‘Heaven is Real’ John Maus and the Truth of Pop by Adam Harper

John Maus is one of the most intriguing artists in the millennial wave of lo-fi pop, assembling his unique and intimate language from synth pop, disco, baroque classical and church music. Yet Maus’s work is much more than another exercise in retroist hybridity, and his overtures on truth and love are, upon further listening, no mere ironic posturing. Does Maus have something to teach us about arriving at the truth through personal musical expression, or is he on a doomed Romantic adventure? Has he really discovered Heaven – and can he take us there?

ISBN: 978-0-9569524-0-0
174.5 x 108 mm
64 pp, b&w, perfect bound

Design by Wayne Daly

Published 28 July 2011 by Precinct

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Kaleidoscope Issue #11 – Summer 2011

HIGHLIGHTS: Steven Shearer by Dieter Roelstraete; Slavs & Tatars by Carson Chan; Kaari Upson by Quinn Latimer; Alina Szapocznikow by Chris Sharp; Greg Parma-Smith interview by Nicolas Guagnini.

MAIN THEME: POP RIGHT NOW: Roundtable with Bettina Funcke, Massimiliano Gioni, John Miller, moderated by Joanna Fiduccia, with a postscript by Boris Groys, and artworks by Darren Bader; Justin Bieber by Francesco Spampinato; Rashid Johnson interview by Alessio Ascari; The Dark Side of Hipness Mark Greif and Richard Lloyd in conversation.

MONO: MARK LECKEY: Lost in the Supermarket by Barbara Casavecchia; The Browser Is a Portal by Isobel Harbison; Special Project by Mark Leckey; Art Stigmergy interview by Mark Fisher.

COLUMNS: PIONEERS: Morgan Fisher by Simone Menegoi; FUTURA: Helen Marten interview by Hans Ulrich Obrist; MAPPING THE STUDIO: Simon Denny by Luca Cerizza; CRITICAL SPACE: Douglas Coupland interview by Markus Miessen; ON EXHIBITION: Jeff Koons’ “The New” by Paola Nicolin; LAST QUESTION: And What About Pop Music? answer by Scott King.

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Zde Jsou Psi (Here Be Dogs) – Michal Nanoru (Ed.) – Yinachi

Zde Jsou Psi, translated into English as ‘Here Be Dogs’, is full of photos, drawings, graphics and articles about 32 Czech bands, compiled by dozens of contributors. Michal Nanoru edited the project from New York while Martina Overstreet produced it in Prague. The bands were selected by Nanoru, Overstreet and Marie Hladíková.

The bands covered include: Marius konvoj, Like She, Schwarzprior, 1a2v1, Midi Lidi, Kazety, Mateřídouška, Čokovoko, The Models, Poxxoxo, Indie Twins, Tvyks, Table, Eost, Prince of Tennis, Sporto, Magnetik, Dné, Fiordmoss, Dva, Please the Trees, Kill the Dandies!, Priessnitz, Scissorhands, Sunshine, Night, Root, Master’s Hammer, 518, Smack, WWW, Plastic People of the Universe.

262 pages
Czech / English text

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Elise Florenty & Marcel Türkowsky – Mississippiana – Not Finished, Just Begun- 2011

The Edition “Not Finished, Just Begun” was published on the occasion of the exhibition The Eleventh Letter, with Patrick Bernier & Olive Martin – Elise Florenty & Marcel Türkowsky, curated by Marie Cozette at BKV Potsdam e.V., December 12, 2010 – January 30, 2011.
Comes in handmade white foil hot stamped cartonage boxes, handnumbered limited edition of 300.

Published by Harpokratés Edition

Inside the Box:
-80 pages Book
-Tape
-Two Blind Dice
-Magnifying Glass
-16 Handstamped Instruction Cards
-Poster

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Kreisel. Dreidel

“My doubt stand in a Circle around every word…”
A project by Elise Florenty & Marcel Türkowsky inspired by Franz Kafka’s diaries and shortstories characters “Odradek” “Josefine” & shortstory “Der Kreisel”.

The audio side features one of Marcel Türkowskys mirror composition pieces. An Excerpt of a 60 minute piece for 7 spinning tops.

Mastered at Dubplates & Mastering
edition of 300 copies
pressed on 180g vinyl
Drawings by Giordani Bruno
Harpokrates Edition

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mono.kultur #26 – Manfred Eicher, Recording ECM

mono.kultur #26 is dedicated to Manfred Eicher, the mastermind behind the highly prestigious jazz and classic label ECM Records. Founded in 1969, ECM have by now released more than 1,000 albums, many of which were produced by Eicher personally.
Based in Munich, ECM has a long history of reviving and tirelessly promoting the avant-garde of contemporary Jazz, hosting the likes of Keith Jarrett, Jan Garbarek or Pat Metheny. At a time when Jazz was on its wane, ECM introduced a decidedly European notion to this primarily American genre, exploring new sound and different approaches to a stagnating phenomenon.
In 1984, Eicher expanded into contemporary classical music with his line ECM New Series, releasing seminal works by Arvo Pärt or Steve Reich. Both imprints have changed the face of their respective genres forever, due to the audacious release schedule, the high production standards and the aesthetic appearance of the label. All aspects attest to the personal touch of a relentlessly perfectionist visionary.
In a high-minded and challenging conversation, Manfred Eicher talked with mono.kultur about sound, silence and everything inbetween.

