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.

Tadao Ando II

Tadao Ando I

Giorgio Armani in Rome on the new building “Armani Teatro” designed by Tadao Ando.

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.

I My Me Mine- Polysics

Polysics is a great band from Japan, his style is something like, karatepopelectro music. Very happy!

I don´t know the director’s name so if anybody knows tell me because I think the clip is very funny.

Wave UFO, Mariko Mori

Japanese contemporary installation artist Mariko Mori often works with quasi-esoteric motifs. At the 2005 Venice Biennale her “Wave UFO” installation invited visitors to take part in a psychodelic trip.

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