Kreisel. Dreidel

“My doubt stand in a Circle around every word…”
A project by Elise Florenty & Marcel Türkowsky inspired by Franz Kafka’s diaries and shortstories characters “Odradek” “Josefine” & shortstory “Der Kreisel”.

The audio side features one of Marcel Türkowskys mirror composition pieces. An Excerpt of a 60 minute piece for 7 spinning tops.

Mastered at Dubplates & Mastering
edition of 300 copies
pressed on 180g vinyl
Drawings by Giordani Bruno
Harpokrates Edition

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mono.kultur #26 – Manfred Eicher, Recording ECM

mono.kultur #26 is dedicated to Manfred Eicher, the mastermind behind the highly prestigious jazz and classic label ECM Records. Founded in 1969, ECM have by now released more than 1,000 albums, many of which were produced by Eicher personally.
Based in Munich, ECM has a long history of reviving and tirelessly promoting the avant-garde of contemporary Jazz, hosting the likes of Keith Jarrett, Jan Garbarek or Pat Metheny. At a time when Jazz was on its wane, ECM introduced a decidedly European notion to this primarily American genre, exploring new sound and different approaches to a stagnating phenomenon.
In 1984, Eicher expanded into contemporary classical music with his line ECM New Series, releasing seminal works by Arvo Pärt or Steve Reich. Both imprints have changed the face of their respective genres forever, due to the audacious release schedule, the high production standards and the aesthetic appearance of the label. All aspects attest to the personal touch of a relentlessly perfectionist visionary.
In a high-minded and challenging conversation, Manfred Eicher talked with mono.kultur about sound, silence and everything inbetween.

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Ruchomy Pamiętnik / Mobile diary

The last part of the Mobile Diary series. It is a book based on memories of people, who came to Slupsk in 1945-50 to live in a new land. The book includes double record cd/dvd with radio theater by Marcin Dymiter, and video work by Ludomir Franczak. Published in Polish and German languages.

Authors: Daniel Odija, Marcin Dymiter, Ludomir Franczak, Magdalena Franczak
Layout: Ludomir Franczak
Edition of 500, 112p., cd/dvd, hard cover, 2010
Published with the financial help of The Ministry of Culture and National Heritage, and City of Slupsk

Rocznik 1934
First book of the Mobile Diary project – based on years 1945-51 in Pomerania, when Polish and German culture was coexisting in the territory. Published in Polish and Kaszebe.

Authors: Brzozaki Group, Weronika Fibich
Layout: Ludomir Franczak
Edition of 500, 16p., soft cover, 2010
Published with the financial help of The Ministry of Culture and National Heritage, and City of Slupsk

Second book of the Mobile Diary project. Contemporary interpretation of the project’s idea made by 3 visual artists, and art historian. Published in Polish and German.

Authors: Adam Witkowski, Hubert Bilewicz, Paweł Kula/Maria Stafyniak
Layout: Ludomir Franczak
Edition of 500, 64p., soft cover, 2010
Published with the financial help of The Ministry of Culture and National Heritage, and City of Slupsk

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Kaiserin: A Magazine For Boys With Problems #09, Premier Semestre 2011

This issue includes contributions from Erik van der Weijde, Florian Gaité, Didier Fitan, Jorinde Voigt, Matthieu Gafsou, Jérôme Lobato, Arthur Eskenazi, David Lenhardt, Manuel Segade, Lionel Bandiera and Ahmad Hosni.

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Mousse Magazine no. 27

In December, Ute Meta Bauer and Dan Graham met up in New York for a conversation whose scope was determined by their many shared interests and long friendship, as well as a passion for literature that, inevitably, is connected to an extraordinary storytelling ability. Hans Ulrich Obrist and Stuart Comer got together with William (Bill) Leavitt for a long conversation just a few months after his first retrospective at Los Angeles MOCA, an event that John Baldessari celebrates in his introductory portrait of the artist.

For PART OF THE PROCESS, Ronald Van de Sompel talked with Sven Augustijnen about the artist’s new film, Spectres, which focuses on the decolonization of the Belgian Congo, especially the circumstances surrounding the murder of Patrice Lumumba. A dark work that tracks the phantoms of history into their most hidden retreats.You need to read Chus Martínez’s text at samba rhythm. Samba is a movement of the body that reverberates in the movement of the social body. It is also a way to neutralize the system, as the author explains. The art world is flooded with printed matter. Dieter Roelstraete analyzes this phenomenon for PORTFOLIO in relation to the work of Zin Taylor, who is unquestionably an exquisite narrator. To Andrew Berardini, the greatest achievement of Brian Bress’s work is that it makes us keenly aware of how much television entertainment has shaped our mental processes. Yarn Man and his bizarre friends make this clear to us.Building houses out of nothing and against all odds. Abraham Cruzvillegas has translated the experience of autoconstruccion into several initiatives, which he talked about with Vincenzo de Bellis. Fiete Stolte lives in a parallel reality. Not a different world from ours, but the same one according to a different model of time. One where nights are not always dark, nor days always light. Jennifer Allen tried to synchronize herself with the artist’s new calendar, for HARK!

