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SPRINGHORNHOF
This summer Wibke, a good friend of mine, was working at the art-association "Springhornhof" in Neuenkirchen, a small village out in the country. As I visited her, I had my first contact with landscape-art. I think...
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NEW CARTGRAPHIES OF MADRID
Lavapies is one of the most mixed neighbourhoods of Madrid. Just one metro stop from the city centre, The Puerta del Sol, its streets and houses bring together a large percentage of the immigrants who have arrived in...
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DOTMOV FESTIVAL 2003
A digital film festival DOTMOV FESTIVAL will be held under the auspices of Hokkaido Foundation For Cultural Activities with the aim of discovering talented creators and providing an opportunity to show their works. We...
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DAVE WHITE
Artist Dave White has given running shoe aficionados an opportunity to immortalise their favourite sneakers once they have worn away. In a recent London exhibition named "Clash of the Titans: An exhibition of Nik...
PEOPLE
ALFREDO MARTINEZ
On one Friday night, I get a phone call from a friend asking me if I want to stop by a gallery opening. I ask him what the show was and he tells me, "Oh, some drawings and illustrations." Nothing particular to do that...
THINGS
VAS: AN OPERA IN FLATLAND
"VAS: An Opera in Flatland" is an experimental novel by author Steve Tomasula and the Chicago-based graphic artist and typographer Stephen Farrell. The story attempts to imagine the future of a family' th...
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ZOOLOGY
For the last 10 years the 111 Minna Gallery in the SOMA District of San Francisco has been a center for art, music, film and nighttime leisure (read drinking and dancing). This is where the tragically hip and just pla...
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ARS ELECTRONICA 2003
The Computer Graphic Society (CG-ARTS) hosts the Japan Media Arts Festival with the Agency of Cultural Affairs. This year, for the first time, works from the Japan Media Arts Festival were incorporated into the Ars El...
PEOPLE
YOSHI SODEOKA
Yoshi Sodeoka from C404, featured in this issue, is an artist based in New York who creates multi media art and music using digital noise. He contributed the cover design for this issue and is going to do a performanc...
PEOPLE
ROBERT KLANTEN
Die Gestalten Verlag is a publishing company that has a meaning "creating things" in German. Since it has started since 1997, it can be said that this is a young company but many artists have released books from DGV....
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IMAITOONZ + YUTANPO SHIRANE
Imaitoonz and Yutanpo Shirane were the stars of Dotsoso#19 this August. Loyal readers of Shift know who we are talking about. Both have already been to Sapporo. Imaitoonz visited us exactly one year and Yutanpo two mo...
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RESFEST 2003
That time of the year has come around again- week worth of excitements on screen and penetrating experience with never seen (and would never see any where else) motion footages. Amongst all the celebrated film festiva...
