One beautiful mind can have a great impact on those around them, but when you bring collective (and equally beautiful) minds together, the results can be amazing. DoTank:Brooklyn is the perfect example; egalitarian in the truest of senses, with all eyes on improving the world around them for everybody to enjoy. Through various community-oriented projects, the DoTankers are working on making Brooklyn an even better place than it is now. If they can convince the ‘higher powers’ that laying grass down on Bedford Avenue, the main drag of hipster haven Williamsburg, was a good idea, we have absolute faith that they will achieve success in their mission to create change for the better.
Tokyo and Sendai based visual design studio WOW launched a new project called “WOW id project“, in which each designer from WOW draws out their own individuality by featuring their new video works created with their own personal touch. Read more…
PETER BRÖTZMANN is an artist, composer, graphic designer, musician and all round Renaissance man.
Renowned for his prolific and staggeringly high-quality output, Brotzmann brings his multi-faceted talents to The Narrows gallery Melbourne this month.
Opened in Akihabara, Tokyo in March 2010, 3331 Arts Chiyoda is a multi-level art center that aims to “create a new art form”. Located in the former Chiyoda Rensei Junior High School, this ‘alternative art space for the 21st century’ offers a range of artistic and cultural activities, as well as a place to link Tokyo with it’s surrounding regions and other East Asian arts communities.
- 3331 Arts Chiyoda opening, Outside view. © All rights reserved
- 3331 Arts Chiyoda opening, Heatbeat Drawing by HEARTBEAT-SASAKI. © All rights reserved
- 3331 Arts Chiyoda opening, Heatbeat Drawing by HEARTBEAT-SASAKI. © All rights reserved
- 3331 Arts Chiyoda opening, Heatbeat Drawing on the 3F walls. © All rights reserved
- Art project ‘POCORART’ in collaboration with disabled people. © All rights reserved
- Exhibition view of Insideout/Tokyo Project that aims to connect Tokyo and other areas in Japan. © All rights reserved
- Various events were exhibited and performed in the gallery space at the opening. © All rights reserved
- Exhibition view at g3/ © All rights reserved
- RENSEI PRINT PARK by seikosha. © All rights reserved
- Performance view of Pre-Opening Night Party FRAGMENT THEATRE. © All rights reserved
- 1F, Exhibition Area. © All rights reserved
What is fashion? What can we do with fashion?
Fashion designer Yoshikazu Yamagata, works to emotionally expand the concept of fashion and tackling big questions like those above. He stirred controversy with his collections at Japan Fashion Week, including “The Everyone’s New Clothes” which questioned what fashion was about, ”Graduate Fashion Show 0′ Point”, which showcased the strength of starting from zero in fashion and “The Fashion Show of The Gods”, his Spring/Summer 2010 collection, which examined the origins of creation, presented in October 2009.
- “The fashion show of the gods” Photo: Daniel Sannwald
- “The fashion show of the gods” Photo: Daniel Sannwald
- “The fashion show of the gods”
- “The fashion show of the gods”
- “The fashion show of the gods”
- “The fashion show of the gods”
- “The fashion show of the gods”
- “A LONG STORY” Photo: Koomi Kim
- “coconogacco collaboration project”
- “coconogacco collaboration project”
- “Graduate Fashion Show”
- “Graduate Fashion Show”
- “Graduate Fashion Show”
- “Graduate Fashion Show”
- “the everyone’s new clothes”
- “the everyone’s new clothes”
- “the everyone’s new clothes”
- Yoshikazu Yamagata Portrait Photo: Haruko Uefuji
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.
- © 2009 Japan Media Arts Festival. All rights reserved.
- Twitter Plaza / Photo: Kayo Tamura
- Kosuke Kawase “Bearings Glocken II”/ Photo: Kayo Tamura
- Lawrence Malstaf “Nemo Observatorium”/ Photo: Kayo Tamura
- Ei Wada “Braun Tube Jazz Band”/ Photo: Kayo Tamura
- David Bowen “growth modeling device”/ Photo: Kayo Tamura
- Magico Nakamura, Masayoshi Nakamura, Masashi Kawamura, Hal Kirkland “Hibi no Neiro”/ Photo: Kayo Tamura
- Makoto Yukimura “VINLAND SAGA”/ Photo: Kayo Tamura
- © Yukimura Makoto/Kodansha / “VINLAND SAGA”
- Takahiro Yamaguchi “Urbanized Typeface : Shibuya08-09″/ Photo: Kayo Tamura
- Reading manga/ Photo: Kayo Tamura
- © Alvaro CASSINELLI / Alvaro CASSINELL, MANABE Daito, KURIBARA Yusaku, Alexis ZERROUG “scoreLight”
- © Junghwan Sung / Junghwan SUNG representing Mr. Lee Experiment creative team “Mr. Lee Experiment”
- © 2009 Japan Media Arts Festival. All rights reserved.






























































