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Monthly Archives: December 2014

THAT’S ENTERTAINMENT

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I’m sure that you’re sick of hearing about Ryan Trecartin–he’s kind of everywhere at the moment. Deemed by The New Yorker’s Peter Schjeldahl as “the most consequential artist to have emerged since the nineteen-eighties,” Trecartin anticipated and formed the decadently glitchy A(DHD)esthetic of the Youtube and Vine generation before it had even undergone puberty. I admit exasperation [...]

THE FIRST BAD MAN

Wondrous and wonderful Miranda July has just announced for January 15 the release of her first novel (which she already mentioned in our issue way back in, geez, 2008), The First Bad Man, which, according to the press blurb, is ‘a spectacular debut novel that is so heartbreaking, so dirty, so tender, so funny—so Miranda [...]

Russian Chocolate #03

This is #03 of 24 Russian chocolate papers. Feel free to consider it an Adventskalender.

A Manz World

Thinking about Bodil Manz’ thin-skinned ceramic inventions makes me feel all jittery inside… and just imagine she’d do a similar see-through model that nods to the mono.kultur logo…

Russian Chocolate #02

This is #02 of 24 Russian chocolate papers. Feel free to consider it an Adventskalender.

MONDAY MUSIC: SIZARR

The kids of Sizarr have announced their sophomore album for 2015, and their new video gives you a rather Americanised impression of that German phenomenon of the Weihnachtsmarkt, to be found at pretty much every damn corner of the city these days… I’ll keep my eyes open for black MCs in the future, though.

Russian Chocolate #01

This is #01 of 24 Russian chocolate papers. Feel free to consider it an Adventskalender.