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...

OFFF FESTIVAL 2006

2006.6.30　 Text: Eduard Prats Molner

The sixth edition of the OFFF festival is about to open the doors. This year the small market "el Mercadillo" is set up outside next to the bar making the patio accessible to everybody and not only to the OFFF visitor...

IKUKO IMAMURA “MY HOUSE”

2006.6.5　 Text: Shinichi Ishikawa

Introducing a solo exhibition by Ikuko Imamura, "My House". A house inside of a gallery, such that one can pass through and experience everyday feelings. Contemporary Art Institute (CAI), Sapporo's centre for conte...

FOOTBALL THE PASSION

2006.6.5　 Text: Yoshihiro Kanematsu

This continuous rainy season from May 20th to June 4th, "FOOTBALL THE PASSION" is being held at Speak For, a gallery in Daikanyama. It is an exhibit on the works of the 60th issue of Big Magazine, a culture magazine f...