CAO FEI “COSPLAYERS”

2006.4.5　 Text: Samantha Culp

It's been a while since a genuine "art star" has had a show in Hong Kong, so the opening of Cao Fei's COSplayers at Para/site Gallery in Sheung Wan was quite an occasion. The young Guangzhou-based artist has been busy...

THE 11TH AUSTRIAN SNOOKER OPEN

2006.4.5　 Text: Christina Merl

"Nice pots!" If you come to notice shoppers who seem utterly delighted at the sight of "pots" in the newly opened Europark shopping centre in the lovely city of Salzburg later this month, and if you simply can't find ...

RESOLUTION/DISSOLUTION II

2006.4.5　 Text: Yoshito Maeoka

In a note not directly related to this article, the Berlin Biennale has begun at the end of March. As I noticed with interest, a number of small to medium-scale, yet high-quality exhibitions have been planned to coinc...

BEAUTIFUL LOSERS

2006.4.5　 Text: Francesco Tenaglia

"Beautiful Losers" is an itinerant show co-curated by Aaron Rose and Christian Strike - the first is the man behind the Alleged Gallery, the second founded of Strength magazine. Since 2004, this counter-culture blockb...

ALTERNATIVE FASHION WEEK 2006

2006.4.5　 Text: Sayaka Hirakawa

Every Sunday, Spitalfields market is busy with new designers, artists, and vintage clothing dealers. You can say this is the most fashionista-loving market in London. Now, this week after the end of London's official ...

ANTENNA DESIGN “PATTERN RECOGNITION”

2006.4.5　 Text: Carlos J. Gomez

Antenna Design is having their second solo exhibition at Frederieke Taylor Gallery. For this show the theme of urbanity is explored through a series of imaginative outdoor and indoor installation ideas. Cleverly desig...

NULL* EXHIBITION

2006.4.1　 Text: Yurie Hatano

null* is a project unit by artless based in Tokyo. Having a concept of "Japanese aesthetic sense", which is latently accumulated in Japanese people living in Japan, they present graphics in various ways including typo...

NEXT FESTIVAL 2006

2006.4.1　 Text: Emanuelis Ryklys

Next festival was back to Vilnius for the third time. This year organizers Movewithmovie presented even bigger event with selected thirty films, video workshops and, for the first time, quite big closing concert. Whic...

MERRY EXPO IN TOKYO

2006.3.5　 Text: Yoshihiro Kanematsu

There was an exhibition called "Merry EXPO in Tokyo" at Ginza Mikimoto in the middle of winter from Feb 2nd to 14th. This was the memorial exhibition for the release of a visual book "Merry EXPO - Book of global exch...

DAVID MABB “ART INTO EVERYDAY LIFE”

2006.3.5　 Text: Emanuelis Ryklys

David Mabb received his MFA from the Chelsea School of Art 1981 and is currently the Head of the Masters of Fine Art Programme at Goldsmiths College, University of London. Influenced by the history of William Morris a...

SONIC ACTS 2006

2006.3.5　 Text: Ania Markham

The annual arrival of SonicActs in Amsterdam is always greeted with anticipation and this year was no exception. Held between the 23rd and 26th February at the Paradiso and De Balie, the international computer arts fe...

FALLER MIETH STUESSI WECK (FMSW) “WINTER GAMES”

2006.3.5　 Text: Jorg Heikhaus

More and more young galleries are popping up in Hamburg. One of the latest to start showing emerging art is the Gallery Oel-Frueh, which opened December 2005. It is a rather small three-storey intercept of a typical 6...