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Monthly Archives: August 2010

NIGHT FOR DAY

One of my favourite fashion photographers, Corinne Day, died this weekend at the age of only 45, after struggling with cancer for several years.
Day was one of the very first to bring daily life into fashion photography, working in a natural and entirely unpretentious manner – sadly still unusual for fashion, but especially so during [...]

NICE NICHE

There are so many odd things to be found on the internet, it’s just impossible to find that stuff without having been given the proper links. The Guardian’s weekly listings magazine The Guide which comes free with the paper on Saturdays honors these oddities with a full page of reviews every week. They’re introducing interesting [...]

KÖRPER

As a surprise birthday gift, I took my friend to see Körper by Berlin-based choreographer Sasha Waltz, for the 10th anniversary of probably her most famous piece. It’s still sinking in.

TEMPORARY ENDING

The Temporäre Kunsthalle, an interim arts space in the heart of Berlin, is drawing to a close tomorrow, with a party hosted by Raster-Noton, the label co-founded by Carsten Nicolai – who happens to be the last artist to work with the exterior façade of the Kunsthalle. Aoki Takamasa, Grischa Lichtenberger and Kangding Ray will [...]

BERLIN PUBLISHING WEEKEND 2010 #01: MISS READ

After the success of last year, the Berlin Publishing Weekend is upon us again: Parallel to the Art Book Fair Unter dem Motto 2010 (with the participation of mono.kultur, of course!), KW Institute for Contemporary Art organizes the artist book festival MISS READ.
For the second time MISS READ has invited international publishers and artists to [...]

CONSIDER THE DEVIL

This was my favourite poster to appear during the recent Federal Election in Australia.  This poster appeared throughout the streets of Hobart, Tasmania on Election Day last Saturday. It’s a clever play on words when you consider the ‘evil’ of some politics alongside how endangered the iconic Tasmanian devil has become. And the winner of [...]

KRAUTS ARE CANNIBALS

It’s unbelievable, but if the Guardian picked it up – who knows? There’s a market for it for sure…

GEISTERSTUNDE

11 issues. Drugs & more drugs. Props and more props. Events. Awards. In other words: holy smokes, these guys are on a roll.

ARCHITECTURAL HANGOVERS #01: PRIPYAT

Our current issue featuring Cyprien Gaillard contains several references to and images of architectural curiosities where unfortunately we did not have the space to go into further detail – but we will present some of these here during the next few weeks.
The issue opens with a spread of Cyprien in the city of Pripyat, Ukraine, [...]

THROUGH THE PALE BLUE DOOR

For all you hear about The Pale Blue Door, the last thing people talk about is the food. Strange, considering it’s a restaurant. Perhaps the setting and the entertainment are so delightfully distracting that guests forget to report what’s on their plate.
So to start with, the meal was delicious – simple, tasty and very filling. [...]