels or r...

METAMORPHOSE 2006

2006.9.28　 Text: Jo Phirip

Metamorphose is the Outdoor Electronic Music Festival, which is the largest one in Japan and in which great musicians from various genres. I've been a fan of this party and was on the staff of installations this ti...