Individual Methodology

Harald Szeemann, Individual Methodology
Softcover, 240 pp., offset 2/1, 160 x 230 mm
Edition of 2000
ISBN 9783905829099
Published by JRP|Ringier

$25.00 ·

We owe our idea of the contemporary exhibition to Harald Szeemann — the first of the jet-setting international curators. From 1961 to 1969, he was Curator of the Kunsthalle Bern, where in 1968 he had the foresight to give Christo and Jeanne-Claude the opportunity to wrap the entire museum building. Szeemann’s groundbreaking 1969 exhibition When Attitudes Become Form, also at the Kunsthalle, introduced European audiences to artists like Joseph Beuys, Eva Hesse, Richard Serra and Lawrence Weiner. It also introduced the now-commonplace practice of curating an exhibition around a theme. Since Szeemann’s death in 2005, there has been research underway at his archive in Tessin, Switzerland. An invaluable resource, this volume provides access to previously unpublished plans, documents and photographs from the archive, along with important essays by Hal Foster and Jean-Marc Poinsot. There is also an informative interview with Tobia Bezzola — curator at the Kunsthauz Zurich and Szeemann’s collaborator for many years. Two of Szeemann’s most ambitious exhibitions are presented as case studies: Documenta V (1972) and L’Autre, the 4th Lyon Biennial (1997). A biography, an illustrated chronology of Szeemann’s exhibitions and a selection of his writings complete this exhaustive survey.

Art, Criticism, DAP, Florence Derieux, Hal Foster, Harald Szeemann, Jean-Marc Poinsot, JRP|Ringier, Theory, Tobia Bezzola

Bom Dia, Boa Tarde, Boa Noite (Manuel Raeder Agenda 2011)

Manuel Raeder, Bom Dia, Boa Tarde, Boa Noite ( Manuel Raeder Agenda 2011)
Softcover, 128 pp. + 4/1 insert, offset 1/1, 140 x 160 mm
Edition of 1000
Agenda/calendar/notebook 2011
Published by Manuel Raeder

$29.00 ·

Agendas are an ongoing project that Manuel Raeder has been doing since 2003. The idea of this series of time storage devices, is to focus on questioning different methods of how we organize, in a personal or none personal way our time. Formats, sizes and distributions systems vary each year.  A whole year compiled in one book, with the following contributions: Manuel Raeder (January), Carla Zaccagnini (February), Mariana Castillo Deball (March), Daniel Steegmann (April), Manuel Raeder (May), Eran Schaerf (June), Bojan Sarcevic (July), Manuel Raeder (August), Rodolfo Samperio (September), Amanda Haas (October), Amalia Pica (November), Adriana Lara (December), Manuel Goller (January).

Adriana Lara, Agenda, Amalia Pica, Amanda Haas, Art, Bojan Sarcevic, Carla Zaccagnini, Daniel Steegmann, Distribution, Eran Schaerf, Manuel Goller, Manuel Raeder, Mariana Castillo Deball, Rodolfo Samperio

palaver

Florian Dombois and Eran Schaerf, palaver
Stapled, 80 pp., digital 4/1, 210 x 297 mm
English and German
Edition of 1000
ISBN 978-3-033-02145-7
Published by Kunsthalle Bern

$15.00 ·

If artistic research is characterized by the fact that essential aspects of the research results manifest in the work of art, one can ask: What is a space that is discussed in the examples of artistic research results? In what constellation meet artists, experts, audiences and the work of art? How will the research be negotiated? The publication palaver documents and shares preliminary solutions to this problem of space and was released on as part of the test event, Long Night of the palaver at the Kunsthalle Bern. Concept by Florian Dombois and Eran Schaerf; Design by Manuel Raeder.

Distribution, Eran Schaerf, Eva Meyer, Florian Dombois, Gunnar Voss, Kunsthalle Bern, Manuel Raeder, Mirjam Thomann, Phillipe Pirotte

Mono.Kultur 25

Mono.Kultur 25, Dave Eggers
Poster and wrap-around cover, offset 3/3, 150 x 200 mm [700 x 1000 mm unfolded]
Edition of 5000
ISSN 1861-7085
Published by Mono.Kultur

$9.00 ·

Dave Eggers is a busy man: not only an appraised author since his biographic debut novel ‘A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius’, Eggers also founded the highly successful literary magazine The Believer, single-handedly revived the short story with his publishing imprint McSweeney’s, founded permanent writing workshops for disadvantaged youth all across America, and recently scripted the acclaimed Hollywood productions ‘Away We Go’ by Sam Mendes and ‘Where the Wild Things Are’ by Spike Jonze. In short: Eggers is the man who will leave no stone unturned to lure you back to the printed page. His unique tone of writing provides the perfect soundtrack to the confusion and disillusionment of his generation, oscillating wildly between hyperactive optimism and lethargic melancholy. With mono.kultur, Dave Eggers talked about the rendez-vous of fiction and life, how to be political on eye level and why there’s never been a better time for literature than now.

