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GILL WONG
Gill Wong is a talented graphic designer, experimental photographer plus an art director for film and design. Her studio, BILLIE & SUZIE, is located in a refurbished art community, formerly an area used as a Gover...
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PLACE
GALERIE LILIANE & MICHEL DURANT-DESSERT
There are several shops with strong individuality in the 11th district located in the east side of Paris. For example, at a flower shop, you find rare plants that you have never seen and birds freely flying inside a ...
THINGS
LONDON ZOKU
I am astounded by the ability of Japanese magazines to collect information about London. They have already covered all the where-to-go in new cutting edge areas and now they are looking for the next hot spot which eve...
HAPPENING
SENSATION: YOUNG BRITISH ARTISTS FROM THE SAATCHI COLLECTION
So naturally, I had high expectations for this gallery opening. The whole notion of Damien Hirst is transcendental. He is probably the most provocative artist of the late 20th century. He is literally the superstar of...
HAPPENING
COLLEGE RADIO STATION “KUSF”
As if the skull logo implies a renegade spirit of a pirate radio station, KUSF is a college station provided by the University of San Francisco. Located about a mile from Haight Street, the signal coverage is only a f...
HAPPENING
SRL (SURVIVAL RESEARCH LABORATORIES) “MACHINE CIRCUS AT END OF 20TH CENTURY!!”
In the streets of Tokyo hang huge posters where mechanical-looking robots are jostling in raging flames. Rumors of what lie behind these posters reach my ears here and there at the bar counter. It's a robot performa...
HAPPENING
HAPPENING 1999
In its second year "Happening" was held from October 8th to 17th. This exhibition showcases the works of 30 designers of interior and furniture from England, Germany, Holland, Italy, France, Japan and other ...
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MICHAEL LAU
Art: Michael Lau Interview and Direction: Calvin Ho
HAPPENING
ZAC (ZONES D’ACTIVATION COLLECTIVE) ’99
In the recent large-scale exhibitions, the exhibition itself, that is the ensemble collected by critics, is exhibited as if it's an artwork. This exhibition called ZAC '99 at Musée d'Art Moderne de Paris (the ci...
THINGS
BOUDDHOURS (A BUDDHA BEAR)
A design group led by Philippe Di Meo called RESO Design reached the tenth anniversary of its founding. As a celebration project of this anniversary, ten pieces of original objet d'art such as Bouddhours (a Budd...
HAPPENING
OUTBREAK OF WEST NILE-LIKE ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS
Cases of a rare West Nile-like encephalitis virus started surfacing in and around the New York City area. Because the virus was supposedly being spread by mosquito bites, Manhattan and its surrounding boroughs had he...
HAPPENING
SPIKE AND MIKE’S SICK & TWISTED FESTIVAL OF ANIMATION ’99
Remember the early 90's when Beavis and Butthead's wacky giggle infected all the suburban kids through cable TV? Before MTV started to recognize the big marketing potential of this politically incorrect animation, th...
