Interviews
From Music Homework to Digital Native Artist
An interview with music, video and conceptual design artist Sputniko!
FILMeX: Platform for Japanese arthouse cinema
An interview with the program director of FILMeX, Shozo Ichiyama
Rem Koolhaas x Nanjo Fumio: Why Metabolism now?
Looking back at the period of the Metabolists through the eyes of today
Cherry Trees on My Mind
Interviews with Kozo Miyoshi and Asako Narahashi, two of the photographers participating in the “Cherry Blossoms of Memory” exhibition at RICOH Photo Gallery RING CUBE in Ginza.
Primitive Sculptor
An interview with Motohiko Odani.
The New Art Factory
Misa Shin talks to TAB about the opening of her new gallery in Shirokane.
Taking a Flat Approach
We interview sociologist and art researcher Adrian Favell, who has specialized in the contemporary Japanese art scene.
Empty Looking: Spontaneous Reflecting on One’s Thoughts
An interview with Noriyuki Haraguchi.
TABuzz #12 with Tony
Our Guest Blogger gives their recommendations on what’s hot in our new regular column.
Instructing Audiences — A Theater Text Like A Pill
We interview Toshiki Okada, the leader of Japanese theater company chelfitsch.
Tokyo Reflections
An architectural team talks to TABlog about its plans for a public art installation.
Fumiko’s Double Vision
An interview with Fumiko Imano, an artist with big guns.
Problematizing the Discourse of Science
TABlog interviews Oron Catts, one of the artists behind the Tissue Culture and Art Project.
Nature giving birth to nature
A major new exhibition by the installation artist opens in Kamakura.
TABuzz #11 with Shai Ohayon
Our Guest Blogger gives their recommendations on what’s hot in our new regular column.
TABuzz #10 with DadaD
Our Guest Blogger gives their recommendations on what’s hot in our new regular column.
TABuzz #9 with Antonin Gaultier (Digiki) and Stanley Lieber
Our Guest Blogger gives their recommendations on what’s hot in our new regular column.
People’s Faces Light Up
An interview with ON Megumi Akiyoshi.
A Touch of Zen
A new gallery opens in Shibuya, specializing in Chinese contemporary photography.
TABuzz #8 with Roger McDonald
Our Guest Blogger gives their recommendations on what’s hot in our new regular column.
Seven Vaults of the Sky
TAB talks to Iranian artist Sara Dolatabadi about her work, politics and artistic honesty.
TABuzz #7 with Akihito Inui
Our Guest Blogger gives their recommendations on what’s hot in our new regular column.
TABuzz #6 with Chie Sumiyoshi
Our Guest Blogger gives their recommendations on what’s hot in our new regular column.
TABuzz #5 with Oliver Watson
Our Guest Blogger gives their recommendations on what’s hot in our new regular column.
Zines and Wasabi
Two American zinesters talk about cracking into the Japanese zine world.
The Space Between Two Images
Jonathan Chandler, owner of Bonehouse Books, talks to TABlog about humanism in comics, geki-ga and making mundane manga.
Going Nowhere in Nagoya
In the second of our interviews with zinesters in Japan, we talk to a Nagoya-based comic artist.
The Story of a Walk Told with a Needle
An interview with Sayaka Akiyama.
Shy Revolutionaries
With Japan’s first art book fair Zine’s Mate held recently in Tokyo, zines are very much in the public eye at the moment. TABlog presents a short introduction to the Japanese scene and interviews some of the main players, both Japanese and foreigners.
Mythical Paper
Two young artists from two very different countries both use paper to explore mythology and identity.
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TABlog's writers and video reporters deliver regular reviews, features and interviews to stimulate discussion about all sides of Tokyo's creative scene.