Starship 20

Posted in Art, magazines on March 27th, 2024
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This is the 20th issue of Starship and we are proud and very happy to present it, and mainly want to thank all the artists, the contributors, the columnists, and the people who helped us gather images of exhibitions past, and gave us texts from books not yet published. Starship never starts with a clear concept about its future content, or what could be called a theme, but always with a sort of attentive interest. The theme may develop through its columnists—we now think it is easy to distinguish lines of thoughts, images, and texts answering each other. But it surely does so out of this editorial interest that wanders, and finds, and collects, is enthusiastic about artworks, and texts, and people, and then, well, brings this all together in a magazine. This was our working mode during the past year, and the responsiveness of those who regularly write for Starship (the columnists) has shown us that out there others are involved in thoughts that run very much in parallel. It is a strange form, a magazine like this, not getting funded, appearing irregularly, but still following a sort of conventional form that shows its consistency. It is at its core an excess of producing something that might prove itself valuable and liberating in the future.

—Ariane Müller, Henrik Olesen

Contributors to Starship № 20:

Rosa Aiello, Terry Atkinson, Tenzing Barshee, Gerry Bibby, Mercedes Bunz, David Bussel, Jay Chung, Eric D. Clark, Caleb Considine, Hans-Christian Dany, Albert Dichy, Nikola Dietrich, Martin Ebner, Ruth Angel Edwards, Stephanie Fezer, Jean Genet, Simone Gilges, Julian Göthe, Michèle Graf, Selina Grüter, Ulrich Heinke, Toni Hildebrandt, Beatrice Hilke, Karl Holmqvist, Stephan Janitzky, G. Peter Jemison, Charlotte Johannesson, Julia Jost, Julia Jung, Jakob Kolding, Nina Könnemann, Lars Bang Larsen, Anita Leisz, Norman Lewis, Elisa R. Linn, Sebastian Lütgert, Vera Lutz, Chloée Maugile, Robert McKenzie, Ariane Müller, Christopher Müller, Robert M. Ochshorn, Henrik Olesen, Kari Rittenbach, Nina Rhode, Ulla Rossek, Cameron Rowland, Mark von Schlegell, Ryan Siegan Smith, Philipp Simon, Valerie Stahl Stromberg, Josef Strau, Vera Tollmann, Eleanor Ivory Weber, Camilla Wills, Amelie von Wulffen, Florian Zeyfang

Thanks to: Hollybush Gardens, L’Institut du monde arabe, L’Institut mémoires de l’édition contemporaine, Paris, and Albert Dichy, Michael Rosenfeld Gallery, Friederike Gratz, and Galerie Buchholz, Kunsthalle Friart and Nicolas Brulhart, Richard Sides and The Wig, Galerie Emanuel Layr, Canal 47, Kevin Space, Hannes Schmidt and Galerie Schiefe Zähne, Timo Schröder and Edition Nautilus, Cameron Rowland. Thank you to everyone from freier magazine, especially Nina Rhode for organizing and clarifying with all the artists and contributors, as well as KM Galerie, and Martin Eberle for their kind support.

Spring 2024

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Militant Oriental – Peel Session II (vinyl – 12”)

Posted in music, Vinyl on March 27th, 2024
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In 2004, 2/5BZ’s second vinyl EP which featured 3 tracks from his second appearance at Peel Session in 2004 (proposed early 2004, broadcasted in late 2004) together with 3 unreleased tracks has been released under his own label Gözel Records in 2006 and has beed re-pressed many times .
2/5BZ, aka Serhat Köksal, has worked as a multimedia artist with various releases in video, music, and literary formats since 1991 in Istanbul and performed live audiovisual performances under motto “NO Touristik NO Exotik” in 20 countries and 96 cities in clubs, festivals, squats, exhibitions and multimedia perforformances at well-known festivals such as Club Transmediale in Berlin, Sonic Acts in Amsterdam, Donau Festival .
2/5BZ had an interview with John Peel in 1994 for BBC world Service . ” Of all the music I heard in Turkey, I liked 2/5BZ best “, commented John Peel and aired his works two times at Peel Session in BBC Radio 1 with following announcement “ that track is from one of my favourites sessions of the recent past from 2/5BZ from Istanbul.No Touristik No Exotic it is called..” John Peel (2004)

A1 Militant Oriental (Peel Session II)
A2 Karabesk (Peel Session II)
A3 Öküz İstanbul (Peel Session II)
B1 Petrol Stress (Remake)
B2 Bbam (Electro Saz Baǧlama)
B3 Şaka Etmiyorum (Nurkish Dub)

