PABLO DACAL

2006.9.5　 Text: Gisella Lifchitz

Some people still have a childish look in their eyes. When I look at them, I can clearly imagine their faces as little boys or girls. Something in their eyes and smile still holds some kind of hope. It is hope I see i...

CHRISTIAN HOSOI

2006.9.5　 Text: Christopher Lenz

"He was a rock star." - Tony Alva "Christian was the guy to beat." - Tony Hawk To those of you, like myself, who have experienced the 80's skateboarding boom, the name Christian Hosoi will ring a bell and bring ba...

HUDSON-POWELL

2006.9.2　 Text: Tim Engel

This month's SHIFT cover was designed by Hudson-Powell, a London based creative studio that focuses on the dual development of concept and medium. They produce work that uses the medium as a tool to expand rather than...

KONONO NO.1

2006.8.6　 Text: Aya Karpinska

Konono No.1 returned to New York to play at SOB's (Sounds of Brazil) on a hot, humid Monday night. They had given a free concert the day before in Central Park, so instead of two shows they played one - we thought we ...

NICOLAS CLAUSS

2006.8.5　 Text: Sarah Boisson

In 2004, while I was preparing my dissertation on digital art, I came across Nicolas Clauss' website. I immediately fell in love with his work so I dared to contact him to tell him. I guess it was a bit crazy but this...

HECTOR AYUSO

2006.7.28　 Text: Eduard Prats Molner

Hector is founder and director of the OFFF festival as well as general director of the inofffensive Agency since 2000. He studied Cinematographic Direction in Barcelona. He has produced five short-films, two feature-l...

HENRIK VIBSKOV

2006.7.28　 Text: Peta Jenkin

The first time I saw a Henrik Vibskov creation was in a grimy club in Berlin. It was late, very late, and a vision suddenly struck me from across the dancefloor. It moved towards me, nothing more than a graphic patter...

RICARDO LINIERS SIRI

2006.7.5　 Text: Gisella Lifchitz

"There is a scene in Woody Allen's Stardust Memories where he is complaining about everything bad in the world: evil, destruction, cancer, war. Suddenly some aliens come from a spaceship and Woody asks them to tell hi...

DIMA KOMISSAROV

2006.6.30　 Text: Jacqueline Ste. Croix

If someone says the word "design", Russia doesn't usually come to mind. Dima Komissarov is here to change that. Having drawn since a young age he eventually gravitated to the world of design and has been immersed in ...

REALA

2006.6.30　 Text: Yurie Hatano

This month's SHIFT cover "Dead web triptych and counter" was designed by REALA, a design team since 1998 based in Stockholm and London. Not only designing, but they are also marked as eminent filmmakers producing lo...

SUPERSTUDIO

2006.6.5　 Text: Gisella Lifchitz

The Superestudio members are graphic designers, but they are also curious filmmakers who produce their own movies. And they also belong to a punk band. And they play awfully, but they like it so much. They embrace sur...

MOZARTBAND

2006.5.5　 Text: Christina Merl

So you thought the Viennese might have had enough of celebrating Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's 250th birthday? Ha! Quite the contrary! The party will go on for a while. Whereas you can still enjoy the famous composer's cl...