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Monthly Archives: February 2011

TRENT & OSCAR

Who would have thought to ever see enfant terrible of the American pop world Trent Reznor in a suit on stage at the Oscar Awards ceremony? And yet, our cover star of mono.kultur #03, the man behind Nine Inch Nails, received together with his partner Atticus Ross a well-deserved Oscar for Best Soundtrack for the [...]

STORE OF THE MONTH: CLAIRE DE ROUEN, LONDON

You enter through Soho Books – one of those bargain bookstore on London’s venerable Charing Cross Road that seem like a thin disguise for the adult section in the basement. Go up the stairs, though, rather than downstairs, and you’ll get to Claire de Rouen, arguably one of the best photography bookstores in London, if [...]

SEE THE MUSIC #02

Now, this reminds of someone I’ve been wanting to introduce for some time to our pastures, namely Mr. Karl Kliem, who’s been experimenting with synchronized visuals to music for, oh, ages. I first stumbled across his work when he created the mesmerizing visuals to Carsten Nicolai’s and Ryuichi Sakamoto’s Insen tour, and have been a [...]

See the music

Iberian folklore may not be everyone’s cup of tea, but the visual twist by Stephen Malinowski fascinates haunts me. And there is more, from late baroque raves to winter tunes. Music lover gone wild in code, he created an ipad app as well. And there’s still so much to do.

BEFORE I MOVE OFF

Great track and even greater video: Before I Move Off by the mighty Mount Kimbie, directed by Tyrone Lebon. Which is funny since another Lebon is playing on the stereo right now, namely Rio by, yes. I’ve never really been a fan, not even as a kid, but their first album is perfect pop under [...]

LIGHT SPACE MOTION

You finally want to see your pictures in a museum? Your time has come!
The transdisciplinary working collection Apparatjik invites you to participate in their Light Space Modulator, taking place at the Neue Nationalgalerie in Berlin from March 13 – 26, 2011. Submit your images until March 1 here. More information on the exhibition here.

COVER LOVER

Speaking of magazine covers, there’s also a great blog – aptly named Cover Junkie – compiling, you guessed it, magazine covers. Maybe at times not edited down enough, they propose a fairly wide and eclectic range of what is meant to sell on the shelves these days, creating a great archive of what’s on our [...]

THINKING ALOUD

Thinking aloud. Do what you like. Repeat. Life is simple.

FRIEZE ARCHIVES BY COVER

Did you know you can access Frieze magazine archives by cover? You can actually look at the 20 years of Frieze magazine covers on the same page, on their website archive. And the archive page looks beautiful, crammed with all those visually appealing covers.
It makes it rather interesting to observe the evolution of this magazine… [...]

swag

I’ve been a fan for a while now, but… swag. Free Earl. Golf Wang. Fuck Steve Harvey. Swag.