LIGHTNING BOLT

2004.12.4　 Text: Roberto Bagatti

Lightning Bolt, the two-piece band from Rhode Island (USA) played an electrifying show at Milan's COX (otherwise know as Conchetta) social center. One of those shows I'm glad to have not missed. Though it may be ha...

SUPERMUNDANE

2004.12.3　 Text: Naoko Fukushi

Supermundane from London did the cover design for this month. Hand drawn illustration with an original taste which can't be created by digital tool and the beautiful typeface with organic forms are impressive. His fir...

YOMAR AUGUSTO

2004.11.4　 Text: Ania Markham

When you live in a country this damp, it never ceases to amaze the locals that the Netherlands is such a strong magnet for people living all across the world. Many of us 'buitenlanders' (foreigners) move here for a va...

NORMA V. TORAYA

2004.11.3　 Text: Naoko Fukushi

It looks sad or depressed, but not pessimistic and even looks to have firm strength. You can't help but have your curiosity aroused to know more about the creator. Norma V. Toraya's work submitted for this year's DOTM...

KIRSTY ANNE POWELL

2004.10.4　 Text: Ania Markham

I wanted to feature textile designer, Kirsty Anne Powell, because this month she'll be representing Amsterdam and exhibiting at Tokyo's extraordinary Designers Block Show. Not only that but she'll be there as the gues...

TAKU ANEKAWA

2004.10.3　 Text: Naoko Fukushi

Tangled, tied and frayed... Taku Anekawa finds such fascination of thread and recently he's making artworks with embroider energetically. This issue's cover design has done by him, who has reached his 10th year annive...

ERIC BAILEY

2004.9.3　 Text: Mark Buswell

In his Western Addition flat, nestled between the kitchen and his bedroom is Eric Bailey's painting studio. It is filled with an easel, photo references of birds, dogs and children and a jar of paint thinner. Smeared ...

RAINBOWS & VAMPIRES

2004.9.3　 Text: Reto Caduff

It sounds like the latest cereal offering, an 80's animation series or some kind of gay goth band. Well, wrong. Behind the unusual name Rainbows & Vampires hides a duo of respectable animation talents cum music vi...

FAILE

2004.9.3　 Text: Naoko Fukushi

If you wander the streets of any metropolis in the world, you might have encountered their works unnoticed. The art group Faile is New York based creative collective who doesn't only work on street art but in various ...

MARTYN OVERWEEL

2004.8.3　 Text: Ania Markham

Martyn is blonde, cheeky looking and has a twinkle in his eye. First impressions are of a Bjorn Borg flashback into the seventies. His humour and personality shine strongly through in both Martyn's illustrative work a...

DISRUPTIV

2004.8.3　 Text: Kentaro Yamada

5 minutes walk from central Auckland, K-Road is known to be the red light district of Auckland City. As in many other cities, this kind of area often become stomping grounds for artists. K-Road offers range of artists...

LARRY SULTAN

2004.8.3　 Text: Reto Caduff

Larry Sultan's "The Valley" photographic series explores the middle-class homes of the San Fernando Valley — and the porn industry that rents these homes for use as film sets. Born in Brooklyn and raised in the Valley...