Sonidero City. Mirjam Wirz. Mirjam Wirz & Buzz Maeschi (Eds.).

Posted in music, photography, poster, writing on August 14th, 2013

Sonidero City. Mirjam Wirz. Mirjam Wirz & Buzz Maeschi (Eds.).

Sonidero City – Sound system and DJ Culture in Mexico and Colombia, by Mirjam Wirz

“DJs as messengers delivering greetings between friends and communiques between rival gangs: Cumbia-rhythms slowed down to accomodate traditional dance styles. Low tones and ludicrously distorted voices. The Sonidero-culture of Mexico’s neighbourhoods is impossible to ignore.” – Jonathan Fischer on Sonidero City, DU Magazine 819 / 2011

The long-term photographic reportage of Sonidero City is an homage to the Cumbia DJs / Sonideros of Mexico City, who from the 60s to today have stood behind their sound systems’ mics, sending music as well as greetings across the capital’s streets. While some stack loudspeakers into massive towers, others stick to a modest set-up, spinning their own LP collections on 70s-era record players. They go by names such as Sonido Sensación Tropical, Sonido África, Sonido La Conga.

In contrast, on Colombia’s Caribbean coast, giant flourescent- painted speakers called “Picó” spill afro-colombian Champeta music through local communities, where the accompanying dance of choice is called “polishing the belt buckle.”

Over the course of three years Swiss photographer Mirjam Wirz visited the living rooms, courtyards and dance events of Mexico City, Monterrey and Barranquilla. The result is her book Sonidero City, a lively visual collection tracing the paths Mexico and Colombia’s sound system culture have forged.

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Sonidero City – Soundsystem und DJ-Kultur in Mexiko und Kolumbien
von Mirjam Wirz

“DJ’s als Vermittler von Liebesgrüssen und Botschaften für rivalisierende Gangs: Cumbia-
Rhythmen, die auf den landestypischen Tanzstil heruntergebremst sind. Tiefe Töne und
aberwitzig verzerrte Stimmen. Die Sonidero-Kultur ist aus den Nachbarschaften Mexikos
nicht mehr wegzudenken.”
Jonathan Fischer über Sonidero City, DU Magazin 819 / 2011

Die fotografische Langzeitreportage Sonidero City ist eine Hommage an die Cumbia DJ’s/
Sonideros von Mexico City, die seit den sechziger Jahren und bis heute am Mikrophon ihres
Soundsystems stehen und Musik sowie Grussbotschaften in die Strassen der Hauptstadt
hinaus senden.Einige bauen riesige Türme von Lautsprechern auf, andere spielen mit kleiner Anlage aus ihrer LP-Sammlung auf den Plattenspielern der siebziger Jahre. Sie tragen Namen wie Sonido
Sensación Tropical, Sonido África, Sonido La Conga.

An der Karibikküste Kolumbien hingegen dröhnt aus in fluoreszierenden Farben angemalten,
gigantischen Lautsprechern die afrokolumbianische Champeta-Musik durch die Nachbarschaften. Das Soundsystem heisst Picó und den Tanz dazu nennt man sich gegenseitig die Gürtelschnalle
polieren.

Die Schweizer Fotografin Mirjam Wirz hat während drei Jahren mit ihrer Kamera Wohnzimmer,
Innenhöfe und Tanzveranstaltungen in Mexico City, Monterrey und Barranquilla besucht, daraus ist das Buch Sonidero City entstanden, eine lebendige visuelle Sammlung, die den Spuren dieser Soundsystem Kultur folgt.

Language: Spanisch / English
Pages: 224
Size: 19.9 x 26.5 cm

31 €
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VOR DER HOUR VII. zweikommasieben @ Motto Berlin. 17.08.2013

Posted in Events on August 13th, 2013

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Returning to Berlin. Kim Schoen (Ed.).

Posted in photography, writing on August 13th, 2013

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Returning to Berlin. Kim Schoen (Ed.). Material Press.

RETURNING TO BERLIN:
A PUBLICATION ON REPETITION AND PHOTOGRAPHY.

Becky Beasley
Zoe Crosher
Leslie Dick
Ulrich Gebert
Christian Hagemann
Marc KatzSarah
Lehrer-Graiwer
Olga Fernández-López
Rosell Meseguer
Rosalind Nashashibi
Vanessa Place
Jonathan Rée
Olivier Richon
Kim Schoen
Duncan Wooldridge

Edition of 50

Language: English
Pages: 14 booklets
Size: 14.9 x 21 cm

40 €
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Motto presents ‘Making Worlds’ book launch and temporary store @ IMA, Brisbane. 15.08.2013.

Posted in Events, graphic design, literature, magazines, Motto Melbourne event, Stores, writing on August 8th, 2013
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Motto presents MAKING WORLDS: Publication launch & temporary store

Making Worlds: Art and Science Fiction is a collection of new texts by artists, curators, art historians and writers who are self-confessed science fiction fans. The linking point is the idea of science fiction as a platform for the building of alternate art histories. This collection is concerned with the ways in which science fiction might be performed, materialised or enacted within a contemporary context. Published by Surpllus.

Motto will also present a temporary bookshop within the IMA during the event, offering a selection of books, magazines, artists’ publications and editions.

Thursday 15th August, from 6pm

Institute of Modern Art
Judith Wright Centre of Contemporary Arts
420 Brunswick Street
Fortitude Valley
Brisbane QLD 4006

DIENACHT #13. Calin Kruse (Ed.). dienacht publishing.

Posted in magazines, photography on August 7th, 2013
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DIENACHT #13. Calin Kruse (Ed.). dienacht publishing.

