SINOMBRE

2004.5.3　 Text: Krister Olsson

Since 2001 or so the number of Web designers in the Bay Area has diminished significantly. While the vast majority seem to have left the area for good (recent census figures show that San Francisco is still shedding p...

SAIMAN CHOW

2004.4.4　 Text: Naoko Fukushi

Saiman Chow, born in Hong Kong and grown up in US. He is broadening his active field greatly as proved that he has just finished a Nike project, "Art of Speed". In his art work, there seems rich multi-cultural essenc...

KATHARINA TIELSCH

2004.4.3　 Text: Christina Merl

"Pars pro Toto", an interactive sound installation, inspires pedestrians in the Vienna Stadtbahnbogen 28. How? - By making them listen to urban sounds originally produced in public spaces in Paris. The idea of arch...

LUC FERRARI

2004.4.3　 Text: Roberto Bagatti

Luc Ferrari is a pioneer in the history of electronic music. Without his work many of the common properties of today's electronic music probably wouldn't even exist. Born in Paris in 1929 he began composing in the lat...

JASON TREVINO

2004.4.3　 Text: Mark Buswell

After a bit of scrambling to pull this feature together, I finally caught up with Jason Trevino between one of his many appointments. Trevino is one of the most talented up-and-coming textile designers and has worked...

CHISATO SHINYA

2004.3.4　 Text: Naoko Fukushi

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...

MICHAEL A. DE FEO

2004.3.3　 Text: Ania Markham

Walking around Amsterdam, chances are you'll have seen examples of Michael A. de Feo's street art all over the city. Although a resident New Yorker, Michael is a great fan of Amsterdam and on each visit tries to leave...

EL COLECTIVO DE JULIAN

2004.3.3　 Text: Gisella Lifchitz

"I'm trying to leave some trace behind me so someone knows I was here" - El Colectivo de Julian El Colectivo de Julian is one of our local examples of what we call music now. Their first album, "Colegiales Expr...

MASSIMILIANO GIONI

2004.3.3　 Text: Roberto Bagatti

The youngest generation of Italian art spreads thousands of posters around Milan, from the center to the suburbs. More than an exhibition you could call it an invasion of images that are speaking a different language ...

SAM BERNHEIM

2004.3.3　 Text: Eric Dalbin

From Paris to Beyrouth and Boston to Philadelphia, urban territories have always been the main inspiration of Sam Bernheim's works. Streets, pavements, tube stations, front side of unoccupied stores, sewer drain...

ASA-CHANG & JUNRAY FEAT. KYOKO KOIZUMI

2004.2.4　 Text: Yasuharu Motomiya

Having released the albums "Hana" and "Tsuginepu" in succession, Asa-Chang & Junray now have a new single out called "Senaka". For this track they have recruited Kyoko Koizumi, singer and actress who has managed t...

DELAWARE

2004.2.4　 Text: Naoko Fukushi

Delaware, who designed this issue's cover, is a four person group who design rock and rock the design. Their working field is wide, incorporating music, CD-Rs, commercials, magazines, T-shirts, the web, mobile phones ...