PARROT. Karl Larsson.
Edited by Kim West.
Published by Paraguay Press.
Design by Pascal Prosek.
September 2010. English.
Edition of 1000
11 x 18,4 cm, 80 pages, b/w, softcover

Parrot is the third book written by Swedish artist Karl Larsson, whose work consistently explores language, writing, and narrative in relation to historical and contemporary experiments in literature and art. Parrot originates from a research conducted by the artist on the work of Marcel Broodthaers, who famously withdrew from poetry and developed a fascination for birds — as in the famous piece from 1976 Ne dites pas que je ne l’ai pas dit.

Parrot by Karl Larsson is a 80-pages long poetical essay – or maybe an analytical piece of poetry – about the repetition, the dissemination, and the crystallization of words and their meanings. It is a book about bodies, containers, and documents. It harbors, generates and repeats poetical statements. A parrot is a bird whose body is inhabited by others: it mimicks their language and creates comical and uncanny resemblances. It is a very beautiful bird.

Karl Larsson – Parrot was produced in conjunction with the exhibition “Parrot” Marcel Broodthaers and Karl Larsson, at Index – The Swedish Contemporary Art Foundation, Stockholm, Sept-Oct 2010.

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Katalog / Desire in Representation. Peggy Buth.
Designed in collaboration with Till Gathmann, published by Spector Books, Leipzig, 2010.
Exhibition at Württembergischer Kunstverein Stuttgart 12 sep 2009 – 3 jan 2010.

D 35€

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Little & Large Editions was set up to produce and distribute little and large editions. Our plan is to offer artists the opportunity to work with us on fabricating their ideas. We want to work with both little and large artists, the hope is that the large artists will help pay for the little artists and occasionally vice versa. Our goal is to realise things and make these things available.
Our aim is to run this company as a non profit organisation.
We want to make money for artists who need money and some for those who do not.

We’d like to offer editions that we would like to own and ones that you will want to buy. Any profits, both little and large, will go directly back into running the company.

We are proud to present our first edition with Dave Allen –
It swung back and forth, back and forth until forever. Then it stopped and howled endlessly.
A 12″ vinyl record with printed sleeve will be played and for sale at Motto or through our website www.littleandlargeeditions.com

Drinks will be served – dress accordingly
start: 20pm

Carry-on. David Horvitz.
text by Helga Christoffersen
Published by Galerie West
168 x 240 mm
16 pages

This publication appears on the occasion of the exhibition CARRY-ON (Galerie West, Den Haag / September 4, 2010 – October 2, 2010) with work by Michael Bell-Smith, Paul Branca, Colleen Brown, Dylan Chatain, Joanne Cheung and Beau Sievers, Dexter Sinister, Marley Freeman, Marc Handelman, Tim Ridlen, Maxwell Simmer, Ed Steck, Penelope Umbrico.

D 5€
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Güterzug #3 – De gustibus non est disputandum.
summer 2010.
Published by Beerbird Press.

A pocket full of steel. 64 pages of yardmaster advices,
pinman tales and hoghead talk. Depot Diamonds and Traffic Treasures.

D 6€
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Der Baum. Erik van der Weijde.
Published by 4478ZINE.
48 pages. 17×24 cm. offset printed.

Der Baum shows 44 photographs of trees, taken by Van der Weijde over the past few years.

The list of places where the photographs were taken includes different locations in Europe and Brazil. Their descriptions range from specified historical sites, such as the elementary school Adolf Hitler attended, or the street where kidnap victim Natasha Kampusch was held, to unidentified places as for example ‘school’, ‘road’ or ‘park’.

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Correct me if I’m critical

DISCUSSION 5 October 2010 @ Motto
Critical Imagination Against State Control

17:00 Ida Börjel and Andrzej Tichý “Citizens without Boundaries”

18.00 Perihan Mağden

As part of the the multi-venue and platform exhibition program correct me if i’m critical the discussion event “Critical imagination against state control” is based on the idea of imagines Motto, the bookstore as a place for imagination. Being composed of two reading sessions, and inviting two different practices, it aims to open a discussion about how state control and political representations are controlling public imagination, and how critical imagination is possible today in terms of activism and literature.

What is the role of literature, political fiction, and activism today in order to create a collectively conscious memory against mainstream culture and uniformity?

Adnan Yıldız will moderate the session after updating the audience with the coming publication of “correct me if i’m critical” as well as introducing the web project from Florian Zeyfang (www.florian-zeyfang.de).

www.correctmeifimcritical.org
www.citizenswithoutboundaries.org

The Gentlewoman #2, Autumn and Winter 2010

The Gentlewoman is a biannual style magazine for a new decade. Featuring inspirational, international women, it pairs ambitious journalism with a sartorial and intelligent perspective on fashion that is focused on personal style – the way women actually look, think and dress. The second issue of The Gentlewoman features in-depth interviews with photographer Inez van Lamsweerde, artist Yoko Ono, comedian Julia Davis, singer-songwriter Cathy Dennis and businesswoman Meena Pathak, as well as fantastic fashion series by renowned photographers such as Inez van Lamsweerde & Vinoodh Matadin, Terry Richardson, Alasdair McLellan, Willy Vanderperre, Liz Collins, Daniel Riera, Anuschka Blommers & Niels Schumm and Benjamin Alexander Huseby.

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FANTASTIC MAN #12
Autumn and winter 2010

On the cover and inside the magazine is the very gentleman Mr. BRYAN FERRY photographed at home by Mr. JUERGEN TELLER. Other in-depth profiles and photo series include Mr. DAVID WALLIAMS, the comedy actor who recently married the world’s no. 1 model LARA STONE; Mr. AI WEIWEI, the artist who is about to reveal his commission for Tate Modern’s Turbine Hall; Mr. FEDERICO MARCHETTI of the pioneering retail website YOOX; and Mr. STEFANO TONCHI, the New York editor who has the eyes of the fashion industry on him following his recent takeover at W magazine.
This issue is one of great innovation, including an entire FANTASTIC MAN fashion show presenting forty looks for the autumn and winter seasons. Titled THE SUPER SHOW, each outfit is presented in a full catwalk setting, the clothes selected and combined from the best designer collections.

D 7,5€
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This set of 20 postcards by
Bart de Beats, Julia Born & Laurenz brunner, Julien Carreyn, Sulki & Min Choi, Bardhi Haliti, Paul Haworth & Sam de Groot, Karl Holmqvist, Frank Koolen, Florian Ludwig, Mark Manders, Stefan Marx & Harsh Patel, Olaf Nicolai, Asher Penn, Maxwell Simmer, Josh Smith, Zach Sternwalker, Triin Tamm, Erik van der Weijde, Renato Zülli
is published of occasion of Unter dem Motto 2010, Art book fair, second edition, 3-5 september 2010.
Limited edition.

D 12€
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