TRANSMEDIALE 2004

2004.3.4　 Text: Yasuharu Motomiya

Berlin, Germany's media art festival, Transmediale, was held in two locations in Berlin for the 17th year. The theme this year is "Fly Utopia!" and the contents of the festival were split into two categories: media ar...

KEIJI ITO, HIROKI TANIGUCHI, HIRO SUGIYAMA EXHIBITION

2004.3.3　 Text: Yuki Ishida

An exhibition by three illustrators working on the front line on design was held at the Ginza Graphic Gallery (ggg). Their art is completely different. (It's also difficult to define whether they are illustrators or a...

HONG KONG LOMO RACE 2004

2004.3.3　 Text: Mlee

Every one of you should have different kind of check-point game before, but have you ever tried one with Lomo? Lomographic Society Asia organized the first Lomo race in Hong Kong - Hong Kong Lomo Race 2004. Lomo lo...

YOUTH EXPEDITION PROGRAMS “POW POW”

2004.3.3　 Text: Fann ZJ

Let's POW WOW. Sit down, discuss, brain storm, analyze and assess. That is exactly what Youth Expedition Programs (YEP) POW WOW is all about. A celebration of past, present and future through a fair that attempts to t...

ARTEXPRESS 2004

2004.3.3　 Text: Kevin Vo

Art Express is on again, its an eclectic selection of (some) outstanding artworks of final year 12 high school students in New South Wales. These works are done for each students artmaking component of the HSC examina...

HELMUT NEWTON MEMORIAL EXHIBITION

2004.3.3　 Text: Kristy Kagari Sakai

On January 23rd, 2004, Helmut Newton pulled out of a car park at the Chateau Marmont hotel just off Sunset Boulevard, Los Angeles. A moment later his Cadillac accelerated and crashed into a wall, taking the life of th...

BIKKURI HOUSE EXHIBITION

2004.2.3　 Text: Yuki Ishida

About 30 years ago, "Bikkuri House", a legendary sub-culture magazine appeared in Shibuya, Tokyo. ("Bikkuri" means "Surprise" in English) Nowadays, young people might not even know its name which ceased to exist twent...

OF LEGACIES AND LEGENDS

2004.2.2　 Text: Fann ZJ

They say the world is getting smaller. With globalization, the popularity of the internet and improved transportation, cities begin to replicate, people start to emulate. And yet we still live in our own tiny worlds. ...

I AM THE REMIX

2004.2.2　 Text: Aya Takada

The exhibition "I am the Remix," is being held at the Western Front from January 10th to February 14th, 2004. The show, curated by Adrienne Lai, addresses the theme of DJ culture. Vancouver-based DJ, Lawrence Sim, Med...

L’AUTRE VIDEO FESTIVAL

2004.2.2　 Text: Eric Dalbin

Far from galleries and festivals L'Autre Video, "The Other Video" in English, offers to screen video art in a place of exchange and daily life: l'Autre Cafe. The aim of the event is to become a media to present pieces...

TKNY COMPACT-IMPACT NIGHT

2004.2.2　 Text: Carlos J. Gomez

January 16th was a particularly cold Friday night here in New York: the mercury dropped to -10 ℃ and froze as arctic blasts, were definitely in full chill-factor mode outside. When the weather gets this hostile, I som...

THE PAPER SCULPTURE SHOW

2004.2.2　 Text: Matt Smith

How often does a catalog overshadow the actual exhibition? In this case, it's a close call which is better. The Paper Sculpture Show, which originated at the Sculpture Center in New York, invites visitors to get invol...