Apr
4
2010
Artworkz and garments by fashion designer Kosuke Tsumura are sometimes indescribable, because of their complex aestheticism and simplicity in material usage. I find compelling in his work the way he treats different materials, each time producing different ‘style’ …

Cocoon Cradle – Mother Piece by Kosuke Tsumura for TokyoFiber 09
Photo taken from yatzer.com
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Mar
9
2010
I’m not counting anymore how many films I watch during festivals, especially because I like them both, long and short films. Now, when ZagrebDox is behind me, I can start with my fresh documentary coverage for this season…

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Feb
13
2010
My next interview from Device art 3.009 is here! Tomoko Ueyama‘s jacket Watashi-chan was the reason that we spent some time, during the staging of the exhibition, talking about her projects, sounds and bodies…

Tomoko Ueyama: Watashi-chan, photo: Ars Electronica
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Feb
6
2010
Very unique DJ turntable entitled Jamming Gear by So Kanno has been recently presented at TEI 10 – The Conference on Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interaction in Cambridge – Massachusetts (USA). Kanno was in Zagreb in October, 2009 at Device art 3.009 when we talked about his works.
Photo: So Kanno taken at Device art by Kontejner
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Jan
13
2010
My next interview from Device_art 3.009, held during October 2009 in Zagreb, today on schedule! Back then Yosuke Kawamura presented his interactive installation Textron (2002) with electronically interlaced motifs through an old craft tool like sewing machine and digitally projected images of geometrical calculations.
Photo above: Yosuke Kawamura by ko den sen (c)
Photo bellow: Mobium taken from mobium.blog
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