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Category: City Life

  • Move on Asia 2006

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    I’m definitely going to be checking this out during GW: This is volume two of a joint project by curators from 12 art spaces in six Asian countries. On view this time is a selection of animation and 1-ch video works by a total of 21 newcomer artists. The exhibition comes traveling from a space…

  • Freedom Project

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    I’ve been meaning to mention the new advertising campaign for Nissin’s Cup Noodle that includes art (and some cool animated TV commercials) by Katsuhiro Otomo, and this post (and the picture you see here) by Digiki reminded me of it. I first noticed it about a week ago in a few stations, and this “Freedom…

  • This Week at Gridskipper

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    Nakata.net Cafe Pecha Kucha You can read all of my Gridskipper posts here (or even subscribe to a feed).

  • Hattrick Vs. Tokyo Fun Party

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    Nothing to do during Golden Week? Digiki and SoccerBoy have got you covered! And for some reason, my feed to Digiki’s blog never showed the final post that revealed a change to his site. Here’s the new address.

  • PechaKucha Takes Over the World

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    I had a chance to check out last night’s edition of the PechaKucha monthly event at SuperDeluxe, and was happy to see that they’ve finally launched a website — and a nice one by the way, brought to you by the fine folks at IMG SRC, who are also behind PingMag — for the event.…

  • Yukon Native Exhibition at Cafe Pause

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    Cafe Pause is currently hosting an exhibition by a group of Canadian Natives from Yukon. For those familiar with the cafe, the entire display case is filled with pieces, and a few videos are also being projected throughout the day — mostly documentaries, some covering the participants, and I believe they’ll be playing with sound…

  • Nakata.net Cafe

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    At the same spot where Microsoft had its Xbox 360 Cafe in Aoyama earlier this year, the Nakata.net Cafe concept sees a return just in time (well, with a bit of head start) for the World Cup. It opened today, and will stay open until the end of the event. With giant screens to watch…

  • Image Forum Festival 2006

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    Time for this year’s edition of the Image Forum Festival. This year’s Image Forum Festival, an event that always convinces with unique programs, promises to become another highlight for film fans. Shown this time among many other highly attractive titles are the Quay Brothers’ newest effort, “The Phantom Museum”, as well as Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s “Worldly…