11 interviews with curatorial pioneers   “I became interested in finding out more about the history of my own field and who the curators from previous generations were who offer a toolbox for the 21st century.” As Hans Ulrich Obrist clearly explai …

Resistance Anew Artworks, Culture & Democracy Published to accompany a major exhibition held at the Musée cantonal des Beaux-Arts de Lausanne during spring 2022 (18 February – 15 May), which gathers together works by, among others, Miriam Cahn, Mic …

What is the function of the museum in culture today? Leading culture makers offer perspectives for the new era ahead Gathering together fresh perspectives from more than 25 leading art and museum figures—including artists, architects, curators and muse …

Edizione Multicolore e.V. is a platform for self-determined publishing and a space for equal & processual collaboration between artists and us. Every year we work with a new round of artists who realise individual publication projects with us. Sinc …

The predominance of white cube, still the prevalent display model in contemporary art, can be traced back to the Enlightenment ideas that isolated things and removed them from their context. The series of exhibitions presented in this book are conceive …

Das Funkhaus Nalepastraße, bis 1990 Sitz des Rundfunks der DDR und heute ein beliebtes Ausflugsziel, gilt als sein berühmtestes Werk. Begonnen hatte das bewegte Architektenleben Franz Ehrlichs (1907-1984) am Bauhaus in Dessau. 1937 wurde er als Widerst …

For several years, Jonathan Meese and Alexander Kluge were preoccupied with Hagen von Tronje, the fabled character from The Song of the Nibelungs. They were both mesmerized by this mysterious figure, whom Jonathan Meese renamed ”Hagen von Troja“ (Hagen …

Aby Warburg’s famous lecture on the Hopi snake ritual in Arizona is one of the most commented art history transcripts of the 20th century. But while Warburg’s essay is firmly anchored in the canon of art history, to a wider public—especially in Europe—little is known about its source, the snake ritual and its history. A Kind of World War is dedicated to what Aby Warburg largely ignored himself: that not only the ritual, but also the images of the ritual—to whose global distribution Warburg contributed—have a political history. The volume seeks to demonstrate that Warburg’s art history, insofar it outlines an internal history of the European psyche, must be read in conjunction with its external counterpart, the history of colonization, war and cultural entanglement.

Dynamic robot-based planning and execution tools open up previously inconceivable design possibilities in the landscape architecture of the 21st century Edited by Ilmar Hurkxkens, Fujan Fahmi and Ammar Mirjan 1st edition , 2022 Text in English Paperbac …

Zahlreiche Werke in der zeitgenössischen Ausstellungskunst kennzeichnet die Bemühung, die Besucher in intersubjektive Verhältnisse zu setzen: mit dem Museumspersonal, mit eigens engagierten Akteuren oder mit anderen Besuchern. Diese Studie nimmt ihren …

Aby Warburg’s famous lecture on the Hopi snake ritual in Arizona is one of the most commented art history transcripts of the 20th century. But while Warburg’s essay is firmly anchored in the canon of art history, to a wider public—especially in Europe—little is known about its source, the snake ritual and its history. A Kind of World War is dedicated to what Aby Warburg largely ignored himself: that not only the ritual, but also the images of the ritual—to whose global distribution Warburg contributed—have a political history. The volume seeks to demonstrate that Warburg’s art history, insofar it outlines an internal history of the European psyche, must be read in conjunction with its external counterpart, the history of colonization, war and cultural entanglement.

Aby Warburg’s famous lecture on the Hopi snake ritual in Arizona is one of the most commented art history transcripts of the 20th century. But while Warburg’s essay is firmly anchored in the canon of art history, to a wider public—especially in Europe—little is known about its source, the snake ritual and its history. A Kind of World War is dedicated to what Aby Warburg largely ignored himself: that not only the ritual, but also the images of the ritual—to whose global distribution Warburg contributed—have a political history. The volume seeks to demonstrate that Warburg’s art history, insofar it outlines an internal history of the European psyche, must be read in conjunction with its external counterpart, the history of colonization, war and cultural entanglement.

