Category: Events

  • Totoro Forest Project

    The “Totoro Forest Project” needs your help! From artist Enrico Casarosa: 200-plus international artists are trying to help save Sayama forest — also known as Totoro Forest — all as a “thank you for the inspiration” to Miyazaki-san. We’re planning an art auction event, an art book and an exhibit at the Cartoon Art Museum…

  • Two Days, Four Products

    Kyouei Design held an exhibition in Shizuoka this past weekend — showing off the new Mobile Light and Bulb Lantern (pictured above), as well as a few prototypes — and you can see a few photos from the show here.

  • Danny and the iPhone Dance

    Danny Choo celebrates the launch of the iPhone 3G on Omotesando with another look at the lines, and a little dance. Hope he could get his hands on one, considering the lack of love SoftBank is showing foreigners in Japan.

  • Photo Gallery: Negative Series

    Max has taken some stunning photos of pieces from Chris Kirby‘s “Negative Series” exhibition, that was held last week at Cafe Pause. Check here to see them.

  • Ebisu Gallery Complex Opening

    TABlog has posted an extensive photo gallery of the opening festivities for the new gallery complex in Ebisu, which is where you’ll find the newly re-opened Nadiff bookstore.

  • Happening in Tokyo

    You’ll want to hit Ikebukuro for the 6th annual “Kappa Ten” (Kappa Exhibition) at the Artist Garden gallery (July 10-22). As Matt Alt describes it, “it’s a celebration of everyone’s favorite cucumber-eatin’, sumo-wrestlin’, anus-attackin’, water-dwellin’ yokai from Japanese folklore,” and will include artwork from more than twenty artists. Matt’s Yokai Attack! book will also be…

  • Item Idem Calling

    Item Idem needs you help for an upcoming project. See the call to art above, or get in touch with them for more details.

  • Chris Kirby’s Negative Series Exhibition

    Frequent PauseTalker Chris Kirby is currently holding an exhibition, the “Negative Series,” at the cafe until July 7. Says Chris about the show: I’ve created a new line of porcelain ware and am showing it for the first time at Cafe Pause. Reversing the positive/negative relationship between mold and object, the “negative series” captures the…