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WW 6€

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Ruchomy Pamiętnik / Mobile diary

The last part of the Mobile Diary series. It is a book based on memories of people, who came to Slupsk in 1945-50 to live in a new land. The book includes double record cd/dvd with radio theater by Marcin Dymiter, and video work by Ludomir Franczak. Published in Polish and German languages.

Authors: Daniel Odija, Marcin Dymiter, Ludomir Franczak, Magdalena Franczak
Layout: Ludomir Franczak
Edition of 500, 112p., cd/dvd, hard cover, 2010
Published with the financial help of The Ministry of Culture and National Heritage, and City of Slupsk

Rocznik 1934
First book of the Mobile Diary project – based on years 1945-51 in Pomerania, when Polish and German culture was coexisting in the territory. Published in Polish and Kaszebe.

Authors: Brzozaki Group, Weronika Fibich
Layout: Ludomir Franczak
Edition of 500, 16p., soft cover, 2010
Published with the financial help of The Ministry of Culture and National Heritage, and City of Slupsk

Second book of the Mobile Diary project. Contemporary interpretation of the project’s idea made by 3 visual artists, and art historian. Published in Polish and German.

Authors: Adam Witkowski, Hubert Bilewicz, Paweł Kula/Maria Stafyniak
Layout: Ludomir Franczak
Edition of 500, 64p., soft cover, 2010
Published with the financial help of The Ministry of Culture and National Heritage, and City of Slupsk

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Kaiserin: A Magazine For Boys With Problems #09, Premier Semestre 2011

This issue includes contributions from Erik van der Weijde, Florian Gaité, Didier Fitan, Jorinde Voigt, Matthieu Gafsou, Jérôme Lobato, Arthur Eskenazi, David Lenhardt, Manuel Segade, Lionel Bandiera and Ahmad Hosni.

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Mousse Magazine no. 27

In December, Ute Meta Bauer and Dan Graham met up in New York for a conversation whose scope was determined by their many shared interests and long friendship, as well as a passion for literature that, inevitably, is connected to an extraordinary storytelling ability. Hans Ulrich Obrist and Stuart Comer got together with William (Bill) Leavitt for a long conversation just a few months after his first retrospective at Los Angeles MOCA, an event that John Baldessari celebrates in his introductory portrait of the artist.

For PART OF THE PROCESS, Ronald Van de Sompel talked with Sven Augustijnen about the artist’s new film, Spectres, which focuses on the decolonization of the Belgian Congo, especially the circumstances surrounding the murder of Patrice Lumumba. A dark work that tracks the phantoms of history into their most hidden retreats.You need to read Chus Martínez’s text at samba rhythm. Samba is a movement of the body that reverberates in the movement of the social body. It is also a way to neutralize the system, as the author explains. The art world is flooded with printed matter. Dieter Roelstraete analyzes this phenomenon for PORTFOLIO in relation to the work of Zin Taylor, who is unquestionably an exquisite narrator. To Andrew Berardini, the greatest achievement of Brian Bress’s work is that it makes us keenly aware of how much television entertainment has shaped our mental processes. Yarn Man and his bizarre friends make this clear to us.Building houses out of nothing and against all odds. Abraham Cruzvillegas has translated the experience of autoconstruccion into several initiatives, which he talked about with Vincenzo de Bellis. Fiete Stolte lives in a parallel reality. Not a different world from ours, but the same one according to a different model of time. One where nights are not always dark, nor days always light. Jennifer Allen tried to synchronize herself with the artist’s new calendar, for HARK!

ARTIST PROJECT: Jeremy Deller, introduced by an interview with Peter Eleey.

TEN FUNDAMENTAL QUESTIONS OF CURATING, a project curated by Jens Hoffmann, sponsored by Fiorucci Art Trust and Mousse Publishing, explores the multifaceted physiognomy of the curator. The third of ten dossiers features João Ribas answering the question “What to do with the contemporary?” plus selected illustrations by Matthew Buckingham

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Created on the occasion of the Clifford Irving Show in Antwerp by Morten Norbye Halvorsen. The record was made in an edition of 150. With a screen printed cover by Goda Budvytyte. The hands on the piano is that of Benjamin Esdraffo. The hands on the cover is that of Orson Welles.
The record contains a remake of Michel Legrand’s theme tune for the film F-for Fake by Orson Welles called Orson’s Theme.
It was written down from a jazz ensemble to two hands and a piano, which was performed by Benjamin Esdraffo on the occasion of the Paris edition of Clifford Irving Show that took place at Cine 13, Montmartre and Kadist Art Foundation.
Recorded during the introduction and entr’acte totalling 45 minutes, the original score is approx 4 minutes. The record contains a 4 minute extract from the Clifford Irving show that happened in Cine 13.
One side is the recording from the space (a microphone under the stage) the other side the recordings of the keystrokes and sustain pedals (midi signals). The same recording in two formats, a recording from a place and one without “space”.

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