Unterstrich, Binnen-I, Sternchen oder Doppelpunkt? Welche gendersensiblen Zeichen werden wann genutzt? Und was gibt es für Möglichkeiten, gestalterisch mit ihnen umzugehen? Typohacks ist ein Handbuch und Ratgeber für beides: gendersensible Sprache und …

MIKE MILLS… His latest movie tells a story about the ties and strong interrelationship between kids and adults – and he does so in the most generous and truthful way. While “Beginners“ reflected on the life of his dad, and “20th Century Women“ put his …

Museums rarely present objects as migrants. Yet they often arrive there by way of a migratory process, a historical echo of the flows of migration that have dominated the news over the past decade. As individuals migrate, so do cultures, skills, religi …

On 9 October 2019, during Yom Kippur, the most important holiday in the Jewish calendar, a right-wing extremist carried out a deadly attack on the synagogue in Halle. When he was unable to break into the synagogue, he attacked a kebab stand, murdering …

Das Thema Textil gewinnt stetig an Bedeutung in allen Fachbereichen, nicht nur in gestalterischen Disziplinen und Design, sondern auch im Ingenieurswesen und in der Architektur. Textilien besitzen enorme Potentiale wie kein anderer Werkstoff. »FUTURE V …

This book is a play. An assembly of three documents placed within a stage of 16 by 22 cm. Each is embodied by its costume and its distinguished gestures, speaking in its own tone of voice. Nothing happens by chance. Images are carried by transparent gl …

Photographers reproduce mechanically and chemically what is in front of them. By means of a negative and digital techniques, photographs can be reproduced to infinity. Captivated by the idea and processes of reproduction, some artists have placed this …

Ein einflussreicher Grundlagentext der Architekturtheorie in einer überarbeiteten und erweiterten Neuausgabe.

The history of architecture is often read in terms of periods that each have their own zeitgeist and movements that each have their own architectural language. What happens if we depart from this zeitgeist concept and use a cyclical history model inste …

‘On the Necessity of Gardening’ tells the story of the garden as a rich source of inspiration. Over the centuries artists, writers, poets, and thinkers have each described, depicted, and designed the garden in different ways. In medieval art, the garde …

Bart van der Heide plädiert mit dieser Publikation dafür, dass Techno-Musik nicht nur als ekstatisches sowie kollektives Erlebnis fungieren, sondern auch als Plattform für gesellschaftskritische Diskurse dienen kann. Welche kulturellen Phänomene und so …

MODERN ANIMAL knots together humans and animals, retelling interviews, folktales, memories, and visions of the people–bourgeois, urban, rural, Roma, working class–encountered on a multiyear journey through Ukraine. The result is a revolutionary appro …

Vom Druckknopf bis zur Weltraumsonde: So weit erstreckt sich der Horizont von Produktdesign. Weil Design viel mehr ist als „Linienführung”, geht diese Designgeschichte der Frage nach, wie sich die Ansprüche an die Gestaltung von Gebrauchsobjekten im La …

What is the connection between art and a new eco-politics? What changes lie ahead for our cultural institutions? How does Gaia make it onto the theatre stages? How can art come into being without resources being consumed? What can we learn from indigen …

‘Design in Conservative Times’ tackles conservatism in and around design, challenging both designer and user to actively engage with, and reflect upon their positions within our current, politically charged landscape. The focal point of this reflection …

What is artistic research? What is a research document? How do these relate to the making process, invention, and creativity? What exactly is expected of me? If you have ever asked yourself any of these questions, then this book is for you. Research Fo …

This hands-on workbook playfully explores the tension between originality, imitation and individual taste by delving into Gerrit Rietveld’s design legacy through a selection of five do-it-yourself-copies of his iconic chair designs. Who are the people …

Casco Issues is a magazine published by Casco – Office for Art, Design and Theory, which explores recurring issues that emerge from Casco’s program. The twelfth edition of Casco Issues, Generous Structures, is a playful enquiry into “playfulness” as a …

What if humanity’s primary inven­tions were not the Hero’s spear but rather a basket of wild oats, a medicine bundle, a story. Ursula K. Le Guin’s 1986 essay The Carrier Bag Theory of Fiction presents a feminist story of technology that centres on the collective sustenance of life, and reimagines the carrier bag as a tool for telling strangely realistic fictions. New writings and images respond to Le Guin’s narrative practice of world­making through gathering and holding.

