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PROTESTER 2.0

Sunday, January 8, 2012

2011 was the year of resistance. After revolutionary movements and occupy waves, it is the protester the Time magazine declares as the person of the year. The accompanying essay by Kurt Anderson gives an interesting insight.

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IRANIAN ROSES

Thursday, January 5, 2012

We mentioned Port magazine before, and with its last three issues, it has matured into one of the best titles on style and life that combines writing of the highest quality with a great and sophisitcated design. So we were all the happier when they got excited about a reportage we did years ago in [...]

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history and imagination

Friday, September 9, 2011

The International Literature Festival Berlin has kicked off with an impressive program of 180 events over 11 days.
Tonight Javier Cercas reads from and talks about his latest book The Anatomy of a Moment: Thirty-Five Minutes in History and Imagination. Read Gideon Lewis-Kraus’ excellent review in n+1.

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Blast from the past

Saturday, July 16, 2011

“Modernism began in the magazines“: The Modernist Journals Project. (via). What a blast…

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I would like to be smarter

Thursday, May 12, 2011

I had a conversation last night with a man who is working to develop neuro-enhancers. Do you take them yourself? I asked, casually. I wondered secretly whether the field of neuro-enhancement research was progressing at a faster rate than all the other neurosciences.
He said that he did not. He is happy with the [...]

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lie to me

Tuesday, January 25, 2011

I recently spoke with an artist living and working in Tehran. He gave an account of his work that was complex, sophisticated and plagued with inconsistency. I realised that it was a fiction – a parallel universe manufactured to shield his work from the scrutiny of the authoritarian government. He was confident that the ponderous [...]

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IQ.ORG AND JULIAN ASSANGE

Tuesday, December 14, 2010

IQ.org was the personal blog of Wikileaks co-founder Julian Assange.

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OH BALTIMORE

Monday, October 25, 2010

Oh Baltimore – you get us every time; now you’ve done it again…

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WEPAD

Monday, April 12, 2010

Although rumour has it that an American jounalist destroyed an iPad after more than 90 (!) hours of non-stop-use, our friends from Cupertino sold so many hundredthousands. They will somewhat be rivalled by a Berlin-based company offering the WePad who state that their device will have useful connections, like the good old USB! [...]

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Happy Birthday, Rudi

Sunday, March 7, 2010

Today would have been Rudi Dutschke’s 70th birthday. Time to think about long marches, institutions, and most certainly of revolutions.

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