[rohrpost] SHIFT 081 UPDATE, AUGUST 2003
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Die Aug 12 16:23:26 CEST 2003
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S H I F T 0 8 1 U P D A T E A U G U S T 2 0 0 3
http://www.shift.jp.org/081/
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CONTENTS
COVER INTERVIEW WITH SYRUP
"Syrup", based in New York and Helsinki in Finland, made a
cover design for this issue. It might be the first time to hear
their name but Syrup is a group of talented people that deal
with many projects with top companies. Efforts above the
average, concept is the most important thing, building up a
close relation ship with clients... From these words, you will
see their honest, reliable and upright attitude.
ECHIGO-TSUMARI ART TRIENNIAL 2003
"Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennial 2003" is g festival for nature,
art and human beings that encompasses 762 square kilometers
in six municipalities of Echigo-Tsumari. The aims of this
festival are rediscovering the beauty of Tsumari area and
discovering the wisdom and pride of people through art.
WRITING
"Writing - Urban Culture and Beyond" is not only a great
tribute to street culture but also to graphic design and
architectural style. Graffiti which was long ignored and
belittled for its proximity to comic culture has been borrowed
by various fields such as fashion, packaging, graphic
designers, and has become a fundamental aspect of the modern
city.
FUJI ROCK FESTIVAL '03
The 7th annual biggest open-air music event in Japan, "Fuji
Rock Festival" was held for four days from the 25th of July.
This year, the festival featured more than a hundred groups of
artists and attracted totaling 100,000 people over three days.
DOTSOSO#17 FEAT. YUTANPO SHIRANE
The 17th Dot Soso was held at Soso Cafe on (Sat.) the 5th of
July. The featuring artist was Yutanpo Shirane the illustrator.
This exhibition under the theme of "PRT (Photo ReTouch)
regeneration " will continue, where he retouched photos with
a Macintosh computer and made them as painted works.
W+K TOKYO LAB
Wieden+Kennedy Tokyo" has launched a new music label "W+K
Tokyo Lab" to brings new experiences that can only be created
in Tokyo through a unique global mix of music, visuals and
other forms of creative expression. The fist artist from this
label is Masakatsu Takagi.
UBERSEE 3
The third issue of "Ubersee" is out from Die Gestalten Verlag
in Germany with the theme "Summertime". As usual, the
magazine is full of works of creators from around the world.
THE FLINK PAPER
Received a newspaper with beautiful photos printed on from
Belgium. First, we thought it was a design paper but it
actually covers diverse topics from nature, science to
urbanisation. "The Flink Paper". Of course, it contains
architecture, fashion and design information as well.
2003 (7TH) MEDEIA ARTS FESTIVAL
The aims of this festival are to discover creative artists and
introduce their creative process. The festival is a gateway to
success for talented artists who later submit to larger
competitions. There are four divisions: Art, Entertainment,
Animation and Manga. Amateurs and professionals are
encouraged to participate regardless of whether their work is
commercial or not. The deadline for entries is (Mon.) 20th of
October.
ROJO
ROJO" is a design magazine published by Spanish design team
"Sintonison". They have recently released their two latest
issues "Sale" and "Raw". In "ROJO", the editorial team tries to
approach to diverse genres of art, such as visual
communication, experimental graphic, fashion, music, plastic
art, photography, advertising and architecture without any
text.
COLORSPLASH CAMERA
A new camera with a new flash tool "Colorsplash Flash" is out
from Lomography. The special feature of this camera is the
new flash tool, called "Colorsplash Flash". Some color filters
are attached to the flash part, so the coloured light splashes
as you press the shutter.
REFILL
Sydney-based duo "Keep Left Studios" have made a new design
magazine. "Refill" is the title of this magazine. It has a great
desire to become a leader in modern international design
media. As its name suggests, you will find that the magazine
refills your heart with designs as you turn the page.
NEWLINE
"NL (New Line)" is a new brand from SHIFT. This is a
collaboration project of a designer Hideki Inaba, a graphic unit
"Mogra" and SHIFT. Sending innovative visual language to
various media as our message is the aim of this project. Check
the sesond T-shirt of Hideki Inaba.
.MOV FESTIVAL 2003
Noos Movement presents ".MOV Festival 2003" is a digital film
festival. It will be held under the joint auspices of Hokkaido
Foundation For Cultural Activities with the aim of digging up
hidden talented creators and providing an opportunity that
creators can show their works. We invite all creators in the
world. The forefront creators will select outstanding works
from all submissions and these works will be introduced for
one month in November at the cafe "Soso".
ART GALLERY BIN
New gallery space 'BIN' has been launched on cooperation with
Abahouse International. BIN is a showcase and repository for
artworks in the digital era. It is intended as a place for
artists to exhibit and archive their digital artworks.
It is intended as a place for artists to exhibit and archive
their digital artworks. Featuring Andreas Gysin, a freelancer
in Lugano, Switzerland.
INFO-WORLD
What's happening around borderground? Correspondents for
Shift dwelling on the edge of the world contribute monthly to
Info-World. Shift presents your direct source from the
borderground culture of the world.
Our correspondent in Toronto, Mikey brought the event about
Burlesque inspired art, Burlesque performance and Jazz music.
He took part in this event as one of the participated artists as
well. Mlee in Hong Kong introduced "WE Exhibition" that he
organised by himself. Check this year's "Love Parade" in Berlin.
"London Police" is based in Amsterdam and you can check the
exhibition information of them. Also, check the report about
"Subverted Boundaries" Exhibition, held in Singapore.
GIRLS ON THE STREET
Featuring street fashion photos from all over the world. Heat
wave is covering all of Europe but Parisiennes are cool and
cute!
PRESENT
Many presents for you this month! Presenting "WE Exhibition"
picture book for 5 people. "Flink Paper", "Writing" and "ROJO -
RAW Issue" for one person for each product. The deadline is
Sunday the 31st of August.
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