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Cafe Moskau, an impressive building constructed in the 1960s and partially renovated in the year 2000, provided a grand canvas on which to stage the third Contact Europe event. The venue, once a late-night spot for fo...
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Soso Cafe in July hosted the solo exhibition of Imaitoonz, whose career as an illustrator reaches 10 years this year. He recently opened the door to a new direction by producing the film "DEADLEAVES" (distributed by S...
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OFFF 2004, the fourth edition of Spain's festival of 'experimental audio and unusual video', was held in Valencia between July 1st to 3rd. Devoted to exploring the most groundbreaking work currently done in fields s...
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Yugo Nakamura is one of Japan's leading web designers, who is getting recognized more and more from around the world. He has just won the Grand Prix of Cyber Lion at the 51st annual Cannes Lions Festival. The Shift co...
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"Sad songs with happy melodies" is how Edo Kahn describes the debut album of new Australian band Nations by the River. Launching their cd at a small Sydney club on June 10, Nations performed to a crowd of several hund...
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Nike's Art of Speed project hit Toronto last Wednesday at a huge raw warehouse in the Liberty Village area. The event showcased 15 Art of Speed films (Yugo Nakamura's was an interactive piece), 5 films by stude...
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This month's article is about one of the most interesting exhibitions I took part since I'm arrived here in Portugal. At Fabrica Features Benetton Gallery in the centre of Lisbon , an entire open space was dedicated t...
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90sqm has firmly established itself as a place to see both emerging and established creative talent from a wide range of backgrounds and influences. This month sees another exhibition from across the Atlantic, this ti...
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It's hard to believe the Sonar Festival began way back in 1993. So much in global music and art culture has changed since then. Now in its eleventh year, the 2004 Festival program features music, art and all the exper...
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Graceful graphics, dynamic editorial design, graphical typeface born from a free way of thinking and feeling. Such is the philosophy behind graphic designer Hideki Inaba, and works with Shift on various collaborative ...
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Koji Morimoto worked on the film "Akira" directed by Katsuhiro Otomo, a music promotion video for Ken Ishi and a piece for "Animatrix". He is an animation director who is attracting a great deal of attention internati...
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Yayoi's career began with pictures that were influenced by hallucinatory experiences she had in childhood. She has received high international praise for her renowned work with the dot motif and meshes of net prolifer...
