Tsukiji, Allan Sekula

Allan Sekula is an American artist. His works make critical contributions on questions of social reality and globalization, and focus on what he describes as “the imaginary and material geographies of the advanced capitalist world”.

Pixcell Elk, Kohei Nawa

Up-and-coming Japanese artist Kohei Nawa belongs to a new generation of Japanese artists that is erupting in the global contemporary art scene with fresh ideas. He is best known for his ideas of ’skin’ and ‘cells’ encapsulated under the pixcell series. This video shows his piece Pixcell Elk featured at the 6th Asia-Pacific Triennale in Brisbane.

Paths are made by walking, Mai Yamashita & Naoto Kobayashi

In order to determine whether the above phrase was actually true, Japanese artists Yamashita and Kobayashi kept running in a park for 5 days.

Shape the Form, Kevin Zhong

Tableware designed by Kevin Zhong

Tadao Ando II

Studio Banana TV Interviews Kohei Nawa

Studio Banana TV interviews up-and-coming Japanese artist Kohei Nawa. Nawa belongs to a new generation of Japanese artists that is erupting in the global contemporary art scene with fresh ideas. In the interview he talks about his Liquid, Beads, Scum series but also about other works with glue, drawing etc. He also explains his new endeavor, SANDWICH, a creative platform he has founded in Kyoto.

Kinetic water sculpture, Susumu Shingu

Susumu Shingu is a Japanese sculptor. He is a living legend of kinetic art together with Calder and Tinguely. He moved to Italy in the 1960’s and stayed there ever since. In this video he explains (in Italian) the relevance of bringing nature and mind together through a water-propelled kinetic sculpture.

Studio Banana TV Interviews Toyo Ito

Studio Banana TV interviews Japanese architect Toyo Ito on the occasion of his lecture at the European University of Madrid. Toyo Ito is one of the world’s most innovative and influential architects. Ito is known for creating extreme concept buildings, in which he seeks to fuse the physical and virtual worlds. Interview realised with the sponsorship of the European University of Madrid.

A small love story about Alex & Juliet, Nagi Noda

-Nous resteront toujours ensemble.
-Oui, pour toujours.

Maison Hermès Window Display, Tokujin Yoshioka

Hermès Japan has used this very simple and nice idea to show their famous scarfs.

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