ARTIST PROJECT: Jeremy Deller, introduced by an interview with Peter Eleey.

TEN FUNDAMENTAL QUESTIONS OF CURATING, a project curated by Jens Hoffmann, sponsored by Fiorucci Art Trust and Mousse Publishing, explores the multifaceted physiognomy of the curator. The third of ten dossiers features João Ribas answering the question “What to do with the contemporary?” plus selected illustrations by Matthew Buckingham

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Created on the occasion of the Clifford Irving Show in Antwerp by Morten Norbye Halvorsen. The record was made in an edition of 150. With a screen printed cover by Goda Budvytyte. The hands on the piano is that of Benjamin Esdraffo. The hands on the cover is that of Orson Welles.
The record contains a remake of Michel Legrand’s theme tune for the film F-for Fake by Orson Welles called Orson’s Theme.
It was written down from a jazz ensemble to two hands and a piano, which was performed by Benjamin Esdraffo on the occasion of the Paris edition of Clifford Irving Show that took place at Cine 13, Montmartre and Kadist Art Foundation.
Recorded during the introduction and entr’acte totalling 45 minutes, the original score is approx 4 minutes. The record contains a 4 minute extract from the Clifford Irving show that happened in Cine 13.
One side is the recording from the space (a microphone under the stage) the other side the recordings of the keystrokes and sustain pedals (midi signals). The same recording in two formats, a recording from a place and one without “space”.

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SHOOK Vol.1 #10 / Winter 2011 – The Great British issue: Entropy in the UK

In this issue, SHOOK tracks down the prodigal son, DJ Milo, who talks about the Wild Bunch sound system – the test laboratory for Massive Attack and ‘the Bristol Sound’; we celebrate the original pirate station turned legal Kiss FM, as we speak to many of the DJs from the station. We chat exclusively with Keith Mansfield whose music has been used by Dangermouse, Quentin Tarantino and Des Lynham. Bass is the place as we hear Mala reminisce about Metalheadz and DMZ, and we sit down with Sticky, the man who made Ms. Dynamite say Booo! We run down our survey of the UK’s record shops – from buying northern soul in Blackburn to reggae in Tottenham; and include stories on Queen of Lovers Rock, Carroll Thompson, Brit funkers Cymande and the very special United Vibrations; as well as teaching you how to run a record label, with Firecracker, RAMP Recordings and First Word. Plus we meet the new techno visionaries like Sei A and Wbeeza, and live it up in the Northern Quarter with Mr. Scruff, Graham Massey, Maddslinky and Hoya:Hoya

Editor: Jez Smadja

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SUP MAGAZINE issue 23

Featuring interviews & photo stories with:
Azari & III, Ben Frost, Blondes, Bo Ningen, Bridezilla, Connan Mockasin, DJ Nate, Etienne Jaumet, Holy Fuck, Kisses, Mystery Jets, Night Slugs, Oneohtrix Point Never, Penguin Prison, Prince Rama and Tensnake

+ Genre Feature:
Occult Rock: Blood Ceremony, The Devil’s Blood, Ghost & Sabbath Assembly

Photos and artwork from:
David Berezin, Coley Brown, Sanna Charles, Petra Collins, Bea Fremderman, Leonard Greco, Paul Herbst, Jói Kjartans, Andreas Lux, Mathieu Malouf & Hejji Shin, Asher Penn, Pedro Ramos, Ward Robinson, Dan Wilton & Milan Zrnic

Contributing Writers:
Marisa Brickman, Jeff Burch, Cameron Cook, Natalie Hardwick, Bryan Hood, Josh Jones, Laura Martin, Marek Steven, Ari Spool, Mitch Strashnov, Chau Tu

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Olaf Nicolai – Innere Stimme

An autonomous text written by Jean-Luc Nancy on occasion of the work (Innere Stimme) by Olaf Nicolai, presented at the Vleeshal in Middelburg from November 11 – December 12 2010. ‘Innere Stimme’ is the title of a notation by Robert Schumann in his Humoreske, Op. 20, used by Nicolai as instruction for a sound performance. Design: Roger Willems. Text in French and English.

Artist: Olaf Nicolai / Jean-Luc Nancy
In collaboration with: De Vleeshal Middelburg
Published by Roma Publications
2010

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BOOKS + RECORDS an ongoing accumulation.

Chris Newmyer and Denise Schatz
Parts of this book were originally published in 01 Magazine’s 5th issue, DUO.

Published by Miniature Garden

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