Tuesday, September 24, 2013, posted by kvr.
We’ve been doing the occasional jobs and commissions in art direction and design and writing and and and over the years, and slowly, slowly one might be tempted to call it a studio in its own right. One of the more exciting projects has been to develop an advertising strategy for the New York fashion brand tsesay, the younger sister of the renowned cashmere label TSE, which once had Hussein Chalayan as its creative director.
With tsesay positioning itself between high-end design and street culture, we proposed to emphasize the heritage of New York in the graphic language of the campaign by introducing a background layer that features cityscapes of NYC (which, as a nice democratic touch, were actually resourced from mostly non-professional photographers) to be juxtaposed with the fashion images. This can and will be played out in various ways over the next seasons, of course, but we’re so pleased with the results of the first campaign for the current Autumn/Winter collection, which draws upon themes of warmth and comfort during the cold months, illustrated by a delicious inside / outside visual overlay.
Art Direction: mono.studio
Photography: David Fischer
Styling: Syria Bellisario
Hair & Makeup: Julie Skok
Model: Dina / Izaio
Monday, September 23, 2013, posted by svk.
Merve Verlag
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, Merve has yet to decelerate, averaging a new publication per month–deservedly making it a favorite of the booksmart.
For some bulk in your fall reading list, I was particularly taken with their offering Inaesthetics #2 Animality. Be warned: the back cover is a bit NSFW.
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Monday, September 23, 2013, posted by kvr.
Sunday, September 22, 2013, posted by gk.
‘If you want to be famous, you must do something more badly than anybody in the entire world…A mistake. That’s what makes the poetry.’
Miroslav Tichy
The man of bedraggled cameras made out of cardbored tubes, tin cans, toilet paper rolls, etc…
Sunday, September 22, 2013, posted by jb.
Seemingly interesting dance piece by choreographer Jefta van Dinther and the Cullberg Ballet investigating body and raw materials. Remaining performances in Stockholm, Vienna and Paris.
Friday, September 20, 2013, posted by kvr.
In the lovely cities of Ghent and Antwerp in Belgium, you will find the no less lovely art bookstores of Copyright. Run for 25 years by Hilde Peleman, they are a picture book story of personal investment or, on a broader scale, how the world of books and the world of art merge and complement each other on so many different levels. Read her detailed history here, or better still, go visit if you should ever be in the vicinity.
Copyright
Jakobijnenstraat 8
9000 Gent
Nationalestraat 28a
2000 Antwerp
Thursday, September 19, 2013, posted by kvr.
Berlin is the new New York, it is often being said, but what’s for sure is that the New York Art Book Fair is the mother of all art book fairs, including the little Berlin offspring Miss Read. As it happens, the dates for both coincide this year, with both opening today through Sunday. Miss Read once again on the beautiful premises of the abc art fair, and the NYABF on the no less impressive grounds of MoMA PS1. Not having mastered the art of bilocality just yet, we will host a table in Berlin, and rely on the services of our friends at Motto in New York. Either way, either city, come by and say hello.
Miss Read Berlin Art Book Fair
September 19–22, 2013
abc art berlin contemporary
Luckenwalder Strasse 4-6
10963 Berlin
The New York Art Book Fair
September 19–22, 2013
MoMA PS1
Long Island City
Queens
Wednesday, September 18, 2013, posted by mc.
THE GLASGOW WEEKEND is a 3-day festival of innovative, diverse and highly acclaimed visual art, film, performance, music and design from Glasgow, presented at the Volksbühne Theatre and BQ, during Berlin Art Week 2013. THE GLASGOW WEEKEND is co-curated by Berlin-based gallery BQ and SARAH LOWNDES (author of “Social Sculpture: The Rise of the Glasgow Art Scene”) and features new works from Turner Prize winning artists DOUGLAS GORDON and RICHARD WRIGHT, and coincides with an exhibition of new works by internationally renowned artist DAVID SHRIGLEY at BQ (opens 14th September, until 26th October). Other highlights include FRANZ FERDINAND, playing songs from their eagerly anticipated 4th album, “Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action” (20th September), TORSTEN LAUSCHMANN’s site-specific cinema performance “At the Heart of Everything a Row of Holes” (21st September) and nightly parties hosted by acclaimed avant-garde Glaswegian DJ duo OPTIMO. The programme also showcases music, performance and sculptural interventions from emergent Glasgow-based artists JAMIE BOLLAND, ROMANY DEAR, RAYDALE DOWER and ASHANTI HARRIS. Newly commissioned publications by PRAWN’S PEE and THE BURNING SAND and merchandise co-designed by Richard Wright and APRIL CRICHTON will form part of a pop-up presentation in the Volksbühne by Glasgow gallery and bookstore GOOD PRESS. At BQ’s additional showroom and at the Pavillon der Volksbühne, will be presented a group exhibition entitled VALISE (opens 18th September, until 28th September), curated by Glaswegian galleries DAVID DALE GALLERY, THE DUCHY and by Sarah Lowndes.
GLASGOW WEEKEND
18.09. – 22-09.2013
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Tuesday, September 17, 2013, posted by kvr.
Iconic editor of The New Yorker (which is apparently being redesigned) David Remnick in a great essay with American publishing heavyweights by Port magazine proclaiming ‘The New Golden Age’, in print, of course…
Tuesday, September 17, 2013, posted by ub.
The Portuguese town of Óbidos has long been known for its medieval cuteness (while earlier it was regularly presented to the queen of the day to demonstrate the king’s affections, now it is continuously admired by senior citizens of northern European countries and photography classes with substantial equipment).
However, in the midst of souvenir shops and tourist savy cafes, one can find a true gem of shopping fundamental goods: Vila Literária Óbidos sells both secondhand books and organic fruit and vegetables. The two product segments come together in emptied fruit boxes which cover all four walls from floor to ceiling, making for an appealing vintage interior design.
