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Monthly Archives: February 2015

Keeping things whole

Thursday, February 19, 2015

A delightful poem by recently deceased Canadian poet Mark Strand. Nothing else to say, just trying to keep things whole…

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MY OWN PRIVATE I DON’T KNOW

Wednesday, February 18, 2015

Photograph by Skylar Williams (for Purple Fashion)
Eckhaus Latta once again proved their inventive and avant garde take on fashion at this years New York Fashion Week FW 2015. Being reminiscent of a certain nostalgia paired with the flair of contemporary twenty-somethings, the runway show merged into an artistic performance. The FW collection was also presented [...]

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UFERSTUDIOS

Tuesday, February 17, 2015

Berlin is an incredible city, and ever since we started organising our popular mono.klub series to accompany specific issues, we’ve made a point of moving to different locations around the city, out of curiosity as well as for an element of surprise. This Friday, for our screening of Gus van Sant’s Elephant, we will head [...]

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AT LOUISIANA

Tuesday, February 17, 2015

Louisiana- the renowned Museum of Modern Art in Denmark truly offers a sense of retreat being tucked away by the sea- think wooden floors and children hiding outside in the sculpture park, a great shop with danish design and the chance to wander through fantastic exhibitions. The museum houses a great collection of modern art, [...]

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MONDAY MUSIC: BJÖRK

Monday, February 16, 2015

A short trailer for the ‘completely immersive audio-visual piece’ Black Lake to be premiered at Björk’s forthcoming retrospective at MoMA.

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Monologue of a predator drone

Saturday, February 14, 2015

We have seen consumer drones used for choreographical endeavors and music contextualization from above. Frensh philosopher Grégoire Chamayou inquires in the less creative but more destructive use of military predator drones.
Essentially, by combining modern weaponry in unmanned vehicles with remote video monitoring, military forces have found a way to project power which is entirely risk-free for [...]

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AN ARGUMENT FOR THE ORDINARY

Friday, February 13, 2015

London publication LAW (Lives and Works) is a paean to the beautiful low. John Holt founded LAW as a quiet protest. Not about the runway or the hidden glitz of the elite, the magazine hones into the DIY style of the sidewalk and local trivialities of interest–the interesting that has been effaced through [...]

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MONO.KLUB #45: GUS VAN SANT

Friday, February 13, 2015

Dear Friends,
it’s been a while since we’ve last seen each other, so we thought we should celebrate the release of our latest issue – mono.kultur #38 with one of our favourite film directors, the great Gus van Sant – in adequate style. To mark the occasion, we will be screening one of our favourite films, [...]

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THE FLOYD LEG

Thursday, February 12, 2015

The Floyd Leg. 4 sizes. Up to 5 colours. Create a table from any surface. Endless possibilities. Made in Detroit. Ships Worldwide. I would really like some!

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CHINESE WHISPERS 32

Wednesday, February 11, 2015

Thanks to magCulture for the kind words: an in-depth review regarding the design of our latest issue featuring Gus van Sant, and it’s always reassuring when people understand perfectly what we were trying to achieve…

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