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RAINBOWS & VAMPIRES
It sounds like the latest cereal offering, an 80's animation series or some kind of gay goth band. Well, wrong. Behind the unusual name Rainbows & Vampires hides a duo of respectable animation talents cum music vi...
PEOPLE

It sounds like the latest cereal offering, an 80's animation series or some kind of gay goth band. Well, wrong. Behind the unusual name Rainbows & Vampires hides a duo of respectable animation talents cum music vi...
HAPPENING

I thought about reporting something relevant these days here: an opening, a concert, some event. However, things seems pretty quiet and lame this summer (which actually feels more like autumn). In fact, the landsca...
THINGS

The third compendium from "Thisisamagazine" is most challenging in the series, both in the themes explored by the artists and authors, and in the technical challenges confronted in creating it. A bumper hardc...
PLACE

Paris based select store "colette" has appeared in Aoyama. This is the first attempt for Colette to launch a shop outside Paris. Having partnered with Comme des Garcons, this shop "Colette meets Comme des Garcons...
PEOPLE
If you wander the streets of any metropolis in the world, you might have encountered their works unnoticed. The art group Faile is New York based creative collective who doesn't only work on street art but in various ...
THINGS

Lavender is not only a color, but also a powerful scent that, like any aroma, can evoke an emotional response. New York-based street art collective Faile has asked artists from twelve different countries to create wor...
HAPPENING

At Panasonic Centre near from lively Odaiba with summer vacation season, Digital Art Festival (DAF) Tokyo presented by a TV programme on NHK BS "Digital Stadium" was held. I didn't have a clear image of what is called...
HAPPENING

Local Indie music and punk rock (not your pop wannabes) has been steadily gaining a foothold in the local music scene. With bands gaining recognition, such as the acclaimed reviews for local group The Observatory's fi...
HAPPENING

The Ruta Remake project developed by interdisciplinary artists Nomeda and Gediminas Urbonas in Vilnius and presented in CAC (Contemporary Art Centre) introduces one of their complex research works that are outgrowing,...
PEOPLE

Martyn is blonde, cheeky looking and has a twinkle in his eye. First impressions are of a Bjorn Borg flashback into the seventies. His humour and personality shine strongly through in both Martyn's illustrative work a...
HAPPENING

The exhibition "Spanking Good Times", organised by Unit F buro fur mode in Vienna, presented joint and individual works by designer and illustrator Manu Burghart and digital art designer Thomas Zeitlberger. Man...
HAPPENING

"A one word name refuses gender identity, martial status, socio-political or cultural and geographical identity by not separating the family name and the first name..." - Kimsooja This last week in Milan has been o...