Dave Eggers, Distribution, Eva Gonçalves, Kai von Rabenau, Mono.Kultur, Patrick Klose, Sam Cate-Gumpert, Spike Jonze

C Magazine 108

C Magazine 108, Money
Softcover, 64 pp., offset 4/1, 210 x 295 mm
Edition of 2200
ISSN 1480-5472
Published by C Magazine

$7.50 ·

C Magazine issue 108 Money includes an artist project by Abbas Akhavan, where he has inserted a sheet of imitation gold leaf in each of 2,200 copies of C Magazine. Also available are 25 special limited edition magazines with gold leaf, signed and numbered by the artist.

Feature articles in issue 108 include Economies of Faith, by Richard Ibghy and Marilou Lemmens, looking at works by Mark Boulos, Melanie Gilligan and Olivia Plender that explore the relationship between the workings of the market and the spiritual belief, and Documents of Self-Administration: A Conversation with Vincent Bonin, by Adam Lauder, about the exhibition Documentary Protocols at the Leonard & Bina Ellen Gallery. This issue also includes interviews with British artist Spartacus Chetwynd, by David Lillington, and Canadian artist Divya Mehra, by Natasha Bissonauth.

Reviews include Shannon Anderson on Anselm Kiefer’s Palmsonntag at the Art Gallery of Ontario; Saelen Twerdy on Projections: Music Video at Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal; Kenneth Hayes on Group ABS at Gallery Siz in Rijeka, Croatia; Vanessa Nicholas on Rivane Neuenschwander’s A Day Like Any Other at the New Museum; Heather Diack on Annie MacDonell’s Beside the Midnight Lake at Katharine Mulherin Contemporary Art Projects; Rebecca Weisman on Guy Ben-Ner: Thursday the 12th at Mass MoCA; Jill Glessing on Fernando Sánchez Castillo: National Episodes and Óscar Muñoz: Becoming Air at Círculo de Bellas Arte, Madrid; Michael Birchall on the 6th Berlin Biennale; and Evan Webber on Jon McCurley: Fashion Blog — Clothes for President.

Abbas Akhavan, Adam Lauder, Annie MacDonell, Anselm Kiefer, Art, C Magazine, David Lillington, Distribution, Divya Mehra, Evan Webber, Fernando Sánchez Castillo, Guy Ben-Ner, Heather Diack, Jill Glessing, Jon McCurley, Katharine Mulherin, Kenneth Hayes, Marilou Lemmens, Mark Boulos, Melanie Gilligan, Michael Birchall, Money, Natasha Bissonauth, Olivia Plender, Óscar Muñoz, Rebecca Weisman, Richard Ibghy, Rivane Neuenschwander, Saelen Twerdy, Shannon Anderson, Spartacus Chetwynd, Vanessa Nicholas, Vincent Bonin

PALS (Coming Soon)

Richard Lidinsky and Jonathan Maghen, PALS (Coming Soon)
Océ print/poster, 1/0 on pink paper, 20 x 28 inches [21 x 29 inches framed*]
Edition of 3 + 2 proofs, numbered
Published by Textfield

$123.00 ·

Collaboration with Richard Lidinsky and design of poster/edition for the exhibition PALS.

Pals (full title: Pals for Life / Life for Pals) is a teleplay about the dialectics of friendships under the strain of artistic endeavor. Shot principally in January 2011 at the Actual Size gallery in Los Angeles’ Chinatown, the approx. 34-minute video — told from the point of view of a traditional studio audience television program — revels in the angst and emotion of 4 friends/lovers who must install their respective art works in the presence of frenemies large and small. Each Pal is named after a specific human being, though the story implies that these pals are simple archetypes from a vast universe of narcissistic micro-movements.

*PALS (Coming Soon) print/poster ships unframed; trim size is an exact fit for this frame.

