November 11, 2005

Dressed Up In Moss

A woman´s dress made of moss. Nice!

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November 06, 2005

Contemporary Moss at YCAM - final presentation

Have a look at the final archive of Contemporary Moss in Japan. I ended up with 9 varieties from all over the country.

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Posted by stefan : 12:40 PM

November 05, 2005

Guenter Nitschke on Moss in Zen

This talk was important to shape my whole project concerning Contemporary Moss. Our conversation opened a lot of interesting questions which had great influence on my further thinking. The following short text might give you an impression of this development.

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Posted by stefan : 09:04 PM

November 04, 2005

Contemporary Moss and Osaka Power

OSAKA POWER! We probably had the best evening of the entire tour so far. The energy of Osaka is somewhat different from the others I´ve expierenced so far.

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Posted by stefan : 03:03 PM

November 01, 2005

Off topic: From Berlin? Ahhhhhaaaaa!

In Matsumoto I had my first face2face encounter with junior highschool girls. And yes, I had to take another one of these "Cute-Japanese-Highschool-Girl" pictures

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Posted by stefan : 01:54 PM

October 31, 2005

Off topic: Sportmanship

Last night was pingpong night. The MobLab tournament took place in a cosy neonlit concrete block located in downtown Sendai.

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Posted by stefan : 09:26 PM

October 30, 2005

Contemporary Moss at Sendai Mediatheque

At Sendai Mediatheque I decided for a more "casual" setup of the installation. As the crowd of people was not overwhelming the ones that came had the chance to have a very very close look at the moss. What they discovered is far beyond your imagination. Pictures just don´t smell. It´s a pitty.

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Posted by stefan : 01:39 PM

October 28, 2005

Off topic: Dancing In Sane Dai

Last night I´ve been out with my Chinese assistant Kim and my Japanese translator Daisuke to take a closer look at the Sendai street dancing scene.

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Posted by stefan : 01:52 AM

October 25, 2005

Martin Nebel on the biology of moss

An edited and shortened version of an interview conducted by Martin Nebel and Stefan Riekeles on September 19, 2005 in Stuttgart, Germany. Martin Nebel is working on the preservation of bryophytae (moss).

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Posted by stefan : 05:21 PM

October 23, 2005

Contemporary Moss at Yokohama Triennale

I decided to contribute to the amazing view from the site of Yokohama Triennale by adding a temporary garden installation to the pier.

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Posted by stefan : 05:46 PM

October 21, 2005

Contemporary Moss at ICC

Thanks to the efforts of Seiko Mikami the moss archive could welcome a new entrant. See some pictures of the first exhibition of Contemporary Moss at ICC.

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October 20, 2005

Half naked in Tokyo

I left the building without my weapon and felt half naked. It was a sublime experience standing there in front of the highrise buildings with nothing but a plastic bag in my hand.

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January 01, 2001

Contemporary Moss: initial proposal

This is my initial proposal for the Contemporary Moss project in the framework of MobLab. The starting point of it all.

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Posted by stefan : 01:01 AM