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THE SHOWCASE OF THE FEMALE

Sunday, August 25, 2013

Sunday read in The Wire. The article looks at the appearance of female DJs at festivals. The statics proved that there is a massive imbalance. The reaction is a festival dedicated to female DJs. Perspectives is going to take place in Berlin, with workshops, talks, club nights with DJs and live performances. You can find the [...]

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BERLIN ATONAL 2013

Wednesday, July 24, 2013

I must begin by admitting total ignorance of a festival that last took place when I was two years old. That being said, the impressive six day programme for the first Berlin Atonal since 1990 is rapidly challenging the allure of the nearest lake/swimming pool/cool shower in this gorgeous summer heat.
Boasting a challenging array of [...]

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ON THE TIP OF MY TONGUE | WE THINK ALONE

Thursday, July 11, 2013

On the Tip of My Tongue is a combined exhibition at Magasin 3 in Stockholm and a series of unique events all dealing with parallel and virtual existences and the dissolving of them and time. The projects aim to create encounters and bring closer what seems to be out of reach in this process. Miranda [...]

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ALTERNATIVES IN PRINT: DUMBO FEATHER

Wednesday, May 29, 2013

At what point did we separate good value from good values?  At what point did we allow, ‘hey, this is good value’ to simply mean, ‘hey, this is super cheap’? Money, Money, Money. The current issue of Dumbo Feather looks at our relationship with money and asks such questions. From conversations with Monocle’s Editor-in-chief, Tyler [...]

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COMIC SUMMIT IN BERLIN

Friday, March 8, 2013

Recommendation for all graphic novel lovers in Berlin:
Christoph Niemann under discussion with Chris Ware about the release of Jimmy Corrigan in German on March 15, 2013, in the frame of the comic summit organised by the internationals literaturfestival berlin.
The reason for Chris Ware’s visit is the release of his graphic novel Jimmy Corrigan in German [...]

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POSTSCRIPT 02: MONO.KLUB #40

Thursday, December 20, 2012

As it happens, our friends at Purple Magazine filmed the conversation between Robert Montgomery and myself during our London launch for Echoes of Voices in the High Towers. As cringeworthy as it is to see yourself on film, Robert is of course his usual sweet self  – see what he has to say over at [...]

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THIS WILD IDEA

Thursday, December 20, 2012

This year, as any year, really, there has been lots of coverage of that wild beast called the United States of America, place of our fantasies and projections alike for the last century or so. But our fantasies or projections, or Hollywood movies for that matter, don’t necessarily come anywhere close to reality, which is [...]

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