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World FilmFestival; gigsliketheRadioclashTradeshow, with festivalsincludingtheSpermFestival andtheOne Much like2008,Marchshouldbeaveryinterestingmonth, a crisisofsuff leaders, organized,intelligentandcunning,butlikelytoface the Chineseseerat-people (thoseborninarat-year) as they nevergetanybenefi to allkindsofnastyexperimentsinthenameascience squalid conditionsweretheactualculprits)andaresubjected blamed forthespreadofbubonicplague(thefl or betrayacause,they’reconsidereddirty, arefrequentlystill name giventoyouif‘squeal’onyourpartnersincrime are trulygiventheshortshriftofthingsinwest—it’s the denizen oflaboratories,treadmills,andsewers—therat.Rats So, welcometothe(Chinese)yearofthatunjustlymaligned Made YouLook 62 82 03 34-35 30-31 28-29 26-27 61 81 22 24-25 22-23 18-19 16-17 - - 01 14-15 10-11 8-9 6-7 ering atsometime. t from.Whatadeal.Fortunately, eas andthe and seeyounextmonth! Have agreatEaster/Springcelebration should beonyourlistofpeopletopayattentionto. designer andillustratorShawnWolfefi meet andlearnabouttheveryinterestingSeattle-based Allen fi month tohitthecinemasbyway)andanumberofWoody There aretheusualcritiquesoffi Tranzitdisplay Gallery, Diesel’slatestcollectionandmore. fi one oftheaboveeventsinthisverymagazine.You’ll also Celebrations toliventhingsup.You’ll fi Alive, etc.;and,ofcourse,theSaintPatrick’s DayandEaster Plastique, Caribou,DeadKids,BlackLips,WhitestBoy nd ustakingalookatthingssuchasthenewStarbucks, lms availableonvideo.You’ll alsohaveachanceto lms (thiswillbeanexcellent nd moreaboutevery nd outwhyhe

