HAPPENING
I don't know why, but it seems every time the California College of the Arts (formerly California College of Arts and Crafts) holds its end-of-semester thesis show, it rains. I guess it is only fitting: for the studen...
HAPPENING
Berlin is on the brink of bankruptcy. It can be felt in the uncut lawns of parks, the empty storefronts of small businesses, and now in the echoes of bustling crowds and chants that fill the streets of Berlin almost e...
HAPPENING
The predecessor of "Nueva a "futuristic" film festival was "RETinevitable" started in New York in 1998 by David Levin. "Nueva" which means "New" in Spanish, was held over about two weeks from December 10th to 25th in ...
PEOPLE
Catrin Altenbrandt aka Pixelgarten, who is a freelance designer mainly working in own project, designed this issue's cover. She is one of artists who were selected from more than 500 contestants for Shift 2004 calenda...
THINGS
"Romantik" was released from Die Gestalten Verlag, a famous publishing company for artistic graphic books. This book is romantic as the title suggests. "Romance" is coming back to the world of fashion, graphi...
HAPPENING
The suitable event for the finale of Dotmov Festival, "Thanksgiving Makeup 2" was performed on Sunday night, the last day of November. This is the 2nd version of "Thanksgiving Makeup" held at Soso Cafe in April by Miw...
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Scherzo expresses the "laughter" in daily life, humorously putting music and narration on an image or an illustration. Recently, the scherzo world came to Soso Cafe. Scherzo organized by Masaki Kagajo has two...
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The first live showcase in Sapporo for Progressive Form, which became the Japanese representative independent record label for supporting various new electronic sounds and scenes since 2000, was held at Soso Cafe. ...
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"CQ" exhibition was held at Ex'ream, a cafe in Harajuku. CQ is a community that creates visual contents that have a "new value" using the next generation's mobile tools. Twelve artists were invited from New York, Los ...
HAPPENING
November 25th, 6 a.m. As dawn breaks on a cold morning, twenty beams of bright white lights that had been intersecting above suddenly rise together towards the sky, before disappearing just as abruptly. The finale for...
THINGS
Shift's 2004 Calendar is now ready. The aim of the calendar project was to provide up-and-coming creators a calendar as a medium to let them express their creativity. We invited all Shift readers to submit works for t...
THINGS
23 fairy tales are lovingly illustrated by Die Gestalten favourites. Gestalten is well known for publishing artistic books with an interesting theme. Childhood friends such as Hansel and Gretel or Cinderella are featu...
