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OFFF FESTIVAL 2004
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
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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NATIONS BY THE RIVER
"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 ART OF SPEED 6.16
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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MUSA TOUR 2004
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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JOKER
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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SONAR 2004
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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HIDEKI INABA “NEWLINE”
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
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 KUSAMA “KUSAMATRIX”
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...
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NORDIC YOUNGBLOOD
Nordic Youngblood is a compilation of previously unpublished work by sixty-six up-and-coming Scandinavian designers from various disciplines. Comparable to Die Gestalten Verlag publications such as Latino, Brasil Insp...
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ZUHAUS
A dilapidated dwelling serves 15 artists as exhibition space. The housing stock in the 15th administrative district of Vienna, also known as Rudolfsheim-Fuenfhaus, is ageing and not generally in very good condition...
