Encens #27 – Back to Japan / 2012
Featuring: Deorah Turbeville, Zoran, Gerard Pipart, Mary Mcfadden, Yvonne Sporre, Mako Yamzaki….
cura.#9
cura. is a magazine devoted to contemporary art, with texts in Italian and English. Inside issue #09, Fall
2011, you’ll find:
Cover by Benoît Maire
INSIDE THE COVER
Benoît Maire
words by vincent honoré
AROUND THE WORLD
Pontus Hultén. The Exhibition Machine
lorenzo benedetti
Female Power Pop
raimar stange
Judith Raum’s World of Things
marina sorbello
Marlon de Azambuja. Theorising Isolation
josé luis corazón ardura
There Are No Ruins Here
mirene arsanios
TALK
Doing It In The Periphery. A conversation
with Linn Pedersen and Thora Dolven Balke
marianne zamecznik
FOCUS
A Sense of Touching. Marlene Dumas
ulrich loock
ANDROID®
based in Berlin
riccardo previdi
LAB
Nico Vascellari
Bus de la Lum
words by filipa ramos
SPOTLIGHT
An Interview with Liudvikas Buklys
chris fitzpatrick
LAB
Deborah Ligorio
Paesaggio
words by christiane rekade
FASHION CURATING
Interview with Sabine Seymour
dobrila denegri
BOOKS
Participating Politically
felix vogel & morten paul
Myths, Ethics and Narrative
Strategies of Superhero Fiction
adrian tranquilli & marco arnaudo
AGENDA
edited by sara feola
D 7€
Metropolis M, #5: Survival.
For years, post-colonialism in art was dominated by a heavy, politically correct discourse, generally at a high intellectual level. The debate primarily took place in other countries, such as France and England, where important exhibitions were organized that played a large part in guiding how people think about their colonial past.
In the Netherlands, very little has been said about our colonial past, certainly in the visual arts, where museums and other institutions have seldom broached the issue with any seriousness. Only in the last few years does there seem to be a change in this, thanks to a new generation of artists and curators who have the courage to investigate the subject with a certain amount of lightness. Obtrusive moralizing is avoided, and although one is always still in search of confrontation, there is also space for keeping things in a different perspective.
This fall, De Appel and SMBA are devoting exhibitions and events to this question. Metropolis M also pauses to take a look. A society that is so imbued with its own past, as we are, cannot ignore the dubious side of its history.
This issue also includes a follow-up to the protests expressed in the previous issue. Where it loudly voiced objections to the decimated budgets in the cultural sector, we pause here under the title ‘Survival’ to examine the background of the cutbacks and look at how we can best respond to them. Strategic analyses are interspersed with tips about how to be stronger in moving forward, out of the crisis.
Finally, we are extremely pleased that Tirdad Zolghadr, an Iranian writer and curator based in New York, has agreed to write columns for us over the coming year. His beautiful first contribution immediately sets high expectations.
– Domeniek Ruyters
OPENING
dOCUMENTA (13) thinks ahead
by Domeniek Ruyters
COLUMN
Period Room
by Tirdad Zolghadr
SURVIVAL
Politicians without a party
Markus Miessen on ‘crossbench praxis’
by Domeniek Ruyters
Money isn’t everything
Interview with Matthew Slotover from Frieze
by JJ Charlesworth
FEATURES
The art of Wilfredo Prieto
by Inti Guerrero
The Netherlands in postcolonial perspective
by Alice Smits
‘Spectres’ by Sven Augustijnen
by Stefaan Vervoort
Discovery Channel
Kianoosh Motallebi, Maarten vanden Eynde, Edith Dekyndt
by Ilse van Rijn
Published by Stichting Metropolis M
Editor in Chief: Domeniek Ruyters
D 10€
Basso Magazin #8: The Rest Is Revolution.
A compilation of text and images with contributions by Adi Khalif, Adrian Hermanides, Assume Vivid Astro Focus, Baltazar Castor, Benjamin Alexander Huseby, Berglind & Funi, Billy Miller amongst others.
Ideas, redaction, layout: Yusuf Etiman
D 8€
Mousse #30.
Mousse is a bimonthly magazine published in Italian and English . Established in 2006, Mousse contains interviews, conversations, and essays by some of the most important figures in international criticism and curation, alternated with a series of distinctive columns in a unique tabloid format.
