Noir Complex – City, Story, Destruction & Death. Spector Books

Posted in Exhibition catalogue, Exhibitions, Motto Berlin store, Motto Zürich store, photography, video on July 21st, 2010
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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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Available for distribution.

Faund #9, FCBDN

Posted in magazines, Motto Berlin store, Motto Zürich store, photography on July 20th, 2010
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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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Available for distribution.

Typeface Cruiser / Ebay Auction Project

Posted in Events, typography on July 17th, 2010

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The typeface “Cruiser” will be in an Ebay auction from July 19th till August 2nd. With each new tenderer a new special character will be introduced into the existing font. Each new special character will be designed by exclusive designers.

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F.R.David: The ‘With Love’ Issue. Will Holder. Corner College (Zürich). 22.07.2010

Posted in Uncategorized on July 17th, 2010
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Corner College lädt Dich herzlich zur folgenden Veranstaltung am nächsten Mittwoch ein:

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When Europe Speaks with One Voice
F.R.DAVID – THE “WITH LOVE,” ISSUE
Will Holder
Wednesday, 22.7.2010, 8 pm
Vortrag in englischer Sprache
http://corner-college.com/Veranstaltungen/1279749600/

During this evening, designer, editor and writer Will Holder presents the seventh issue of de Appel’s “F.R.David”, dealing with “the compression of letter-writing as cybernetic translation – vs. redundant delivery of intention – from one form to another, ‘With Love,”. Including contributions from Alison Knowles, Tine Melzer, Esperanza Rosales and others…

“An Attempt to Evolve, XXIV: Berkeley the circling dog”

Two dogs sit in a room, furnished by a nurturing hand (cut flowers, floral curtains, labelled storage pots). Actually, one of them doesn’t sit, nor lie on the plainly up holstered chaise-longue. His ears hang down, as do the corners of his mouth and the brow above the eyes that
stare desperately into an unseen space. His head is propped up by the wide back of the chaise-longue, which also ensures that he won’t see – only hear the questions from behind his right shoulder, of – the other dog with the pointed ears, sitting: wide-eyed, upright and smiling in
a straight-backed chair; he supports a pad on his right leg (crossed over left), and pen, in hand, to take down the response to

“And if you ever did catch your tail, are you sure it would make you happy?”

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Die Veranstaltungsreihe untersucht die strategische Verwendung von historischem Material im Rahmen künstlerischer Praxen. Anhand von Vorträgen soll thematisiert werden, wie bildende Künstler gegenwärtig historisches Material benutzen um aktuelle Diskurse zu befragen oder
zu unterminieren, und welche narrativen Modelle von (Kunst-)Geschichte dieser Beschäftigung zugrunde liegen.

“When Europe Speaks with One Voice” wird veranstaltet vom Master of Fine Arts (ZHdK), unter der Leitung von Lucie Kolb und Romy Rüegger.

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CORNER COLLEGE
Perla-Mode
Langstrasse 84 / Brauerstrasse 37
CH-8004 Zürich
cornercollege@googlemail.com

Corner College
Perla-Mode

Uncorporate Identity, Metahaven

Posted in graphic design, Motto Berlin store on July 16th, 2010
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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

The Isms of Art 1914-1924 (Reprint)

Posted in Uncategorized on July 16th, 2010

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The Isms of Art 1914–1924 (Reprint 1990) edited by Hans Arp and El Lissitzky

This book examines the avant-garde styles of art during this period. Filled with black-and-white photos and text in three languages—German, French, and English—this reprint of the 1925 book is a fascinating look into modern art history

Lars Müller Publishers

D 20

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Poster Collection 21: Paradise Switzerland

Posted in poster on July 16th, 2010
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Poster Collection 21: Paradise Switzerland
edited by the Museum of Design Zurich

A Spectrum of Swissness through approximately 90 posters by important designers and ad agencies including Aebi und Partner, Otto Baumberger, Emil Cardiaux, Hans Falk, Walter Herdeg, Herbert Leupin, Burkhard Mangold, Herbert Matter, Martin Peikert, Emil Schulthess, Stalder und Suter, Niklaus Stoecklin, Ruf Lanz, Carlo Vivarelli, Weber, Hodel, Schmid, and others

