March 10th, 2010 - marikot -
March 8th, 2010 - marikot -

A record number of visitors attended the 13th Japan Media Arts Festival held in The National Art Center, Tokyo, in February. The 12 day festival was launched in 1997, to promote the creation and development of media arts. This years festival received more than 2,500 works from 54 countries, about 180 award-winning works and jury-recommended works. The festival highlights four art divisions including media based art, entertainment, animation and manga.
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© 2009 Japan Media Arts Festival. All rights reserved.
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Twitter Plaza / Photo: Kayo Tamura
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Kosuke Kawase “Bearings Glocken II”/ Photo: Kayo Tamura
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Lawrence Malstaf “Nemo Observatorium”/ Photo: Kayo Tamura
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Ei Wada “Braun Tube Jazz Band”/ Photo: Kayo Tamura
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David Bowen “growth modeling device”/ Photo: Kayo Tamura
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Magico Nakamura, Masayoshi Nakamura, Masashi Kawamura, Hal Kirkland “Hibi no Neiro”/ Photo: Kayo Tamura
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Makoto Yukimura “VINLAND SAGA”/ Photo: Kayo Tamura
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© Yukimura Makoto/Kodansha / “VINLAND SAGA”
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Takahiro Yamaguchi “Urbanized Typeface : Shibuya08-09″/ Photo: Kayo Tamura
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Reading manga/ Photo: Kayo Tamura
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© Alvaro CASSINELLI / Alvaro CASSINELL, MANABE Daito, KURIBARA Yusaku, Alexis ZERROUG “scoreLight”
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© Junghwan Sung / Junghwan SUNG representing Mr. Lee Experiment creative team “Mr. Lee Experiment”
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© 2009 Japan Media Arts Festival. All rights reserved.
March 5th, 2010 - admin -

“You can now travel. Before he arrived (it) was a mess here. The highways were full of bandits and you couldn’t get out of the cities”. José Miguel explains while driving his taxi through the busy streets of Bogotá. He is referring to President Álvaro Uribe Vélez, undoubtedly the most popular leader in recent Colombian history.
“So you travel a lot now?” I reply, trying not to distract him.
He bellows with laughter: “No – emphasizing the ooo… I don’t have enough money to travel.”
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March 4th, 2010 - Marisa -

Some people say they can do everything. 27-year-old New York based artist Lauren Lacey Slowik, is not one of those people. But the things she can do include, but are not limited to the following:
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March 3rd, 2010 - sarahp -

These days most jobs come with some type of perk, whether it’s a shiny company car, a blackberry, or even a fat expense account. So what are the perks of working behind a bar? Well the answer is simple, free gigs, yes people ‘FREE’ gigs. As many as a person could want. And if you’re a music slut like me, then there’s no better perk to be had. So keep your company car, cell phone or expense account, I want live music and I want it free!
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