Month: July 2004

  • Sent

    In the second edition of his new weekly column STREAMING, writer Warren Ellis talks about his inclusion in the current SENT mobile phone photography exhibition taking place in LA. Yours truly gets a bit of a mention, which is nice. Also, please have a look at his current playlist, which appears at the end of…

  • Platform

    Peeking down at a lower level platform. Shot taken with the A5403CA mobile phone.

  • Kiiiiiii in Concert

    Patrick’s Agenda brings us news that Kiiiiiii, alongside Nihao! and Petty Booka, will be performing at Shinjuku Red Cloth on August 11. I’ll definitely try to go to this if I’m in town (it’s during my holidays, and I still don’t know if I’m going anywhere).

  • Suzuki Nao

    Suzuki Nao is an artist that attacks all mediums: video, photography (traditional and mobile), painting, sculptures… She’s done VJ performances, and had a few gallery shows already. Based in Yokohama, where she shares a studio space (Ateliero-Eksperimentoj) with a band, she is currently preparing some video work for a contest. Robert wrote this about her…

  • TSiG Street Art

    PRESS RELEASE TOKYO STYLE IN GOTHENBURG 2004 Street Art / Self Promotion For Tokyo Style in Gothenburg we are trying to bring the spirit of contemporary Tokyo to Gothenburg and the cultural building Röda Sten (www.rodasten.com). You can find some pictures of the venue here. The streets of Tokyo Besides bringing contemporary japanese artists, musicians,…

  • Dress Code

    Yesterday marked the release of ex-P5 vocalist Nomiya Maki‘s 3rd solo album, DRESS CODE (you can listen to a few tracks here). This time we see production duties handed over to Sunaga Tatsuo, which has given us a cool bossa influenced album. To my ears, it’s much better than her second effort, which didn’t do…

  • Axis 110

    The new issue of AXIS is out (110), and the main feature takes a look at up and coming creators, from the point of view of prominent designers. Designers active at the frontlines of design are first to notice the potential of new talent and to inspire them. Perhaps they find something in those young…

  • Kamayatsu Women

    They’re everywhere. Young women who couldn’t give a damn about how they look, don’t really care what anybody else thinks about them and are only interested in finding out more about themselves. They’re the Kamayatsu women, according to Sunday Mainichi (7/4). Named after rough-and-ready rocker Monsieur Kamayatsu, who made slobbery and grunge part of his…