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Middleage philosophy by Anselm von Canterbury ad absurdum.
Here is Jorge Luis Borges and his geniuos parody on the ‘onthological’ evidence of god.

SWAN SONG

While I’m sure almost all of you have heard of Shirin Neshat, a tribute. Best known for the photographic series Women of Allah, two-screen video works, and the film Women Without Men (2009), her work addresses the female experience and sexual politics in Islamic societies.  As in Turbulence (1998) here, Neshat’s use of lush chiaroscuro seeks to [...]

TRUISM OF THE DAY 30: MASSIMO VIGNELLI

We’re always up for a good snippet of advice, so these beautiful posters by Colorado-based studio Berger & Föhr in tribute to and compiling some words of wisdom by design heavyweight Massimo Vignelli, who sadly passed away this May, are exactly our glass of ice-cold lemonade.

TRUISM OF THE DAY 29: WILL SELF

The aging enfant terrible of British literature, Will Self, in a rather great essay on Chernobyl for Port.

Safer Communities Together

Oma Marnie’s Pie Bakery, “Germany’s first Kiwi-style pie bakery”, has just opened its doors: Serving a mean pie & the best flat whites (Five Elephant beans), they also have great ice-cream, plus all kinds of paninis/baguettes and fresh organic breads. If you pay these guys a visit, don’t forget to blow [...]

TRUISM OF THE DAY 25: REI KAWAKUBO

Something I’ve always believed: taste should be mistaken for quality (and vice versa). Comme des Garçons‘ notoriously reticent Rei Kawakubo in conversation with the ubiquitous Hans-Ulrich Obrist in the latest issue of System.

SEE SOUND

How does one represent brilliance; it is easy to trace the lines of brilliance through narrative. Good (and bad) pieces have emerged doing the work of biography, oscillating between the less than miraculous Jobs to Paul Schrader’s seductive and experimental Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters. However, it is hard to recreate the timbre that imparts [...]

FUTURE PERFECT

It’s a bit late to be hyping this now.  Or perhaps we are just very foresighted.
In any case, Plural Projekt was/is (will be again) a Dresden-based artists collective started by five students from the Dresden Academy of Fine Arts: Anna Grützner, Diana Welmeier, Denny Brückner, Patricia Detmering, and Benjamin Hummitzsch.  After a year of planning and [...]

SHRIGLEY ME DIGGLEY

Pringle of Scotland – Animation by David Shrigley from NeutralZurich on Vimeo.
Everyone loves David Shrigley drawings.  At least a lot of people do.  I really like this one (which by complete coincidence can be bought in various forms through mono.konsum).  If you like David Shrigely drawings, you’ll really really like David Shrigley animations; even [...]

NERVE RAG

Though I’m sure many have heard of  (and read from) it, this post goes to Merve Verlag,  mono.kultur’s neighbor during the MISS READ Berlin Art Book Fair.  The quintessential philosopher’s publication since 1970, it has introduced to the intellectually voracious such venerable minds as Louis Althusser and Gilles Deleuze.  In contrast to the stagnancy that usually pervades academia, [...]