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...

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...