Passion is a Paris-based fanzine, created for all works longing in cupboards, hard drives and brain tubes. Passion publishes the unpublished: censored or forgotten projects, parallel or experimental works, all from famous artists and upcoming young wolves. It´s edited by Foucauld Duchange, Gildas Durel and Grégoire Dyer with graphic design by Caroline Aufort and Antonin David.
How?
At night, with little regards towards our biological clock, our sleeves rolled up in empty offices, abandoned agencies and available apartments.
why?
To create a scene’s snapshot, that of a way of life.
To seduce too, probably.
and for what result?
11 projects, 88 pages and five different papers, 300 hand bounded and numbered copies.
More than just a zine, an original and shiny object.
On the edge: « Two times if you know me ».
So be it
Passion #2 comes with features of Arnaud Lajeunie, Aurélien Bacquet, Dylan Calves, Caroline Fayette, Yan Céh, Clothilde Fédou, Jetenculetherese.net & Le Grand Foutoir, Lvdovico Magno, Mike Piscitelli, François Guyomard & Quentin Williaume and Anne-Line Desrousseaux & Julie Slowey.
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PLI is a contemporary design magazine. What, however, does the adjective "contemporary" signify, that we associate with design and which we seem to believe is self-referencing? Could there be such a thing as a contemporary state, a spirit of the times, that differentiates it from other periods in history? Or could it be that we have reached a new state of tension relative to the Modern, of Post-Modern reappraisal? To characterize the recent processes of cultural production and the manner in which they explore possibilities of sharing, appropriation, editing and mixing, Nicolas Bourriaud used the term Postproduction. In the contemporary, we are all postproducers. Lady Gaga is one possible model. Cultural production is, essentially, a production of meaning. A process of puzzling. We rearrange pieces, creating new angles, new logics, new narratives. We construct pathways via a multitude of nodes: Lady Gaga, Metrópolis, Vertov, Rodchenko, Archigram, Th. Adorno, Neville Brody, Sagmeister or Shakespeare, Shakira and a pair of Dr. Martens boots. The author is a narrator. The narrative increasingly hypertextual. Contemporary design is fundamentally an exploration of narrative processes. PLI is a magazine about contemporary design, without any doubt at all.
The latest issue of the PLI arte & design magazine, published by ESAD/Escola Superior de Artes e Design de Matosinhos (the Matosinhos Institute of Art and Design), is dedicated to the theme of Enthusiasm. In this issue of PLI, the desire to affirm the strength of art & design at a time of economic crisis is strongly visible. It is a double issue (no. 2/3) which features a wide range of national and international contributors, a total of 36 authors working in the areas of design, architecture, photography and contemporary thought. With more than 200 content-filled pages, this issue of PLI stands out in that its physical structure has turned it into a real piece of design, encompassing 5 different formats, various different types of paper and exploring differing graphic solutions that culminate in a magazine with a very strong visual presence.
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»We are ABOUT to make history« is the motto of the first ABOUT Independent Publishing Fair in Mainz. This fair for small publishing houses and self-publishers that work within the fields of art and design is taking place from Friday, 4 to Sunday, 6 of May 2012. It complements »Schrift/Macht/Welten.«, a notable symposium that will address to the relationship of typography and power, and is organized by the German Society for Design History in Mainz.
Located on the spacious premises of FH Mainz – University of Applied Sciences, ABOUT offers more than 200 square meters for the presentation and sale of a great variety of publications. With more than 25 participants from all across the country and a focus on the presentation of student’s publications from various art academies, it facilitates exchange and dialogue with like-minded people as well as the general public.
Along with the fair, we have organized the exhibition »FLAGS« which will showcase 16 flag designs by international designers. We're proud to announce as participants: Alex Lis/45x (DE), Beni Bischof (CH), Cox & Grusenmeyer (NL), Craig & Karl (US/UK), Deutsche & Japaner (DE), Foundland (NL/SY/ZA), Hort (DE), Jonathan Zawada (AU), Killian Loddo (FR), Manuel Bürger, Till Wiedeck, Timm Häneke (DE), Mash (AU), Na Kim (KR), Oded Ezer (IL), Protey Temen (RU), Vier5 (DE/FR). Please join us for the opening of FLAGS on Friday, 4 May 2012, 7 pm.
All participating publishers are invited to give a short presentation about their work for the visitors of the fair. This will happen consistently at the ABOUT Readers Corner. You will find a list announcing the sequence of the presentations on site.
For Saturday evening, we organized a Pecha Kucha Night, starting at 8:20 pm. During this event, every speaker will present a chosen topic (anything that comes to mind) on 20 slides, each shown for 20 seconds.
Entrance is free of charge.
OPENING HOURS FAIR
Saturday 5 May 2012, 2 – 8 pm
Sunday 6 May 2012, 12 – 6 pm
LOCATION
Rheinstraße 19
55116 Mainz
Germany
PROGRAMME
Friday, 4 May,
7 pm Vernissage FLAGS, Meet and Greet
10 pm ABOUT-Lounge Dorett Bar
Saturday 5 May
8:20 pm Pecha Kucha Night
11 pm ABOUT-Party at Atelier Zukunft
SPECIALS
Review-Marathon with Regine Ehleiter
Magazine shop by mzin (Leipzig)
Live Quadrophonie by Aliens Project
Poster exhibition: AHOJ-Workshop, ArtEZ Class of Vinca Kruk (Metahaven)
Exhibition FLAGS
PUBLISHERS
AKV Berlin (D), B-B-B-Books (SE), Bird Magazine (D), Bananafish Books (CN), Böhm/Kobayashi (D), Cake Publishing (D), Coto Reich (FR), designinmainz (D), Edition Fink (CH), Edition Große Worte – Kleine Formate (D), Edition Taube (D), Gloria Glitzer (D), Hakuin Verlag (CH), Jung und Wenig (D), Lubok (D), Masterdart (D), Occasional Papers (UK), Prima Publications (D), PWR (D), Random Press (D), Revolver Publishing (D), Spector Books (D), The Beardshop (D), TLTR Press (CZ), Zweizehn (D)
INTERNATIONAL TABLE
4478zine (NL), Bjarne Bare (NO), Bolo Magazine (IT), Bucci Publishing (CH), Camera Obscura (PT), Catalogue (UK), Éditions FP&CF (FR), Fourteen-Nineteen (UK), Gudberg (D), Grotto (BE), Innen Zines (HU), Kritika (LT), Landfill Editions (UK), Lay Flat (US), Lendroit Éditions (FR), Lord Jim Publishing (D), Museums Press (UK), Pogobooks (D), Shakeyourtree (D), Sleeperhold Publications (BE), Swill Children (US)
EDUCATION
FH Aachen, ArtEZ Arnhem, UdK Berlin, HS Darmstadt, FH Dortmund, FHF Freiburg, Burg Halle, HfG Karlsruhe, HGB Leipzig, FH Mainz, HS Mannheim, HfG Offenbach, HS Pforzheim, Bauhaus-Uni Weimar
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