Back Issue -1 July 2007-

Past/Present: Masao Okabe's Japanese Pavilion at the 52nd Venice Biennale Jeffrey Ian Rosen Commissioner Chihiro Minato's choice, artist Masao Okabe's Japanese Pavilion for the 52nd Venice Biennale consists of framed reproductions of frottages (pencil-rub drawings) executed over the course of nine years on the platform of Hiroshima's Ujina Station. The frottages are presented alongside film negatives as well as a 16-meter long row of stones from the station. From these stones, frottages will be created during pencil-rubbing workshops to be conducted by Okabe with visitors to the pavilion throughout the course of the Biennale. In this way, Okabe hopes to activate the memory of visitors to the Japanese Pavilion. more... "Chocolate" Directed by Naoto Fukasawa at 21_21 Design Sight Tom Vincent 21_21 Design Sight, which opened in Roppongi this spring, is led by Issey Miyake, in a building designed by Tadao Ando. I was a member of the communication design team throughout 2006, while 21_21 was preparing to open. Additionally, Naoto Fukasawa asked me if I would also take part in the first large exhibition, "Chocolate". It turned out to be a year that threw up many more questions than there were answers for, and took us on an adventure from print-club machines at the top of Tokyo Tower, to cocoa farmers in war-ridden Cote d'Ivoire. more... Past/Present: Masao Okabe's Japanese Pavilion at the 52nd Venice Biennale Jeffrey Ian Rosen 2 Jul 2007 "Chocolate" Directed by Naoto Fukasawa at 21_21 Design Sight Tom Vincent 2 Jul 2007 Yuji Miyao: In But Not Of Tokyo Alan Gleason 2 Jul 2007 Yumiko Sugano 23-28 April 2007 2 Jul 2007 Descriptive Sharpness, Painterly Blur: Hiroshi Sugimoto Matthew Larking 1 Jun 2007 On Terunobu Fujimori Thomas Daniell 1 Jun 2007 On the Road: The Tokaido Hiroshige Art Museum Alan Gleason 1 Jun 2007 Keiji Uematsu: Touch of Spiral 17 March - 14 April 2007 1 Jun 2007 >> Back Issues