Septembre 3-5, 2010
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“The Object Lag” and book launch “Figures of Speech”
August 24th, 2010, 7 pm at Archive Kabinett in Dieffenbachstraße 31, Berlin.

On invitation by Falke Pisano and Archive kabinett, Emily Williams presents “The Object Lag”, a yearlong project she is currently curating at Nieuwe Vide art space in Haarlem, as guest curator for 2010. The event will double as the Berlin book launch of Pisano’s publication “Figures of Speech”.

The Object Lag, is an open evolving structure that seeks to place the emphasis on the interrelated contexts that orbit the object. Seeing the object and its experience, as something that is constantly in movement and so open to an infinite amount of possibilities and readings. The Object Lag transforms the common curatorial practice of organizing and arranging into the very material itself, with its dynamic evolution resting on the contributions made by numerous artists and designers, activating, translating and feeding back into its structure.

The five interrelated parts of The Object Lag are entitled Form & Content, Translation, The Archaeology of Autonomy, Cross-Reference, and The Intangible, each taking on a different stance toward the object. Part One, posed the self-referential question of how it should carry itself, to unfold naturally in relation and reaction to its content? Part Two, brought together artists and designers reflecting on the notion of translation and in Part Three The Object Lag juxtaposed its dynamic structure with a working period in the Teylers Museum in Haarlem, with performances and temporary interventions made by artists and designers intersecting the static nature of its 224 year old museum model, challenging the notion of autonomy.

Preceding Part Four- Cross-Reference, where a selection of writings and thesis’ by artists and designers form the next departure point, Williams reflects on The Object Lag with a presentation in Archive kabinett. Often referring to her role within the project as a choreographer of events, her position as a curator is not fixed but merges with and informs her artistic practice. For this presentation she brings to the foreground, the very personal artistic constellation of thoughts and ideas that formed the starting point for this multi faceted curatorial project.

The event on the 24th of August will simultaneously serve as the Berlin booklaunch of Falke Pisano’s publication Figures of Speech. Published by JRP Ringier / Christopher Keller Editions Figures of Speech is largely based on a performative practice of writing and involves a circulation and exchange of language, ideas, and form. The publication comprises Pisano’s recent work with a focus on the act of speech in relation to different forms of agency in artistic production. Although less outspoken than in Emily Williams’ curatorial and artistic practice, the notion of “the object” functions as a constant reference point; one that is both strategically affirmed and negated.

Archive Kabinett is a platform from where to experiment with formats and concepts related to the field of publishing. Its intent is to investigate art practices in the context of a wider cultural and social environment. Archive Kabinett’s agenda is focused on the shifting cultural values and distribution possibilities, aiming also to encourage a critical discussion around the function of an exhibition. From this starting point, it translates, organizes, and circulates critically invested materials. Archive Kabinett is also the editorial office of Archive Books and Archive Journal. The design of its space is an ongoing collaboration project with the architectural practice nOffice.

ARCHIVE KABINETT
Dieffenbachstraße 31, 10967 Berlin
Opening hours: Monday-Saturday 3pm-8pm
U8 Schönleinstraße
U1 Kottbusser Tor
www.archivekabinett.org

“The Lift & the Space/Object”
Author: Maria Jeglinska, Office for Design & Research
Designed by Olivier Lebrun featuring typefaces by Emmanuel Rey
Text by: EESTT (Eastern European Study Think Tank)
48 pages
210mm x 297mm
Colour offset printing
2010

D 9.50€
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Motto is pleased to stock Metropolis M!

Metropolis M N.4 August- September

Featuring Monica Bonvicini on Power and Sexuality by Johannes Wendland, The Amsterdam Connection In Conversation with Jan Dibbets and Ger van Elk by Nathalie Zonnenberg, The Future of the Museum Part 1: Clémentine Deliss on the Museum der Weltkulturen by Marion Ritter and Artists on Doing Their Doctoral Research by Ilse van Rijn.

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Wolfgang Tillmans – Serpentine Gallery

The Catalogue is published on the occasion of the exhibition Wolfgang Tillmans at the Serpentine Gallery, London, 26 June – 19 September 2010.

Exhibition curated by Julia Peyton-Jones.

zigaretten rauchen
tone poems in slow rhythm
Ariane Müller, Klaus Weber, Martin Ebner, Ellen Gutovsky

Sonntag, 22. August, 21h
n.b.k.
Chausseestraße 128
Berlin

The third Adios publication features a selection of young Finnish artists picked by it’s editor in chief, Konsta Ojala.

It  features Timo Vaittinen, Konsta Ojala, Germes Crew, Janne Martola, Mark Kuivanen, Tommi Musturi, Samu Nyholm, Vilunki 3000 and Sauli Sirvio.

Hardback, Gold leaf embossed cover, 200 pages

D 35€
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Adios #1 & #2 still available!

The Climbing of Buildings, Fences and other Opportunities, Jeroen Jongeleen. MRV-03.
Published by MORAVA.
Edition of 100 copies.

“The Climbing of Buildings, Fences and other Opportunities” documents one of the projects which has for years been developed by Jeroen Jongeleen. A few dozen photographs, a great many of which have never been published before, make up a visual story about overcoming natural and architectural barriers, about courage and solitude, and about the joy of reaching ever new summits. Jeroen Jongeleen is equally enthusiastic when climbing trees at night and a few dozen metres’ smokestacks. He is most often by himself. Moreover, he makes pictures of himself in these situations. In the book, however, he is accompanied by a text by Peter Kazil, a Rotterdam-based theoretician and urban explorer.

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Reponse Floue, Jeremie Egry. MRV-04.
Published by MORAVA
Edition of 100 copies.

“Réponse Floue”, prepared in full by Jérémie Egry, is a booklet with a few reproductions of his photographs. Jérémie is a young French artist who is active primarily in photography but also in objects and videos, often blurring the borderline between individual so-called areas. Together with his three friends (Aurélien Arbet, Nicolas Poillot and Marco Barrera) he runs a publishing house JSBJ (www.jesuisunebandedejeunes.com), which issues zins and art books.

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