1. Save the date! Novembre Magazine—Paris cocktail launch.

    July 5, 2010
    by Florence Tetier
    magazine talk

    see the facebook event

  2. when tattoo magazines used to be good

    If I lived those days, I’d be missing them.

  3. Girls Like Us

    Nice little surprise while flipping through the pages of the infamous Girls Like Us magazine‘s last issue: a paper on our friend Jessica Silverman, and on her desktop: Sang Bleu issue 3-4! (And subtly appearing at the edge of the images, Fuzi’s “Only Girls Can Judge Me” tattoo flash (that I happen to have tattooed on my left foot!). I love that!

  4. Novembre Magazine—Geneva Launch

    We are proud to announce the launch of
    Novembre, a magazine about Fashion & Contemporary Art for Switzerland.
    Published by Sang Bleu éditeurs, Florence Tétier & Florian Joye,
    it features (amongst over 130 contributors):

    Aaron Schuster
    Adeena Mey
    Adrian Wilson
    Angelo Cirimele
    Ariana Reines
    Catherine Baba
    Damián Navarro
    Daniel Baumann
    Denis Pernet
    Diane Pernet
    Elisabeth Llach
    Emmanuelle Antille
    Estelle Hanania
    Frédéric Chapon
    Graham Tabor
    Guillaume Pilet
    Henrik Vibskov
    Koudlam
    Kris van Assche
    Luc Andrié
    Matthieu Lavanchy
    Mauricio Nardi
    Olaf Breuning
    Paloma Presents
    Piers Atkinson
    Sybille Walter
    Théo Mercier
    Vikash Dhorasoo

    (see the facebook event)

  5. Kunstverein’s Brunch Lunch Launch presents Ginger&Piss #1

    June 17, 2010
    by Jeanne-Salome Rochat
    art, magazine talk, performance, SB people, writing/litterature

    With contributions by Elvira Belafonte, Hula Capellinni, Billy Male and G. Alonso Oeuf !!!

    27 June 2010, 2–5 pm
    Performance by Matthew Lutz-Kinoy starting at 3.30 pm

    Ginger&Piss is Kunstverein’s in-house magazine – a cross between an academic journal and a darts club newsletter. Ginger&Piss (the name a misquotation of Lawrence Weiner) is published twice yearly, with the first edition appearing in a short run. Each issue contains a maximum of five or six contributions of varying length, appropriate to the individual subject matter.

    The remit of Ginger&Piss is simple; to offer an outlet for authors to say what they feel is vital (and not necessarily at all related to the art world) but were unable, unwilling or too afraid to publish previously. The concept dictates that each contributor writes under a pseudonym. The editors guarantee full anonymity.

    The use of pseudonyms can be considered an answer to the cowardice of the art world, albeit a somewhat hypocritical one. By providing a platform for candid critique but at the same time allowing the author to hide behind a pseudonym, Ginger&Pisss recognizes its own complicit cowardice. In fact, Ginger&Piss fully embraces its somewhat misleading bravery, but maintains that it makes sense for now, for the current cultural climate­.

    Loud is the subject of the first issue and it is a broad – probably far too broad – theme (if a theme at all). In fact Quiet might have been more appropriate. But perhaps a clear, ‘honest’ voice is better suggested by volume than whispering.

    Krist Gruijthuijsen & Maxine Kopsa

    Kunstverein’s website, for more information: http://kunstverein.nl

  6. Who is who, and why do they do it?

    May 26, 2010
    by Jeanne-Salome Rochat
    discussion, magazine talk, reality, writing/litterature

    Early writers of pulp science fiction use pseudonyms for a variety of reasons. There are three main types, which are the collaborative pseudonym, the floating pseudonym, and house names. A collaborative pseudonym is one that stands for two or more authors who work collectively on a story. A floating pseodonym is one that is available to anyone who wants to use it. A house name is a variation of a floating pseudonym, where a publishing company will often use such a name to cover the fact that there are two contributions by the same author. Another reason might be that the contributor does not want others to know he or she has stories published in a certain framework.
    I am currently looking for one.

    Photography by Yata Pessino.

  7. O.K. festival in Arnhem (16 – 17 – 18 april)

    May 10, 2010
    by Jeanne-Salome Rochat
    design, discussion, magazine talk, reality, traveling

    3 days, 100 magazines, 1100 visitors and 1 dog.

    Pretty O.K.