Fine with me. Motto @ Künstlerhaus Stuttgart. (25.03.10)

Posted in Uncategorized on March 20th, 2010

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Motto Stuttgart
Exhibition, temporary book store, archive
Opening March 25. 19h
 
March 26 – May 2, 2010

In collaboration with Motto Distribution, Künstlerhaus Stuttgart presents an extensive selection of artist books and magazines, which functions as exhibition, temporary book store and archive. The selection offers a prismatic view of contemporary independent publishing, from DIY zines to publications from renowned institutions. 



On Thursday, April 29, 7pm, Sam de Groot will present a performance/lecture titled “Like a Vat That’s Overflowing” in the exhibition.

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Complete Künstlerhaus Programme:

Process Wall, Part 1
 
March 26, 2010 –
 
“Process Wall” is the title of a program for ephemeral formats that will take place on the second floor of Künstlerhaus throughout the year 2010. Instead of clearly delineated solo exhibitions, the program will show multiple projects and presentations that overlap in space and time. Exhibitions, magazine presentations and interventions are planned as well as lectures, notes, announcements or particular historical references. The “Process Wall” seeks a collective authorship of continuous development from activities occurring on the second floor. The first contributions in March 2010 will be a presentation of the new issue of Facehug from Takuji Kogo (*CANDY FACTORY PROJECTS) as well as “Autogestion, or Henri Lefebvre in New Belgrade” by Sabine Bitter and Helmut Weber.
 
Facehug #3: Takuji Kogo (*CANDY FACTORY PROJECTS)
 
Facehug #3 presents Takuji Kogo, artist and founder of *CANDY FACTORY PROJECTS. Takuji Kogo will present the audio piece “Music from *CANDY FACTORY” with accompanying lyrics based on fragments of found text extracted from propaganda posters, junk mail, online forums, personal ads and horoscope forecasts, performed by synthetic voices. The installation at Künstlerhaus Stuttgart will also include Takuji Kogo’s ongoing photographic sculpture “Non_sites.” Facehug is an independent publishing project run by Ana-Maria Hadji-Culea that explores the way in which artists approach text in their individual practices, unfolding annually as a one-on-one collaboration that uses various media, formats and distribution channels to reinterpret the perspectives of printed matter.
 
Sabine Bitter/Helmut Weber: Autogestion, or Henri Lefebvre in New Belgrade
 
In 1986, French urban theorist Henri Lefebvre, with architects Serge Renaudie and Pierre Guilbaud, participated in an international competition for the New Belgrade Urban Structure Improvement, sponsored by the state of Yugoslavia. In his urban vision for New Belgrade – the capital of former Yugoslavia founded in 1948 – Lefebvre emphasizes the processes and potentials of self-organization of the people of any urban territory to counter the failed concepts of urban planning from above. Sabine Bitter and Helmut Weber took the unpublished text of Lefebvre as a starting point for a series of artworks and a comprehensive publication. At Künstlerhaus, Bitter and Weber will present a series of prints that can be used as alternative covers to the book.
 
On Thursday, April 8, 2010 at 7pm, Helmut Weber will discuss with Klaus Ronneberger, followed by a screening of Bitter/Weber’s film “NEW, Novi Beograd 1948 – 1986 – 2006”.

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Further dates:
  

Wednesday, March 31, 2010, 7pm: Pia Maria Martin

Wednesday, April 7, 2010, 7pm: Kamil Goerlich
Wednesday, April 14, 2010, 7pm: Florian Klette and Demian Bern 
Wednesday, April 21, 2010, 7pm: Ivan Civic

Wednesday, April 28, 2010, 7pm: Anja Abele and Michl Schmidt   

Parts of the series are realized in cooperation with Akademie Schloss Solitude. Curators: Michael Birchall, Axel Wieder.
  



Künstlerhaus Stuttgart

Reuchlinstrasse 4b,
D – 70178 Stuttgart

Phone: +49 (0)711 617652

info@kuenstlerhaus.de
   

Hours: Wed. – Sun. 3 – 7pm

Sol & Luna. Viviane Sassen

Posted in Fashion, Motto Berlin store, photography on March 19th, 2010

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Sol & Luna. Viviane Sassen

Hardcover, 205 x 305mm (8 x 12 inches)
32 pages, b/w offset
ISBN: 978-91-86269-24-1

Producer: OUR LEGACY 1980-81
Design: Konst & Teknik

First Edition
Printed in Sweden in an edition of 300 copies, numbered

On assignment and initiative from Stockholm based men’s clothier Our Legacy and publisher Libraryman Co., Ltd. – photographer Viviane Sassen (b. 1972 Dutch) has completed a specially made and well-built series of imagery with androgyny and beauty as the key principle.