Art, Cats, Culture, Distribution, Ephemera, Exhibitions, Jonathan Maghen, Michael Wells, Natascha Snellman, Orson Cat, PALS, Performance, PJ Risse, Posters, Richard Lidinsky, Textfield, Tyler Jamison, Typography, Wilson Chang

Ort

Elmar Bambach, Martin Fengel, Jörg Koopman, Julia Marquardt and Birgit Vogel, Ort
Softcover, 56 pp., offset 4/1, 240 x 325 mm
Edition of 500
ISBN 978-3-00-032613-4
Published by Ein Magazin über Orte

$18.00 ·

A publication is published, accompanying the exhibition Ort at Rathausgalerie, Kunsthalle.

Photographs by Miriam Bäckström, Bennie Baumann, Linus Bill, Stefan Burger, Rudolf Cohen, Michael Danner, Paul Gerhard Diez, Uschi Huber, Iski Behörde, Geraldine Jeanjean, Mårten Lange, Peter Langer, M + M, Richard Mosse, Andreas Neumeister, Taiyo Onorato & Nico Krebs, Peter Piller, Johannes Schwartz, Heidi Specker & Theo Deutinger, Erik van der Weijde, Matthias Ziegler. Texts by Simon Bieling and Swantje Grundler.

Andreas Neumeister, Art, Bennie Baumann, Birgit Vogel, Distribution, Ein Magazin über Orte, Elmar Bambach, Erik Van Der Weijde, Geraldine Jeanjean, Heidi Specker, Iski Behörde, Johannes Schwartz, Jörg Koopman, Julia Marquardt, Linus Bill, M + M, Marten Lange, Martin Fengel, Matthias Ziegler, Michael Danner, Miriam Bäckström, Nico Krebs, Ort, Paul Gerhard Diez, Peter Langer, Peter Piller, Photography, Rathausgalerie, Richard Mosse, Rudolf Cohen, Simon Bieling, Stefan Burger, Swantje Grundler, Taiyo Onorato, Theo Deutinger, Uschi Huber

Totaalvoetbal (Total Football)

Jonathan Maghen, Totaalvoetbal (Total Football)
Océ print/poster, 1/0 on green paper, 24 x 36 inches
Edition of 11 + 2 proofs, numbered
Published by Textfield

$21.00 ·

Totaalvoetbal is a tactical system in football in which any outfield player can take over the role of any other player on a team. It was developed by Rinus Michels, a Dutch football coach (of both Ajax and the Netherlands national team), in the late 60s and early 70s.

The tactical success of Totaalvoetbal depends largely on the adaptability of each footballer within the team, in particular the ability to quickly change positions depending on the on-field situation. The strategy requires players to be comfortable playing multiple positions; hence, placing high technical and physical demands on them. Totaalvoetbal was widely and successfully adopted by both club and national teams in winning tournaments (including the World Cup), though it ultimately (and ironically) failed to deliver a World Cup title to the Dutch national football team. Also see Catenaccio.

4-3-2-1, Christmas, Distribution, Football, Jack Reynolds, Johan Cruyff, Jonathan Maghen, Rinus Michels, Sport, Textfield, Totaalvoetbal

Catenaccio (Lock)

Jonathan Maghen, Catenaccio (Lock)
Océ print/poster, 1/0 on pink paper, 24 x 36 inches
Edition of 11 + 2 proofs, numbered
Published by Textfield

$21.00 ·

Catenaccio is a tactical system in football with an emphasis on defense. In Italian, catenaccio means “lock”, emphasizing a highly organized and effective defense which is intended to prevent goals. The key innovation of Catenaccio was the introduction of the role of a libero, or sweeper, a player positioned behind the line of defenders. The sweeper’s role is to recover loose balls, nullify the opponent’s striker and double-mark when necessary.

Catenaccio has been criticised for reducing the quality of football games as a spectacle; it became synonymous with “negative football” as it is focused primarily on defending. In the last thirty years Catenaccio has been largely abandoned for other, more balanced tactical approaches; Totaalvoetbal (Total Football), a tactical system created by Rinus Michels in the 1970s, eventually rendered Helenio Herrera’s version of Catenaccio obsolete.

1-4-2-3, Catenaccio, Christmas, Claudio Gentile, Distribution, Football, Franco Baresi, Gaetano Scirea, Giuseppe Bergomi, Helenio Herrera, Jonathan Maghen, Karl Rappan, Nereo Rocco, Rinus Michels, Sport, Textfield

Emmett

Ron Jude, Emmett
Softcover, 80 pp., offset 4/4, 6.75 x 9.5 mm
Edition of 1000
ISBN 978-0-9823653-2-8
Published by The Ice Plant

$30.00 ·

The past did not exist. Not at all.
—Jean-Paul Sartre

Jude’s latest book project, Emmett, brings new life to a selection of his own early photographs, made in the early 1980s in central Idaho. Enhanced by special-effects filters and cheap telephoto lenses, the pictures include hazy scenes of a summertime drag race, a forest across changing seasons, midnight horror films on TV and a Nordic-looking teenager who appears as a specter from the artist’s past. Edited here nearly 30 years after its making, this experimental body of work acquires unexpected nuance and humor, and has the serendipitous qualities of a dream –memories reorganized into a fictionalized narrative, imagery suffused with both an unsettling melancholy and the glow of youthful reverie. Related conceptually to and residing thematically between his two previous books — Alpine Star and Other Nature — Emmett achieves an aesthetic inspired by equal parts Motörhead and Jean-Paul Sartre.

