HAPPENING
DESIGNING 2008
The 4th exhibition "DESIGNING" in 2008 was held at about 50 shops and galleries in Fukuoka city. The concept of this exhibition was "ON". In the main hall, IMS, there has gathered to showcase "pieces" of each e...
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HAPPENING
DESIGN FESTA VOL. 27
Design Festa, one of the largest art festivals in Asia, was held through May 17th through 18th at Tokyo Big Site. On brilliant summer day, it was filled with excitement of people covering the entire floor. On entering...
THINGS
TATTOO IN JAPAN
There are various ways to express the word "tattoo" in Japanese kanji. In Japanese, "irezumi" is the word for "tattoo", and you can express it in 7 or more different words written in kanji characters. In addition, the...
PEOPLE
KOZYNDAN
They're young, they're hot, they're crazy in love and they're grossly talented - verily, one might say they're enough to make one nauseous. Since the start of their creative and romantic liaison in the late 90s, the i...
NEWS
URBAN AFFAIRS BERLIN 08
A large-scale exhibition featuring current positions of Contemporary Urban Art and Street Art Urban Affairs Berlin 08 will be held from July 5th to August 3rd in Berlin. Forty-two artists from nine countries, all...
NEWS
QUZILA EXHIBITION
Design Works Project (DWP) presents Sunshine Studio CAFE's 1st Anniversary Exhibition “QUZILA” from June 7th to July 21st. The exhibition features collaboration artworks by 3 artists; Yu Nagaba, Anamachy Painting...
HAPPENING
OFFF FESTIVAL 2008
The eighth edition of the OFFF festival is going to take place in Lisbon. After 6 editions in Barcelona, one in Valencia and two extra editions hosted by NYC and Mexico (canceled at the very end), OFFF 2008 organi...
NEWS
MERCE DEATH WORLD TOUR FROM MY ROOM
As introduced for the Shift article before, Merce Death is announcing his first world tour, starting from Florence in May 30th. He'll do the tour with Ustream from his room. It won't be the same as usual streaming...
NEWS
SLOBODAN DIMITROV “LABOR: BLACK AND WHITE WORK”
© Slobodan Dimitrov Angels Gate Studio Artist Slobodan Dimitrov is a prolific labor photographer. Images in this exhibition cover industrial work over a span of years from 1990 to the present. It is a portrayal, ...
PLACE
BAUHAUS MUSEUM
The Bauhaus Museum was constructed in 1976-1979, partly based on plans of Walter Gropius. Apart from just being a museum it hosts a library and many activities like workshops, lectures and discussions are held in the ...
HAPPENING
AINU MUSIC FESTIVAL 2008
On May 15th 2008, a piece of mail arrived following the report by The Hokkaido Shimbun Press, "At last, the Japanese government is going to recognize the Ainu as an indigenous people!" The mailing continued to report ...
NEWS
MARIA LASSNIG
Spell, 2006 © Maria Lassnig Viennese painter Maria Lassnig (b.1919) has been producing work over a period of 60 years in Paris, New York and Vienna. She is an avant-garde pioneer with a feminist viewpoint, contin...