Lars Müller Publishers

D 24,90

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The Reading of Time in the Text of Nature, Klaus Merkel

Posted in photography on July 16th, 2010
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The Reading of Time in the Text of Nature by Klaus Merkel

Photographer and artist Klaus Merkel continues to search for–and record in striking black-and-white photographs–structures in nature and architecture that, no matter where they are, exhibit overlapping patterns and configurations, significant deviations and parallels, and resonate in juxtaposition. In this extension of that program, he has turned his attention to stones, rock landscapes, as well as man made objects, such as temples, ruins and churches

Lars Müller Publishers

D 28

Album of Stones by Klaus Merkel also avaiable

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Temporary Discomfort, Jules Spinatsch

Posted in photography on July 16th, 2010
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Temporary Discomfort by Jules Spinatsch

Temporary Discomfort documents Davos, Genoa, New York and Evian/Geneva in a transitory state of emergency lock-down during the global economic summits. It combines different photographical genres: landscape photography, photojournalism and police photography, though here with the camera lens turned back at the security forces

Lars Müller Publishers

D 29,50

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Reminder: Tonight, Friday 16.07.10: Heidrun Holzfeind: Mexico 68/CU @ Corner College / Motto Zürich

Posted in magazines, Uncategorized on July 16th, 2010

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Corner College lädt Dich herzlich zu einem Vortrag mit
anschliessender Buchvernissage am nächsten Freitag ein.

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Vortrag / Buchvernissage
Heidrun Holzfeind: Mexico 68/CU
Freitag, 16.7.2010, 19 Uhr
http://www.corner-college.com/Veranstaltungen/1279231200

Die in New York lebende Künstlerin Heidrun Holzfeind stellt drei ihrer Arbeiten vor, die unlängst bei Kodoji Press in Baden erschienen sind.

“Mexico 68” besteht aus einer achtzehnteiligen Interviewserie mit ehemaligen Studierenden der Universität Mexiko, die 1968 ein Programm für bürgerliche Freiheiten und gegen die herrschende Repression formulierten. Ihre Anliegen wurden durch die Armee unterdrückt, was schliesslich in einem Massaker endete. “CU” wirft in 53 ganzseitigen Fotografien die Frage auf, inwiefern die Architekturmoderne die Vorstellungen von Freiheit und Gemeinschaft, die sie anfänglich zu ihrem Paradigma erhob, hat oder hätte einlösen können.

Ähnlich verhält es sich mit “Behind the Iron Gate / Za Zelazna Brama”, einer Dokumentation des Lebens in einer Warschauer Planstadt, die in den Jahren 1965-1972 auf den Trümmern des Jüdischen Ghettos errichtet wurde.

Heidrun Holfeinds Arbeit zeichnet sich dadurch aus, dass sie augenscheinlich mit den Mitteln der Dokumentation
arbeitet, damit aber eine Form der künstlerischen Forschung betreibt. Dieser Ansatz erlaubt es Erkenntnisfragen, wie
sie üblicherweise in der Geschichtswissenschaft zum Zuge kommen, um eine ästhetische Form zu erweitern, die subjektive und individuelle Momente einzufangen.

Weitere Informationen zu Heidrun Holzfeind:

http://www.heidrunholzfeind.com

Das Gespräch wird moderiert von Stefan Wagner.

“Mexico 68/CU” erscheint in einer zweibändigen Auflage von 700 Stück. “Behind The Iron Gate / Za Zelazna Brama” erscheint als DVD mit Booklet in einer Auflage von 500 Stück.

Die Veranstaltung erfolgt in Zusammenarbeit mit Motto Zürich und Kodoji Press Baden.

http://www.mottodistribution.com/site/?page_id=4442
http://www.kodoji.com/

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CORNER COLLEGE
Perla-Mode
Langstrasse 84 / Brauerstrasse 37
CH-8004 Zürich
cornercollege@googlemail.com
http://www.corner-college.com
http://www.perla-mode.net