CCA UNDERGRADUATE SHOW 2004

2004.2.2　 Text: Mark Buswell

I don't know why, but it seems every time the California College of the Arts (formerly California College of Arts and Crafts) holds its end-of-semester thesis show, it rains. I guess it is only fitting: for the studen...

ACTIVE SLUMMING

2004.1.4　 Text: Kristy Kagari Sakai

Berlin is on the brink of bankruptcy. It can be felt in the uncut lawns of parks, the empty storefronts of small businesses, and now in the echoes of bustling crowds and chants that fill the streets of Berlin almost e...

NUEVA 2003

2004.1.4　 Text: Yasuharu Motomiya

The predecessor of "Nueva a "futuristic" film festival was "RETinevitable" started in New York in 1998 by David Levin. "Nueva" which means "New" in Spanish, was held over about two weeks from December 10th to 25th in ...

THANKSGIVING MAKEUP 2

2003.12.4　 Text: Naoko Fukushi

The suitable event for the finale of Dotmov Festival, "Thanksgiving Makeup 2" was performed on Sunday night, the last day of November. This is the 2nd version of "Thanksgiving Makeup" held at Soso Cafe in April by Miw...

SCHERZO “SALE RE-PERFORMANCE”

2003.12.4　 Text: Shinya Sagai

Scherzo expresses the "laughter" in daily life, humorously putting music and narration on an image or an illustration. Recently, the scherzo world came to Soso Cafe. Scherzo organized by Masaki Kagajo has two...

PROGRESSIVE FORM SHOWCASE

2003.12.4　 Text: Shinya Sagai

The first live showcase in Sapporo for Progressive Form, which became the Japanese representative independent record label for supporting various new electronic sounds and scenes since 2000, was held at Soso Cafe. ...

CQ EXHIBITION

2003.12.4　 Text: Yasuharu Motomiya

"CQ" exhibition was held at Ex'ream, a cafe in Harajuku. CQ is a community that creates visual contents that have a "new value" using the next generation's mobile tools. Twelve artists were invited from New York, Los ...

RAFAEL LOZANO-HEMMER “AMODAL SUSPENSION”

2003.12.4　 Text: Chiaki Sakaguchi

November 25th, 6 a.m. As dawn breaks on a cold morning, twenty beams of bright white lights that had been intersecting above suddenly rise together towards the sky, before disappearing just as abruptly. The finale for...

HONG KONG ART BIENNIAL 2003

2003.12.2　 Text: Mlee

Like the other regions, Hong Kong Art Biennial Exhibition, which is an exhibition that showcases artworks selected from an open competition, aims at providing the platform to showcase the local artistic practices and...

THE 5TH ROBOEXOTICA

2003.12.2　 Text: Christina Merl

When did you last have your favourite cocktail mixed by a robot? Do robots have anything in common with alcohol, anyway? Robots can achieve a lot, however, they are hardly ever used for hedonistic cultura...

COUNTERPOINT: THE ARCHITECTURE OF DANIEL LIBESKIND

2003.12.2　 Text: Kristy Kagari Sakai

Though the name Daniel Libeskind has become synonymous with large-scale public commissions, it wasn't always so. Before the Jewish Museum was built in Berlin, Libeskind was known only as an academic architect without ...

TOKYOZONE 2003

2003.12.2　 Text: Eric Dalbin

The third edition of Tokyo Zone has taken place in Paris in from October 23rd to 26th in prestigious places such as Bibliotheque Nationale de France or Centre Georges Pompidou and more independent places like Batofar ...