Issue #9 — Summer 2005 We Are Synchro Time

“The extreme compression—the thickness—of the present, as we’ve only just now become able to experience it, brings with it an acceleration and a deceleration simultaneously—that’s why it’s also become extremely difficult to differentiate between the just past and the present,” says curator CHRIS DERCON on his theory of SYNCHRO-TIME. Meanwhile, artist JAN DE COCK mixes Minimalism in Basque Country; Hungarian photographer GYÖRGY LÖRINCZY documents the feverish instability of downtown New York in the 1970s; artist collective ASSUME VIVID ASTRO FOCUS flaunts what’s sexy, devastating, awesome, and precious; artist CARSTEN NICOLAI pulses crystals with sound; writer DAVID FRANKEL uncovers the perfect absurdity about 1970s cult magazine ART-RITE; fashion historian CAROLINE EVANS distills HUSSEIN CHALAYAN’s utopia; VITO ACCONCI practices an un-monumental architecture; photography duo INEZ VAN LAMSWEERDE and VINOODH MATADIN showcase MAN; photographer LEONORE MAU captures the Angel of History, rituals, and ethnography; art critic NIKLAS MAAK says goodbye to retro-futurism; writer ULF POSCHARDT on PRADA’s “Thunder Perfect Mind”; artist JONATHAN MEESE screams, “Richard Wagner is the greatest! He is his own law”; the Berlin Review reflects on ten events, projects, and people from the last six months in the great cultural laboratory; and so much more on 176 pages …

Contributors: Albert G. Almond, assume vivid astro focus, Jens Balzer, Joachim Bessing, Klaus Biesenbach, Jan de Cock, Giannie Couji, Caroline Evans, Bertrand Fleuret, Nicola Formichetti, David Frankel, Lörinczy György, Heiko Hoffmann, Max Hollein, Ines Kaag, Heinz Peter Knes, Inez van Lamsweerde & Vinoodh Matadin, Niklas Maak, Carsten Nicolai, Ingo Niermann, Ulf Poschardt, Sebastian Preuss, Norbert Schoerner, Sølve Sundsbø, Vier5.

14Excerpts in the Archive

Goodbye Retro-Futurism July 1st, 2005: A farewell to our perpetual nostalgia for the future. By Niklas Maak. Issue #9 (summer 2005). more – ‘Goodbye Retro-Futurism’
Capturing Psyche: Leonore Mau July 1st, 2005: An interview with the German photographer LEONORE MAU and how she first began capturing rites and ethnographies. By Ingo Niermann. Issue #9 (summer 2005). more – ‘Capturing Psyche: Leonore Mau’
Yesterday’s Tomorrow: Vito Acconci July 1st, 2005: An interview with artist VITO ACCONCI on New York in the 1970s and becoming an architect. By Klaus Biesenbach. Issue #9 (summer 2005). more – ‘Yesterday’s Tomorrow: Vito Acconci’
Mother Meese, Mother Parsifal July 1st, 2005: A review of the artist JONATHAN MEESE's performance of Richard Wagner's Parsifal. By Sebastian Preuss. Issue #9 (summer 2005). more – ‘Mother Meese, Mother Parsifal’
Manfred Pernice and the Ugly Luise July 1st, 2005: A portrait of the German sculptor MANFRED PERNICE and his fascination with the GDR. By Sebastian Preuss. Issue #9 (summer 2005). more – ‘Manfred Pernice and the Ugly Luise’
PURE COMPRESSION July 1st, 2005: Pure compression: on the architect JÖRG EBERS's new building in Berlin-Mitte. By Niklas Maak. Issue #9 (summer 2005). more – ‘PURE COMPRESSION’
Take a Look at this Building July 1st, 2005: On rethinking Berlin's PALAST DER REPUBLIK and its conflicting ideologies. By Niklas Maak. Issue #9 (summer 2005). more – ‘Take a Look at this Building’
LSD July 1st, 2005: A portrait of the graphic design studio LSD and its post-Socialist typographies. By Sebastian Preuss. Issue #9 (summer 2005). more – ‘LSD’
Arena of Passion July 1st, 2005: On the opening of the Berlin club BERGHAIN. By Sebastian Preuss. Issue #9 (summer 2005). more – ‘Arena of Passion’
Flick Flack July 1st, 2005: A brief background of the FLICK COLLECTION, and its problematic presence in Berlin's Hamburger Bahnhof. By Albert G. Almond. Issue #9 (summer 2005). more – ‘Flick Flack’
Donated Vision July 1st, 2005: Ridley Scott and his daughter, Jordan, shot “Thunder Perfect Mind,” an advertising clip for PRADA, in Berlin. Actually, Berlin mayor Klaus Wowereit should have paid him for it. more – ‘Donated Vision’
Hussein Chalayan’s Utopia July 1st, 2005: A critical evaluation of HUSSEIN CHALAYAN's modernism. By Caroline Evans. Issue #9 (summer 2005). more – ‘Hussein Chalayan’s Utopia’
On Art-Rite Magazine July 1st, 2005: An analysis of Art-Rite magazine and its history. By David Frankel. Issue #9 (Summer 2005). more – ‘On Art-Rite Magazine’
Now It’s Synchro Time: Chris Dercon July 1st, 2005: An interview with curator CHRIS DERCON on his theory of "synchro-time." By Joachim Bessing. Issue #9 (summer 2005). more – ‘Now It’s Synchro Time: Chris Dercon’