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...

THE 19TH LONG NIGHT OF MUSEUMS

2006.3.5　 Text: Yoshito Maeoka

One of the winter highlights in a cultural city Berlin, "Lange Nacht Der Museen" (Long Night of Museums) was held on 28th of January. This is the 19th edition, having been held twice a year since 1997. From ...

RICCARDO PREVIDI “C’ETAIT UN RENDEZ VOUS”

2006.3.5　 Text: Francesco Tenaglia

Riccardo Previdi's first solo show offers the opportunity to welcome Francesca Minini's new space in Via Ventura, the area of the town characterised by the most rapid increase in art galleries' density. "C'etait un r...

TINO SEHGAL “THIS PROGRESS”

2006.3.5　 Text: Sayaka Hirakawa

© Tino Sehgal Have you ever been asked, "What do you think, 'progress' means?" by a kid, 10 years old? I have. At first exhibition room of ICA. If you go to the entrance and get a ticket, the lady calls someo...

BLACK ROCK ARTS FOUNDATION

2006.3.5　 Text: Ammon Haggerty

Public art that's engaging, thought provoking, and socially energizing is, unfortunately, rare. Often cities contract big name artists for public art projects resulting in self important works out of touch with the...

ANARCHY TO AFFLUENCE: DESIGN IN NEW YORK, 1974 -1984

2006.3.5　 Text: Garry Waller

Anarchy to Affluence: Design in New York, 1974 -1984 is an exhibition currently hosted by Parsons school for Design. It takes a glimpse at a time in which New York spawned a creative community that has left an endelli...

THE 9TH JAPAN MEDIA ARTS FESTIVAL

2006.3.1　 Text: Yasuharu Motomiya

Have you heard about the "Japan Media Arts Festival"? Shift has featured it in the past several times. As the name tells you, it is a media art festival the Japan Media Art Plaza holds every year. This year is the 9th...