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SAVE THE DATE: MISS READ 2012

Tuesday, September 4, 2012

MISS READ, Berlin’s independent publishing fair, is in town again for the fourth time – this year hosted by abc. MISS READ has invited international publishers and artists to show their artist books at the abc premises. Presenting a selection of about 50 of the most active contributors in this field – including mono.kultur, of [...]

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HACK THE COVER

Thursday, July 12, 2012

The covers are dead!
Dead!
Dead like the record jacket!
Dead like the laser disc sleeve!
Dead like the 8-track cartridge sticker!
Dead like the squishy Disney VHS container!
Dead like the cassette tape insert!
Dead like those damned CD jewel cases and their booklets!
Dead like DVD and Blu-ray box art!
Put ‘em all in a box, burn ‘em, and sprinkle their ashes [...]

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NEW ILLUSTRATION

Thursday, May 3, 2012

This autumn will see the opening of a new and ambitious school called AID Berlin for illustration and image-making which in fact has been pretty much ignored by Berlin design schools as a field of study in its own right. As a little teaser, the school will run a series of exhibitions on illustration on [...]

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TRACES OF PIECE AND WHOLE

Monday, April 23, 2012

Traces made by the body. Color added as a mark to black and white. Helena Almeida’s materials are usually her body and Yves Klein Blue. The artist’s works give the impression of  being pieces of one gigantic piece of work. An aesthetic generated by fragments ? first mentioned by French poet Baudelaire in the 19th [...]

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Retrospective: Cat Content

Friday, April 20, 2012

Cat content has become rather popular since the internet became user generated pop. From LOLcats to Kittlers, there’s something catty for anyone. A few days ago Cyriaque Lamar put together a brief history of cat content dating back to the very early days of photography:

Apparently, these cats are made for content, one way or another:

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Gaga Interchange Format

Wednesday, March 21, 2012

R.I.P. Compuserve, GIFs are back. Not so much for “Under Construction” signs and revolving globes but for all kinds of weird stuff. While the report below feels slightly tacky, it’s still worth browsing through what’s being spilled out on tumblr.

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ALTERNATIVES IN PRINT: FANZINE 137

Sunday, March 4, 2012

Probably, you have already met Candy, a fashion magazine celebrating transvestism, transexuality, crossdressing and androgyny. The cover with James Franco, shot by Terry Richardson was a big thing for the press. Fanzine137 is a fanzine – as it is understood from the name -published by the same editor Luis Venegas. As Candy, Fanzine137 is self published and limited edition.

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DODO

Wednesday, February 29, 2012

The first ever presentation and long-overdue rediscovery of Dodo’s graphic work provides a broad insight into an artistic life that was shaped by constant upheaval. Dodo, born in 1907 in Berlin as Dörte Clara Wolff, enjoyed a care-free upbringing in a wealthy Jewish milieu. Even as a young woman, she possessed an allure over those [...]

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TIME IS OUT OF JOINT

Thursday, February 23, 2012

The exhibition of  Boris Mikhailov is opening today at the Berlinische Galerie. The Ukranian artist’s works document the social disintegration, poverty, harshness of everyday life and the absurdity that comes with these situations, mostly in Soviet Union times. The exhibition shows a selection of works from earlier periods till now, including the works produced [...]

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NOSTALGIA

Thursday, February 23, 2012

Bringing the old and new memories together, feeling the nostalgia… The blog Dear Photograph makes you take out your old photos from the boxes and visit the places where they were taken.
‘I wish climbing up was as easy as the sliding down…’

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