Art, DAP, Jean-Paul Sartre, Motörhead, Photography, Pink Floyd, Ron Jude, The Ice Plant

Selected Correspondences 2001-2010

Walead Beshty, Selected Correspondences 2001-2010
Softcover, 128 pp., offset 4/1, 210 x 297 mm
Edition of 2000
ISBN 978-88-6208-135-1
Published by Damiani

$49.00 ·

In 2001, Walead Beshty began documenting the Diplomatic Mission of the Republic of Iraq to the former German Democratic Republic in Berlin. Still protected as sovereign territory under the Vienna Conventions, the embassy has stood abandoned since the early 1990s as, in Beshty’s words, “a relic of two bygone regimes, unclaimable by any nation; a physical location marooned (by) symbolic shifts in global politics, a ruin set apart neitherby fences nor by millennia, but by the invisible and abstract mechanisms of international law”. The site inspired his ongoing engagement with the invisible and marginal territories of globalization which provide an important line through his photographic and sculptural work of the past decade. Selected Correspondences focuses on three bodies of photographic work — two that deal with the Embassy directly and a third, Transparencies, which continues the question of place and movement. The work has been exhibited at the Hammer Museum in Los Angeles, Tate Britain, London, and the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York, among others, and is brought together here for the first time, accompanied by two new essays on the projects.

Art, Criticism, Damiani, DAP, Eric Schwab, Hammer Museum, Iraq, Jason Smith, Peter Eleey, Photography, Tate Museum, Walead Beshty, Whitney Museum, Writings

The Second Sentence of Everything I Read is You

Stephen Prina, The Second Sentence of Everything I Read is You
Softcover, 176 pp., offset 4/4, 215 x 270 mm
Edition of 2000
ISBN 0-978-3-86560-512-2
Published by Walther König

$45.00 ·

Preface by Karola Grässlin.

Essays
The Great Persuader by Astrid Wege; How Far We’ve Come From The River, a conversation between Bennett Simpson and Stephen Prina.

Describing Conceptual artist and musician Stephen Prina’s work in 2004, the Harvard Gazette wrote, “Prina’s artwork is full of unsuspected surprises, secret compartments that pop open to release compressed bundles of meaning or coiling strands of narrative.” His work at the 2008 Whitney Biennial, for example, was conceived as “a traveling spectacle — a mini-Broadway-musical-on-the-road or circus,” according to the artist. This concise retrospective volume presents work from 1979 to 2008, as well as installation views of Prina’s recent one-person exhibition at the Staatliche Kunsthalle Baden-Baden in Germany.

Art, Astrid Wege, Bennett Simpson, DAP, Friedrich Petzel Gallery, Interviews, Karola Grässlin, Staatliche Kunsthalle, Stephen Prina, Walther König, Whitney Museum

Art from Los Angeles: From the 60s-90s

Gregory Williams, Art from Los Angeles: From the 60s-90s
Softcover, 48 pp., offset 4/4, 215 x 270 mm
English and German
Edition of 2000
ISBN 9783865603241
Published by Walther König

$26.00 ·

Since the 1960s, Los Angeles has been a hub for groundbreaking art. This slim volume features work by Bas Jan Ader, Michael Asher, John Baldessari, Chris Burden, Douglas Huebler, Larry Johnson, Mike Kelley, William Leavitt, Paul McCarthy, Bruce Nauman, Maria Nordman, Raymond Pettibon, Stephen Prina, Allen Ruppersberg, Ed Ruscha and Christopher Williams.

Allen Ruppersberg, Art, Bas Jan Ader, Bruce Nauman, Chris Burden, Christopher Williams, DAP, Douglas Huebler, Ed Ruscha, Gregory Williams, John Baldessari, Karola Grässlin, Larry Johnson, Maria Nordman, Michael Asher, Mike Kelley, Paul McCarthy, Raymond Pettibon, Stephen Prina, Walther König, William Leavitt

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