Yutaka Makino – The Conditions of the Process

We experience sound with our entire bodies, Yutaka Makino once explained. The ear is only a part of the physiological apparatus with which we perceive sound. In his works, Makino creates situations that demand that the visitor go beyond raw acoustics. In particular, space is a crucial element in his work. Also in his new […]

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Ryoji Ikeda: db

Hamburger Bahnhof – Museum für Gegenwart – Berlin Sat 28 January – Mon 9 April 2012 Japanese composer and visual artist Ryoji Ikeda has conceived an exhibition for the Hamburger Bahnhof that, for the first time, compositionally unites the two symmetrical halls on the upper level of the museum’s east and west wings. The exhibition’s […]

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Joseph Beuys: 8 Days in Japan and the Utopia of Eurasia

Hamburger Bahnhof – Museum für Gegenwart – Berlin Sat 8 October 2011 – Sun 1 January 2012 In 1984, Joseph Beuys spent eight days in Japan on the occasion of a show of his work, held at the Seibu Museum in Tokyo. He was accompanied by a Japanese camera crew that not only filmed him […]

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First debris from Japanese earthquake/tsunami reaches US West Coast

The first piece of debris that could be identified as washing up on the West Coast from the March 11 tsunami in Japan — a large black float — was found on a Neah Bay beach two weeks ago, Seattle oceanographers Curtis Ebbesmeyer and Jim Ingraham said Tuesday night. Since then, the two researchers, known […]

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Experience the tsunami-affected areas of Japan through Street View

From Lat Long Blog: By Kei Kawai, Senior Product Manager, Street View Back in July, we announced our initiative to digitally archive the areas of Northeastern Japan affected by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami. Today, we’re making good on that promise—after driving more than 44,000 kilometers through the affected regions, 360-degree panoramic imagery of […]

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Shoko Nakamura as La Peri

Vladimir Malakhov has drawn inspiration from historic lithographs to create a new staging of the romantic ballet LA PÉRI for the Staatsballett Berlin. Like the sylphids, the wilis and all the other unattainable fairy and elfin beings that populated the 19th century ballet stage in great numbers and in many new interpretations, the péris are […]

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