Jean Snow [.net]

Month: December 2004

  • The Triennale Saved

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    I just added an update to my recent Yokohama Triennale post, and am writing this new one to bring attention to it (wouldn’t it be nice if you could get edited posts to appear at the top of the front page, without having to change the date). Roger McDonald has news that the new director…

  • Devilrobots Xmas Exhibition 2004

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    The Devilrobots Xmas exhibition 2004, “Angel or Devil,” is on right now at Lapnet Ship (until December 26). Get all the info at Tokyo Art Beat.

  • PSP Madness!

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    This is getting to be a regular occurrence: first with DRAGON QUEST VIII, then a few days later with the Nintendo DS, and now just over a week later with Sony’s PSP. Sony Computer Entertainment Inc entered the handheld video game market Sunday with the sale of its new PlayStation Portable, pitting it against competitors…

  • Setagaya Boro Ichi

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    This week sees the flea market to end all flea markets in Tokyo: the Setagaya Boro Ichi. It’s December, time again for the huge fleamarket that’s being held every winter on two days each in December and January. A total of about 700 stalls will be selling antiques, 2nd hand clothes, used books and a…

  • 2005 Yokohama Triennale in Danger

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    The latest “Out of Tokyo” column by REALTOKYO and ART iT editor Ozaki Tetsuya takes a look at what seems to be a crisis within the organization of the 2005 Yokohama International Triennale of Contemporary Art — already late by one year, it could get pushed back to 2006. The article also mentions a blog…

  • Brouhaha

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    Audrey Fondecave, mistress of OK FRED magazine, will have an exhibition at La Galerie Des Nakamura in February of next year, and the gallery’s website has a short poem by her written in Japanese and French.

  • MoMAPOLY

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    Earlier today I was looking through the new issue of CASA BRUTUS (58), and it features a pullout board game: “MoMAPOLY, Casa Brutus Modern Art Shopping Game,” designed by Groovisions. The whole issue is themed around the recently re-launched MoMA in New York. For a good story on the Taniguchi Yoshio designed update, have a…

  • Namco Versus Ramen

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    Game publisher Namco plans to open a ramen theme park in Nagoya next year. Today, Namco announced plans to open a ramen noodle theme park in the southern Japanese city of Nagoya. The “Nagoya Noodle Shop Alley,” due to open for business on February 25, is meant to introduce visitors to the history of ramen…