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Monthly Archives: November 2014

Our Arrangement Hasn’t Changed

Friday, November 21, 2014

So much goodness floating around these days, we have to get rid of some early year-end love: Amen Dunes has a new video (below) and plays Berlin and Cologne next week (plus, Son Lux will also be in town), Run The Jewels 2 is Murder Mayhem Melodic Music indeed, Efterklang’s Vincent Moon-produced The Last Concert [...]

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STREET CAT DELUXE

Thursday, November 20, 2014

Nowadays in Vdrome: Street Cat Deluxe by Ovidiu Anton
“The recent transformation of the city of Istanbul is critically analysed by a heterogeneous group of inhabitants of the Turkish metropolis. Discussing such topics as the impact of tourism, the effects of gentrification, and the results of urban policies on their daily lives, the single individuals also [...]

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STORE OF THE MONTH: SKYLIGHT BOOKS / LOS ANGELES

Thursday, November 20, 2014

While preparing and opening our exhibition in Los Angeles, we naturally had to visit the local art book stores, amongst them the rather wonderful Skylight Books. Divided into two stores, one for fiction and one for art books, Skylight is the epitome of what great bookstores in the USA are so good at: atmosphere. A [...]

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THE MATING DANCE

Wednesday, November 19, 2014

You won’t believe what birds are able to do unless you have watched this:
A Cornell Lab scientist and National Geographic photographer worked together on an 8 years project to capture the entire spectrum of the so-called Birds of Paradise, which are domiciled in New Guinea, Australia, and nearby islands.
39 species of such are mind-blowing to [...]

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MONDAY MUSIC: AGNES OBEL

Monday, November 17, 2014

Autumn is in full swing, and as the studio gets colder, time for a few warm tunes, for instance by lovely Agnes Obel.

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OKAY OKAY OKAY

Sunday, November 16, 2014

“A man hangs upside down from a crane at Kottbusser Tor, circling the newly constructed apartment buildings to a bombastic song by the avant-garde group The Residents: “Okay? Okay? Okay! Okay!” The final scene in OKAY OKAY – Der moderne Tanz (1980) provides the title to a film where most dancing is performed by pulsating lampposts, [...]

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TRUISM OF THE DAY 33: RICHARD LINKLATER

Saturday, November 15, 2014

Maverick film maker Richard Linklater knows a thing or two about time passing, especially since his magnum opus Boyhood, filmed over 12 years in real time. He shares some thoughts on the matter in this not so recent anymore interview with Matthew McConaughey (who coincidentally owes his first film role to Linklater) in Interview.

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Hallo, aliens.

Friday, November 14, 2014

Hello, Churyumov–Gerasimenko.
Hallo, aliens.
Hello, weekend.
(And then there is the long version.)

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DESIGN DETAILS: MONO.KULTUR #37 JAMES NACHTWEY

Friday, November 14, 2014

‘Why not let the images speak for themselves?,’ James Nachtwey wrote to us at some point during the production for our current issue with the legendary war photographer. It was somewhat of a turning point in the design that was marked by a process of continuous reduction: what started out with a lot of ideas [...]

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MONO.PUNKT #28: SINGAPORE ART BOOK FAIR 2014

Thursday, November 13, 2014

Art book fairs are popping up like mushrooms in autumn, and the most imminent gathering is scheduled for this weekend, on the tropical shores of Singapore. Preceding the blossoming Singapore Art Fair, the Centre for Contemporary Art Singapore has invited a range of fine publishers from all over the world to present their goods, alongside [...]

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