A journey of escape
The closer he gets to the border
The more he feels
What is truly disappearing
Press the shutter
Compress your thoughts
Through the aperture
Hidden in photographs
Becoming the shadow of light
On the barren snowfield
Perhaps you’ll begin to miss home
“We are all dust.” – Philip Pecker
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“At first; mountains are mountains and rivers are rivers; while you are studying, mountains are no longer mountains and rivers are no longer rivers; but once you have had enlightenment, mountains are once again mountains and rivers again rivers.” — “Transmission of the Lamp” (Song Dynasty)
Artist Yan Kallen studied and lived overseas for many years, participating in many museum and gallery exhibitions abroad. However, Yan always regarded Hong Kong as home. Upon his return from Kyoto, Yan captured his own understanding and sentiments of Hong Kong using traditional Chinese painting style in combination with epiphany derived from Zen school of thought originating from Song Dynasty.
In this city, old houses are demolished every day and construction in process is found everywhere — around any corner, you can find a new high-rise building that seemingly came from nowhere. Revisiting places that were etched into his memory before he left Hong Kong as a child, this book starts from the home of Yan’s grandfather in Pak Hung House in Choi Wan Estate, Ngau Chi Wan. In this easily forgotten place surrounded by high cement walls, how can one gently set down one’s memories?
Perhaps this is a question that every one of us need to answer for ourselves.
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Atelier Antwerp is a portraits collection of contemporary Belgian Artists.
Featuring Sarah Neutkens – Porcelain id – Melody Van Gompel – Misha Demoustier – Nora El Koussour – Sam de Nef – Thibaud Frank Dooms – Lisa – Koo Gautama – Roosbeef- Kleine Crack – Gijs & Lisa – the Visual – Willem Ardui – Noa Lee – The Haunted Youth – Whispering Sons.
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The Aforementioned examines the dynamic relationship between object and human usage. It’s a collection of images that document the objects we encounter in daily life, in a personal yet archival manner.
This collection provides a soulful / geometric interpretation of the linkage between the object and the user. Some object stands oddly intruding from its environment, some sits quietly hidden from any attention, whether artificial or natural, object serves a purpose to someone or something at one point in time. From a cut opened steel fence to mystery hands at an intersection, they are seemingly unrelated yet deeply connected. The sequence reflects on the randomness of a daily encounter giving each occurrence a voice of its own.
Designed by Louis Kang
Introduction by Valarie Frost
Printed with Sensations Print in Taipei
Edition of 100
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10.02.2023 – 03.04.2023 @ Motto Berlin
Ein Jahrhundert der Verletzten Männer / A Century of Injured Men
Bernhard Cella and Art&Girls
STEPPUBLISHER – HO KING MAN
OPENING 4/4 2023 FROM 6PM
TWO FINGERS IN & OUT
ZOOM
W/UNFINISHED/DRAFTING/ONGOING/RECREATING/MISSING
A LETTER A
A LADDER A
AAA A
AAAAA
AAAAAAA
A SLIP
A WORD
A STORY
A POSTER
A SOUND
A LETTER
FROM THE OTHER SIDE OF WATT
Works by BHKM, Casey Robbins, Ho King Man, Jyugam, mafmadmaf, Xiaowu, and WATT
Weekly Watt Chapters
4/10 (? – tbc)
4/17 (? – tbc)
4/24 mafmadmaf
EXHIBITION 4/5 – 4/29
Motto Berlin
Skalitzer Str. 68
10997, Berlin
Special 70th edition “THE STAR POWER ISSUE” (yellow cover).
THE BITCH IS BACK! See the return of pop’s most perennially talked about legend, Britney Spears, photographed by Mario Testino for our starpower issue. Plus: Joan Smalls by Alasdair McLellan, Carolyn Murphy by Danielle and Iango, and the best of spring fashion.
Contents:
Britney Spears photographed by Mario Testino
Celine Dion
Giselle Bündchen
Stevie Wonder
Liberace
Lea T
Zahia Dehar
Power Agents
Hollywood Legends
L.A. Infamy
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“Healing The Museum” is a mid-career monograph looking at Grace Ndiritu’s diverse practice over the last twenty years, which encompasses performance, film, shamanism, social actions, painting, publications, textile work, and collection research. The large selection of artworks included in the publication are in a dialogue with each other, further enriched by in-depth conversations with Brook Andrew, Gareth Bell-Jones, and Philippe Van Cauteren, and written contributions from Ifeanyi Awachie, Ann Hoste, and Hammad Nasar. The monograph’s publication coincides with the eponymous exhibition at S.M.A.K.–Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst in Ghent.
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Stefan Marx (*1979) is a Hamburg based artist. His T-shirt label The Lousy Livincompany is a platform for his drawings published on T-shirts. He has worked for numerous skateboard and T-shirt labels worldwide. His artist books are published by Nieves, Rollo-Press, and Christoph Keller Editions/JRP Ringier – beside these releases he publishes regulary by himself. All Smallville Records releases are visually defined by Marx’ drawings. Smallville Records is also the label of his band The Dead Sea. He has lectured widely in Germany and taught Drawing at the Bauhaus University in Weimar.
