THE BIG DRAW 2004

2004.10.4　 Text: Sari Uchida

Anyone who has visited Trafalgar Square will know the place, famous for the Nelson's Column, lion statues and pigeons. Trafalgar Square was pedestrianized after extensive work and reopened in July 2003. Since ...

THOMAS CAMPBELL “SPROUT” PREMIERE

2004.10.4　 Text: Mark Buswell

On Saturday, September 18th, 2004, the Victoria Theatre in San Francisco hosted the premiere showing of Thomas Campbell's latest film, Sprout. Going to this event was like no other that I'd been to in the Mission Dist...

ADC YOUNG GUNS 4

2004.10.3　 Text: Rei Inamoto

I'm starting to hear the term "Young Gun" more and more these days. The Art Directors' Club in New York holds a bi-annual award show that celebrates the talent in design and advertising under the age of 30. The openin...

ARS ELECTRONICA 2004

2004.10.3　 Text: Simon Scheiber

The 25th anniversary of the Ars Electronica Festival was this year's theme "Timeshift - The World in 25 years" and was held from 2nd to 7th September in Linz, Austria. The Ars was hosting once again a series ...

YANG TIEN “PAINTING IN TIME: ANIMATED ART IN NEW MEDIA”

2004.9.3　 Text: Fann ZJ

Technology has changed the way we perceive and live. From communication, entertainment to art, the advancement of technology has created new possibilities and new gaps that forms voids to be explored and filled. ...

YELLOW FLOG

2004.9.3　 Text: Gisella Lifchitz

August and September are photography months in Buenos Aores. The "Light Festival" is taking place right now and all museums and art galleries are filled with creative energy. One of the events that recently too...

MIKE KELLEY “THE UNCANNY”

2004.9.3　 Text: Christina Merl

Monsters can either be destroyed or exhibited. The Detroit-born artist Mike Kelley has tried both. In the 1970s and 1980s Mike Kelley was a member of the punk band "Destroy all Monsters", ready to revolutionise soc...

COUNTER CONVENTION

2004.9.3　 Text: Carlos J. Gomez

I thought about reporting something relevant these days here: an opening, a concert, some event. However, things seems pretty quiet and lame this summer (which actually feels more like autumn). In fact, the landsca...

DIGITAL ART FESTIVAL TOKYO 2004

2004.8.3　 Text: Yuki Ishida

At Panasonic Centre near from lively Odaiba with summer vacation season, Digital Art Festival (DAF) Tokyo presented by a TV programme on NHK BS "Digital Stadium" was held. I didn't have a clear image of what is called...

BAYBEATS 2004

2004.8.3　 Text: Fann ZJ

Local Indie music and punk rock (not your pop wannabes) has been steadily gaining a foothold in the local music scene. With bands gaining recognition, such as the acclaimed reviews for local group The Observatory's fi...

NOMEDA AND GEDIMINAS URBONAS “RUTA REMAKE”

2004.8.3　 Text: Emanuelis Ryklys

The Ruta Remake project developed by interdisciplinary artists Nomeda and Gediminas Urbonas in Vilnius and presented in CAC (Contemporary Art Centre) introduces one of their complex research works that are outgrowing,...

SPANKING GOOD TIMES

2004.8.3　 Text: Christina Merl

The exhibition "Spanking Good Times", organised by Unit F buro fur mode in Vienna, presented joint and individual works by designer and illustrator Manu Burghart and digital art designer Thomas Zeitlberger. Man...