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DOTS AND INCISIONS

Saturday, September 15, 2012

Jonathan Safran Foer’s book Tree of Codes, published by London based Visual Editions, is not written by him but rather (die)cut by him! The writer of Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close takes his favorite book The Street of Crocodiles by Bruno Schulz in order to cut and create a new story out of it. It is [...]

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MCSWEENEY’S 41

Friday, September 14, 2012

Jordan Bass, managing editor of McSweeney’s Publishing, launched the 41st issue of McSweeney’s Quarterly Concern with Australian contributors Melissa Lucashenko, Ellen van Neerven-Currie and Chris Flynn at the Brisbane Writers Festival last weekend. I love a writers festival and coming across authors I haven’t read before. I left the festival with two new books – [...]

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GIGOLO’S HAND ON A SILK STOCKING

Tuesday, September 11, 2012

Writer of amazing texts and books such as ‘Against Interpretation’, ‘Marat/Sade/Artaud’, ‘Illness as Metaphor, and AIDS and its Metaphors’ or the exuberant essay for ‘Story of the Eye’, marvelous book of Georges Batailles. Tea with Thomas Mann, dinner with (Herbert) Marcuse, sex with F, thoughts on books, religion, life and lots were hidden in Susan [...]

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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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PERADAM

Tuesday, May 29, 2012

One of the most interesting things John Kelsey has written about is the modern labor/time complex, especially in the arts. His point, in “Escape from Discussion Island” and other essays recently collected in Rich Texts, is essentially that members of the contemporary culture industry are always, already at work. Our downtime is commodifiable to the [...]

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KRYTYKA POLITYCZNA IN BERLIN #3

Monday, February 20, 2012

Martin Zet’s campaign Deutschland schafft es ab (‘Germany gets rid of it‘) in the framework of the 7th Berlin Biennale gave rise to strong reactions and polarized the public opinion. His call for donations of Thilo Sarrazin’s book Deutschland schafft es ab was criticized not only in numerous media reports, but the Berlin Biennale also received [...]

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Taryn Simon: Shot True

Sunday, December 11, 2011

Just in case you missed mono.klub #35, the video gives you an idea of Taryn’s mesmerizing eloquence and, of course, an interesting introduction to the concepts of her work.

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Back to Writing

Saturday, November 19, 2011

As we all know, Word sucks. So here’s a radical tool for everyone who prefers .txt over .doc, or who rather puts down a thought in thunderbird than starting up a bloated office suite. The manufacturer claims:
A better tool doesn’t make a better craftsman, but a good tool makes working a pleasure. iA Writer for [...]

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SAVE THE DATE:

Monday, November 7, 2011

MISS READ invited publishers and artists to show their books –
for the first time with the participation and presentation of mono.kultur!
Dates: November 25 to 27, 2011
Opening hours:
Friday, November 25 and Saturday, November 26, 3 – 9 pm
Sunday, November 27, noon – 7 pm
KW Institute for Contemporary Art , Auguststrasse 69, 10117 Berlin
Program and further [...]

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A. Rose Is A. Rose Is A. Rose Is A. Rose

Thursday, October 13, 2011

Aaron Rose is back, touring the globe with his latest book, Collage Culture. Rumor has it he even used the word “Schattenreich” in a recent essay…
October 2011
Oct. 13 – Paris, Colette
Oct. 15 – Berlin, Motto
Oct. 17 – London, Shoreditch House

November 2011
Nov. 4 – Pasadena, Art Center College of Design
Nov. 6 – Los Angeles, Family
Nov. [...]

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