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Monthly Archives: November 2011

REMINDER: MONO.KLUB #36 TONIGHT

This as a little reminder, just in case that you forgot to write down with a big red marker pen into your dairy ‘MONO.KLUB #36 TONIGHT CANT DJ GIG AT LUX BAR DO NOT MISS’ – it’s going to be nice, with our very own DJ Ute starting the evening at 22h, and Chris Taylor [...]

CHINESE WHISPERS 18

A flattering little review by one of our favourite Berlin blogs: the charming Stil in Berlin, who came to visit us at the studio yesterday.

Season of the Faltgarage

It’s that time of the year, and all the bikers have to kiss their love goodbye for hibernation. It’s heartbreak, but it’s the season. And you can tell German Gemütlichkeit doesn’t stop at the front door.
Find more Faltgaragen here.

Nazi Decoration

A new online database documents the vision for nazi Germany as accumulated for “Die Großen Deutschen Kunstausstellungen” 1937-1944 in Munich. Making the images and files publicly accessible opens up opportunities for researchers to explore the eclectic imagery of  “the new era” as postulated by Goebbels and his fellow loons.
www.gdk-research.de (in Germanic tongue only, obviously)

SAVE THE DATE:

MISS READ invited publishers and artists to show their books –
for the first time with the participation and presentation of mono.kultur!
Dates: November 25 to 27, 2011
Opening hours:
Friday, November 25 and Saturday, November 26, 3 – 9 pm
Sunday, November 27, noon – 7 pm
KW Institute for Contemporary Art , Auguststrasse 69, 10117 Berlin
Program and further [...]

MONDAY MUSIC: CANT VERSUS GRIZZLY BEAR

This was to be expected, I guess, but how could we possibly resist showing the first video by our latest cover star Chris Taylor aka CANT to brighten up our Monday, especially since Believe is such a killer track? And since this is only one side of the coin, Grizzly Bear’s mighty Two Weeks is [...]

HAPPY TWELFTH BIRTHDAY PRO QM!

Happy 12th birthday Pro qm! Pro qm was opened twelve years ago, in July 1999. To celebrate this milestone, they have asked twelve designers and artists to design twelve different cloth bags. Starting now, in November, a new bag will appear each month, exclusively available in the bookshop, for as long as supplies last. Åbäke [...]

ALTERNATIVES IN PRINT: THE TRAVEL ALMANAC

You remember the warm feeling when for one reason or another you get treated to a night in a really beautiful luxurious hotel – taking a hot bath, sleeping in wonderfully white linens and extra cushy cushions, getting great coffee at breakfast…
That’s exactly the sort of feeling you get with The Travel Almanac, a beautiful [...]

15 YEARS OF RASTER-NOTON

Speaking of music, tonight is a special night on an entirely different kind of wavelength: our friends at Raster-Noton will be celebrating their 15th anniversary at Berghain this evening, and they really threw in everything they have to offer (which is a lot), from our very first cover star Carsten Nicolai to Atom TM, from [...]

mono.kultur #29: the music

As you might have noticed, it’s CANT/Chris Taylor week over here, so how about some actual music: Hear CANT in a full concert, recorded live at Moogfest in Asheville, N.C.
For all you German FANTs out there, get ready for next week:
09.11.11 Berlin – Magnet
10.11.11 Hamburg – Indra
16.11.11 Köln – Gebäude 9