DIA Issue Nr. 2 – bedrucktes Papier in Zeiten der Print-Krise. Launch @ Motto Zurich, 11.05.2012

Posted in magazines, Motto Zürich event, poster on May 1st, 2012
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DIA Issue Nr. 2: Launch @ Motto Zürich, May 11th, 7pm.

Das DIA-Issue ist eine Print-Publikation in kleiner Auflage, die viermal jährlich erscheint und im Kontrast zur herrschenden Online-Euphorie steht. Die Faltbroschüre ist einerseits als Zeitschrift zu lesen, andererseits soll es aber auch Artefakt-Charakter haben und als Poster aufhängbar sein – die Produzenten nennen die Form dieser Publikation Feuilleton-Poster. In jeder Ausgabe werden Essays zu einem Thema abgedruckt, die von einem offenen Redaktionsteam erarbeitet werden. Diese Texte werden von einer Selektion von Dias illustrativ begleitet, wobei die Aufnahmen so ausgewählt werden, dass diese zwar sehr wohl das Ausgabenthema bebildern, sich aber ein direkter Bezug zwischen Essay und Illustration nicht zwingend sofort aufdrängt.
Die Idee für DIA-Issue entstammt dem Verlangen den fotografischen Nachlass des Herrn Dr. Rudolf Becks würdigend zu verwerten. Herr Dr. Rudolf Beck war ab 1950 für das Unternehmen Shell tätig und bereiste in deren Auftrag die ganze Welt. Er hinterliess einen überaus umfangreichen Fundus von Fotografien und Dias, die während seinen Reisen entstanden.

Mousse #33

Posted in magazines, writing on April 28th, 2012
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Mousse #33

Starring
by Antonio Scoccimarro
Morgan Fisher
The Rewards of Self-Repression
by Christopher Williams
Pedro Costa
The Need to Be Dehypnotized
by Andrea Lissoni
Talking About
This Should Have Been: The Eighties
by Dieter Roelstraete
Talking About
Learning Modalities
by Nova Benway, Johanna Burton, Jens Hoffmann, Dane Jensen, Leora Morinis, Sarah Robayo Sheridan
Freeman Dyson
Be Prepared for Surprises
by Hans Ulrich Obrist
Raphael Hefti
Push It to the Max
by Alexis Vaillant
Talking About
On Art, Language and Consecutive Matters
by Julian Myers
Robert Barry
What Is Essential Is Invisible to the Eye: A Few Words on the Work of Robert Barry
by Andrew Berardini
Amy Gerstler
Like Sea Anemones at High Tide…
by Catherine Taft
Chadwick Rantanen
Holding Patterns
by Jonathan Griffin
Toril Johannessen
A Personal History with Science
by Adnan Yildiz
Hugh Scott-Douglas
Exposed Surfaces
by Ruba Katrib
Agenda & Focus on Michael Dean and Gillian Wearing
Books
by Stefano Cernuschi
New York – Matt Hoyt
A Feast of Friends
by Cecilia Alemani
Los Angeles – Dawn Kasper
Crash Course in Being Present
by Sarah Lehrer-Graiwer
Berlin – Klaus Weber & Judith Hopf
Messages in Bottles
London – Anthea Hamilton & Alice Channer
Full Frontal: Because We Can’t Think in Three Dimensions
Maryam Jafri
Between History and Geography
by Luigi Fassi
Talking About
Inner Wealth
by Ana Teixeira Pinto
Portfolio – Michael E. Smith
The (Re)Shape of Things: Michael E. Smith
by Dominic Molon
Alex Israel
L.A. Man
by Gigiotto Del Vecchio
Liam Gillick
Spaces of Critical Exchange
by Fionn Meade
Lawrence Alloway
The Open Critic and his Enemies: Alloway and Material Culture
by Ulrich Lehmann
Lucas Blalock
Techniques in Marriage
by Clara Meister
What Is Alternative? Alternative to What? – Curated by Vincenzo de Bellis
Nevermind
by Nato Thompson

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YYY #1.

Posted in magazines, newsprint, photography on April 28th, 2012
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YYY #1.

YYY is an experimental photography zine.
For each issue two photographers are invited for a ride, to make a photographic conversation of sorts within the pages of a tabloid magazine. The printed publication is planned to be published on a biannual basis.
Issue 1 is made with Teemu Lehmusruusu and Shira Igell. YYY font and logo are made by Mikko Varakas.
YYY is curated, published and self-funded by Katri Naukkarinen.

