“All we ever wanted was everything,” MIKE MILLS reveals in our 40-page cover special on ways of getting through the recession / depression. Meanwhile, RONNIE COOKE NEWHOUSE narrates a day in the life of her best friend PHARRELL WILLIAMS, photographed by MAX FARAGO; publisher GERHARD STEIDL races jet lag across the Atlantic from Karl Lagerfeld’s haute couture show in Paris to Robert Frank’s Canadian solitude; distinguished historian ERIC HOBSBAWM discusses his views on the future of globalization with HANS ULRICH OBRIST; artist collective SLAVS & TATARS revisits the Islamic Revolution of 1979 in Tehran with the first installment of its project 79/89/09 for 032c; Belgian art collector and interior decorator AXEL VERVOORDT makes all art contemporary; AGYNESS DEYN nude story by ALASDAIR MCLELLAN; gallerist MAUREEN PALEY bares her perseverance: “It’s something where you’ve been given a path that you must follow, where you don’t know what else you would do. Once you see this, many things appear that indicate the way forward for you”; curator CHRIS DERCON on artist ANISH KAPOOR’s pornography; historian KARL SCHLÖGEL trumps the heroic image of 1989; the BERLIN REVIEW reflects on nine events, projects, and people from the last six months in Berlin; and so much more on 256 pages …
Contributors: Jodie Barnes, Joachim Bessing, Anne Christensen, Todd Cole, Ronnie Cooke Newhouse, Nick Currie, Chris Dercon, Max Farago, Marcus Gaab, Tim Gutt, Daniel Haaksman, item idem, Jina Khayyer, Rattawut Lapcharoensap, Niklas Maak, Joe McKenna, Alasdair McLellan, Markus Miessen, Alex Needham, Anh-Linh Ngo, Peter Richter, Kari Rittenbach, Zac Rose, Alex Rühle, Viviane Sassen, Karl Schlögel, Heji Shin, David Benjamin Sherry, Slavs & Tatars, Tung Walsh, Clay Winston.
The last time 032c met with Eric Hobsbawm was in 2004, when he spoke about the limitations of regret and how dashed hopes and defeat could lead to a brighter future. Now, under radically different economic and political circumstances, Hobsbawm further reveals an august insight touched with an earned optimism and an ineluctable pessimism. For 032c’s second installment of an ongoing conversation with one of the world’s most celebrated historians, Hans Ulrich Obrist and Hobsbawm deliberate on everything from memory to limited great men and the end of free-market fundamentalism.
more – ‘ERIC HOBSBAWM’
It’s difficult to say this in any other way. I hope it doesn’t sound mawkish. Mike Mills is a gentle man, and a good man. In his work, and in person, he communicates a deep sense of humanity, thoughtfulness, and wisdom. His productions — straddling film, art, graphic design, philosophy, and activism — show concern for others, and above all a compassion rooted, unmistakably, in personal suffering; in searching, idealism, alienation, and depression. An interview with the filmmaker and artist MIKE MILLS.
more – ‘Getting Through the New Depression’
Here a chasm, there a crack: fragments of a lecture given on artist ANISH KAPOOR, presented at the Deutsche Guggenheim, Berlin, where Kapoor’s “Memory” showcased a 24-ton Corten steel tank.
more – ‘KAPOOR Pornography?’
By JOACHIM BESSING There was no other artist more nineties, or dare I say more 20th-century, than Mike Mills. Indeed a graphic artist (and are there any more left today?). From his artwork for the Beastie Boys and Air to that collector’s item from the last days of Mo’ Wax before James Lavelle had to... more – ‘MIKE MILLS’
A review of YVES SAINT LAURENT's 2009 unisex collection, and how it beat the long-predictable pop-up/guerilla concept at its own game. more – ‘Ready-to-Heir’
The idea that 1989 came out of thin air speaks volumes about historical insensitivities and limited horizons. Indeed, the fall of the Berlin Wall was preceded by years of erosion and attrition through backdoor networks and the resourcefulness of the undisclosed. Historian KARL SCHLÖGEL looks at the molecular movements on the margins of history, which are much more powerful than any deeds of “great men.” more – ‘The Black Marketeers of the Bahnhof Zoo’
Remember the “Artempo” exhibition at Palazzo Fortuny at the last Venice Biennale – the only show from that summer of art-world blockbusters that continues to mesmerize? Belgian art collector and interior decorator AXEL VERVOORDT has been making waves since the 1970s with his penchant for pan-historical adventure and an unrivaled nose for quality. Interviewed at his castle outside of Antwerp, Vervoordt discusses the third installment of his triology for this year’s Venice Biennale, what Zen and Zurbarán have to do with one another, and why beauty still offers a safe haven from the dire world economy. more – ‘All Art Has Been Contemporary’
A review of artist Alastair Mackie's bronze chimpanzee installed in London's Economist Plaza, and how much a monkey says about economic crisis. more – ‘A Post-Crisis Mascot’
The man who travels faster than jet lag: from Karl Lagerfeld’s fashion show to Robert Frank’s Canadian solitude with legendary German art publisher GERHARD STEIDL. more – ‘Hip, Hop, You Don’t Stop’
A review of the 2009 book "Prishtina Is Everywhere, Turbo-Urbanization: Aftermath of a Crisis," and problematic ramifications of "Balkanization."
more – ‘Delirious Turbo-Urbanization’
Architecture studio BARKOW LEIBINGER presents its archive of material research, animating our imagination: “Ideas emerge from the drawn line of the fashioned artifact.”
more – ‘Atlas of Fabrication’