Mousse magazine number 30 including texts by Monika Szewczyk, Dieter Roelstraete, Nicholas Cullinan, Ana Teixeira Pinto, Jan Verwoert amongst others.
Editor In Chief: Edoardo Bonaspetti
Art Director: Francesco Valtolina
D 8€
Quick #5: Haris Epaminonda.
Alle Bilder / All pictures: Haris Epaminonda
Herausgeber / Editor: Arno Auer
Gestaltung / Design: Franziska Nast / Arno Auer
D 7€
Kaleidoscope #12 – Fall 2011
Kaleidoscope is an international quarterly of contemporary art and culture. Distributed worldwide on a seasonal basis, it offers a timely guide to the present (but also to the past and possible futures) with an interdisciplinary and unconventional approach.
HIGHLIGHTS: Public Movement interview by Alhena Katsof; RON NAGLE INTERVIEW BY STERLING RUBY; Lucie Stahl by Joanna Fiduccia; The Suburbs by Michele D’Aurizio; Uri Aran by Bartholomew Ryan.
MAIN THEME: STATE OF THE ART BOOK: EXPERIMENTAL COLLECTIBLE LIONEL BOVIER AND AA BRONSON IN CONVERSATION; Why the Book? by Chris Sharp; Special Project by Nina Beier; Secondary into Primary
‘c5bäke and Gavin Wade in conversation; Archive Fever Chris Decon interviewed by Florencia Serrot.
MONO: BERNADETTE CORPORATION: I Can’t Go On, I’ll Go On words by Chris Wiley; Matter Expands Away by Vincenzo Latronico; IF EVERYTHING WORKS INTERVIEW BY ANNIE OCHMANEK; Special Project by Bernadette Corporation.
COLUMNS: PIONEERS: Hannah Wilke by Simone Menegoi; FUTURA: David Hominal interview by Hans Ulrich Obrist; MAPPING THE STUDIO: Louise Hervé & Chloé Maillet by Luca Cerizza; ON EXHIBITION: “Carlo Mollino. Maniera Moderna” by Paola Nicolin; LAST QUESTION: What Is Going on out in the Street? answer by Ari Marcopoulos.
D 7.50€
Available for Distribution
The Gentlewoman issue #4
The fourth edition of The Gentlewoman features fascinating conversations with women who are masters of their respective crafts. Actress Olivia Williams, author Jennifer Egan, fashion recruitment mogul Floriane de Saint Pierre, CEO Apollonia Poilâne, jewellery designer Gaia Repossi and actress Sofie Gråbøl discuss how they forged brilliant careers and new vocations through their style, virtuosity and force of will. For added viewing pleasure, this issue also boasts a wealth of fantastic fashion stories – from chic solutions for the working day to modern propositions for glamorous evenings.
The Gentlewoman is a fabulous biannual magazine for modern women of purpose. Featuring ambitious journalism and photography of the highest quality, the magazine celebrates inspirational, international women through its distinctive combination of glamour, personality and wit. The Gentlewoman offers a fresh and intelligent perspective on fashion that is focused on personal style – the way women actually look, think and dress.
D 7,50€
Instant 02: Le Grand Voyage Immobile
Sim Kyeoul (a.k.a. Sim Winter) takes a contemplative views on a drowsy morning in her warm bed.
Hwang Boeun (a.k.a. BBossing) shows an ordinary thanks giving day at her home. Like her grandmother who is going out and her mother who is hanging laundries..
Ji Yoonsun takes immobile scenes that she saw while she was living at 114th Old Oak Road in London.
Sohn Woosung talks about the silence in his room that he found out afresh but wontedly.
And Im Minyung presents the picture of people over the window on snowy days.
Artists:
Sim Kyeoul (a.k.a. Sim Winter)
Hwang Boeun (a.k.a. BBossing)
Ji Yoonsun
Sohn Woosung
Im minyung
D €10
Quick #4: Uncertainty Principle, Iñaki Bonillas
All Bilder / All pictures: Iñaki Bonillas
Gestaltung / Design: Franziska Nast / Arno Auer
Herausgeber / Editor: Arno Auer
36 Pages
D €7
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