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Monthly Archives: July 2009

LESSONS IN DESIGN #01

Friday, July 31, 2009

It’s pretty rare that I buy a photography book more for the design than the content – not to diminish Thomas Ruff’s truly astonishing body of work, but when I opened up the catalogue for his current exhibition Surfaces, Depths at the Kunsthalle Wien, I was almost shocked that an acknowledged perfectionist such as Ruff [...]

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MEANWHILE, SOMEWHERE IN CHINA

Friday, July 31, 2009
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MOVING IMAGES

Thursday, July 30, 2009

In our current issue, Tilda Swinton talked extensively about her interest in refreshing the experience of cinema by organizing festivals and screenings in a different context. She remained fairly secretive about her future plans, saying, ‘We do have plans for Scotland later this year, but I won’t tell you any details because it needs to [...]

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IT’LL END IN TEARS

Wednesday, July 29, 2009

Interview magazine is an obvious influence for mono.kultur, and we really enjoyed the relaunch of the magazine last September which brought back a little of its former splendour. If you’re interested in the politics behind magazines, there’s an interesting article here, outlining the turmoil behind the scenes at Interview during the past year [thanks magtastic]. [...]

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POSTCARDS FROM SCOTLAND

Tuesday, July 28, 2009

A few images that did not make it into our current issue, for some reason.
Photography by Tilda Swinton

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TRAUERSPIEL

Saturday, July 25, 2009

Admittedly several weeks too late, but since the news of her death was overshadowed a little by the tragedy of a certain someone: Pina Bausch was on our wish list of dream interview partners since the very beginning of mono.kultur. We finally approached the notoriously media-shy choreographer last summer – and while she liked the [...]

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IN BED WITH MIRANDA

Friday, July 24, 2009

Our friends with a serious knack for arty household items at Third Drawer Down in Melbourne have done it again: they’ve just produced a limited edition of pillowcases with artwork by Miranda July, so you can now literally spend the night with her – figuratively speaking, of course. And as if that weren’t enough, with [...]

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A PLACE APART

Thursday, July 23, 2009

We’re pleased to announce that our summer issue mono.kultur #21 is out now, featuring the thoroughly wonderful Tilda Swinton. Tilda Swinton is hardly in need of an introduction – mostly known as a Hollywood star since winning an Oscar in 2007 for best supporting actress in Michael Clayton, and gracing the covers of countless women’s [...]

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HELLO WORLD

Tuesday, July 21, 2009

mono.kultur #21 is out now, featuring the thoroughly wonderful Tilda Swinton.

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