TEXTS / INTERVIEWS

Review: If The Sun Had No Name, Yasuko Imura, artscape, 2023 (Japanese)

Interview on solo exhibition "A mirage." Mai Yamashita+Naoto Kobayashi, exhibition website, 2021 (Japanese)

Review: Mirage., Yumiko Nonaka, artscape, 2021 (Japanese)

In an uncertain world, opening up the future with imagination, Chikako Shakudo, catalogue:"A Mirage.", 2021, pp.46-49

"Haven't you seen a mirage yet?", Masaki Sato, catalogue:"A Mirage.", 2021, pp.19-21

Review: Nature Observation, Hiroyuki Hattori, Online Bijutsu Techo magazine (Japanese)

Review: Notebooks, and from the Notebooks, Satoshi Koganezawa, Dec 2015 issue of Bijutsu Techo magazine, pp.182-183 (Japanese)

From Painting / To Painting, Yu Iseki, catalogue: Notebooks, and from the Notebooks, 2015

Facing to art as one of the pair living on earth, Hanae Nakao, catalogue: Notebooks, and from the Notebooks, 2015

One on One: Song-Ming Ang on Yamashita and Kobayashi, Song-Ming Ang, Art Asia Pacific issue 82

Yamashita + Kobayashi: Straying from the mainstream, Natsumi Araki, Mai Yamashita+Naoto Kobayashi works 2007-2011, 2011

Review: Aichi Triennale 2010 / Mai Yamashita+Naoto Kobayashi, Yuri Shirasaka, ARTiT, 2010 (Japanese)

Review: Mai Yamashita + Naoto Kobayashi:The Small Mountain, Takeshi HIRATA, kalonsnet, 2009

The Meaning Of Meaninglessness, Wiebke Gronemeyer, BE#18, Künstlerhaus Bethanien, 2011, p.114-5

Ordinary People– The Art of Simple Living, Silvia Anna Barrilå, DAMn Magazine, July/Aug 2011, p.58-62

Conquering The Impossible, Mery Cuesta, catalogue: Things that only an artist can do, MARCO Vigo, 2010, p.370-373

Mai Yamashita + Naoto Kobayashi, Adrian Favell, ARTiT, 2010

Geheim Performance am Strand von Iioka, Robert Schimke, kreuzer Magazine, April 2010, p.63 (German)

Interview: Causing Something To Happen, Nozomu Ogawa, exhibition catalogue of I wish upon a star, 2009

Interview: Mai Yamashita+Naoto Kobayashi, Nozomi Kobori, exhibition catalogue of 5+1 junction box, 2009, p.28-29

Rituals of play and rigour, Thomas von Taschitzki, catalogue: Mai Yamashita+Naoto Kobayashi, 2006

CATALOGUES

CAFE in Mito R, Art Tower Mito, 2015, p.34-37

Our Magic Hour, Yokohama Triennale, 2011, p.224-225

Invisible is Visibleness, MOCA Taipei, 2011, p.144-145

Arts and Cities, Aichi Triennale, 2010, p.214-215

14.Internationale Kurzfilmtage Winterthur, 2010, p.178-179

Fotofestiwal 2009, p.82-83

Videonale 11, Kunstmuseum Bonn, 2007, p.110-111

Saison Video #31, 2007, P.68-70

Esko Valtaoja, Shooting Star Stories, ARS 06, The Museum of Contemporary Art KIASMA, 2006, P.238-241

LichtRouten Lüdenscheid, 2006, P.13-14

12th canariasmediafest, 2006, P.28

transmediale.06, 2006, P.15,33,55,60

Pink - The Exposed Color in Contemporary Art and Culture, Barbara Nemitz, Hatje Cantz, 2006, P.310-311

Kassel Documentary Film and Video Festival, 2005, P.40

The World is Mine, Hiromi Yoshii Five, 2004, P.4-7

Phillip Morris K.K. Art Award 2002-The First Move, 2002, P.124-125

Articles about "infinity~mirage" project

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MAGAZINES

BT:Bijutsu Techo, No.958, Part.2 Artists Interviews, Bijutsu Shuppan-Sha Co.,Ltd., Oct.2011, p.50-53

Holland Herald, Nov.2011, KLM, p.21

Das Leben Ist Ein Fluss, Pony #61, Mar.2011, p.6

Tina Lüers, Adventure, Courage, Love and Friendship, Göttinger Tagesblatt, 28 Feb.2011

BT:Bijutsu Techo, Aichi Triennale 2010 Official Guide Book, Bijutsu Shuppan-Sha Co.,Ltd., Aug.2010, p.115

BT:Bijutsu Techo, Artists' Manifestos:Voices of the New Decade, Bijutsu Shuppan-Sha Co.,Ltd., Jun.2010, p.73

Lucida Magazine, Review:Love Sick, 7Dec.2010, online magazine

Kunst in der Spinnerei, 28 Apr,2010, p.20-21

murren vol.4, Dec.2008, p.22-23

Das Spiel mit der Zeit, Emskopp magazine, 2007

'1000 waves' vom Künstlerpaar, Ems-Report, 18 Aug.2007

Japaner strickten Giraffenschal, Eckernförder Zeitung, Germany, 6 Aug 2007

1000 Wellen gezählt und auch noch nummeriert, Lingener Tagespost, 5Jul / 2Aug / 16Aug 2007

Eine verlangsamte Sternschnuppe für fünfzig Wünsche, Tages Anzeiger, 20 Jan 2007

Ideas Are Born in Everyday Life, KIASMA MAGAZINE 30-06-2006, The Museum of Contemporary Art KIASMA, 2006, P.13

Jukka Petäjä, Tuiki, tuiki tähtönen, tuiki toiveita, Helsingin Sanomat, 2006

Katrin Strübe, When I wish upon a star…, Professional Lighting Design, Nov/Dec 2006

Eine Sternschnuppe in Zeitlupe, Lüdenscheider Rundschau, 23 Sep 2006

Sternschnuppen in Zeitlupe genießen, Rundschau-Wochenend, 23 Sep 2006

Elisabeth Davies, When I wish, area revues, special issue [art et nuits], 2006, P.166