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The first weekend of October was a big day for a nascent art form in New York City. It was the first time that an outdoor, wi-fi powered crowd gathered for Spectropolis, a festival of wireless art in the city. This ev...
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The SHIFT Calendar Competition started in 2003 with an aim to discover fresh creators. The number of entries have increased year by year and have received 860 entries from 47 countries this year. 12 carefully selecte...
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It looks sad or depressed, but not pessimistic and even looks to have firm strength. You can't help but have your curiosity aroused to know more about the creator. Norma V. Toraya's work submitted for this year's DOTM...
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Sonar is the multimedia festival held in Barcelona, Spain every year. Sonarsound Tokyo has been held as a satellite event of the Sonar every year since 2000. This year was not an exception, including enriching visual...
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Tokyo Designers Block (TDB) has reached its 5th year and the theme for this year was "1968 Revolution". This festival questions "what is art?", "what is design?", adapting the whole city of Tokyo, where the city keeps...
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DOTMOV Festival 2004 is a digital film festival coorganised by Hokkaido Foundation For Cultural Activities with an aim to discover talented creators and provide them with an opportunity to show their work. Selected wo...
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As every city does, Sapporo a base of Shift, has own colours in each area. I'd like to introduce a map for those who want to enjoy walking in a residential street. My recommendation is Maruyama area. Stepping out from...
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Several days ago, I walked around CET (Central East Tokyo) until I was worn out, with a red brochure in my hand, to see around "CET04" which was held for ten days in this area. About 80 places of vacant buildin...
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In the tropical world of Singapore, where the air-conditioner is hailed as the greatest invention of the century, the landscape has been described as one of being either air-conditioned or non-air-conditioned. In the...
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Los Angeles based illustrators Kozyndan graced Toronto with their warm presence, lavish illustrations, and the launch of their new colouring book 'Lactaid Dreams'. Magic Pony Gallery kicked off Kozyndan's first ever C...
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Back from holidays and ready to restart another season discovering what's interesting in the city. After Surf and wind-surf's world championships competition, waiting for some interesting fashion's events... I found a...
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I wanted to feature textile designer, Kirsty Anne Powell, because this month she'll be representing Amsterdam and exhibiting at Tokyo's extraordinary Designers Block Show. Not only that but she'll be there as the gues...
