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Monthly Archives: September 2012

Wednesday Vid

Wednesday, September 12, 2012

The incredible Kahlil Joseph has blown our minds once (and so hard, so hard), no, twice (well: three times), and has now done it again.

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IMPROVISED NOISE

Tuesday, September 11, 2012

While pausing from her Sonic Youth career, Kim Gordon seems to be more on the experimental side. Together with Bill Nace the free-noise guitarist of XO4 and Vampire Belt, they form Body/Head. If you are curious what they sound like, listen to their latest release ‘The Eyes, The Mouth’ b/w ‘Night of the Ocean’ or [...]

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GIGOLO’S HAND ON A SILK STOCKING

Tuesday, September 11, 2012

Writer of amazing texts and books such as ‘Against Interpretation’, ‘Marat/Sade/Artaud’, ‘Illness as Metaphor, and AIDS and its Metaphors’ or the exuberant essay for ‘Story of the Eye’, marvelous book of Georges Batailles. Tea with Thomas Mann, dinner with (Herbert) Marcuse, sex with F, thoughts on books, religion, life and lots were hidden in Susan [...]

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ULTIMATE HORROR

Tuesday, September 11, 2012

The amazing duo Nick Cave and Warren Ellis, this time, have chosen their favorite film scores. Ecstatic list starts with Dario Argento’s breathtaking cult movie Suspiria’s soundtrack by the Italian progressive band Goblin, who also worked on Profondo Rosso. Not only for its amazing soundtrack but also for the interiors and use of light, Argento’s [...]

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BERLIN ART WEEK #01: CYPRIEN GAILLARD

Tuesday, September 11, 2012

As Berlin galleries and institutions get ready for the great Autumn art round-up crowned by the weekend’s abc art fair, of course who can’t be missing is ubiquitous Cyprien Gaillard, who will open a solo show at the lovely Schinkel Pavilion tomorrow evening, and yes, we are looking forward to it…
Cyprien Gaillard: What it Does [...]

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MEANWHILE, IN AMERICA…

Monday, September 10, 2012

…our favourite comic artist, like, ever, is opening a show, or rather two shows, in New York and Chicago, with drawings from his forthcoming magnum opus Building Stories (let this be all we need to say: 11 years in the making). What he had to say about it, in typically humble Chris Ware fashion:
With the [...]

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MARTINO TREATS #03: TRATTORIA AL CAPPELLO

Monday, September 10, 2012

No mini survey of our current cover star Martino Gamper’s work would be complete without mentioning food in general, and his legendary pop-up dinner evenings Trattoria al Cappello in particular, for which he not only cooked, but also conceived most of the furniture, down to the cutlery and candle holders. Bon Appetit:
Your Trattoria evenings were [...]

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MONDAY MUSIC: METRONOMY

Monday, September 10, 2012

The video of the week / month / season award goes once again to the ever so stylishly funny Metronomy, in a tight race with Simian Mobile Disco this year, but as we all know, pets win, always.

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ECHOES OF VOICES UPDATE #03

Sunday, September 9, 2012

In the middle of editing our interview with Robert Montgomery…

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POUR LA DERNIÈRE ET POUR LA PREMIÈRE FOIS

Sunday, September 9, 2012

Yesterday an exhibition of French conceptual artist Sophie Calle opened up at Galerie Perrotin in Paris.
The film series entitled Voir la Mer tells stories of people in Istanbul who gets to see the sea for the first time of their lives. In the same city, Calle spoke to people who suddenly had lost their sight. [...]

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