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Thursday, December 23, 2010

Dear Friends,
before we retreat to a well-deserved Christmas break to nurse the remnants of our hangovers after what feels like one long anniversary marathon, let us wish you happy holidays and all our very best for the new year. 2010 has been very kind to us and 2011 is promising to turn [...]

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WINTER PREVIEW I

Wednesday, December 22, 2010

We took Miranda July for Schnitzel recently when she was in Berlin to put the last finishing touches to her new film, which is now finally and truly completed, five years after the wonderful Me and You and Everyone We Know. Something to look forward to: The Future will premiere at Sundance festival on January [...]

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Sleeping in Dubai

Saturday, December 18, 2010

While I was sleeping a garden grew up outside my window: bright flowers and soft irrigation pipes sprouted up out of the desert. It wasn’t there yesterday. While I was sleeping they brushed the beaches, glazed the cakes with gold leaf and mixed cement for the glittering monuments.
They fed the fish, rays and sharks so [...]

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DIGITAL READING SOUVENIRS?

Tuesday, December 7, 2010

Booktwo.org is a blog created in 2006 which aims ‘to investigate, analyse, catalogue and debate the future of literature and the publishing industry.’ Among the big fuzz, discussion and reading junk being published everywhere about the end of books and the future of literature in the digital age, I must say this is one of [...]

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IMPENDING DOOM

Tuesday, November 30, 2010

After the recent fad of apocalyptic films, television and video games such as The Road, Fallout New Vegas, the so-so Book of Eli, and the excellent new AMC series The Walking Dead, had all had effects on my psychological wellbeing and possibly making me believe that the end of the world is imminent. As always [...]

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THE END OF THE BOOK. OR NOT, AFTER ALL.

Wednesday, October 20, 2010

It’s funny how after the big boom of e-readers, electronic books and all the fuzz, prognostics and predictions about the soon ending of the book, theoreticians, authors, publishers, marketers – and all kinds of field specialists  – are entering a second turning point and gradually changing their minds again, and giving books – and paper [...]

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EXAMPLES TO FOLLOW!

Sunday, October 3, 2010

The exhibition Examples to Follow! presents artistic practices that contribute to the preservation of the planet and aim to influence conscious consumer behavior. Sustainability requires a broadening of perception in the collaborating of the arts and sciences. Boundaries between artistic and technical creativity, between feasibility and idea are abolished.
‘We don’t need morality and abstinence, but [...]

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PUBLICATION STUDIO

Thursday, September 30, 2010

A friend recently introduced me to Publication Studio.  And this looks like a really interesting publishing project… I’m especially intrigued by the fact that it’s run by Matthew Stadler who was the literary editor of Nest magazine (I love/loved Nest magazine and miss it!).
“Publication Studio is an experiment in sustainable publication. We print and bind [...]

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LESS RISK, MORE FUN

Saturday, September 18, 2010

Today, quite a few people in Berlin gathered to make a strong statement against governmental plans, or deals, to extend nuclear-powerstations’ lifespans.
So, Angie, keep in mind for whom you do the job and who ensures yours. Shut those dirty oldies down. Especially interesting: in 2005, no 7% of the world’s energy consumption were produced by [...]

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CONSIDER THE DEVIL

Saturday, August 28, 2010

This was my favourite poster to appear during the recent Federal Election in Australia.  This poster appeared throughout the streets of Hobart, Tasmania on Election Day last Saturday. It’s a clever play on words when you consider the ‘evil’ of some politics alongside how endangered the iconic Tasmanian devil has become. And the winner of [...]

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