Buy: orders@mottodistribution.com

Roma Publications @ Motto Berlin. Reading Room+new titles+backlist+editions+posters.

Posted in Exhibitions, graphic design, Motto Berlin store, photography on March 19th, 2010
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Until April 3rd: Roma Publications @ Motto Berlin.

With new titles and selected back list on display in the store.
A special project-Reading Room plus various editions in Chino space (availability and prices upon request).
Outside: Batia Suter display in the backyards and entrance showcases.
We are looking forward to your visit!

A Day in the Life of…

Posted in Motto Berlin store, photography, Zines on March 19th, 2010
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Mikael Olsson

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Jenny Källman

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Ola Rindal

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Viviane Sassen

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Torbjørn Rødland

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Blommers/Schumm

A Day in the Life of… , published by Librairy Man Co., Ltd.

D 15€
Buy: orders@mottodistribution.com

Available for distribution.

*A Day in the Life of Viviane Sassen is now unavailable

AGLEC #2

Posted in Fashion, Motto Berlin store, Motto Zürich store, photography on March 19th, 2010
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AGLEC #2

15 russian photographers reflect on the generation born after 1989.

OOP

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How am I not myself? by Asher Penn and Wolfgang Tillmans

Posted in illustration, Motto Berlin store, photography, writing on March 18th, 2010
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How am I not myself?, by Asher Penn and Wolfgang Tillmans.
D 5€

Buy: orders@mottodistribution.com

Igmade Edition

Posted in magazines, Motto Berlin store on March 17th, 2010
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Junk Jet #3: flux-us! flux-you!, by Asli Serbest and Mona Mahall.
D 10€

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How Architecture Learned to Speculate, by Mona Mahall and Asli Serbest.
D 18€

Buy: orders@mottodistribution.com

Ein Magazine über Orte at Wechsel/Stube, Zürich

Posted in photography, Zines on March 16th, 2010
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Erik van der Weijde poster

Posted in Uncategorized on March 15th, 2010

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Erik van der Weijde poster, from the series ‘This is not my son’.
A1 format, silkscreened
D 9€

Buy: orders@mottodistribution

It’s a Book, It’s a Stage, It’s a Public Place. 20.03.2010.

Posted in Uncategorized on March 15th, 2010
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Samstag, 20. März von 12.00 bis 22.00 Uhr
im Foyer des Centraltheaters

It’s a Book, It’s a Stage, It’s a Public Place
Treffen unabhängiger Verlage und Publikationsprojekte

Sie stehen in den Regalen bei “Printed Matter” in New York ebenso wie bei “Motto” und “pro qm” in Berlin. Man sieht sie bei “The Book” in Seoul und gleichermaßen bei “Jura Books” in Sydney: Bücher mit einer winzigen Auflage sind rund um den Globus präsent. Gegenwärtig entsteht ein Netz von kleinen Verlagen, die relativ autark und in zunehmendem Maße auch international publizieren. Die “kreative Klasse” — frei arbeitende Autoren, Grafik-Designer und Künstler — hat das Buch als Bühne kollektiver Wissensproduktionen für sich entdeckt. Neue Stilistiken des Büchermachens zeichnen sich ab; neue Formen wie Text, Bild und Design ineinander greifen. — Das eintägige Treffen “It’s a Book, It’s a Stage, It’s a Public Place”, das der Leipziger Verlag Spector Books zusammen mit dem Centraltheater organisiert, versteht sich als ein Knotenpunkt in diesem internationalen Netz.

They’re in the shelves of “Printed Matter” in New York as well as at “Motto” and “pro qm” in Berlin. You’ll find them at “The Book” in Seoul and likewise at “Jura Books” in Sydney: Books with a tiny edition have presence around the globe. Currently, a network of small publishers is in the process of formation, publishing fairly autonomously and increasingly on an international scale. The “creative class” — independent authors, graphic designers and artists — has discovered the book as its stage of collective knowledge production. New book making stylistics are becoming visible; new forms to interrelate text, image and design. — The one-day meeting “It’s a Book, It’s a Stage, It’s a Public Place”, organised by the Leipzig publishing house Spector Books in collaboration with the Centraltheater, understands itself as a nodal point in this international network.

Mit/ with: argo books // Archive Books // August Verlag // Edit. Papier für neue Texte // Editon Fink // EXP.editon // Institut für Buchkunst // Krachkultur // Kultur & Gespenster // Lubok Verlag // MetroZones // mono.kultur // Motto // Spector Books // Starship

Gespräche über das Büchermachen mit:

14.00 Uhr Jochen Becker (MetroZones)
15.00 Uhr Günter Karl Bose (Institut für Buchkunst)
16.00 Uhr Nicola Reiter (Buchgestalterin/ Autorin)
17.00 Uhr Hans-Christian Dany und Martin Ebner (Starship)