Bass Guitar – Yahya Enis Akin (tracks: A1, B1)
Clarinet – Tim Hodgkinson (tracks: B1)
Other [Dub] – Abdurrahman Palay (tracks: A3, B3)
Producer, Tape, Electronics, Voice, Other [Electro Saz], Sampler – Serhat Köksal
Voice – Armarǧan Temizel (tracks: B1)
Voice, Other [Mauv] – Benek (5) (tracks: B2)

Author: 2/5 BZ

Publisher: Gözel Records

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Zweikommasieben #28

Posted in magazines, Motto Books, music on March 24th, 2024
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The sound of each individual’s voice is thought to be entirely unique. Like a fingerprint, its composition is distinct, nuanced, and one-of-a-kind. While all this is true, it’s a concept that has been challenged in recent times by the refinement of AI-powered systems which are able to emulate voices to a tee. And not only voices, for that matter, but whole styles and aesthetics: an AI-generated facsimile of Drake and The Weeknd’s voices titled “Heart on My Sleeve” made the rounds this year and was even submitted for Grammy consideration. It’s a legitimate song, and a proposal that does not only keep legal departments busy, but also allows for myriad reflections on originality and, bluntly, the future of music. But as the future of music is a broad and daunting topic to speculate on, we want to hone in on what’s been prefaced above: issue #28 of zweikommasieben centers the voice as means of expression, and wants to expand on what is meant by that: it’s not only what is heard, but also why a voice is used and by whom. This latest edition considers what it means to voice, and its physical, societal and political dimensions.

Truthfully, voices as a topic might be even more daunting to tackle. Its political implications are manifold and have to be considered in seriousness. Voice can’t be separated from reflections on the ingrained power of attitudes, beliefs, and norms that dominate. Exhibit A for these complex entanglements is a conversation Dounia Biedermann had with South Korean artist bela. The musician explains how they use all kinds of different voices other than their recognizable speaking voice to articulate and access deeply felt emotions towards their home country and identity. “Whispering, growling, screeching, and inhaling” help them in disrupting cultural boundaries of power that historically constrain and silence marginalized identities. With this approach, bela finds an ally in Krista Papista: in conversation with Jazmina Figueroa she informs that her latest album was an explicit tribute to the lives of victims of femicide in Cyprus, and the marginalized voices that are not heard within the Cypriot national ideology. By subverting traditional music genres and poetics, both Krista Papista and bela push forward the need to queer history and to reveal longstanding, harmful, national myths.

In a queer history, we are no longer pointed towards dominant and singular voices, but instead expand to a context that is polyvocal—a term we encounter in artist Claudia Pagès’ contribution to this issue: through the tools of light, drums, and text, a different temporality and reading of history is proposed. Tuning out of the prevailing source of authoritarian speech, and tuning in to the voices of many, also leads us to consider the articulation of the collective. In his interview with Helena Julian, artist Tianzhuo Chen points to the shared voice of humankind as a whole, and its yearning for a state of flow and togetherness.

For the latest iteration of the visual column “Formations”, Imane Djamil provides a portfolio of photographs taken in the Moroccan seaside town Tarfaya. In the series, we are confronted with the boundaries that can be imposed on one’s legitimacy to express. We witness glimpses of everyday life, in close proximity to the severely precarious migratory sea passage towards Europe. Hearing the voice of the local community, we equally become aware of whose voice is missing.

Naturally, the voice is also an instrument that is shaped by its limitations. Although, still today, it seems to have preeminence above all other forms of human expression. The full width of the use of voice and sounds produced by individuals is further explored in an essay by Dagmar Bosma. The artist and writer muses on the act and appearances of different forms of stimming, which is a verb that originates from the neurodivergent community. Bosma highlights the sonic dimension of stimming with its vocalizations and repetitions of sounds and rhythms, as a way to equally express and soothe.

A recurring interest of zweikommasieben is, to speak with Claudia Pagès, to be polyvocal. Previous issues tried to achieve this by highlighting all the different people involved in bringing a magazine to life (in issue #22) or allowing authors, translators, photographers, and designers to make additional editorial notes (in issue #23). This time around, the graphic designers Kaj Lehmann and Raphael Schoen are using typographic matter to create a similar effect: different cuts of the same font (which was designed by Lehmann and previously used in issue #17) are applied to choral effect.

One could argue that for a voice to exist, it needs to be heard. In this 28th edition, we wish to offer exactly that. In the next pages, you will perceive a multitude of voices—from roars to whispers—, sometimes out of tune or out of time, with the intention to be recognised by those who dare to listen.

Author: Helena Julian, Mathis Neuhaus (Eds.)

