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...

BEYES INTERACTIVE INTERIOR

2006.3.1　 Text: Yoshihiro Kanematsu

In February 11th to 28th, "Interactive Interior" was held at a select shop BEYES Omotesando branch that opened to jammed Omotesando Hills. "A new field that connects an interactive design with interior design" is draw...

ELECTRICAL FANTASISTA 2006

2006.3.1　 Text: Tomohiro Okada

"My dream is to make a bar with media art.", "I'd like to live in a room which has usually media art to always play with." Now it's usual to have a desire of living to be enclosed by an art and design for computer ...

INTERFACE: ART & TECHNOLOGY

2006.3.1　 Text: F. Lennox Campello

"I blame you for low rise jeans," accuses the voice of artist Thomas Edwards, emanating from small speakers below his moving sculpture of a white hand pointing an accusing finger. "I don't think I know what I'm lookin...

HIDEHITO SHINNOU EXHIBITION

2006.3.1　 Text: Yurie Hatano

Being connected with the cover and the interview in SHIFT, "HIDEHITO SHINNOU EXHIBITION" was held at SOSO in Sapporo during the whole month of February. Undergoing a complete change from colorful and vivid "HUMANS BY ...

TRANSMEDIALE 2006

2006.3.1　 Text: Yoshito Maeoka

When the weather had got warmer from the unusually coldest season this year, Transmediale 06 was held in Berlin. Transmediale is an art festival in Berlin, which you can look out over the current media art. The venue ...

A TRIBUTE TO JOSEPH BEUYS ON THE 20TH ANNIVERSARY OF HIS DEATH

2006.2.5　 Text: Yoshito Maeoka

Speaking of enjoying modern art in Berlin, first comes the Hamburger Bahnhof Museum. Not only are there 20th century collections of the Western countries from Cy Twombly, Andy Warhol, and Robert Rauschenberg to Anselm...