Issue #13 — Summer 2007 Energy Experimentation

“Maybe we only ever learn something when some form we think of as foreign provokes us—and we resist. But sometimes, many times, in the middle of the resistance, we end up loving this thing that has provoked us.” For 032c‘s 13th issue, we welcome art director MIKE MEIRÉ’s redesign with new forms of energy and experimentation. Meanwhile, filmmaker WERNER HERZOG’s diary of his 1974 trip from Munich to Paris—on foot—documents a radical will for survival: “When I have to get up now, a mammoth will arise”; artist ANSELM REYLE manipulates light and color; artist JONATHAN MEESE manifests conflict in bronze; art critic NIKLAS MAAK abolishes the antagonism between ecology and high tech; architect and dean MARK WIGELY theorizes on the strange life forms of architecture with writer JOACHIM BESSING; artist CYPRIEN GAILLARD vandalizes modernism; architect EINAR THORSTEINN discusses NASA, the Golden Ration, and the “real questions”; designer NAOTO FUKASAWA talks to designer KONSTANTIN GRCIC and dissolves his products into our behavior; curator ROGER M. BUERGEL serves up a “content baroque”; JEFF KOONS talks politics and fear; the three-part series AXIS OF EVIL profiles artist ANDREAS GURSKY penetrating the geo-political fortress that is North Korea, artist TREVOR PAGLEN turning his lens to the moonlight activities of the CIA, and photographer SIMON NORFOLK revealing new forms of war photography; Vogue features editor SALLY SINGER enunciates optimism and Vogue‘s idea of life; the BERLIN REVIEW reflects on ten events, projects, and people from the past six months in Berlin; and so much more on 256 pages …

Contributors: Jodie Barnes, Melissa Bradshaw, Mathias Broeckers, Emmelyn Butterfield-Rosen, Carson Chan, Clang, Todd Cole, Roger Deckker, Todd Eberle,Simon Foxton, Eckert Gollnow, Konstantin Grcic, Andreas Gursky, Tim Gutt, Daniel Haaksmann, Shona Heath, Oliver Helbig, Eva Karcher, William T.Kolderup, Andrian Kreye, Serge Leblon, Pierre Alexandre de Looz, Niklas Maak, Geoff Manaugh, Michael Mann, Alasdair McLellan, Jonathan Meese, Simon Norfolk, Trevor Paglen, Michael Philouze, Tobias Rapp, Anselm Reyle, Nancy Rohde, Tamara Rothstein, Alice Ryan, Jan Schmidt-Garre, Payam Sharifi, Hedi Slimane, David Velasco, Lukas Wassmann, Paul Wetherell, Krzysztof Wojcik.

19Excerpts in the Archive

Underground Resistance July 1st, 2007: A review of the techno collective UNDERGROUND RESISTANCE's performance in Berlin, and how there's no other group with a more complex relationship between electronic music and urban space. By Tobias Rapp. Issue 13 (summer 2007). more – ‘Underground Resistance’
Beauty and Tragedy July 1st, 2007: A portrait of designer Paul Snowden's "Wasted German Youth" T-shirts, and how they're taking over the visual vocabulary of Berlin nightlife. By Daniel Haaksmann. Issue 13 (summer 2007). more – ‘Beauty and Tragedy’
Hans Haacke Retrospective July 1st, 2007: A review of artist HANS HAACKE's retrospective, and the artist's making visible the mechanisms behind appearances. By Niklas Maak. Issue 13 (summer 2007). more – ‘Hans Haacke Retrospective’
Jack Pierson July 1st, 2007: An interview with photographer JACK PIERSON on Berlin, Warhol's ghost, and the meaning of gay art. By David Velasco. Issue 13 (summer 2007). more – ‘Jack Pierson’
WE DIDN’T GET IT AT FIRST, EITHER July 1st, 2007: An interview with publisher PETER GENTE, founder of Merve Verlag, on his legacy and decision retire. By Mathias Broeckers. Issue 13 (summer 2007). more – ‘WE DIDN’T GET IT AT FIRST, EITHER’
The Inception of the Post-Fossil Age July 1st, 2007: A portrait of the post-fossil age and how it abolishes the antagonism between ecology and the high tech. By Niklas Maak. Issue 13 (summer 2007). more – ‘The Inception of the Post-Fossil Age’
Of Walking in Ice July 1st, 2007: Excerpts from filmmaker WERNER HERZOG's 1974 journey from Munich to Paris, on foot. By Werner Herzog. Issue 13 (summer 2007). more – ‘Of Walking in Ice’
Anselm Reyle July 1st, 2007: A portrait of artist ANSELM REYLE and his extremely vital modernism. By Sebastian Preuss. Issue 13 (summer 2007). more – ‘Anselm Reyle’
Mark Wigley July 1st, 2007: An interview with architect MARK WIGELY on the architect as both public intellectual and stranger. By Joachim Bessing. Issue 13 (summer 2007). more – ‘Mark Wigley’
Cyprien Gaillard July 1st, 2007: A portrait of artist CYPRIEN GAILLARD: violence as a young Romantic. By Payam Sharifi. Issue 13 (summer 2007). more – ‘Cyprien Gaillard’
Model July 1st, 2007: An interview with architect and geometrist EINAR THORSTEINN on NASA, experimentation, and the "real questions." By Carson Chan. Issue 13 (summer 2007). more – ‘Model’
SANA’A July 1st, 2007: An imagining of architecture firm SANAA's Japanese Pavilion at the 2000 Venice Architecture Biennale in the Sana'a, Yemen. more – ‘SANA’A’
Soupstock July 1st, 2007: The Japanese essentialist NAOTO FUKUSAWA designs products that dissolve into our behavior. more – ‘Soupstock’
documenta July 1st, 2007: An interview with curator ROGER M. BUERGEL on curating the documenta XII, 2007. By Joachim Bessing. Issue 13 (summer 2007). more – ‘documenta’
Jeff Koons July 1st, 2007: An interview with artist JEFF KOONS on the political gesture of overcoming fear. By Eva Karcher. Issue 13 (summer 2007). more – ‘Jeff Koons’
One-Half Revolution and Everything Turns Red: Andreas Gursky in North Korea July 1st, 2007: A portrait of artist ANDREAS GURSKY's documentation of Pyongyang's May Day celebration. By Jan Schmidt-Garre. Issue 13 (summer 2007). more – ‘One-Half Revolution and Everything Turns Red: Andreas Gursky in North Korea’
Axis of Evil: Simon Norfolk July 1st, 2007: An interview with photographer SIMON NORFOLK on capturing the effects of modern warfare and its ruins. more – ‘Axis of Evil: Simon Norfolk’
Optimism: American Vogue’s Sally Singer July 1st, 2007: “I remember you well at the Chelsea Hotel”: American Vogue’s Sally Singer By Emmelyn Butterfield-Rosen more – ‘Optimism: American Vogue’s Sally Singer’
Boys Will Be Beuys July 1st, 2007: A review of the MATTHEW BARNEY and JOSEPH BEUYS exhibition at the Deutsche Guggenheim, "all in the present must be transformed." By Victoria Camblin. Issue 13 (summer 2007). more – ‘Boys Will Be Beuys’