Publisher: Präsens Editionen; Motto Books

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Table de Presse n°7 – Changement de Décor

Posted in photography, Zines on March 20th, 2024
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This edition comes packed in a plastic cover with the “L.A. Lawless” game, 2 silkscreen printed posters, “Table de presse n°5” and “HORS SERIE n°1”

La version papier de TDP N°7 – AVRIL 2020 – CHANGEMENT DE DÉCOR est parue ! Elle est disponible en 50 exemplaires dans une pochette plastique avec le jeu «L.A Lawless», deux affiches sérigraphiées et notre premier hors série : Table de presse n°5 — fevrier 2020 HORS SERIE n°1.

La ville, pour nous, a toujours été le décor de batailles politiques et poétiques entre le sérieux technocratique du béton et du verre et le charme désuet d’un coin de rue devenu archipel d’émancipation. Interroger la ville alors que nous sommes contraints de la déserter, lutter en proposant d’autres manières de la parcourir, et le jour de nos retrouvailles, reprendre la rue.

Pour notre septième table de presse, nous nous sommes interrogés sur notre façon d’habiter la ville. Face aux mesures exceptionnelles prises en réponse au coronavirus, notamment le confinement en France, nous avons été contraints à l’unité nationale. Est-ce que le confinement total était la seule réponse possible à la COVID-19 ? Cette crise offre la possibilité de questionner nos actions, artistiques ou autres.

Tabledepresse.com a été créé il y a 11 mois pour remettre en question nos “manières de faire et de montrer de l’art”. L’autonomie que nous avons cherché à instaurer est devenue essentielle aujourd’hui. Il est urgent d’introduire l’économie du don et la culture de l’open source dans la production artistique pour éviter la monopolisation par les grandes entreprises du numérique.

La ville, pour nous, a toujours été le décor de batailles politiques et poétiques entre le sérieux technocratique et le charme désuet d’un coin de rue devenu archipel d’émancipation.

Le 20 Mars 2020,

un bidonville de plusieurs familles d’une communauté de voyageurs a été expulsé de la rue de l’Acacia à Montreuil. La quasi totalité des maisons contruites ont été détruites. Le lieu qui s’apparente à une décharge depuis la destruction de leurs habitations est surveillé 7sur7 24sur24 par plusieurs agents de sécurité.

Je me suis rendu à plusieurs reprises dans ces lieux où j’ai photographié les cabanes encore en place, les tags inscrits sur les murs et les quelques traces restantes de celles et ceux qui ont vécu là plusieurs années.

fanzine imprimé au Sbis quai saint-vincent, à Lyon le 20 février 2020

Table De Presse et Studio Arpentage

C’est à la lueur d’un feu fait de résidus trouvés en route que nous nous réunissons. Une poussière grisâtre tombe du ciel et enveloppe le décor d’un épais manteau sec. Le banquet est court, le temps nous est compté.

Joyeux et incertains, nous traînons nos corps le long de la rive. Autour de nous, tout a changé de visage. Chacun porte à sa main un flambeau et je vois dans la lueur des flammes la complexité de leurs traits. Nous marchons côte à côte et à mesure que nos corps se frôlent, on a l’impression de déjà un peu mieux se connaître. De grimage en grimace je perçois la folie furieuse qui anime quelques un.e.s. On s’amuse de la situation; ça aurait pu être pire. L’odeur de la cendre n’est pas si âpre, la chaleur du sol pas tant brûlante.

L’une glisse le long de la colline derrière nous, elle s’est confectionnée une luge en laquelle elle a confiance et j’en- tends ses éclats de rire qui raisonnent dans cet espace im- mense. Nous avançons à pas de loup dans le brouillard épais, le temps est lourd mais les retrouvailles joyeuses.

Author: Table de Presse

Publisher: Table de Presse

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Win First Don’t Last – Win Last Don’t Care

Posted in Uncategorized on March 19th, 2024
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The work of Lee Lozano (1930-1999) is one of the best-kept secrets in today’s contemporary art world. She was a woman artist who established herself and her work in New York in the 1960s in a world dominated by men and then decided to give it all up in the early 1970s and moved to Dallas. Lozano’s work, even in the short period she was active in New York, encompassed, and in many ways mastered, a wide range of styles from text works to abstract paintings, drawings to everyday activities declared art. She knew and collaborated with some of the most famous names of minimalism and conceptualism, but she always held herself a little apart. She fought for her own idealisms, matched it with her disillusionment and questioned feminism even as she made drawings of the absurdities of a patriarchal world where tools, machines, weapons and money dominate the imagination. Her later Language Pieces can now be understood as some of the most radical expressions of the conceptual movement at that time.

This publication assembles images from her work and archives to gether with a series of texts that outline her development as an artist from the 1950s and focus on particular activities or reminiscences. There is also the partial transcript of a unique recording of a lecture Lee Lozano gave at the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design in 1971 shortly before she left the art world.

