RYUTA IIDA EXHIBITION

2006.7.5　 Text: Yoshihiro Kanematsu

From June 13th until July 2nd, in the middle of rainy season, "Ryuta Iida Exhibition" was held in the Gallery (g). The work of Iida, in which he focuses single-mindedly on cutting books with a paper cutter, has won t...

WZL “I, CHINA” EXHIBITION

2006.7.5　 Text: Soh Wee Ling

It seemed like any other Thursday night at this stretch of shophouses along Guangdong Road except that a continuous stream of people had been entering and coming out of a narrow and dimly-lit staircase all night long....

VIENNA JAZZ FESTIVAL 2006

2006.7.5　 Text: Christina Merl

After a few extremely hot and muggy weeks Vienna still won't cool down. Thought it's been raining all day Viennese jazz fans can feel the heat again tonight at the opening of the 16th edition of the legendary Vienna J...

PRIMAVERA SOUND 2006

2006.7.5　 Text: Julio Cesar Palacio

For all the people who love music and have the luck to live in Barcelona, June is the start of the crazy movement between festivals and concerts. With all the big offers that the city provides, there is no doubt th...

MARTIN CREED “I LIKE THINGS”

2006.7.5　 Text: Francesco Tenaglia

The first work of "I Like Things" can be seen without even entering the exhibition: a big neon light reading "Everything is Going to Be Alright" (Work No.560) is hanged on the facade of the monumental Palazzo dell'Are...

AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS

2006.7.5　 Text: Sayaka Hirakawa

I wanna go somewhere! holiday! traveling! But no money no time no one to go with. If you feel like it, you should definitely go to this exhibition. "Around the World in Eighty Days" same name popular novel was writt...

DORKBOT SAN FRANCISCO

2006.7.5　 Text: Ammon Haggerty

The name make sense after looking at the tag line - "people doing strange things with electricity ". Dorks are usually perceived as strange, and bots, well they do things with electricity. Dorkbot is much like it ...

BUFFMONSTER “THE TURBO LOVER”

2006.7.5　 Text: Christopher Lenz

Anyone walking the streets of Los Angeles with an open eye for street art might have had a strange deja vu experience at the Kidrobot store in Santa Monica on April 20th. The funny looking bubble like creatures you wo...

MERMAID PARADE 2006

2006.7.5　 Text: Garry Waller

A rainy Saturday afternoon on June 24th and I'm on my way to Coney Island way down on the Southern most tip of Brooklyn, NY to catch the 2006 Mermaid Parade. The parade takes place every year and celebrates the offici...

IN YOU EXHIBITION

2006.6.30　 Text: Futakawa Yoshitaka

In the evening on 25th of May, while the sun was sinking in Manhattan over East river and a comfortable wind blew, an exhibition "In You", was started at gallery Riviera in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. The weather foreca...

TOKYO LIVEPAINT SHOWCASE “HUOVA”

2006.6.30　 Text: Yoshihiro Kanematsu

At the end of Golden Week on May 6th, a live-painting event called "HUOVA" was held in Gallery Conceal in Shibuya. The Chinese word for "torch", HUOVA is a show for those who compete for the title as "the fastest" pai...

DESIGNMAI 2006

2006.6.30　 Text: Ayako Yamamoto

It's a little known fact that Berlin is designated as "City of Design" by the UNESCO. The Creative Cities Network of UNESCO awards a city for each of the following seven categories - literature, cinema, music, folk a...