Archive Kabinett, Berlin

Novel and Something Blue at Archive Kabinett, July 20 2010

Archive Kabinett is the headquarter of Archive Books and Archive Journal. Devoted to research and reflection on artistic, social, and political practices, Archive Kabinett aims to translate, organize and circulate theoretical and critical materials.

Novel (Issues 1 & 2) edited by Alun Rowlands & Matt Williams, designed by James Langdon

Novel draws together artists writing, texts and poetry that oscillate between modes of fiction and speculation. Here artists’ writing is an apparatus for knowledge capture, informed by theory, film, politics and storytelling.

Contributors include a.o. (Issue 1) Mark von Schlegell, Michael Krebber, Josef Strau, Marc Camille Chaimowicz, Barry MacGregor Johnston, Alastair MacKinven, Michael Stevenson / Jan Verwoet, Ei Arakawa, RH Quaytman and Steven Claydon; (Issue 2) Nicholas Byrne, Stephen G Rhodes, Karolin Meunier, Cyprien Gaillard, Mark Leckey, Emilly Wardill, Paul Chan, Karl Holmqvist, Michaela Eichwald, Melanie Gilligan, Oscar Tuazon and Christoph Buchel.

With additional contributions by Ed Aktins and Edwin Burdis / Johnny Woo

Something Blue (Pilot Issue)
edited and designed by Galerie Neue Alte Brücke / Mark Dickenson

Something Blue is a new publication situated within the blurred territories of contemporary art and erotica. Existing as a single unique copy the pilot issue includes specially produced contributions by Ed Atkins, Thomas Bayrle, Will Benedict, Nicolas Ceccaldi, Tim Davies, Simon Denny, Simon Fujiwara, Lena Henke, Yngve Holen, Morag Keil, Fiona Mackay, Tobias Madison, Patrizio Di Massimo, Ruairiadh O’Connell, Seth Pick, Claus Rasmussen, Dan Rees, Florian Roithmayr, Cally Spooner, Lucie Stahl and Iori Wallace.