This "American Masters" documentary examines the career of the famed photographer. Leibovitz's sister Barbara directs.
The Japan Roadshow starts on Saturday, 16th February 2008 at Cinema GAGA! CineCanon Yurakucho 2chome.

Distribution through: GAGA Communications, Powered by: Viewmaxcinema
Photographs (C) 2007 by Annie Leibovitz
http://annie.gyao.jp/

A new release of Ken Arai. He produced arlie, Maki Nomiya, Ryohei, moumoon and more extraordinary musicians. is currently his main project. He has produced 15 powerful pop tunes, based on Electro and House beats on his new album
"Tokyo Boy, Tokyo Girl" at ODE Music.
Release on February 6th and graniph realized a limited collaboration T!

- a book of Argentinian Illustrators -

Tamara Villoslada released the book "Malos Pensamientos" with Grindandsteinhaus publishers.
She shows on 92 pages the most upcoming and intersting illustrators, artists and designers of Argentinia! Also graniph collaboration artist Lala Ladcani was chosen to participate.

http://www.grinandsheinhaus.com.ar/

Swedish illustrator Underwerket has designed two T-shirts for the NY based fashion designer Anna Sui. They are available in different colors at Anna Sui.

Anna Sui:
http://www.annasui.com

Underwerket:
http://www.underwerket.dk

About exhibition :
"Post coitum omne animal triste" is an old Latin phrase that means "After sex, all animals are sad."
In this exhibition seven artists visualize their perception on sexuality from the post-sex perspective where sex is apparently no longer any taboo to reveal. The exhibition does not address the act in itself, but rather its dramatical aftermath.

Exhibition is open : 12 to 7 PM everyday between 26 Jan - 8 Feb
Location : MHT 2F Gallery (Marie Helene de Taillac Bldg 2F in Aoyama)

Exhibiting :
EGA HIROSHI + MISSLA LIBSEKAL、MEGUMI MATSUBARA、SEBASTIAN MAYER、RAJAN MEHTA、 FLORENT MENG、MICKE THORSBY、VALENTIN

Jon Santos was asked to invite other artists to be featured in the gallery Rocket Magazine that was produced and distributed by gallery Rocket in Tokyo.
He featured the work of Kamau Patton, Peter Sutherland, Mariah Robertson and Devon Costello. What makes this publication unique is that it acts as the site for which artwork is exhibited, bought and sold. Also, all of the works are contextualized by the artists working spaces, domiciles and peer groups. End each of the works featured in the 'zine was available for sale.
Rocket 'Zine is Now a Book sold at main book stores.

Damion Silver was born 1973 in Conneticut, USA. Now he lives in Boston Massachusetts and designs shoes for Converse. He's a self taught designer and has done the whole range of skate- and snowboards, CD jackets, clothes, posters, logos etc. His work was exhibited in the US, Japan, Europe and Australia.
www.damionsilver.com

Alan Funkbuilders is a graphic designer, born in 1975 in Singapore. He graduated from Nanyang Polytechnic in Singapore, and works now as an Art Director at the marketing company ARC Worldwide. He also creates sculptures and organises the web-network page Funkbuilders.
www.funkbuilders.com

Bruno Munari was a worldwide known Italian artist and designer, who worked in many fields like modelling, sculpture, industrial and graphic design and fine arts.
As a creator he also influenced various fields as an illustrator, a poet and a teacher and revisor for fine arts. His modelled artworks that were always oriented on nature, could be seen and touched and were loved by children.

He wrote and illustrated more than 60 picture books and those were translated worldwide in several languages. Munari had not only a strong effect on children, also the next generation of creators got a strong impact from his works. The Design Tshirts store graniph is now collaborating with Bruno Munari for a limited release of his designs.

A movie under the direction of Sean Ellis.

"Cashback"

A full-length feature developed from the Academy Award-nominated short film.
When art student Ben Willis is dumped by his girlfriend Suzy, he develops insomnia. To pass the long hours, he starts working the late-night shift at the local supermarket. There he meets a colourful cast of characters, all of whom have their own 'art' of dealing with the boredom of an eight-hour shift. Ben's art is that he imagines himself stopping time. This way, he can appreciate the artistic beauty of the frozen world and the people inside it - especially Sharon, the quiet checkout girl, who perhaps holds the answer to the problem of Ben's insomnia.

The roadshow starts by January 26th (Sat.) in Shibuya's Q-AX Cinema and will reach further Japanese locations soon.

Anna Giertz was born 1975 in Gnesta, Sweden. She holds a MA in Graphic Design and Illustration from the famous Konstfack University in Stockholm. Her work was exhibited in group shows from Berlin to London and she illustrates in the great variation of CD, textile and book designs, graphic profiles and wallpapers for stores. She loves the experiment to mix techniques and styles that don't belong together and creates extraordinary new views on her surroundings.
With her art collective Bravehat she also runs a dance club under the same name!
www.annagiertz.se

Ian Stevenson is an English artist and illustrator, who's work are hand drawn, only. The center of his work are the people and the circumstances around him. His strange, cute characters are just lovely and fun! To his client list belong MTV, E4 Music, Pictoplasma, Mother, London Transport and more. His works can be seen on walls, toilets, at strange places and things like garbagge that he found in the streets!
www.ilikedrawing.co.uk

Peter Arkle was born 1968 in Whiteheaven, UK and graduated from the St. Martin's College and the Royal College of Art in London.
He lives and works now in NYC as an Illustrator. He illustrates the column of "The Stalker" for Print Magazine, the new hairstyles for the hairsalon Bumble and Bumble in NY and has done works for advertisements, newspapers, mags and books over the years! His work is sometimes serious and realistic, sometimes silly and cartoony, otherwise his works are inbetween, but always with his certain intellectual sense.
www.peterarkle.com