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2014
Beechwood, acrylic, varnish, silicone
Labeled cardboard box
Signed and numbered
Manufactured by Christian Lettow, Berlin
Published by Motto Books in an edition of 38 plus 2 gay proofs
#1-10 350€ each (+tax)
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The Reminder. Behnam Sadighi. Motto Books
This publication is part of the project The Reminder by Behnam Sadighi, conceived in the frame of the fellowship programme MOP CAP 2013 with an exhibition at The Showroom from September 8 – 13, 2014 and the residency programme Delfina Foundation in London.
From December 2013 to October 2014 Behnam Sadighi worked closely with curator and theorist Doreen Mende to develop his The Reminder project for the MOP CAP 2013 Winner’s Exhibition. Prior to the exhibition Behnam undertook a three-month residency at the Delfina Foundation. As part of the Prize a series of events including an exhibition, a panel discussion and a book launch formed Behnam Saidghi’s fellowship during his stay in London.
Sadighi’s work is founded in documentary photography. He develops his ideas through the phenomena of his surroundings caused by socio-political and cultural issues. The experiences that have the most powerful effects on Iranian lifestyle and relationships, particularly in urban environments. These changes in phenomena and self, play an integral role in reflecting his personal interpretation of life and living.
The Reminder is an attempt towards an-other look at the Facebook profile pictures of Iran’s youth. Through a reconstruction of the portraits their authorship is lost in the midst of their innumerability. These pictures, usually taken as snapshots, seem to conceal the represented person as well as all of the elements that characterise them. Does such loss of the authorship and privation of representation occur because of the countlessness of the photographs, or is it because their viewers are skimming through them so quickly? Is it caused by a desire in making and/or representing a different sort of being in a matter of seconds? Or, it is such way of doing, a remembrance of an existence that shares the untold and the hidden in a corner of time?
(Each publication includes one poster from a series of eight.)
Language: English / Farsi
Size: 20 x 27.5 cm
ISBN: 9782940524297
€10.00
Delfina Foundation in collaboration with MOP CAP 2013 hosts a publication launch
BEHNAM SADIGHI
THE REMINDER
24 October 2014
5–7PM
Delfina Foundation
29/31 Catherine Place
London SW1E 6DY
With text contributions in English and Farsi by Behnam Sadighi, an essay by Doreen Mende, and a conversation with Hamid Severi (on Skype). The graphic concept was conceived by Laure Giletti. The print edition is published by Motto Books.
A special edition of THE REMINDER will be available at the launch.
The publication is part of THE REMINDER project by Behnam Sadighi, conceived in the frame of the fellowship programme MOP CAP 2013 with an exhibition at The Showroom from September 8 – 13, 2014 and a residency Delfina Foundation in London.
THE REMINDER is an attempt towards another look at the Facebook profile pictures of Iran’s youth. These pictures, usually taken as snapshots, seem to conceal the represented person as well as all of the elements that characterise them. What does a photograph tell us about the user’s proposal of a social space, articulated through a profile image, and what may it hide to protect its portrayed author? What does a photograph loose in the midst of the unaccountability of photographs in a social media platform? To explore these questions, Sadighi reconstructed eight of these profile portraits while meeting those portrayed in person at the locations where the pictures were taken. With investigative commitment, he includes the surrounding details in each photo in order to reproduce them in a large-scale with the help of a 4 × 5 view camera. This project, like a clue in an adventure, proposes the greater question of how to reconnect to our transformed identity within today’s digital age, and how not to reveal it. Because, here the revelation is like a reminder of loss.
THE REMINDER
BEHNAM SADIGHI
32 pages + cover print
English/Farsi
Edited by Doreen Mende
Design by Laure Giletti
Published by Motto Books
ISBN 978-2-940524-29-7
Funded by MOP Foundation
SKYLINE IS THE BY-LINEZZ by Karl Holmqvist / Motto Books
18 pages
17 x 24.5 cm
Edition of 800
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zweikommasieben #9 launch w, Helena Hauff (PAN) @ Motto Berlin.05.07.2014.
Please join us for the Berlin launch of zweikommasieben #9, with:
Helena Hauff (PAN, Werkdiscs, Panzerkreuz Records)
Four S (Haunter Records)
Konkrit
zweikommasieben (2,7) is a Swiss music journal that has been devoted to the documentation of contemporary club culture since the summer of 2011. Each issue features artist interviews and essays, as well as a particular focus on design, photography and illustration.
Artists featured in the new issue include: Andy Stott, The Haxan Cloak, TR\\ER (aka Truss & Tessela), Cyclobe, Helena Hauff, Ensemble Economique & AUN, Terranova, Call Super and Vatican Shadow.
Published by Präsens Editionen & Motto Books.
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Saturday 5th July, 16.00 start.
Motto Berlin
Skalitzer Str. 68
im Hinterhof
10997 Berlin
Of Democracy / De la Démocratie by Henri Chopin
© 1984 Henri Chopin ‘Enluminure’, Fondazione Morra, Naples
Published by Motto Books & Supportico Lopez, June 2014
English and French facsimile
Staple bound
Edition of 1000 copies
Price: €10.00
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UO
Edition of 500
Each original paperback is different
10 color plates
1 thermo printed index
Language: variable
Pages: variable
Size: variable
Weight: variable
Binding: Softcover
ISBN: 9782940524228
Szondi/Eden
Published on the occasion of the 8th Berlin Biennale.
Silkscreen in black and silver.
Edition of 300.
Author: Olaf Nicolai
Publisher: Motto Books
Language: English / German
Binding: Hardcover
€45.00
Film as a Form of Writing
Film as a Form of Writing is published and distributed by Motto Books in collaboration with WIELS. The trilingual book, designed by Joris Kritis, centres around a recent in-depth interview conducted by critic Quinn Latimer with Akram Zaatari.
Akram Zaatari: ‘It is a film, a thought that took the form of an artwork. As with most of my work, it is made for time; it is both a testimony of where I come from and a mark I care to leave for the future—again as thought, not as data or records. Let’s call it alternative writing that uses the form of letters.’
Softcover, 170 x 220 mm, 72 pages, ill. b/w
Edited by Dirk Snauwaert and Caroline Dumalin
Texts by Dirk Snauwaert, Quinn Latimer and Akram Zaatari
Graphic design by Joris Kritis
Languages: English, French, Dutch
Published by WIELS & Motto Books
ISBN: 978-9-078937-22-7
€15.00
Alex Turgeon. ‘WELCOME 2 KANADA’
“Don’t expect a turkey dog here”
Exhibition + Reading + Book Launch
26.04.2014
from 7pm
reading @ 8pm