Allgemein
8 Metaphors (because the moving image is not a book)
“8 Metaphors presents… the moving image practice of 8 artists, and interrogates their decision to write, commission and edit a book that encapsulates their work. Their contributions – which include texts, interviews, scripts and scores – are a series of metaphors for the making of work, and making meaning.” (LUX) The book has been conceived… Read more »
Vorbilder / Models
Faites le travail qu’accomplit le Soleil
The publication “Faites le travail qu’accomplit le soleil” was published to accompany the exhibition by Olaf Nicolai at kestnergesellschaft Hanover. The publication translates the themes and the formal vocabulary of the exhibition in the space of the book: A tour of the exhibition as a comic. Essays on the work of Olaf Nicolai by Anne… Read more »
Catalina Parra
The Inventors of Tradition Collection 2011
“Atelier present their first fashion collection encompassing high quality wovens, knitwear, raincoats, workwear and accessories. The collection has been developed as part of the recent project ‘The Inventors of Tradition’ which was organised with the independent design office Panel (Lucy McEachan and Catriona Duffy). Presented through an exhibition, film screening and publication, the project took… Read more »
Travelogue as Allegory – Artist’s books as a modern form of the production of desire
“A number of exhibitions with and about books have been realized in the field of contemporary art and design in the last few years. Most of these exhibitions have focused on the structural aspect of the book as object or the book as reference material. Travelogue as Allegory takes this as given and sharpens the… Read more »
Waldemar Cordeiro and Franz Mon
“The publication presents selected works from two pioneers of Concrete Art and Poetry, Waldemar Cordeiro (1925–1973) from Brazil and Franz Mon (1926) from Germany. The exhibited pieces reach from the mid-1960’s to the present and combine sculpture, collage, and computer printouts with typewriter text and sound work. With a mutual interest in the deconstruction of… Read more »
MINI / Goethe-Institut Curatorial Residencies Ludlow 38
Visual Identity design for Ludlow 38, the downtown satellite for contemporary art of the Goethe-Institut New York, was conceived in response to the newly designed exhibition space on New York’s Lower East Side. Devised by New York based artist Martin Beck and architect Ken Saylor, the new space design consists of a series of functional… Read more »
The story is not all mine, nor told by me alone – Works 1994–2009
The book presents most of Gitte Villesen’s works made since 1994. Each work is described and contextualized in a text by the artist. The book also includes texts by Brett Bloom, Hanne Loreck, Jan Verwoert, and an interview conducted by Lotte Moller. The title of the book is a quote taken from Ursula Le Guin’s… Read more »
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