Photography by Chad Moore, Ingar Krauss, Daisuke Yokota, Johan Bävman, Sylvia Ballhause, Verena Brandt, Francesco Merlini, … Illustration by Poste Aérienne, an article about the underground filmmaker Shirley Clarke, a Graphic-Design Portfolio by Xavi Garcia, book and photozine reviews…

Language: Deutsch – English
Pages: 128
Size: 15 x 18cm
D 7€
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Fotograf # 21

Posted in magazines, photography on August 6th, 2013

Fotograf # 21. Fotograf Magazine.

Language: English
Pages: 124
Size: 22.5 x 29.1 cm

16 €
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In Italy It’s Called “Department Store At Night” (Five Impossible Films, I). Matthew Brannon. Mousse Publishing, Museo Marino Marini.

Posted in Exhibition catalogue, writing on August 6th, 2013

In Italy It’s Called “Department Store At Night” (Five Impossible Films, I). Matthew Brannon. Mousse Publishing, Museo Marino Marini.

Published in coordination with the first solo show by Matthew Brannon in an Italian art institution, the catalogue is organized as two independent volumes containing an unpublished novel by the American writer, “Antelope,” an essay by Alan Reid in the form of a set of “imaginary” letters sent to Brannon himself, “Unanswered Letters,” and a critical text by the curator of the exhibition and co-editor of the catalogue Alberto Salvadori.

Language: English / Italian
Pages: 2 volumes (72 + 72 pages)
Size: 20 x 14 cm

21 €
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Gagarin #27. Wilfried Huet (Ed.). GAGA vzw.

Posted in magazines, writing on August 6th, 2013

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Gagarin #27. Wilfried Huet (Ed.). GAGA vzw.

GAGARIN
the Artists in their Own Words

Volume 14#1

Featuring:
Laure Prouvost
Latifa Echakhch
Asli Cavusoglu
David Hominal
Pol Matthe
Marijke van Warmerdam
Juan Perez Agirregoikoa

Concept & coordination: Wilfried Huet
Graphical concept: Simon Casier & Petra Fieuws

Language: English / Turkish / Danish / French
Pages: 164

17 €

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Returning to Berlin: A symposium, publication and exhibition on repetition and photography. 11.08.2013

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Returning to Berlin: A symposium, publication and exhibition on repetition and photography

@ Motto Berlin, August 11, 2013, 3-6 PM

We are pleased to announce that RETURNING TO BERLIN, a symposium on repetition and photography, is happening Sunday, August 11, 2013. Hosted by MOTTO Berlin, the event will take place in the courtyard, beginning at 3 p.m. Becky Beasley, Leslie Dick, Ulrich Gebert, Vanessa Place, Kim Schoen, Olivier Richon, Olga Fernandez Lopez and Duncan Wooldridge will be speaking. There will be a short intermission of 30 minutes and the event will end at 6, drinks to follow. Surrounding the talks in the vitrines at Motto there will be an exhibition of photographs by Becky Beasley, Zoe Crosher, Ulrich Gebert, Christian Hagemann, Rosalind Nashashibi, Olivier Richon, Kim Schoen, and Duncan Wooldridge.

The title of this symposium and publication comes from a venture in ‘experimental psychology’ that Kierkegaard undertakes in his book Repetition. He writes: “You can, after all, take a trip to Berlin; you have been there once before, and now you can prove to yourself whether a repetition is possible and what importance it has.” He embarks on this repeat trip to Berlin, somewhat absurdly, as a foil to start to question repetition as a concept.

This performed ‘return’ is the subject of the day—the return in relation to photography. What does it mean to have ‘seen it before?’ The nostalgic qualities of photography always seem to position the photograph as an aide de memoir, the ultimate ‘recollection.’ And photography as a medium itself embodies repetition. But Kierkegaard asserts that genuine repetition is recollected forward, the opposite in movement to recollection, which is remembering backwards. What might photography’s function be if not for recollection? Can there be a different, as Gertrude Stein might say, insistence for a photograph? The participants will bring forth the dislocations, problems, and pleasures that repetition can perform.

We are also pleased to announce a Limited Edition Box Set of Photographs in conjunction with this symposium. There are five box-sets available with eight 8×10 prints from Becky Beasley, Zoe Crosher, Ulrich Gebert, Christian Hagemann, Rosalind Nashashibi, Olivier Richon, Kim Schoen, and Duncan Wooldridge.

http://www.materialpress.org/rtb/

Kessels Kramer @ Motto Berlin. 08.08.2013

Posted in Events on August 5th, 2013
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Motto X KesselsKramer @ Motto Berlin
Opening reception: 08.08.2013
from 7pm

After last month’s stop in London, we are happy to welcome KK Outlet, the London outpost of KesselsKramer, an international publisher and communications agency. The KesselsKramer Publishing catalogue hosts a vast collection of vernacular photography books as well as titles encapsulating short stories, advertising, graphic design and unusual art works. The KesselsKramer catalogue will be available at Motto, Berlin throughout August.

New Release: Useful Photography #11

The Useful Photography series is a collection of magazines which focus on overlooked and supposedly underwhelming images taken for practical purposes. The latest publication, Useful Photography #11 rifles through the history of human targets culled from US shooting ranges. With the gun debate still raging in the USA, this unsettling collection of images throws up all kinds of questions about the attitudes towards guns in America.

A selection of images from this latest publication will be on show at Motto/Chert Gallery throughout August.

Exhibition runs 09-31.08.2013

http://www.kesselskramerpublishing.com/