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Interview #4 (DE). Mai 2012

Posted in Fashion, lifestyle, magazines, photography, writing on April 26th, 2012
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Interview #4 (DE). Mai 2012

Diesen Monat in INTERVIEW:

Die Schauspielerin Keira Knightley sieht für sich keine Chance, US-Präsidentin zu werden, und plädiert für Ahnungslosigkeit beim Kinobesuch. Im Gespräch mit David Cronenberg erzählt sie vom Dreh zu ihrem neuen Film „Anna Karenina“, was der Filmemacher sich mit wachsender Eifersucht anhört: „Ich kann die Vorstellung, dass du mit anderen Regisseuren arbeitest, nur schwer ertragen.“

Die neue Documenta-Leiterin Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev fordert im Gespräch mit der Hundetrainerin Maike Maja Nowak ein Wahlrecht für Hunde. Die Filmproduzentin Minu Barati spricht mit Katja Riemann über ihren Flötenunterricht auf der Waldorfschule. Und die Musikerin Lydia Lunch erklärt ihrem Kollegen Alec Empire, dass sie sich wie ein schwuler Trucker fühlt.

Der Rolling-Stones-Gitarrist Ronnie Wood erzählt Naomi Campbell, dass er erst im Entzug gelernt hat, wie man Wäsche wäscht. Backstreet Boy Howie Dorough berichtet seinem alten Freund Joey McIntyre von den New Kids On The Block, wie glücklich er war, als ihm ein Fan in den Schritt gegriffen habe – es sei der Rock’n’Roll-Moment seiner Karriere gewesen. Ein ganz anderes Erlebnis hatte beim Künstler Martin Eder schwer wiegende Folgen: Wie er dem Kurator Thomas Girst erklärt, schlug ein Meteorit in seinem Garten ein.

Die Jungs aus der MTV-Serie „Jersey Shore“ haben sich von Terry Richardson mit dem israelischen Supermodel Bar Refaeli fotografieren lassen. Schauspielerin Jessica Alba erzählt Regisseur Robert Rodriguez von ihrem neuen Leben als Chefin eines Vertriebs für umweltfreundliche Baby- und Haushaltsprodukte. Und die Sängerin Norah Jones erklärt, dass sie ihr Hit-Album „Come Away With Me“ gern vom Markt genommen hätte.

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Kasino Creative Annual – About The Internet

Posted in graphic design, magazines on April 22nd, 2012
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Kasino Creative Annual – About The Internet

Contrary to popular belief, everything is not possible on the internet. Kasino Creative Annual About The Internet shows things that can’t be done online. Kasino Creative Studio’s third annual is a coffee-table-book-cum-analogue-tablet as well as the world’s best photo blog that doesn’t exist. World-class photographers contributing to the annual include Mikko Ryhänen, Knotan, Juliana Harkki, Sanna Charles, Sauli Sirviö, Matti Tanskanen, Pietari Hatanpää, Anya Schiller, Arsi Ikäheimonen and Jussi Puikkonen.

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Mono.Kultur #31. Michaël Borremans: Shades of Doubt.

Posted in magazines, painting, writing on March 28th, 2012
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Mono.Kultur #31. Michaël Borremans: Shades of Doubt.

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Kaleidoscope #14

Posted in magazines on March 12th, 2012
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Kaleidoscope #14

Contents of issue 14 – Spring 2012:

HIGHLIGHTS
Will Benedict by Alex Kitnick; Alexandra Bachzetsis by Catherine Wood; 155 Freeman by Chris Wiley; the Resurgence of R&B by Tim Small; Sanya Kantarovsky by Joanna Fiduccia.

MAIN THEME: Preliminary Materials for a Theory of a New Male.
Camp + Dandyism = Neo-Camp? by Chris Sharp; Domenico Gnoli by Giorgio Verzotti; Partial Eclipse by Marc Camille Chaimowicz; A Fantastic, Single, Mad Man by Alessio Ascari & Cristina Travaglini.

MONO: Cathy Wilkes.
Essays by Rebecca Geldard and Amy Budd; Special project by Cathy Wilkes; Focus by Isobel Harbison.

REGULARS
Pioneers: Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian by Simone Menegoi; Futura: Adrián Villar Rojas by Hans Ulrich Obrist; Panorama: Mexico City by Magnolia de la Garza; Souvenir d’Italie: Alighiero Boetti by Luca Cerizza; Producers: Gavin Brown by Carson Chan.

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San Rocco #3: Mistakes

Posted in magazines, writing on March 7th, 2012
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San Rocco #3: Mistakes

SAN ROCCO is a magazine about architecture.
SAN ROCCO does not solve problems. It is not a useful magazine.
SAN ROCCO is neither serious nor friendly.
SAN ROCCO is written by architects. As such, SAN ROCCO is not particularly intelligent, or philologically accurate.
In SAN ROCCO, pictures are more important than texts.
SAN ROCCO is serious. It takes the risk of appearing naive.
SAN ROCCO will not last for ever. There will be no more than 20 SAN ROCCOs for the single five-year plan.
San Rocco is the name of a place in Monza, not a nice place. Giorgio Grassi and Aldo Rossi engaged in a design competition for this place in 1971. The project was not built; ordinary housing blocks were built instead.

