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Category: Events
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Japan Media Arts Festival
Been wanting to mention this here for a while now, and I’m finally reminded of it by this REALTOKYO entry: The festival is held for the eighth time this year, and as an art fan I’m again most interested in the Art division. The Grand Prize this year goes to France-based Electronic Shadow, who create…
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KDDI Designing Studio
KDDI (the company behind mobile phone provider AU) will be launching the KDDI Designing Studio in Harajuku on March 4, and this will be accompanied by Gas sponsored special events featuring the design collection Tomato. “YOU-ME-WHO?” installation, which will start March 4 (until March 28) A talk session with members of Tomato, on March 6…
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Evolution Cafe
The media event “Evolution Cafe” sounds like a nice one, but I’m turned off by the fact that it’s all the way out in Yokohama. Artist and Designers specialized in the IT field will demonstrate their ideas. This year their works will be evaluated. Come and see the possibilities in the life styles in the…
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How to Make a Magazine?
The OK Fredders will be giving a talk in Osaka, at the Apple Store Shinsaibashi, on February 24 at 7. I imagine it’ll include a preview of the upcoming issue, which should come out in a matter of weeks now.
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Tokyo Q Lounge Night
This Saturday night (February 19) will see the Tokyo Q (where I write a couple of columns on design and anime) Lounge Night! Tokyo Q presents an eclectic mix of funk, dub, desi, dub-tango, ska-boogaloo, polyphonic metal and other obscure genres from DJs Young Jeff (Play Label), Crustacean, Gangamati (Play Label and Dynastic Records), Sister…
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Kami-Robo Expo 2005
H’action, who were behind last year’s great “Braniff Airline” exhibition, are getting ready for another promising event: “Kami-Robo Expo 2005.” What are Kami-Robo? “Robot fighters made from paper, measuring about 15 to 20 centimeters tall.” They even have their own back story, that gets mixed up with wrestling. Oh yeah, count me in. The exhibition…
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Architecture as a Medium
The University of Tokyo is currently hosting “Architecture as a Medium: From Piranesi to Expo ’70.” What kinds of messages did architecture try to confer in the modern age, and how were they designed to fulfill that purpose? Every man-made object acts as a carrier of information to a certain degree. Architecture is no exception.…