Charles-Édouard Jeanneret, bekannt als Le Corbusier (1887–1965), beeinflusste die Gestaltung, Funktion und Bauweise von Gebäuden und Wohnhäusern ebenso wie die Kunst und das Design des 20. Jahrhunderts. Eine ausführliche, präzise Betrachtung seiner Rol …

Five decades of iconic and incisive art from Barbara Kruger Since the mid-1970s, Barbara Kruger (born 1945) has been interrogating the hierarchies of power and control in works that often combine visual and written language. In her singular graphic sty …

Vehiculo. What was supposed to be a triptych on artistic views on mobility now gets a fourth chapter due to the overall positive responses we’ve received. This issue once again is filled with the output of forward-thinking individuals that much more pr …

As a literary theorist, Sergei Tretyakov is one of the leading lights in the left-wing art avant-garde. Few people know that he was also one of the most active literary cartographers of the early Soviet Union and its Asian and European neighbours. On t …

Not only was Moisei Ginzburg (1892 – 1946) one of the most important architects of the Soviet avant-garde but his theoretical work was also the pioneering force in constructivism. Rhythm in Architecture (1923) provides an insight into Ginzburg’s early …

The performance of computer-generated music breaks with the codes that have been established for concerts: the audience can no longer watch as music is created, and the causal relationship between action and sound has been cut. The laptop performance h …

The performance of computer-generated music breaks with the codes that have been established for concerts: the audience can no longer watch as music is created, and the causal relationship between action and sound has been cut. The laptop performance h …

A comprehensive survey of American artist Mark Dion, examining three decades of his critically engaged practice interrogating our relationship with nature. The first book in two decades to consider the entire oeuvre of Mark Dion (b. 1961), this volume …

1957 brachte die Sowjetunion einen Satelliten in die Erdumlaufbahn und gewann so die erste Etappe im „Wettlauf ins All“. Der Westen reagierte auf den „Sputnik-Schock“ mit einer nie dagewesenen Bildungsoffensive, die bald die gesellschaftliche Debatte b …

Laura Bielau’s photo book Arbeit (Work) is about the actual space of her work as a photographer and artist: the studio in which she operates. One aspect of the work centres on what she finds in this space, the resources she has at her disposal there, a …

Who produces what, and how? What tools and technologies, what values and intentions are fed into the process? What part do power and control play in the context of semiautonomous technologies that will shape our future world? The book’s conversations, …

Who produces what, and how? What tools and technologies, what values and intentions are fed into the process? What part do power and control play in the context of semiautonomous technologies that will shape our future world? The book’s conversations, …

Notes on discourse in deconstructed/intellectual contemporary fashion

What if humanity’s primary inven­tions were not the Hero’s spear but rather a basket of wild oats, a medicine bundle, a story. Ursula K. Le Guin’s 1986 essay The Carrier Bag Theory of Fiction presents a feminist story of technology that centres on the …

What if humanity’s primary inven­tions were not the Hero’s spear but rather a basket of wild oats, a medicine bundle, a story. Ursula K. Le Guin’s 1986 essay The Carrier Bag Theory of Fiction presents a feminist story of technology that centres on the …

Architecture on Display is a research initiative by Aaron Levy and William Menking that consists of interviews with each of the living directors of the Venice Biennale for Architecture. Architecture on Display is a research initiative by Aaron Levy and …

What is photography? Can the question be explored using literary means? When the photographic image is reflected in the literary afterimage, can one speak of reflection? In this anthology, compiled from the master’s degree in Cultural Publishing at the …