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Monthly Archives: July 2009

LESSONS IN DESIGN #01

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 [...]

MEANWHILE, SOMEWHERE IN CHINA

MOVING IMAGES

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 [...]

IT’LL END IN TEARS

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]. [...]

POSTCARDS FROM SCOTLAND

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

TRAUERSPIEL

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 [...]

IN BED WITH MIRANDA

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 [...]

A PLACE APART

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 [...]

HELLO WORLD

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