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Subject: SHIFT 071 UPDATE SEP.2002
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S H I F T 0 7 1 U P D A T E S E P T E M B E R 2 0 0 2
http://www.shift.jp.org/071/
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C O N T E N T S
COVER INTERVIEW WITH IMAGINARY FORCES
Even if you did not know about "Imaginary Forces" (IF), you
have seen their work somewhere. Film title sequences, such
as Harry Potter, Seven, or Mission Impossible are some of
their many works.
We see a careful and faithful attitude of IF to all works from
the words of an art director, Matt Checkowski.
ARS ELECTRONICA 2002
A new theme, "UNPLUGGED", a new Ars Electronica. This year
from the 7th to the 12th of September the Ars Electronica
was held in Linz, Austria. A big digital art event with a new
culture mix between beeing unplugged and getting connected.
The critical and interesting potential of the Ars Electronica
didn't get lost.
BAF WEEK 4
At the 4th edition of Buenos Aires Fashion Week, which took
place at Rural Society from 3rd to 6th September,
motivations have been redefined. The main goal is to place
Buenos Aires as one of the fashion capitals in the
international market, reaffirming local identity. For that
purpose, Pampa Group has incorporated sociologist Susana
Saulquin as the Concept Director of the group.
ASA-CHANG&JUNRAY LIVE
Simple but strong, elaborate and beautiful sounds synchronise
with electronics. A concert of "Asa-Chang & Junray", which
was featured last issue, was held on the 26th of September
at Soso Cafe in Sapporo.
Audiences seemed to be enthusiasts and I could not find any
"really young fans" among them. The cafe was packed and I
could not even move a few steps forward. Then Asa-Chang and
U-Zhaan were walking to the stage in a costume that seemed
like a motif of Yukata, a Japanese informal cotton kimono.
SHIFT 2003 CALENDAR COMPETITION
Shift has been trying to offer artists many platforms to
showcase their works through the Internet. In order to find
more creators, we have prepared a "calendar" as a medium.
Selected works will be presented in the calendar and
distributed all over the world through Shift Factory. The
deadline for this competition is the 15th of October, 2002.
Do not miss the deadline! Please show us your original work.
NEUT.3
"Neut" is a proposal style media that designers suggest and
form a plan by themselves. In this magazine, a new design
style is investigated beyond a borderline of genres, such as
graphic, music, fashion and production. And now, "Neut.003" is
due for release.
RESFEST 2002
The largest digital film festival "Resfest" has started at last.
This year "Resfest" seems to be more interesting than ever
and "Trollback & Company", whose works were featured in
Resfest last year, participated in this event as an art
director. The festival is coming to Japan at the end of
November. Preview the directors and their works before you
go.
SHINYA CHISATO EXHIBITION
Chisato Shinya is an illustrator based in Sapporo and known
as Kinpro. She is creating pop and cute character designs for
magazines and TV advertisements. If you have seen "Curione
character" for The Hokkaido Shimbun Press, it is hers. Her
exhibition will be held at the gallery cafe "Soso Cafe" that is
produced by "Shift", which provides the latest information
about fashion, art, design and music to the world.
THE PROFILE INTERMEDIA 5
The design conference called "The Profile Intermedia" will be
held for three days starting Friday the 6th of December. The
conference is organised by six students from the college of
art in Bremen, Germany. The conference hits the 5th round
this year and the theme this time is "Kontrast." Participating
creators: Michael Young, Imaginary Forces, Ron Arad and more.
DOT SOSO#8 FEAT. IMAITOONZ
Come and have fun with us at Dot Soso on the last Saturday of
every month. You can enjoy creative taste that is created by
collaborating creators from various genres of art. The next
event will be held on Saturday, the 26th of October.
Soso Cafe is going to be 1 year old this October and will have
Imaitoonz as a guest in commemoration of Soso's 1st
birthday at DS#8. Toonz will present a live painting. The DJ
performance and lighting installation is brought to you by
Nordform Crew as usual.
H2O EXHIBITION REMIX
A design unit from San Francisco is coming to Japan. "H2O" is
the unit specialised in creating works intergraded with
street fashion and art. Their works were featured in "SAL
magazine Vol.6" and they are gradually getting much attention
as a noteworthy unit. Their exhibition "REMIX" is going to be
held at the gallery cafe "Soso Cafe" produced by Shift.
Large-sized-graphic-panels of "REMIX" series will be
displayed in this exhibition. Original items, such as T-shirts,
will be available.
This exhibition will be held at "gallery Rocket" in Harajuku,
Tokyo as a traveling exhibition starting the 6th of December.
ART GALLERY BIN
This month, new gallery space 'BIN' has 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.
Future plans include compiling contributed artworks on
CD-ROM and in printed catalogues and mounting exhibitions
in galleries worldwide.
Featuring "Meditation" by Casey Reas, who is currently an
associate professor at the newly founded Interaction Design
Institute Ivrea in Italy.
TOKYO CUTIE GIRLS
Featuring street fashion photos in ever changing Tokyo. One
of the popular features, 'Tokyo Cutie Girls' returns!
INFO-WORLD 061
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.
This month features, add a new city, Vancouver, exhibition about
Figurative Drawing by 18 artists, a new contemporary art festival
is coming to Madrid, a new arts venue 'Esplanade' to open doors for
the arts scene in Singapore, the Diesel Denim Gallery from NYC,
the first solo exhibition of Lard Buurman from Amsterdam,
YoungGuns International Advertising & Design Award from Sydney,
artist torio 'Tri-Collage' from Paris etc...
SOSO CAFE
Soso Cafe is a gallery-cafe-restaurant produced by Shift. It
is available to purchase the design products, which are dealt
at Shift Factory, in the cafe. Also, an event will be held once
a month as well as displaying works at the gallery space on
the wall. The Internet service is available, too. Of course, you
can order meals at the cafe.
Shinya Chisato Exhibition "Visible shapes/ Invisible shapes"
is on until the 15th of October.
Soso Cafe is going to be 1 year old in this October and have
Imai Toonz as a guest in commemoration of Soso's 1st
birthday at DS#8. Imaitoonz will present a live painting.
GREETING CARD
Brand new greeting cards designed by Saas Fee are ready for
you. This service is designed to give you the possibility of
creating a personal greeting page on the internet for any
special person you like. Please give it a try!
SEARCH
Now you can search any contents within Shift through Google.
Where's that article? Where's the information you're looking
for? Try it now!
PRESENT
Presenting Shinya Chisato's goods for 3 people. The deadline
for this present is the 31st of October.
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Taketo Oguchi for Shift Magazine
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