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Monthly Archives: August 2010

Visions

Saturday, August 14, 2010

In the box seats J Edgar Hoover plucks a magazine page off his shoulder, where the thing has lighted and stuck. At first he’s annoyed that the object has come into contact with his body. Then his eyes fall upon the page. It is a color reproduction of a painting crowded with medieval figures who [...]

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MONO.KULTUR #24: CYPRIEN GAILLARD

Friday, August 13, 2010

Dear Friends,
we’re extremely pleased to announce our new issue mono.kultur #24, which will be in stores any day now, featuring the French artist Cyprien Gaillard.
Fire extinguishers being launched in romantic landscape settings, the demolition of housing estates, fighting youth gangs in St. Petersburg – these are some of the subjects examined by Cyprien Gaillard. Emerging [...]

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BERLIN STORIES

Thursday, August 12, 2010

I have started writing this post about twelve hours ago, but since my internet went down (and stayed like that all day) I had to re-write the original ‘Jens Lekman, the Swedish indie pop musician and song writer is playing tonight at Lido club, Berlin. There are still some tickets available and you can buy [...]

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A CANNON AND A CONCHORD

Wednesday, August 11, 2010

If you happen to be in Edinburgh, try to get tickets for Arj Barker’s show, better known as Dave from Flight of the Conchords.

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A CLUB FOR COMPUTERS

Tuesday, August 10, 2010

If you’re into computers you might like this. It looks like a website made for computers, not users of computers.
Artwork by Laura Brothers

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THE STRONGEST BEER IN THE WORLD

Monday, August 9, 2010

I know it’s a bit daft to post this on the mono.kultur blog but it was by far the most impressive thing I read this week: There’s a brewery in Oberasbach, Germany, called Schorschbräu that brews the strongest beer in the world with 43% alcohol and manages to do so in accordance to the German [...]

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Popcorn App

Sunday, August 8, 2010

Fake or real? If you think popcorn supply should be more democratic or you’re on a diet, this app hits the spot.

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SUPER700 UNPLUGGED

Saturday, August 7, 2010

The band SUPER700 was founded in 2003 by the sisters Ibadet Ramadani (singer), Ilirjana Ramadani and Albana Ramadanai (background singers), Johannes Saal (guitar), Simon Rauterberg (keyboard), Hichael Haves (bass), and Sebastian Schmidt (drums) in Berlin. Their unique, melodramatic songs with electronic and funky elements are difficult to be classified – a mixture of Trip Hop, [...]

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NOT READY FOR THE PLUNGE?

Friday, August 6, 2010

One of the best things about working in the arts in New York right now is the preponderance of small-scale, independent projects, schools, and initiatives. Places like The Bruce High Quality Foundation University and the Public School, NYC are great outlets for people seeking engaging dialogue about the arts but who are not ready to [...]

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NEW WHITE OBJECTS

Friday, August 6, 2010

New white objects from Maison Martin Margiela include products for the home: candles, a magnifying glass and a choice of three trompe l’oeil life-size door wall stickers (my favourite one is pictured).

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