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STORE OF THE MONTH: KUNSTGRIFF / ZÜRICH

Thursday, April 16, 2015

The former Löwenbräu brewery is a must-go for any art lover in Zürich, hosting a fantastic range of private galleries, institutions like the Migros Museum and arts-related enterprises such as the excellent publisher Edition Patrick Frey. Of course, that demands a bookstore that is up to par, and Kunstgriff certainly are. Located conveniently near the [...]

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ISTANBUL IN 1920S

Tuesday, April 7, 2015

One of the changes in the world considering the post-war period in 1920s was the rapid modernisation in Turkey, as a result of a new republic, which originally started in the last 50 years of the Ottoman Empire.
In Facts and Fantasies: Images of Istanbul Women in the 1920s, Fatma Türe writes about the rediscovery of [...]

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PRINT IS DEAD. LONG LIVE PRINT

Wednesday, March 25, 2015

It is not every day that we have the honour to be included among ‘The World’s Best Independent Magazines’, and needless to say, we’re thrilled. The latest of coffee table books on independent publishing, Print is Dead. Long Live Print by Ruth Jamieson compiles in one nifty volume a perfect survey of everything that is [...]

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KIM GORDON X THE HAPPY READER

Tuesday, March 24, 2015

Kim Gordon of mono.kultur #33 fame stars in issue no.2 of The Happy Reader. The coolest girl in a band, Kim Gordon, talks books, music, writing, art and bad TV habits.

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MIRANDA ON THE ROCKS

Saturday, March 7, 2015

Weekend reading: a two-part interview by It’s Nice That with Miranda July, asking pertinent questions such as ‘How do you relax?’ or ‘So you’re really happy at the moment?’ – but wondrous Miranda, currently on promotion for her first novel, is thankfully her gracefully charming old self.

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STORE OF THE MONTH: THE PHOTOGRAPHERS’ GALLERY / LONDON

Tuesday, March 3, 2015

The Photographers’ Gallery is, of course, an institution in the cultural landscape of London, with a reputation for great photography exhibitions that strike a perfect balance between the established and the obscure, between serious topics and unashamedly pop interventions.
Small-sized, free of charge and located in the middle of Soho, it is the perfect escape from [...]

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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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MONO.PUNKT #31: LOS ANGELES BOOK FAIR

Friday, January 30, 2015

We keep hearing only good things about Printed Matter’s East Coast version of the renowned mother of all book fairs, and given the grim weather outside our windows, we certainly wish we were there right now. But at least our fine adventure in print will be, courtesy of our friends at Georgiev Trinder Curatorial, who [...]

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BRONX BOYS

Wednesday, January 21, 2015

‘The Bronx felt like home to me because the people I photographed took me into their hearts and made me family. When you are family, a place can still be dangerous at times but it is home.’ It’s this discrepancy between violence and poverty on one side, family and belonging on the other, [...]

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OSTALGIA REVISITED

Friday, January 16, 2015

It’s one of the curiosities in life that the world’s largest collection of East German design and objects should be housed in Los Angeles, of all places. While nostalgia for the DDR is mildly frowned upon in Germany, America has a little more distance and can just revel in the charme of the past. A [...]

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