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Monthly Archives: September 2011

MÄRZTAGE

Saturday, September 17, 2011

While Fukushima seems to have disappeared from the news, I now see it cropping up in all kinds of unexpected corners: in the pages of Purple, on blogs, on the shelves of art book stores. One great book I came across, however, was artist Thomas Neumann’s diary Märztage.
Having lived in Tokyo for several years, he [...]

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Lydia

Friday, September 16, 2011

Here is a little story from Lydia Davis to see out your week.
Interesting
My friend is interesting but he is not in his apartment.
Their conversation is interesting but they are speaking a language I do not understand.
They are both reputed to be interesting people and so I’m sure their conversation is interesting, but they are speaking [...]

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BARTHOLOMEW

Friday, September 16, 2011

It’s rare that I wish I could be in Paris right now, but tonight I would love to be able to pass by at the opening of Bartholomew, a photography group show curated by the ever wonderful photography magazine Je Suis Une Bande des Jeunes.
Bartholomew
September 16 to November 17 2011
Curated by Je Suis Une Bande [...]

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THE OIL TANKS

Friday, September 16, 2011

Tate Modern has announced the opening in 2012 of the first phase of its expansion plan, The Tate Modern Project. In 2005, Herzog & de Meuron were commissioned by the Tate to design a new development which would connect Southwark with the Thames and provide much improved open, public space. As part of this development, [...]

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BEING A CROWD

Thursday, September 15, 2011

Stadiums used to be built so that the audience on the stands could feel their numbers and feel the rush of emotions being felt by tens of thousands of people simultaneously. If you’ve never been in a full stadium like this it’s worth trying, you can’t compare it to anything. Big crowds can often be [...]

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THE BEGINNING OF THE END

Wednesday, September 14, 2011

Isn’t that what life is all about, after all: endings and beginnings (and whatever we manage to squeeze in between)? Which reminds me that I should listen again to a friend’s debut album made entirely out of endings…

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Bikini Bodies

Wednesday, September 14, 2011

No, it’s not Halloween, yet. But Martin Schoeller explores equality in muscle materialism and shot some incarnated athletes, not complete without lipstick.

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FANTASTIC SPIN

Tuesday, September 13, 2011

Fashion and film are an odd match somehow – what works so well with photography, as in clothes + imagery = seduction, seems to have a hard time to really touch ground with motion film, for some reason. But there is always hope when talented minds such as the guys at Fantastic Man set their [...]

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LAST CHANCE: MONO.ARCHIV #01

Tuesday, September 13, 2011

There are less than 10 of our limited edition box sets left, so hurry up and get it!
mono.archiv #01 – containing issues mono.kultur #1 to 15, a whopping 14 of which are out of print:
Carsten Nicolai
Frank Leder
Nine Inch Nails
Zeruya Shalev
M. Cattelan, M. Gioni, A. Subotnick
François Ozon
Matias Faldbakken
Wolfgang Voigt
[...]

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I LIKE TO RIDE MY BICYCLE

Monday, September 12, 2011

When I see an adult on a bicycle, I no longer despair for the future of the human race. H.G. Wells (1866-1946)
In September 2008, Colin Thompson visited Cambodia with Save the Children, and was inspired to create the recently published book, The Bicycle.  The Bicycle is a celebration of how much we can help others through simple acts [...]

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