Cool Hunting
| 06 June 2005view entries from: this week | this month | view previous day | view next day |
Chikaku Exhibit at Kunsthaus Graz
by Ami Kealoha
Japan fans heading to Austria should be sure to check out Kunsthaus Graz' new exhibit, Chikaku, a survey of Japanese art over the past half century. Something like the older brother to the current much-hyped Takashi Murakami curated show, Little Boy, Chikaku (Japanese for "perception") aims to be a comprehensive look at cultural counterparts to Japan's economic boom and pop culture explosion. Works by 20 artists include Yoko Ono's photography and films, writer/composer/filmmaker Trinh T. Minh-Ha's photographs, and Vanessa Beecroft-reminiscent photos by Emiko Kashara.
Presented in the newly constructed slug-like Kunsthaus Graz (the building alone looks worth a visit to Graz), the exhibit shows the complicated intersections of old, new, high, low, technology, fine art, East, West, etc. Part of the exhibition includes screenings of Japanese videos by winners of The BIX Media Competition on the hi-tech BIX facade, a 56-meter-long light-matrix display integrated onto the biomorphic exterior.
Co-organized by the Japan Foundation, the show runs through September 11, 2005.
City Kitty
by Josh Rubin
I don't have a cat and probably never will, but if I did a CitiKitty mine would be. Invented by Rebecca Rescate and her husband when they moved in to a small NYC apartment, the training starts as a litter box placed on the toilet seat. Over time you remove the inner rings, reducing the amount of litter used and teaching the cat to stand on the toilet seat.
Gameskins
by Carol T Chung
Love old games? Or just generally proud of your gaming vernacular and prowess? Check out these simple understated prints at Gameskins. By using classic game user interfaces as iconographic images, their prints inspire and invoke a sense of nostalgia. But not only do they recall the images of gaming's not so distant past, they also take common elements from gaming culture and represent them in a manner that is both reminiscent and stylistically communicable to those in the know.
GRN Apple Tree Clothing
by Carol T Chung
Hey, check out these prints from GRN Apple Tree. They're an independently owned family run operation that's about four years old. They create graphics that utilize multiple styles, while also emphasizing its application on high quality fabric.
