Thomas Geiger
Punkerglück (Punk Luck)
Punkerglück is a hand-illustrated
booklet, which narrates an action
by Thomas Geiger: “On the street
a punk asks me for some coins.
I offer to play a round of
rock-paper-scissors for his chance
to win an Euro.“
Astrid Seme
A Copy of Dabernig, Josef:
handwritten copies.
BAWAG Foundation Edition. Christoph Keller Editions.
JRP|Ringier Kunstverlag, Zürich.
In the 1990’s, the Austrian artist
Josef Dabernig copied very
precisely in writing some books
and theoretical scripts. Two of them
were published in a facsimile catalogue by the Swiss publishing house for art books JRP.
Astrid Seme copied this facsimile catalogue herself by hand. Along with the Dabernig’s copies the cover, logo, imprint, prologue, as well as formal elements such as size, cover and page pro-perties (color, paper weight, etc) are reproduced. By doing so Seme
Ben Öztat & Jonas Fechner
Friends make Books
When Ben Öztat was sitting on a
window ledge and was about to
freak out for some reason, a friend
gave him a red pen and offered
him the first sheet of a post-it bloc. After some seconds of drawing the
friend turned over the first page
and on it went. In the next hour
Öztat doodled on the entire pages,
Ben Öztat
Reading Lamp
When you hit
a wrong note,
it’s the next note
that makes it
good or bad.
— Miles Davis
The basic principle in the work of
Ben Öztat is improvisation. Once in
a while even an object of utility
evolves from this process.
Otto D. Handschuh
Untitled
Otto D. Handschuh is studying
properties of form and material by
constant repetition of a single
working step. This procedure is
also elucidated in his book. On 120 pages black circles are depicted in
the same pattern. Handschuh has
drawn over and over again the
same circles but instead of
monotony the spectator is
Astrid Seme
Laut heraus / Out loud
Out loud is the conjugating of the ten commitments. Through this apparently very simple displacement, the senselessness of a grammatical exercise and the moral content of the bible text are connected in a very absurd way.
Thomas Geiger
One day publishings
The so-called One day publishings
are hand-illustrated notebooks
produced within the course of
one day:
Die Geschichte der Pitcairn Inseln narrates a radio reportage
Bratislava Balloons depicts on 12 pages the air balloons sold by an
Uno documents a card game
between a mother and her child in
Katrin Herzner
Ringbuch
A book is created and disappears
in the S 41 / 42
There is a blank book, only the title, page numbers and the collophon are printed inside. Katrin Herzner is writing a book in the Ringbahn in Berlin on the blank pages while riding in the tramway, the Ringbahn, around Berlin’s centre. She notes down her passing thoughts and at the end of each ride she pulls out the written pages and leaves them behind. For the
Ben Öztat
Knizak
Knizak by Ben Öztat, aims to create situations and to redefine the dimensions of a book. By this means it has a pervormative aspect which can unfolded in various ways:
The reader is invited to take the pages, which are made out of different materials, and rearrange them in the room. The reading space unfolds in a new and also literal way.
Thomas Geiger
Thinking Machine
This is what Thomas Geiger calls his simple construction of a cardboard box containing three revolving discs with about 50 adjectives and nouns each. Geiger spins the discs every morning.
The combination of words thus created stays with him throughout the day and serves as a basis for Geiger’s visualization thereof in either a photo, a short video, an
Nina Montini
catalogues
Nina Montinis actions are documented in small paper boxes. Ones in the hands of the spectator the actions remain not only a mere documentation but transforms into object, catalog or application. An action is documented, the documentation is becoming an application and the application allows the reader to rediscover the
Astrid Seme
Urbirds singing the Sonata
There has never been a full agreement as to what were the key influences on Kurt Schwitters when he was preparing the Ursonate. There is one myth that claims he was inspired by bird sounds.
I strongly believe this to be true and bring the birds their Ursonate back, their primordial song. Urbirds singing the Sonata narrate what Kurt Schwitters might have heard when he wrote the poem.
