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Book Hook
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by Rachel Simkover, 28 Nov 2012K.Verlag was founded in 2011 in Berlin by Anna-Sophie Springer and Charles Stankievech. Anna-Sophie is an editor, curator, translator, and writer currently editing a book with Hélène Cixous for Merve Verlag, and her academic essay “Volumes: The Book as Exhibition” will be published in the... -
by Rachel Simkover, 21 Nov 2012Robert Montgomery: Echoes of Voices in the High Towers mono.log #01 published by mono.kultur Documentation of Robert Montgomery’s fleeting public works that most likely had a lasting effect on you this past summer are now accessible in a stunning, three part publication for private consumption and enjoyment... -
by Rachel Simkover, 14 Nov 2012Italian Conversations: Art in the age of Berlusconi Fucking Good Art #29 For the 29th issue of FGA (Fucking Good Art) editors and artists Rob Hamelijnck and Nienke Terpsma ventured out on a travelling residency/Grand Tour of Italy, visiting seven cities in three months last year around the same time Maria was there... -
by Rachel Simkover, 7 Nov 2012Interview with Nuno da Luz of Atlas Projectos The first installment of Book Hook spotlights on Berlin’s publishers begins with Atlas Projectos based in Lisbon and Berlin. How did you get involved with Atlas Projectos? André Romão, Gonçalo Sena and I met in college and... -
by Rachel Simkover, 15 Sep 2012As opposed to the Miss Read fair last year, where if you were at KW that weekend, you were there for the books, the book fair this year acts as more of a supplement to the larger abc. Miss Read's integration into abc is most likely advantageous to the publishers as they get more traffic from the art fair attendees... -
by Rachel Simkover, 13 Aug 2012Don’t get me wrong; I love to read. But when it’s sunny and warm outside I have a difficult time focusing on a block of text. Sadly summer weather doesn’t stop me from spending too much time looking at images on the internet, the result being tired eyes. The solution? Books with few words and mostly... -
by Rachel Simkover, 28 Jun 2012As Flaubert’s Bouvard and Pecuchet have shown us, trying to learn only from books and no experience only leads to one failure after another. Sometimes we need to take a closer look at the educational system and how knowledge is produced in order to move forward. When math class gets boring... -
by Rachel Simkover, 11 May 2012Book Hook: The Real Thing One thing that I find especially appealing about books is that since they are produced in editions, it is possible and affordable to obtain and hold in one’s hand the original object. Why is it so important to be able to verify authenticity? This selection of books deals with... -
by Rachel Simkover, 24 Mar 2012They say not to judge a book by its cover, but when browsing at a bookstore, of course the books I pick up first are the ones with the bright covers. Only after I have fondled all the colorful books or ones with nice textured covers will I look at titles, names, etc. So this assortment of books contains the... -
by Rachel Simkover, 9 Feb 2012Earlier this week I attended a conversation between artist Ilana Halperin and Professor Achim Brauer (GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences in Potsdam) on the occasion of Halperin’s exhibit at Schering Stiftung, “Hand Held Lava”. In close collaboration with geological specialists, Halperin... -
by Rachel Simkover, 13 Jan 2012This month I have selected a handful of books that cover the basic incentives for traveling so that you, reader, can avoid cramped red-eye flights, immunization shots, visa nightmares, and meat in your supposedly vegetarian meals. Maybe we can’t all afford the time and money to travel the world, so these books... -
by Rachel Simkover, 2 Dec 2011Two months ago I was pining for the NY Book Art Fair and wondering if I could scrape together enough money to visit NYC for the weekend. It didn’t happen, but fortunately, a book fair came to me in the form of Miss Read at KW. Although not as fancy or extensive as the New York fair, the quality of the... -
by Rachel Simkover, 31 Oct 2011I am sure that everyone had their fair share of Halloween activities this past weekend, so instead of a supernatural booklist, I have decided to go extraterrestrial. Maybe you are bored with, disappointed in, or ambivalent towards this planet, so this week’s list will at the outset take you elsewhere, but these... -
by Rachel Simkover, 25 Oct 2011Before your eyes is the second installment of the latest supplement to the BPIGS blog, in which I, an avid reader, collector, and book browser, provide you with a suggested reading list composed of art related books found in Berlin. Considering all of the occupations of cities that have spread worldwide, the books on... -
by Rachel Simkover, 18 Oct 2011Welcome to the newest addition to the BPIGS blog, a weekly suggested reading list of art-related printed matter all of which, for your convenience, can be found in Berlin! But first, who am I, and what are my qualifications for providing you with reading suggestions? Born and raised in California and educated in the...
Reviews
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by bpigs team, 18 Mar 2026“What a Wonderful World: An Audiovisual Poem,” the first extensive US presentation of the Julia Stoschek Collection, edited by Udo Kittelmann, opened in the legendary Variety Arts Theater, downtown Los Angeles, last month, and I am not one to not get off my high horse for access to a cool location and free popcorn. If... -
by Adela Lovric, 4 Oct 2018For those who skipped the crowd-anxiety-provoking shuffling from one hyped-up opening to the next, we have great news: you didn't miss that much and the leftovers are tasty and plenty. And for those who were out there chasing the one-off events* and overlooked the rest: we share our favorite shows which you can still... -
by Sarie Nijboer, 2 Oct 2018As the art fairs at Flughafen Tempelhof are taken down, the multiple off-site venues around town cleaned, and the hangovers of art people attended to in beds everywhere, Berlin Art Week 2018 comes to an end. This year we saw a handful of festive and one-time performance-related events; unique locations took us from...