From bottom to top and back again, this issue is dedicated to the motif High, with all its connected meanings. We encounter physical, mental, and social states of up and down, high and low, how they relate to each other and yet constantly contradict. I …

Trance has been the flagship for electronic music across the globe during the nineties and early zeroes. The sound’s trademark optimistic and euphoric aspects has brought some of the most compelling musical pieces of its time, and undoubtedly had a sig …

In the history of graphic design, there is no other symbol that has ever held such a duality—used simultaneously as both a positive mainstream driver and a counterculture subverter of that very mainstream. Celebrate the smiley face’s impact on art, mus …

Zwischen 1977 und 1990 durchstreifte Gundula Schulze Eldowy mit ihrer Kamera Ost-Berlin: In ihren kraftvollen und direkten Bildern hält sie den langen Nachkrieg im sozialistischen Teil der Stadt fest, die tiefen Narben des deutschen Infernos und das al …

FEATURING: LILITH STANGENBERG – JORDAN FIRSTMAN – COURTESY – ANGELIKA PLATEN – AIME SIMONE – ANDREAS RECKWITZ – CATALINA SARTOR – TILL BRÖNNER and many more. Cover: Josef Hader by Manuel Nieberle

Textilien für die Räume der Moderne Im Berlin der frühen 1930er-Jahre schuf Otti Berger als weibliche Einzelunternehmerin Stoffe, die das Verständnis von dem, was Textilien sein und leisten können, grundlegend veränderten. Für ihre Möbelstoff-Designs, …

Neoliberalism has taken autonomous professional values and labour firmly in its grasp. Traditional forms of employment are replaced with post-Fordist conditions in which work has become freelance, mobile, project-based, and temporary. This way of worki …

There is a new growing ethical consciousness within the arts, both in the way it relates to the larger social, political and economic challenges and in how it reflects on its own production and distribution mechanisms. The Ethics of Art attempts to des …

The pandemic has once again made us more aware of the fragility of life and the importance of being able to properly mourn the dead. Dramaturg Guy Cools has been researching laments and other rituals of mourning. He is particularly interested in how th …

This book explores both positions. It looks at the representation of male sexuality, nudity, fatherhood, male violence, rape, fascism and virility, men and war. It shows works of art that deal with the intricacies and contradictions of these socio-cult …

For the first of our 8 covers of Spring 2024 issue is Vittoria – Discovered as a fledgling baby model aged just 14, she caught the eye of Karl Lagerfeld who stayed obsessed with her dark beauty and cool stare right up until he passed away in 2019. Even …

Der ostdeutsche Kunstkritiker Lothar Lang bezeichnete die documenta 1959 als „Monsterschau“ –  ein Urteil, das die kulturpolitischen Spannungen zwischen den beiden deutschen Staaten spiegelt. Welches Bild machten sich Künstler*innen und Kulturfunktionä …

By the time the computer arrived on the architectural scene, its place had been prepared by decades of avant-gardist experimentation. The modernist program of rationalizing creative practice took a decidedly bureaucratic turn between two generations of …

AnOther Magazine Spring/Summer 2024 Issue The first of our seven covers is Julianne Moore by Craig McDeanand Katie Shillingford. Ahead of her turn as the lead in Mary & George, the multi-award winning actor speaks about her itinerant childhood, bei …

Design Against Design argues for the urgent necessity of critical engagement and political resistance through graphic practice. It draws on insights from the practice of LOKI, a small graphic design studio committed to working with social movements tow …

The German dramatist Heiner Müller observed that German history lies as if smothered by a rheumatism blanket: beneath there is warmth and stagnation, just enough to give the impression all is well, while the peripheries are freezing. Georg Kussmann’s …

First published in 1996 to enormous acclaim, Richard Billingham’s Ray’s a Laugh is one of the most significant photobooks of the turn of the twentieth century, as well as a cornerstone work of the Young British Artists generation. Formed of starkly int …

In der Postmoderne zeichnen sich Konflikte der Gegenwart, vom Rechtspopulismus bis zur Identitätspolitik, bereits ab. Spektakuläre Beispiele aus Design, Architektur, Kino, Pop, Philosophie, Kunst und Literatur erzählen vom Beginn der Informationsgesell …

“I often use poetry as a starting point for inspiration and Ahmad Schamlou’s poem, „Common Love,” deeply resonates with me and speaks about our shared humanity. …

Archive is the first book by Sofia Coppola, covering the entirety of her singular and influential career in film. Constructed from Coppola’s personal collection of photographs and ephemera, including early development work, reference collages, influenc …

Swiss art historian and herald of modern architecture Sigfried Giedion (1888–1968) had a new history in mind when he began working on an ambitious book project in 1929. The book was to span from around 1750 to his time of writing in the 1930s. Multivol …

Welcome to a captivating journey through the vibrant landscapes of creativity, culture, and history in Slanted’s Special Issue Georgia/Armenia. In August 2023, a team, including Lars Harmsen, Markus Lange, and Rene Wawrzkiewicz, embarked on a journey f …

Vitruvius’s De architectura, written in the first century BCE, is revered as the first treatise on architectural theory. Since its resurrection during the Renaissance, this enigmatic text has been adjusted, refined, and redefined in its subsequent iter …

rsoлomiya is a magazine founded by Sebastian Wells and Vsevolod Kazarin in April 2022 in response to russia’s war against Ukraine. Artists from Kyiv and Berlin collaborated to make this magazine, which aims to promote the visibility of common democrati …

