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“I wanted to make a space with very ambiguous borderlines, which has a fluctuation between local spaces and the overall space,” says Junya Ishigami of his new structure at the Kanagawa Institute of Technology [read more]

Posted by amelia groom 1:00 AM, December 28th, 2009 3 comments

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With choreography by Yuka Kobayashi and costumes by Taisuke Abe, She de cusu oh chee! is a Japanese performance troupe of escapist alter egos [read more]

Posted by amelia groom 12:00 AM, December 25th, 2009 2 comments

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Soap bubbles, inflatable alter egos and crystal baubles all feature amongst the handful of artists representing Japan in the 6th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art, currently showing at GOMA in Brisbane [read more]

Posted by amelia groom 12:43 AM, December 23rd, 2009 1 comment

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Tokyo Wonder Site Director Yusaku Imamura says “we are not about getting the flower, we’re about planting the seed.” But that’s not to say there are no early flowers to be found amongst the germination [read more]

Posted by amelia groom 12:00 AM, December 18th, 2009 0 comments

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Coinciding with the Big In Japan! event at CarriageWorks last week, Spooky Action at a Distance is now open at Black & Blue Gallery [read more]

Posted by amelia groom 12:00 AM, December 7th, 2009 2 comments

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The first ever Big In Japan! event, as captured by Dan Boud [read more]

Posted by amelia groom 9:21 PM, December 4th, 2009 0 comments

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Prior to the opening of the Spooky Action at a Distance exhibition tomorrow evening, Dorkbot will be hosting a presentation with body hacker Daito Manabe at 5.30 sharp in the gallery. Everyone who saw his incredible performance at the Big In Japan event last night is itching (twitching?) to learn more about his practice, so do come along and hear him talk, and demonstrate the technology he uses [read more]

Posted by amelia groom 4:39 AM, December 3rd, 2009 1 comment