What 100 Yen Will Get You These Days

To be filed under “wow, that’s really fascinating” is Eric Van Hove’s upcoming art project in Tokyo, Off The Record.” The rundown is that there are these new lockers in Tokyo subways that, instead of opperating with a key, they can only be accessed by using the text messanging feature on an individual person’s telephone. That’s strange enough, but Van Hove is taking it one step further by having a piece of artwork storred in a locker that becomes both a) very exclusive, as you have to know someone who knows the code to text and the specific location, and b) any time you want to see the piece(s), you’ll have to pay the locker fee to see it.