Contents:

The wrong pyramid – Pier Paolo Tamburelli

Perfectly Fine for Mies – Kersten Geers

Data Center on Lexington Avenue – Office Kersten Geers David Van Severen

Beauty and Mistakes in the Early Work of Peter Markli – Andrea Zanderigo

Modernistic Neanderthalism – Matteo Poli

Scamozzi versus Sansovino – Paolo Carpi

The Displacement of the Grande Arche: The Story of a Surreal Monument – Wulf Boer

Santa Maria Annunziata in Roccaverano: The misinterpretation of a project by Bramante – Manuela M.Morresi

La Bombonera – Giacomo Summa

Hagia Sophia versus Hagia Sophia – Ioanna Volaki

Solomon, I have outdone thee! – Asli Cicek

Systematic Mistakes:Notes on Leon Battista Alberti’s Design strategies – Angelo Del Vecchio

Review of the exhibition emergency in favour of twice at the institute of contemporary art – Aaron Moulton

The wrong program – BARarchitekten

The four books of mistakes – Matteo Ghidoni

Deliberate mistakes: Stories of the Winchester house – Cèdric Boulet

Phantoms of monuments – Mathieu Mercuriali

Freud and Méliès – Alexander Hilton Wood

An “aesthetics of Mistakes” in the discourse of the “Collective actions” group – Sergei Sitar interviews Andrei Monastyrski

The Nightmare of participation, or considering the value of failure as a proactive catalyst for change
– Markus Miessen

Architecture, dynamite and the political establishment – Giovanni La Varra

Try Again. Fail Again. Fail Better.On the potential of what goes wrong in relation to modernism and art – Filipa Ramos

Mitologia Ferrari – Stefano Graziani

Instant paradise: A story of failure and accidental beauty – Steven Bosmans and Michael Langeder

A lake and swimming pool:Two water stories from USSR – Saverio Pesapane

A mistakes of principles: The principles of architecture are eleven and immutable – 2A+P/A

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Peep-Hole Sheet #11: Pedro Barateiro – The Artist As Spectator. Mousse Publishing.

Posted in magazines, newsprint, writing on March 5th, 2012
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Peep-Hole Sheet #11: Pedro Barateiro – The Artist As Spectator

Peep-Hole Sheet is a quarterly of writings by artists.
Each issue is dedicated solely to one artist, who is invited to contribute with an unpublished text whose content is completely free in terms both of subject and format.
The texts are published in their original language, with accompanying translations in English and Italian. All images are deliberately avoided. Peep-Hole Sheet is meant for those who believe artists are catalysts for ideas all around us, and who want to read their words without any filter.
Over time it aspires to build up an anthology of writings that might open new perspectives for interpreting and understanding our times.

Written in 2005 and unpublished until now, The Artist as Spectator is conceived as a flux, a collection of thoughts that accompany the work of Pedro Barateiro: “I will be re-writing my own words for the rest of my life, that’s for sure. I will go on for my own reasons, creating my own language.”
A work which delineates, above all, a reflexive act and possibility of a “release from seizure,” departing from the awareness that we are all coopted into the logic of the Market/Spectacle that art, in some way, foretells. The invitation is therefore that of recovering the gaze toward ourselves and the world, always staying on the scene of the crime, always on the verge of disappearance. The object, the video, the artistic means becomes a gun pointed to the temple: we can wait for something (the world, time) to change, or decide to aim the weapon.

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Interview Magazine #2

Posted in Fashion, Film, food, graphic design, lifestyle, magazines, photography, writing on February 28th, 2012
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Interview #2

“Ich möchte ein Kleiderbügel sein” – Anna dello Russo.

Die Märzausgabe von INTERVIEW ist da! Die Designerin Miuccia Prada spricht über die neue Leichtigkeit ihrer Mode. Die Schauspielerin Sibel Kekilli über ihren Aufstieg zum HBO-Star und die Gewalt türkischer Männer. Der Regisseur Klaus Lemke blickt zurück auf seine wilden Tage mit Brigitte Bardot und Iris Berben. Der Schauspieler Michael Fassbender erklärt, wie man einen Sexsüchtigen spielt. Der japanische Superstar Takashi Murakami trifft die Streetart-Legende Kaws. Die beiden Depeche-Mode-Gründer Vince Clark und Martin Gore erzählen, wie sie 30 Jahre nach ihrer Trennung gemeinsam ein Techno-Album aufnahmen, ohne sich ein einziges Mal zu treffen. Plus: Anna Dello Russo, Italiens größte Mode-Exzentrikerin, und ihr Leben zwischen Front Row, Internet und privatem Couture-Archiv.

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