In total, this book sheds light on a fascinating individual artist and also adds another point of view to the rich, complex story of the NewYork art scene in the 1960s and its continued resonance in our culture today.

Author: Adam Szymczyk (Ed.)

Publisher: Schawbe AG / Kunsthalle Basel

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NUMB (pocket edition). Wolfsko.

Posted in Editions, poster on March 15th, 2024
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In Nazi Germany, at least 10,000 physically and mentally disabled children and adolescents, including orphans, misfits and other ethnic groups were murdered as part of an ideology based on Social Darwinism. For the first time in history, physicians, nurses and midwives killed by lethal injection, gas poisoning or starvation. It predated the genocide of European Jewry by approximately two years. A rehearsal for the planners of the ‘Final Solution’. “NUMB” is a study of the forgotten children of WWII.

Hand-made and hand-colored by the artists.

French artist duo, Wolfsko, use mediums of expression such as photography, text, drawing, painting and collage. Their work is a long study in the world of unhappy childhood, exploring themes such as love, fear, and survival. Wolfsko currently live and work in Berlin.

Author: Wolfsko

Publisher: Wolfsko Publications

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Borderline (Signed Copy)

Posted in photography on March 12th, 2024
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Borderline, Charles Paulicevich.
(Signed Copy)
Ceci est un essai, a collection run by François Bouchara.
Graphism Colin Junius.
Engraving and manufacture Gérard Issert.

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Il Gambero Cosmografico 1965, Il Granchiolino Immamorato 1967 1968-2018

Posted in poetry, Sound on March 10th, 2024
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Henri Chopin (18 June 1922 – 3 January 2008) was a French avant-garde poet and musician: he is widely considered to be a pioneer in the recognition and distribution of sound-poetry. Besides poetry and music, his practice includes paining, graphic design, typography, independant publishing and filmmaking; Chopin’s work is a barometer of the shifts in European media between the 1950s and the 1970s.
In 1964 he created OU, one of the most notable reviews of the second half of the 20th century, and he ran it until 1974. OU’s contributors included William S. Burroughs, Brion Gysin, Gil J Wolman, François Dufrêne, Bernard Heidsieck, John Furnival, Tom Phillips, and the Austrian sculptor, writer and Dada pioneer Raoul Hausmann.

Chopin spent a lot of time in Naples from the beginning of the 1980s due to his collaborative projects with Peppe Morra, founder of Fondazione Morra, one of the most renowned spaces for contemporary art active within the city. Morra and Chopin worked closely together up until the final years of the French artist’s life. During this time they produced numerous publications, a large number of which were based on his stunning production of “typewriter poems”. Chopin found a new possibility for poetry both within sound and the written form; with a formal approach he constructed a new alphabetical narration that actually had no responsibility for communication.
His personal production — consisting of typewriter-poems and sound performances — is an inspired attempt to open the medium of poetry into a form described by Chopin as ‘a poetry of spaces’: demonstrating ‘the sensory superiority of sound as opposed to normal speech, and […] free man from the straightjacket of words and letters and from his obedience to didactics.’

This book contains a text by Stelio Maria Martini.

Author: Henri Chopin

Publisher: Edizioni Morra

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Playful subversion. Beni Bischof

Posted in photography on March 9th, 2024
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Playful Subversion from Swiss artist Beni Bischof is a wild journey through 945 black-and-white images taken from every available web portal in a crash of cultures, identity, humor and political comment a riotous paranoia about the world we live in and the billion of images that assault our senses every single day. It reads like an oversized flipbook except you will need one hell of a pocket to tuck this fat little monster into your coat pocket. Produced for his first Austrian solo exhibition at Fotohof Salzburg, it does exactly as the title suggests. A highly entertaining vade mecum, it blends together the great icons of the culture industry in a high-contrast panorama of our postmodern media culture. The contrast of black-and-white reproductions not only deconstructs and profanes the odd hero or two but also generates a subversive maelstrom, the pull of which is difficult to escape.

Author: Beni Bischof

Publisher: Fotohof edition and Laser Magazin

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veiled_eyes. Maryna Russo.

Posted in photography, writing on March 8th, 2024
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Veiled Eyes was founded in 2015, originally as an art project against Instagram and its hashtag culture. Having to adapt to the fast-growing social media and marketing platform, Veiled Eyes was born. The concept was to hide (or veil) the subject’s eyes and show no locations. At the time the project began, users were unable to have more than one account per registered email. Over time, after updates and several iPhones later, I was blocked and locked out of the Veiled Eyes account. After many attempts to regain access, I simply gave up. In collaboration with dtan Studio, I transformed the original concept into the analog form you currently hold in your hand.

Maryna Russo

edition of 58

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