I paid a short visit to this fascinating museum, which opened its doors to the public last weekend […]
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Last Thursday, i spent a couple of hours at the Musée d’Art Contemporain in Lyon. They have a […]
A very very nice Japanese Pavilion. Instead of presenting us his vision of the future of architecture as […]
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The Agency for Cultural Affairs of Japan recently selected “Japan’s Media Art Top 100” based on the votes […]
The new exhibition at Tokyo’s NTT ICC is called Connecting Worlds, which just started this weekend and will […]
While regine might be enjoing the transatlantic fun, just a small update from Tokyo. A recent Digital Stadium […]
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The Little Japan vehicle was developed so that its creator Kazuya Kanemaru and any volunteer could travel to […]
Izuru Kasahara: SMILE(Ghost), 1999. Image.
“Monalisa: shadow of your sound,” by Norihisa Nagano and Kazuhiro Jo, is an installation that allows one to […]
The poster gallery. Can’t remember how i stumbled upon this gallery. Wikipedia provided me with the information i […]
Robot dolls. Via Suzanne G.
Just read that 17 railway arches at Gloucester Road tube station in London will be graced, this month, […]
Clay and pictures gangster stories by Yukinori Dehara, Via andrea xmas. More about the artist in Metropolis.
Kenichi Yokono meticulously carves stunning, postmodern red images in plywood. Part of the Ultrasonic International 1 group show, […]
Kenji Yanobe, the creator of our favorite Giant Torayan, Postapocalyptic survival gear, Cinema in The Wood, to name […]
Astroboy, by Japanese artist Araki Hiroshi. Via Campheatwole.
I’ve been admiring Motomichi Nakamura‘s work for some time now. Yesterday i stumbled upon an interview of him […]
Shigeki Hayashi creates ceramics that look like they were machine-made of plastics or PVCs. A closer examination reveals […]
loopScape, by Ryota Kuwakubo, is a game for 2 players with wireless controllers. It is a very classic […]
Currently watching the videos of the kings of the Shibuya-kei movement: Pizzicato Five, an ’80s and ’90s Japanese […]
With Invisible – The Shadow Chaser, players have to sense and capture “ghosts” with a vacuum cleaner. “Invisible” […]
Ibuki, by Masaru Tabei and Yasuno Miyauchi, is a sound installation that allows visitors to hear the sound […]
Myriads of glowing dots wavering in the darkness — one might feel as if she could visually sense […]
In the entry titled “A state of mind of meat,” regine reported Makoto Ishiwata’s Vacuum Packing!, in which […]
The Insitute of Contemporary Art in London is organising the first UK exhibition of Kami-Robo. Designed by Tomohiro […]
Shusaku Arakawa and Madeline Gins, whose moto is Architecture Against Death, unveiled a few months ago a small […]
According to Edge and Kotaku, Japan Post will issue in May a new line of postage stamps starring […]
Ultraman Mebius, foreground center, the latest hero of Ultra Hero TV series, poses with his family members during […]
This morning i went to the Netherlands Architecture Institute in Rotterdam to 1. dilapidate the content of my […]
at Crazy Japan! Trailer about “the inspiration for Kill Bill”, Female Yakuza Tale + Sex and Fury trailers, […]
Unreflective Mirror, by Masaki Fujihata, is a device that, in some sense, allows users to play with the […]
A ban of selling many of the electric appliances that were produced and sold before 2001 will start […]
Hisashi Tenmyouya‘s works are a blend of traditional Japanese motifs and elements of modern Japan. His work draws […]
Sherelog is a system that fetches data from Suica (an RFID train pass) and visualizes personal train-ride records […]
There were a couple of interesting symposiums at the Japan Media Arts Festival that took place on February […]
[dorkbot Tokyo #000004, the flyer] The 4th Dorkbot Tokyo (or TΩKYΩ) is taking place on March 8 (Open […]
In Keitai Girl (2003), Yamaguchi Noriko wears a body suit crafted from cell phone keypads, large headphones and […]
(written by manekineko) Conscious Dome, by Takako Ikemoto, is an interactive installation to be shown at IAMAS graduation […]
Toppan, one of Japan’s largest printing companies, has released a series of artist slide shows for viewing on […]
I’m still trying to figure out how much exactly i should be disappointed by Transmediale. Maybe it was […]