Tales from the Dark Side of the City: The Breastmilk of the Volcano Bolivia and the Atacama Desert Expedition Unknown Fields is a nomadic design studio that ventures out on expeditions into the shadows cast by the contemporary city, to uncover the indu …

In der Ferne ist das Fremde am schönsten. Zum Problem wird es, wenn es einem zu nahekommt. Dann geht schnell die Angst um, dass das Wohlvertraute gefährdet ist, dass die Komfortzone oder die gemütliche Blase bedroht sind. Daher müssen die Fremden ferng …

Sound does have the potential to be everything: It is nostalgic. Futuristic. Innovative. It can trigger euphoria. It can be used as a weapon. It is vague. Absolute. And powered by ideas. It can be visualized. It can unify. It always has momentum. Sound …

Celebrating the most famous and influential fashion school in the world, Fashion Central Saint Martins is filled with never-before-seen student work and exclusive interviews with talented graduates who have gone on to become the biggest names in fashio …

Anlässlich der aktuellen Präsentation von Cihan Çakmak im MdbK erscheint eine Edition mit allen fünf Motiven der Serie Tenseness in einer Auflage von 8 Exemplaren (+ 1 Artist Proof). Enthalten sind fünf Fine-Art-Prints im Format 40×30 cm sowie ein numm …

„Der Architektur ein Bewusstsein ihrer selbst zu geben“, in Abwandlung des Mottos, der Gesellschaft ein Bewusstsein ihrer selbst zu geben, war das einführende Gespräch überschrieben, das Klaus Heinrich mit uns im Jahre 2015 zur Herausgabe seiner Arch …

22 × 29,2 cm 362 Seiten, 252 Abbildungen Texte von Jenny Erpenbeck, Anja Maier, Steffen Mau, Gary Van Zante Deutsch/Englisch Design: Lamm&Kirch, Berlin/Leipzig Hardcover

A comprehensive 250-page issue that brings together 25 of Europe’s most captivating cities in one volume. A Journey Through the Five Senses Remaining true to our editorial ethos, ‘Europe’ offers personal and authentic experiences, each with a distinct …

Annette Schröter schneidet ihre Bilder, sie arbeitet mit dem Cutter, mit Papieren, Sprays, farbigem Acrylglas und Tapetenresten. Annette Schröter, ursprünglich Malerin, ist seit knapp 20 Jahren aktiv im Medium Papierschnitt. Ihre Bilder werden geschnit …

Survey ANNA OPPERMANN (A) Droste Effect Dan Byers, Phung-Tien Phan, and Wendy Vogel (B) Subversion of the Subject Nicholas Tammens  Fiction AFTER THE VOLCANO Olivia Sudjic   Tidbits Benoît Piéron by Alex Bennett Maria Toumazou by Gianmaria Andreet …

The Haxan Cloak: From his bedroom in Wakefield to the City of Angels, the UK born producer, composer and musician talks darkness, light and scoring the unspeakable. By Joseph Stannard DJ Znobia: The Angolan kuduro innovator relates the invention and ev …

Seit 2011 publizieren wir alle zwei Monate eine neue Nummer von Reportagen. In 75 Ausgaben haben unsere Autorinnen und Autoren 450 wahre Geschichten aus allen Winkeln der Erde für Sie zusammengetragen. Dabei war an den Kriegen, Krisen und Katastrophen …

JASON OKUNDAYE, gay historian shows crack By Douglas Greenwood and Ajamu X HARI NEF, Hollywood doll is literally one By Zak Stone and Collier Schorr DR. EVAN GOLDSTEIN, hole-care guru By Michael Bullock and Marcelo Krasilcic GRAY WIELEBINSKI & ASA …

Aperture celebrates seventy years with an issue that explores the magazine’s past while charting its future.   Aperture’s “Desire” issue—featuring an exclusive interview with Juergen Teller on the occasion of his major retrospective in Paris—prese …

Herausgeber ‏ : ‎ Krüger Druck + Verlag GmbH & Co. KG; 1. Edition (1. Dezember 2004) Sprache ‏ : ‎ Deutsch ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 3000110038 ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-3000110030

Artist Gabriele Stötzer was the powerhouse of Erfurt’s lively underground. After Wolf Biermann’s expatriation in 1976, she herself was held on remand and put in the Hoheneck women’s prison. Her one-year imprisonment did not silence her though. After he …

WERNER TÜBKKE UND DAS SEHNSUCHTSLAND ITALIEN Der Maler und Zeichner Werner Tübke (1929–2004) gilt als einer der bedeutendsten Künstler der DDR. Als Mitbegründer der „Leipziger Schule“ ist er auch international bekannt. Dieser Katalog widmet sich Tübkes …

For centuries, architectural theory, discourse, and agency have been based on diurnal and solar paradigms. References to the night in Vitruvius’ De architectura are residual; they are similarly scarce in the most influential Renaissance treatises by Al …

Not another annual monograph. No grand theses about caesura and new beginnings. No attempt to approach the present by way of a selected past. Instead: Digressions, drifting and excursions on the fringes of history. Understood in this way, “ca. 1972” is …

The starting point for TEST was a colony of ants that Bielau temporarily set up in her studio. In this experimental arrangement, she observed the hierarchical and state-building organisation of the insects, in which the altruistic workers support the q …

2023

Artist and fashion designer Cinzia Ruggeri (1942–2019) made her artistic research a tool for inquiry into the functional and semantic properties of the object and the architectural and social dimension of the body, according to an original and nonconfo …