ADVERTISING IN NEW YORK

2005.3.4　 Text: Garry Waller

Traveling from the World Trade Center in New York City to Exchange Place, New Jersey on the Path train could be considered tedious at best of times. But when my girlfriend grabbed my arm to tell me that I was "missing...

EVOLUTION CAFE

2005.3.3　 Text: Tomohiro Okada

There is a lounge that faces a glass-walled entrance. Outside of it, the view of a port spreads out over an early spring's blue and bright sky. "Oh, that's wonderful!", she said. "I can feel your voice. It sounds nice...

THE 8TH JAPAN MEDIA ARTS FESTIVAL

2005.3.3　 Text: Yasuharu Motomiya

The 8th Japan Media Arts Festival, which promotes wonderful works, took place at Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography in Ebisu. The pieces selected from a large number of media art works, sent from the inside and ...

SHRINKING CHILDHOODS

2005.3.3　 Text: Sari Uchida

"Shrinking Childhoods" opened in November 2004 on the grounds of Tate Modern. Initially it was a struggle to find it due to bad signposting, but as word got round and the exhibition began to generate interest from the...

TRANSMEDIALE 2005

2005.3.3　 Text: Peta Jenkin

Ever since its inception in1988 as a video art event, Transmediale has grown to be one of the biggest art festivals whose participating artists seek to interpret and reflect on the technologies that determine our expe...

ITARU HIRAMA “NO MUSIC, NO LIFE.”

2005.2.4　 Text: Yuki Ishida

"No Music, No Life" is an impressive work, red and yellow, it looks the same as Tower Records. A series of photo advertisements in posters and free magazine, "bounce" are exhibited. These photos are from the sa...

TAN AI NGIN “BACKYARDS AND BOTANICS”

2005.2.4　 Text: Fann ZJ

The tropical scorching heat brings about serenity to the tropical garden. Humid and warm, residents seek refuge in the shade. Leaving the lush, layered and textured tropical landscape to glisten in the golden sun. The...

CCA SPUTNIK GRAPHIC DESIGN EXHIBITION 2005

2005.2.4　 Text: Mark Buswell

Sputnik is California College of the Arts' student graphic design group. Originally established by Bob Aufuldish in the fall of 1995, the goal of Sputnik is to give a select group of graphic design students real-world...

SUPER MARIO MOVIE “OBELIX, THE WIDE FRIEND OF ASTERIX”

2005.2.4　 Text: Carlos J. Gomez

You remember "Obelix, the wide friend of Asterix", who fell in a pot of magic potion and was doomed with extraordinary strength for the rest of his gallic adventures? Well, have you ever imagined what would happ...

ART MEETS MEDIA: ADVENTURES IN PERCEPTION

2005.2.3　 Text: Yasuharu Motomiya

Working on the theme of what "Media Art" is, which is hard to define in spite of its generally wide use, a highly　motivated exhibition titled "Art Meets Media: Adventures in Perception" is being held at NTT InterComm...

WHAT’S GOOD? CONFERENCE

2005.2.3　 Text: Taka Nakanishi

From the 8th to the11th of January, the What's good? Conference was held in Hong Kong. It was an Art & Creativity festival coordinated under the auspices of the Hong Kong Artcenter and organized by the design off...

GEOFFROY DE BOISMENU “CONVERSATION”

2005.1.3　 Text: Linlee Allen

The snow may be falling in Paris but that definitely hasn't affected the heat rising from the colette first-floor gallery space. Having kickstarted 2005 with a collection of photographs taken in the Arizona desert by ...