Birdwatching, Alex Hanimann
This book was published by Edition Fink on occasion of the exhibition of Alex Hanimann at the Neue Kunst Halle St. Galle, in conjunction with the Musée d’art moderne et contemporain (MAMCO – Genf).
Featuring Gianni Jetzer and Albena Yaneva.
Published by Edition Fink.
D 17€
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Alpine Star by Ron Jude
The source of the photographs in Alpine Star is the weekly newspaper from the artist’s hometown in Central Idaho. The poetic element of these images – that unnamed, abstract subtext found in every photograph – is inflated here through the process of subtle manipulation and nuanced sequencing. While offering a world of loss and isolation, the pictures also suggest the cross-pollination of personal history and collective memory.
Published by A-Jump Books.
D 15€
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LeviGeyer, René Levi & Karen Geyer
Vinyl and booklet, 38min 44sec
Published by Edition Fink on occasion of the collective exhibition “Diaolog I” at Kunsthalle Palazzo Liestal
Featuring Marcel Schmid and Text Andrea Domesle
D 50€
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Svart Metall by Grant Willing
Grant Willing’s ongoing photographic series Svart Metall is a meditation on the ineffable qualities of an unsubtle musical subculture, Black Metal. Though its sonic qualities are challenging even for some metalheads, its Nordic atmospherics and paganistic themes are arguably evocative for a diverse range of artists. The photographs are allusive of the themes black metal culture treats, and presented in a surprisingly informal way—printed on bleached newsprint stock. On this ephemeral paper, the photographs retain a stately quality but gain a more disorienting sense.
D 10€
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Modern Life of The Soul by Melanie Bonajo
Melanie Bonajo’s series of photographs Modern Life of The Soul, created in collaboration with Kinga Kielcynzska, make up this beautifully designed tabloid-format artist’s book. Depicting it’s characters in the depths of the polish woodland, the images are deep rooted in the idea of humankind’s return to nature. Through Bonajo’s recurring use of the body as part of obscure sculptures, the work is both haunting and beautiful and somehow gives a nod to religion along the way.
D 10€
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Noir Complex – City, Story, Destruction & Death.
Curated by Maik Schlüter and featuring Jerry Berndt (USA), Laura Bielau (GER), David Deutsch (USA), Charles Gaines (USA), Caroline Hake (GER), Andreas Schulze (GER), Clare Strand (GB), Amy Patton (USA) and Marco Poloni (CH).
This book was published by Spector Books (Leipzig) on occasion of the exhibition Noir Complex – City, Story, Destruction & Death, May 29 – August 22, 2010, at Magazin4 – Bregenzer Kunstverein, Potsdam.
D 16€
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Faund #9, FBCDN
Through a selection of finders presented in a printed album, Faund aims to highlight the value of internet-found images.
The guest of this ninth issue made a selection of unexpected and beautiful photos from the Facebooks servers. This new era of privacy exposes a huge amount of images. Among them valuable surprises can be found.
D 15€
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Uncorporate Identity by Metahaven
An adventurous collection of design projects around visual identity and politics which presents the visual projects and writings of design studio Metahaven, along with a host of contributing writers
Published by Lars Müller Publishers.
Out Of Print
100 Chairs in 100 Days and its 100 Ways by Martino Gamper
Martino Gamper made a chair a day in a bid to make 100 chairs in 100 days. Using a stock pile of discarded and donated chairs, Gamper created his new chairs from elements of existing ones. By deconstructing the chair he gains a new insight into its construction and use of materials which informs the creation of the new design. The process is immediate and spontaneous, like sketching in three dimensions
Second edition, published by Dent-de-Leone
(out of print)
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Epistle To Westphalia by Super A
In his newest book the Melanesian theorist and theologian SUPER A presents an insightful chronicle into the future of cargo cult. Extracted from the practices of his home island, New Hanover, SUPER A (formerly known as the alter ego of stunt legend Evil Knievel. ) elaborates on the basics of the cult and shows the difficult implications of simulation and over-identification today. While under the influence of US Army in the mid 40’s and 50’s the islanders of Melanesia developed an ostentatious practice mimicking the US culture, worshipping the wealth (cargo!) of the foreigners in the hope of its return. What became hereafter ridiculed by many for its naivety, the islanders cleared the indigenous forests, built faked airplanes and landing strips, even elected Lyndon Johnson to be their president, poses a challenge to the dialectics of economy and creativity, but is a model for marketing and political resistance, as Prof. Dr. Liebl shows in his epilogue. In this step-to-step manifesto the book draws from the rich heritage of cargo cult and shows its renewed promise for the 21st century. The book combines a richly illustrated part and an epistle to the land of Westphalia (Germany). For anyone involved directly or indirectly with cargo cult, this highly acclaimed book is essential reading.
112 pages 90 illustr.
epilogue by Prof. Dr. Franz Liebl
Published by The Every Day Press.
D 35€
