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HANNOVER EXPO 2000
The world exposition called 'Expo2000' will run through October 31st in the north German town of Hannover, Niedersachsen. The key theme of this year's expo is 'Humankind - Nature - Technology' based on the World Envir...
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ARS ELECTRONICA 2000
Ars Electronica is in its 21st year. Digital media is necessary as an art today. In a dramatic transitional period when electronic music / media art are evolving, the festival showcases the division between a hackneye...
THINGS
HAJIME TACHIBANA “THE END”
In Japan, most people are interested in mobile phone and it's been featured in not only business magazines, but also in general and fashion magazines. i-Mode was started by NTT Docomo last spring. This is, in brief, ...
PEOPLE
DJ OAKEY
This is the story of my meeting with dj Oakey Lo, for the four millionth time. It's not everyday you meet a passionate person in Hong Kong just trying to do their own thing, musically that is. In my case however, I am...
HAPPENING
REVERSE PHOTOGRAPHY
This month I had a chance to compare life in two major cities of Russia: Moscow and St. Petersburg. In many aspects they're two worlds apart. Still, it was pretty easy to find some of the most general tendencies. T...
PEOPLE
TOM PHILLIPSON
With two full-length CD releases within the last year, and numerous design projects to boot, Sydney's Dump Huck / Beat & Squelch collective is becoming a much-needed cohesive force in the town's often fractured el...
PLACE
HARBOUR CITY HAMBURG
Hamburg has Germany's biggest harbour. Some people love it so much, that they move into its rough and industrial environment and sometimes they do parties. They did so last Saturday afternoon. The "Brandshof" resident...
PEOPLE
ORA ITO
The futuristic objets d'art by Ora-Ito were featured in Crash magazine and attracted Parisians' eyes. The name 'Ora-Ito' sounds like a Japanese name, but seems there's no Japanese in their group. 'It was na...
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URBANWORLD FILM FESTIVAL 2000
Titled Urbanworld Flim Festival 2000, this was a "film festival solely dedicated to redefining and enhancing the role of minority films in contemporary cinema." Over a course of 5 days, the festival featured...
PEOPLE
IDN MAGAZINE
IdN is a digital design magazine from Hong Kong. It focuses covers the range of creativity from graphic design to motion graphics mainly on the web. It has gained a great reputation from creators in the world. Each is...
THINGS
THE CODEXSERIES 2
The CodexSeries is an ongoing CD ROM project that consists of projects by different talents in the digital medium. The Series explores narrative, design and interactive work. Somewhere between a compilation CD and a d...
HAPPENING
ECHIGO-TSUMARI ART TRIENNIAL 2000
From July 20th to September 10th, a huge art festival entitled Echigotsumari Art Triennial was held in Niigata, Japan. This festival was spread over 6 cities, covering an aread about 762km2, for the first time in Japa...
