CHU ENOKI
This exhibition is held at Miyanomori Art Museum, Sapporo, from June 6th, 2008 through July 27th, 2008. We had a chance to talk to the artist, Chu Enoki. The title of the exhibition is “The Dangerous man”, so we th...
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OKI
OKI DUB AINU BAND is a progressive roots band led by OKI. OKI is well known for reviving the "Tonkori", a traditional stringed instrument of the Karafuto Ainu. He boldly electrified this ancient instrument and plays d...
RINA NAGANUMA
Rina Naganuma is a film director in Sapporo, was born in 1981 in Sapporo. She started filming in her first year of high school, and now is working for advertising agencies and filming with students in workshops. Bes...
SAKANACTION
The band consisting of Ichiro Yamaguchi (vo&g), Motoharu Iwadera (g), Ami Kusakari (b), Emi Okazaki (key), and Keiichi Ejima (dr), "Sakanaction" were born in Sapporo, Hokkaido. Their debut album "Go To The Future"...
SHUREN THE FIRE
Shuren the Fire - an artist who live in Sapporo, who have released an album called "My Words Laugh Behind The Mask" from Tha Blue Herb Recordings; a label which run by Tha Blue Herb (hip hop artists based on Sapporo)....
HARMONICA BLDG.
This month's SHIFT cover was designed by a Sapporo based design unit Harmonica bldg. Their works are not only cute or only pop, but are filled with playful spirits. One of their works was selected as a winning work of...
BIKKY SUNAZAWA
One of the most prolific contemporary artists from Japan, Bikky Sunazawa was a man of great vision. Using traditional art and techniques as a base, he created truly inspirational works. Though primarily working with w...
WABISABI
Wabisabi, a design unit, whose stronghold is in Sapporo just same as SHIFT, did the SHIFT cover this month. You may know they released their original card game "CROW&TRASH" from SHIFT Factory before. This July, th...
CHISATO SHINYA
The designer for this issue's cover is Chisato Shinya. Chisato will hold her second exhibition at Soso, "Imagine Story" in March following last year's great success "Visible Shapes/Invisible Shapes". She is broadening...
MIWA YOKOYAMA
Saturday night got pretty cheerful - lively in Sapporo's Soso Cafe! No wonder when a mass of young and beautiful ladies get together with a trendy team of make-up artists eager to style for free! The featured art...
SCHERZO
An original approach to "laugh" with a different image to "a comedy". "Scherzo" means "a jaunty music", "a joke" or "a trick" in Italian. Anything which can be found in our daily life, will be expressed as "Scherzo"...
SATOSHI HATA
Contemporary art, graphic design, interior design, architecture, fashion and so on, contemporary artsist Satoshi Hata's creativity are wodespread and penetrate through categories of creation. Immaculate Concept is an ...
