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EL SUR RECORDS
A new CD shop, EL SUR, has opened in Shibuya, where a large number of music shops scatters. EL SUR was started by ex-staff who used to work for WAVE, one of the major CD shops in Japan, with the intention to sell more...
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HAPPENING
MOTOSHI CHIKAMORI “KAGE”
Ars Electronica '97, an exhibition on art and digital, was held in Linz, Austria. The number of participants from Japan has been getting larger over the last few years. This year Ryuichi Sakamoto & Toshio Iwai, se...
PEOPLE
AMAZING TWINS
A design company Amazing Twins was formed by Benny Au and Colan Ho at 1994. At the same time, the company logo named Amazing Twins were born which have become their trademark characters and often appeared on their...
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PARIS 1997
A few years ago, the capital of France was renown for it's poor artistic and night scene in Europe. The work of a few individuals and a recent turn over, have transformed Paris into a more complex, active and colourfu...
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SHOREDITCH
I came across an article this week in Time magazine underlining the heavily stated fact that London is the centre of an exciting creative buzz at present. Unfortunately the very fact that this information appears in t...
THINGS
PULP
Have you read comics recently? If you think that comics are just for kids, check out the new monthly manga magazine PULP. Presented by Viz Communications in San Francisco, the first issue of PULP will feature 5...
HAPPENING
SEEMEN “VIOLENT MACHINES PERFORM ACTS OF LOVE”
Violent Machines Perform Acts of Love have performed by San Francisco artist group called SEEMEN for 6 days at an gallery THE LAB. The performance was all about to provide interaction between audience members and viol...
THINGS
+81
A new magazine, +81, has been launched featuring articles about creators' workshop and process to complete their work. The first issue features Tomato, Dazed&Confused, a creative director of Parappa the Rapper, fa...
THINGS
GILES ROLLESTONE “URBAN FEEDBACK”
Urban Feedback by Giles Rollestone had been introduced at Siggraph in '95. Neville Brody's Research Studio at MILIA this year gave him an opportunity to distribute the CD-ROM. In Japan, it is sold at DIGITALOGUE. ...
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ART SPACE XP
Combining a multi-purpose space for exhibitions, events, live acts and a cafe specialising in organic food, XP has been open on 26th September. It aims at a concept, 'hybrid communication' that every customer can ...
THINGS
TOKION
Spearheading the Tokyo's underground scene, a new type of bilingual mag, TOKION, has launched its web site, including the past issues' content such as Fashion, Comics, Music, Art and People. TOKION was first r...
HAPPENING
FRUIT CHAN “MADE IN HONG KONG”
Made in Hong Kong is an independent film created by a director Fruit Chan who has been assistant to many films, including Christ in Nanjing, Hu-Du-Men and so. Chan created this film with supports of his friends, r...
