Exformation in relationship with storytelling, according to Murakami in an interview about his new book: ” The not-knowing is the engine.” “Writing a book is like traveling without a map. The only thing you need is self confidence – the belief that one day, the story will even be ended.” NRC-Handelsblad 10 january 2014
Nice paragraph from Calvino’s memo’s for the next millenium about exformation. ‘Writing about that what stays excluded and what you would like to write’
Answer from Panasonic to the growing trend of DIY (do it yourself) and Urban Gardening. Grow your own vegetables at home within four weeks. read article in Wired Japan
A multilingual compilation of basic items, tools, equipment and materials necessary for every creator is finally ready! http://akitonixin.blogspot.de/search/label/Book%20TOOLBOX
“Living in a city with a new sense†is the idea of HOUSE VISION. Since the Edo period (1603-), Japanese cities, especially Tokyo, have been cities with extremely high population density. Both in the past with rapid economic growth and the future, the life in metropolises has been/shall be full of plentiful resources and possibilities. On this account, we must seek for future resources. Firstly, it is the “houseâ€. Since the Meiji period (1868-), Japanese Lees verder
Servetten 5 x 18 x 8,5 cm bedrukte servetten en houder Tijdens protestmanifestaties in Spanje plakken de betogers hun mond af om aan te geven dat ze monddood zijn gemaakt, of dragen een wit masker met een pleister over de mond. Door deze afbeelding op typisch spaanse servettten te plaatsen, verdubbeld te betekenis van afdekken, maar ook verschoning.
Van febr. t/m mei volgde Hannie van den Bergh het werkcollege Information Visualization; een onderdeel van de masterstudie Master’s in Nieuwe Media. Docenten Yuri Engelhardt, Raul Zambrano en Marcel Woring. Dit werkcollege was opgebouwd uit studenten van de Hogeschool Utrecht (master editorial design), UvA (Master Mediastudies) en Master Information Science / Artificial Intelligence. In dit college werd aandacht besteed aan: literatuur/achtergrond over Information Visualisation, datamining/metadata/data analyseren, visualisatietechnieken/perceptie, interactieve technieken, culturele en politieke implicaties van InfoVis. Lees verder
Inspired by the famous Japanese graphic designer Kenya Hara, I would like to use his thoughts on ‘exformation’ in the Kyoto Machiya Research. He writes about ‘exformation’ as a counterpart of ‘information’: information is about making things know. Exformation is about understanding how little we know. What we are used to do, when we visit a new place is gathering information from all kind of sources (books, internet, friends). We want to see what we Lees verder
From 01/10/2004 to 12/29/2004 stay Hannie van den Bergh as Artist in Residence at Rice + Tokyo. Her research communication through maps. How to find your way around a city where you do not speak the language, culture and does not have any references? She wants to wander in a city where the streets have no name. She received the trip to Japan for a grant from the Fund for the Arts and the Prince Lees verder