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[rohrpost] SHIFT 081 UPDATE, AUGUST 2003 |
-------------------------------------------------------- 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/ -------------------------------------------------------- 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. ------------------------------------------------------- For further information regarding advertisement, please inquire at ad@shift.jp.org ------------------------------------------------------- If you don't want to join in the fun just reply with 'unsubscribe' in the subject line and we will remove you from the list. 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