Been thinking about the work of Tatsumi Orimoto ever since i saw his pictures at the Venice Biennale […]
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(written by manekineko) An interesting event about the intersection of art and technology is taking place at BankART […]
A collection of Japanese Gangster Movie (or Yakuza Eiga.) Via Mari diary.
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Finally, someone posted a report on dorkbot #000002 tokyo (in Japanese). So, here’s a quick summary in English. […]
Gate Vision, by Kazuhiko Kobayashi, generates unrealistic circular moving pictures from real-world images. It’s based on his previous […]
Monokakushitono Hibi (Days with Monokakushi), by Kiyoko Ishida, is a student video project at Tama Art University, which […]
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Takehiko Sanada‘s Prefab Coats can be worn as coats or transformed into blankets, sleeping bags or even emergency […]
The Massachusetts College of Art is about to host an exhibition of the irresistible Japanese artist Shintaro Miyake. […]
Marking Your Way, by Idumi Sakuma, is a visual information display for museums and exhibition spaces, which allows […]
MorphoTower, by Sachiko Kodama, is a kind of a dynamic sclupture made of mysterious black fluid. It’s conceptualized […]
As some of you might know, this year’s DAF (Digital Art Festival) Tokyo took place from December 9th […]
When I think about the word “NetSurfing”, I found that we are net surfer who can’t swim. In […]
Kin, by cshool + canade, is a system that allows people to give a prayer over the Internet. […]
Spyglass, by Fumiaki Murakami, is a spy glass that provides immersive 360-dgree virtual reality experiences. When you rotate […]
RGBy, by Shinya Matsuyama and Makoto Hirahara, is a cube-shaped lamp that senses color and glows with the […]
Misaki Kawai‘s works have been shown at the Groeflin Maag Gallery, the Air Show, Deitch, new image art […]
Have just spent an hour with Max at the Fondazione Re Rebaudengo in Turin to see Takashi Murakami‘s […]
Utilizing sine waves – sound without any distortion and representing a single frequency – the members of the […]
Akitsugu Maebayashi’s new sound installation “4Pieces for Object, Sound, Space and Body – ‘Radio,’ ‘Window,’ ‘Metronome,’ ‘Darkness,’” is […]
Imaginary robots. Via jeansnow.
For the MobLab bus adventure (a bus-gallery with on board artists-Mobnauts who challenge conceptions of public space), Kensuke […]
The NEtROBOt project aims to establish a new concept of communication over the Internet, getting a feel of […]
Where did/will/should anime and art meet? This I believe is one of the questions Gundam Exhibition asked when […]
From ‘97, self-educated sewing and knitting artist Pyuupiru creates costumes that convey his delusional and obsessive-compulsive world view. […]
Miya Masaoka has worked with Madagascan cockroaches, the electrical signals from the bodies of ten naked Asian men, […]
Remember Nissan’s Pivo (the egg car for drivers who can’t park)? I’ve just read that the gallery space […]
Looks like Yokohama Triennale is the place to go this winter. Here’s what i found while wasting time […]
Masahiro Fukuyama sculpts suits, inspired by the ancient culture of the Samurai and contemporary game-culture.
Yokai is a type of creatures in Japanese folklore such as Oni, Nopperabou, Yuki-onna, Rokurokubi, etc. They are […]
Akino Kondoh‘s work is at Mizuma Art Gallery at FIAC 2005 in Paris through October 10. Via artkrush.
The Cambrian Game, by Toshihiro Anzai and Rieko Nakamura, is a game in which players submit their own […]
The Rock the Future exhibition is currently showing some very tempting Japanese digital art. In one room, painted […]
Modulobe, by Kouichirou Eto et al., is a free software tool for constructing virtual creatures. [Sample creatures made […]
Asaichi project, by Kyoko Yamakawa, connects urban life and rural life of farmers through a dining table. A […]
wwwrb, by Hiroki Obara, is a large cylinder display device for browsing the Web. [wwwrb provides omni-directional web […]
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Video Turntable, by miyakodub, is a machine that appears to be very similar to a regular turntable. You […]
Following the last two posts about Kenji Yanobe (if you remember: Cinema in the Wood and Postapocalyptic survival […]
Seing Manekineko’s post about Kenji Yanobe, I couldn’t resist the urge to write something about the artist humourous […]
Cinema in The Wood, by Yanobe Kenji, is a kids’ movie theater and nuclear shelter. Educational movies are […]