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...

JEAN TOCHE “BURN BABY BURN”

2006.2.5　 Text: Francesco Tenaglia

"Burn Baby Burn" collects a wide selection of the works realised by the Belgian born, American artist Jean Toche as a response and as a political commentary to the current US administration. All the prints presented a...

OUR HISTORY… EXHIBITION

2006.2.5　 Text: Sarah Boisson

Nicolas Bourriaud and Jerome Sans, the co-directors of the Palais de Tokyo in Paris are celebrating their departure by a significant exhibition titled 'Notre Histoire...' (Our History). The Palais de Tokyo opened on ...

NATASHA LAW “HOLD”

2006.2.5　 Text: Sayaka Hirakawa

Pin heels, pink panty, and silver painted camisole, a girl wearing them are trying to change a bulb. That's the cover illustration of "How to Walk in High Heels" by Camilla Morton, which have been piled up at most boo...

YLEM FORUM: MULTIMEDIA FANDAGO

2006.2.5　 Text: Ammon Haggerty

In the spring of 1981 Trudy Myrrh began promoting a gathering for like minded artists - an event which she dubbed Ylem. "Ylem" is a Greek word used to describe "the material from which the universe emerged". Myrrh wa...

GOWER GULCH

2006.2.5　 Text: Christopher Lenz

At the corner of Gower & Sunset street across from the Sunset Gower Studios in Hollywood, originally established as the legendary Columbia Pictures Studios, is a small western themed shopping center named "Gower ...

ANDREA ZITTEL “CRITICAL SPACE”

2006.2.5　 Text: Carlos J. Gomez

Last week's opening of Andrea Zittel: Critical Space at the New Museum marked the first comprehensive mid-career retrospective of this influential American artist in her native country. Zittel's work has gained wide a...

HUMANS BY MIKE MILLS

2006.2.1　 Text: Yukiko Tokugi

Mike Mills is a graphic designer who has been taking active part in the graphic and film scene since the 90s, working also for x-girl, CD jacket designing, and so on. His design project since 2004 "HUMANS BY MIKE MILL...

SRL (SURVIVAL RESEARCH LABORATORIES) “THE FISH BOY’S DREAM”

2006.2.1　 Text: Christopher Lenz

"Producing the most dangerous shows on earth", as SRL (Survival Research Laboratories) state their motto on the official website really says it all. Just by looking at the pictures of their events, you start feeling ...

TOYOTA BIG AIR 2006

2006.2.1　 Text: Yurie Hatano

"Man is the only creature that can purposely make joyful happenings in such a cold place on a cold day." said Takeshi Hosomi of Ellegarden, one of the live performers of this event. Tens of thousands of spectators who...

THE WORLD OF RAY CAESER

2006.1.5　 Text: Ania Markham

Landing the incredible Ray Caeser (London, 1958) as the first artist to exhibit at your new gallery, is no mean feat. Esther Koch and Hans Bos are the couple behind the new addition to the Amsterdam gallery scene and...