Ana Navas
Rotes Geld - Dinero rojo
If you toss a coin into a fountain it might bring good luck - if you take coins out of a fountain you get money. The artist Ana Navas took the red cent coins out of fountains, till she collected 1€, which she put back into the cash flow: She purchased a 5-Bolivares-note for 1€ at an auction on ebay. The note is
Antoanetta Marinov
Fünf Betrachter (Five Spectators)
On the day her exhibition opens in Basel, Antoanetta Marinov walks around the city and approaches people to hire them as spectators for the opening.
In her text-piece Fünf Betratcher
(five spectators) Marinov reconstructs the moment of agreement between artist and pedestrian. She does so by reconstructing the questions which she asked. The process of
Carolina Perez Pallares
Untitled
Old newspapers mostly get shredded to make cellulose for isolation. The Chilenian artist Carolina Perez did the exact opposite: Out of cellulose she made paper again. On this paper she placed fragments of words which she found in the cellulose. By doing so she brought the non-readable back into the sphere of language. The reader is invited to play with the(...)
Björn Braun
Hochbaukonstruktionen
Björn Brauns Nest-sculptures, are made by his two zebra finches, out of various materials, that he puts into their cage. In order to find an appropriate place for the images of the nests, Braun searched similar to a bird, for a secure location – and found a very literal one: He glued the images into five copies of the book Hochbaukonstruktionen
(surface constructions) by Heinrich
Astrid Seme
88 Sleeping Disorders
Sleeping disorders are internationally classified into 88 categories, ranging from „Long Sleep“ to „Psycho-physiologic Insomnia“. In this sound piece, a sonorous male voice recites one after another, based on the method of sheep counting.
Thomas Geiger
The Peeling of the Onion
I purchase a net of patatoes and discover an onion in it. I call the packaging company. And ask: „How does the onion get in there?“ They put me through. And I ask again: „How does the onion get in there?“ They put me through again. And I ask again: „How does the onion get
Katrin Herzner
OST III (12. Oct. - 30. Nov. )
OST is a Live Audio Book in several parts about Katrin Herzner walking on a straight line eastward. Guided by a compass her way leads across ways and streets. During the hike Herzner is available on a mobile-phone day and night, enabling callers to listen in real time to her narrations and the sounds of her surroundings. To listen call:
from Germany: 030 / 983 209 89*
from Austria: 0720 / 882 305*
* Regular charges of your provider
The first two parts of OST led
Thomas Geiger
Insert Gas by Lawrence Weiner
In this booklet Thomas Geiger narrates of an encounter with the conceptual artist Lawrence Weiner:
„During my visit to Art Basel I go to the restroom / I sart to pee / Lawrence Weiner enters the restroom / ...“
Thomas Geiger
3 x ALDI
In Dienstplanalyse Geiger
analyzed an ALDI supermarket’s
duty roster for five weeks, paying
In Unbemerkt Produkte zwischen
ALDI und LIDL austauschen,
Geiger purchased a product at
ALDI, smuggled it into a LIDL
In Österreich heißt ALDI Hofer
In Austria, ALDI is called Hofer,
however most of the products are
Thomas Geiger
I want to become a millionaire
This is an ongoing performance in which Thomas Geiger stands for about 1 hour in public space with a sign in his hands on which is written „I want to become a millionaire“. There he speaks to people and tries to raise money. For each Euro the donator gets a sheet with a stamp, number and my signature.
The money is used to built-up the
Mark Pezinger Verlag. We only work with the donated money and invest it in our publications.
Alexander Wagner
7 / 4 / 4 / 7
„From paper format to the book“, that`s how Alexander Wagner's intention can be described. The starting point of his work are seven abstract paper drawings which have been scanned, scaled and divided into 112 pages. Wagner has oiled these pages, a technique used in silkscreen printing to create a transparency of the paper.
New 7 Ausgabe#
Mikko Kuorinki
The Order of Things
The Finnish artist Mikko Kuorinki interpreted Foucault`s The Order of Things literally and put all the words of the book in alphabetical order: From A to Zoophytorum. In the tradition of conceptional art , Kuorinki reordered knowledge that is already available. He decomposed a text to an alphabetical material – and composed at the same time a new text, which offers us a very unusuall
