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Monthly Archives: July 2013

IMOGEN CUNNINGHAM

Tuesday, July 23, 2013

At Kulturhuset in Stockholm an extensive exhibition of Imogen Cunningham’s work is displayed all summer until September 8th. Cunningham (1883-1976) explored many techniques, among them beautifully ghostly platinum prints also featured in the exhibition. Cunningham’s modern photography is timeless and has inspired many in her time and after, especially in her way of creating new [...]

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MONDAY MUSIC: BRAIDS

Monday, July 22, 2013

A rather fantastic video for a rather fantastic Monday morning: Braids.

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HOLLOWAY

Monday, July 22, 2013

The first copies of Holloway are inspiringly made by hand-press and raw lead, depicting beautifully etched or engraved holloways. Illustrator is Stanley Donwood, the renowned creator of Radiohead’s album covers. Together with writers Robert Macfarlane and Dan Richards they went to explore the Dorset holloways- a trip that was initially inspired by Geoffrey Household’s thriller Rogue Male [...]

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EVOLUTION

Sunday, July 21, 2013

Before and after: Tuba Babuna in 2008 and 2012
Some months ago antievolutionist show girls of Adnan Oktar in Turkey were introduced to the world by Amsterdam based artitsts Pınar&Viola in Dazed Digital. What happens when an antievolutionist evolves, and turns into a hybrid being without even recognizing? See, evolution exists! Whilst claiming Darwin was wrong [...]

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HOW TO ASK THE RIGHT QUESTIONS

Saturday, July 20, 2013

It was of course only a matter of time until someone invented something like The School of Life – we all might know our history dates and our algebra, but how to sustain a meaningful relationship? How to navigate daily life with all its pitfalls and uncertainties? These and many more questions that we all [...]

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Spell of the Authors name

Friday, July 19, 2013

Beware of the very angry writer! Whistleblowing and wicked warts, undisclosed officials confirm Snowden doesn’t have a finger in this leak pie, nor does the marketing department.

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MONO.KULTUR #34 / SOUNDBITE 02

Thursday, July 18, 2013
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RELEVANTE MUSIK

Wednesday, July 17, 2013

Relevante Musik
Festival of political media art, performance and music
About the festival (information from the website of Freunde Guter Musik e.V.):
In recent years, discussion in the field of contemporary music has been dominated by the question of how to promote it. Dealing with the music itself has seemed secondary to the “goal [of] strengthening the presence [...]

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ALTERNATIVES IN PRINT: COMPOSITE JOURNAL

Tuesday, July 16, 2013

Published in conjunction with Perimeter Editions, Composite Journal delves into the work and life of a single creative practitioner per issue, teasing out the artist’s practice and its underpinnings from a diverse series of vantages, positions and perspectives. The inaugural issue traces the oeuvre of Jan Kempenaers, famed for his Spomenik series capturing former Yugoslavian war [...]

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MONDAY MUSIC: METRONOMY

Monday, July 15, 2013

Revisiting some past favourites, and rainy-ish summers always call for Metronomy somehow.

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