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Monthly Archives: March 2012

A SEPARATION

Monday, March 19, 2012

A Separation is an exquisite film that begins slowly but soon grabs you by the throat as it explores the fine line between truth, honesty, loyalty and justice. This critically acclaimed Iranian drama film is recommended viewing! – I finally got the chance to see it last weekend. It has won the 84th Academy Award for Best Foreign Language [...]

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TRUISM OF THE DAY 02: GLENN O’BRIEN

Sunday, March 18, 2012

One of our favourite journalists, Glenn O’Brien, in a great conversation with David Salle, in the current issue of Purple Fashion.

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TRUISM OF THE DAY 01: GLENN O’BRIEN

Sunday, March 18, 2012

One of our favourite journalists, Glenn O’Brien, in a great conversation with David Salle, in the current issue of Purple Fashion.

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Paul Graham: The Present

Sunday, March 18, 2012

One of the best shows currently up in Chelsea, Paul Graham: The Present is a thrilling, engaging, and slightly frightening mediation on how we understand and experience day-to-day life in the city. Many pairs are hung near the floor of the gallery, which explicitly inserts the viewer into the scene pictured, and challenges the viewer [...]

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STREET ART

Saturday, March 17, 2012

Thanks.

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HABBA HIDEOUT

Saturday, March 17, 2012

Perhaps not as overwhelming as SXSW, but there’s some good stuff happening over at the amazing Hablizel Verlag this weekend.

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VERSUS

Friday, March 16, 2012

We’ve mentioned David Letellier – also known as Kangding Ray – a few times, but this one was a little unexpected: we’re used to seeing him on stage, not in the gallery. But hopefully there will be more to come. But before you read on, you should really watch the video first. ––– There. Done? [...]

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PUBLISH AND BE DAMNED VS ICA

Thursday, March 15, 2012

Our favourite book fair Publish and Be Damned is back, and we were so excited about it that we promptly forgot about the deadline. And so, we won’t be there this time around, but plenty of other exciting titles will, so you should go anyway. And rumour has it there might even be a second [...]

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IN THE MOOD FOR SPRING: MONO.GRAMM

Wednesday, March 14, 2012
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Grandma Lo-Fi: The Basement Tapes of Sigrídur Níelsdóttir

Wednesday, March 14, 2012

Sigrídur Níelsdóttir is a 70 year old Danish musician living in Iceland. She’s released 59 albums with her unique sound of lo-fi keyboard/percussion and field recordings and never played a gig in ther life because she’s too shy. She cooperated with Icelandic musicians like múm, Sin Fang and Hildur Guðnadóttir and contributed to the soundtrack [...]

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