5 INTRO 6 URBANITE annual CzechRep.OysterOpeningChampionshiponthe23rd.Missitallandriskanattackbyvengefulleprechauns!HappySt.Pa There willbeanadditionalcelebrationofmusicandbeeronMarch19thatPlzeňBrewerythatincludeatastingIrishw a longerperiod.Already, twoAmericanswerearrestedforstayinglongerthan30daysanddeported.Butwordhasittheymouthe Serbians andothernon-EUimmigrants).You mayalsobeabletogetyourselfalong-termvisawithoutproofofemploymentifyou others. You nowhavetoleavetheEUinsteadofjustCzechRepublic,butaccordingoursources,youcanprobablycomeri (according toanagreementfrom2004)won’tnecessarilyhavewait90daysre-entertheEU.Thesecountries includetheUS the CongowillgetthingsstartedatLucernaandSvětozor. including thepromisingcategory‘Putin’s Russia’.AscreeningofLisaJackson’sSundanceFilmSpecialJuryPrizewinningdocu something sometimeabouttheunbelievablemassofsuff much ofthecontentwillbedisturbingandunlikelytohaveyousingingamerrysongyourselfasleave,butmayhapviewe of theaff you orthatrare12”you’vewantedforages,gonofurther. Andafteryou’veshelledoutsomepocketmoney, seekoutthefi and bizarrebookstoresforadayoutinŽižkov’sprimesubterraneanhotspotParukářka. Soifyou’relookingforthatperfect60 kitschy citycentershoppinguniverse.TheRadioclashtradeshowaimstobringtogethertheproprietorsofundergroundrecordss Prague isnotmerelycheesytouristshopssellingoverpricedcrystaltobrain-deadtourists.Awholeworlddedicatedalterna Radioclash Tradeshow They’re bad-ass,they’repunkwithsomeactualmusical skillthrowninforgoodmeasure,they’reevenalittlebitart-rock and Dead Kids vast majorityofpeople,bothinpositionsauthorityandlivinghereillegally, seemunawareofisapotentialloophole:cit You’ve nodoubtheardabouttheSchengenrules.ThenewregulationsappeartorequireforeignersstayoutofEUthreemo Americans: Don’tPanic! in art.EachmemberofHandaGotefunctionsastechnician,musician,actor, andperformeratthesametime.RedGreenBlueperf a projectconcernedwiththeresearchanddevelopmentofmovementtheatre,designmusic,soundinte During themonthofMarchALFREDVEDVOŘEtheatrewillpresentthreenolanguagebarrierperformancesbyHANDA GOTE research&de HANDA GOTE research&development at Caff saint oftheIrishNationalDay. HereinPrague,thecelebrationofSt.Patrick’s DayandIrishmusicknown asthe11thAnnual Possibly thebestknown,oratleast liked,ofsaintswouldbeafellownamedPatrick whowasluckyenoughtohave theIri 11th AnnualIrishMusicfestival 138 fi The 10thOneWorldInternationalHumanRightsDocumentaryFilmFestival willgracePrague’srelativelypeacefulandhumanevenu One WorldFilmFestival hard-core addictivesound isasgooditgets.Don’tmissit. in what’sonthepost-punk fusionhorizon,astheyareoneofthemoversandshakersinthisparticular worldandthey’renota lot ofsoundwithprovocativelyricsandenergylikethey’re EnergizerBunniesoncrystalmeth.ADeadKids’concertisdefi meditate inmotion.You willbelisteningbyheadphonetofourseparateperformancesoundtrackscreateddiff for theloversof8-bitcomputersandExtra-terrestrialmusicaccompaniedbyprojection.Silenceisano-technology triptothe using minimalistmovementandlivemusicmergedwithinteractivevideo.Allnuancedbyambientchiaroscuro. ComputerMusicisa lms from40countrieswillpryopenthefrequentlyforgottenrealmsofpoverty, dictatorship,oppression,injustice,torture, rey’s IrishBar. MusiciansfromIrelandincludingStation65,DaveMorrissey, andJodavinowillbejoinedbyCzechartistssuc air. ering outthere,it’sonlygoingtogrowheavier. Avarietyofthemeswillbeexploredinthisyear’sfestival, izens from countries exempt from such obligations izens fromcountriesexemptsuchobligations erent alternativemusicmakers.Enjoy. ght back (unlike the scores of Ukrainians, ght back(unlikethescoresofUkrainians, nitely amustseeforanyoneinterested d off nths for every three months in. What the nths foreverythreemonthsin.Whatthe A, Canada, Australia, Japan, and several A, Canada,Australia,Japan,andseveral can show that you have enough money for canshowthatyouhaveenoughmoneyfor Irish MusicFestival willbeginMarch14th dancemusic.DeadKidsmixawhole hiskeys. Finallytherewillbethe7th s cocktaildressyourmamanevergave fraid tolettheworldknowthattheir sh decidethathewouldbethepatron edgeofdesolation;anattemptto tive shoppingisbustlingbeneaththe ne beatsandgroovesthatwillbepart tothecops…plustheywerepart-Roma. mentary TheGreatestSilence:Rapein rs willrememberthatifwedon’tdo hops, out-of-left-fi and thelike.Thereisnodoubtthat ormance explorestheworldofcolors h asCoisceim,DunanDoras,etal. trick’s Day! gration ofscienceandtechnology bizarreretro-futureconcert es fromMarch5th–13th.The velopment. HandaGoteis eld fashionstores, prague.usembassy.gov Municipal Library Schengen Forum American Citizens 3/3 www.myspace.com/radioclashtradeshow Bunkr Parukářka Radioclash Tradeshow 5/3 www.irishmusicfestival.cz Caff St. Patrick’s Day 14–23/3 www.recyclit.cz Palác Akropolis + TheUniques(SK) Dead Kids(UK) 29/3 www.alfredvedvore.cz Františka Křížka36,P7 ALFREDVEDVOŘE theatre www.oneworld.cz One WorldFilmFestival 5–13/3 rey’s IrishBar

7 URBANITE 6–8/3 La Fabrika, Abaton www.sperm.cz THINK TANK Text by Lucia Udvardyová

Joakim Bouaziz, or simply Joakim, has been immersed in the world of music ever since he started playing piano as a six year old. His eclectic journey continued in 1999, when he released his jazz- infused debut LP Joakim Lone Octet followed by a largely electronic dance album, Fantomes. With a live show with his Ectoplasmic Band on the way, we thought it might be a good moment to have a chat with the in-demand remixer, producer, and owner of the record label Tigersushi about smoky bars, Bach, and the best places to visit while in Paris.

What was your fi rst encounter To make it simple, this is approximately are no boundaries in music. Every style with music? how it went: is connected to every other, every period It was in a tiny, smoky bar down my Classical -> cheesy rock -> 70s rock -> is linked. If you’re only listening to street. I was looking for some company indie rock -> indie pop -> electronica drum’n’bass or indie rock, then you have on a full moon night a few years ago, -> jazz -> house & techno -> disco -> a problem, and we’re here to help you. maybe fi fteen or even twenty-fi ve years new and no wave -> experimental and ago. I met music there in the corner of contemporary. I usually avoid doing How do you see the future of the backroom, lying on a velvet sofa. She music that fi ts a genre that I feel independent music labels in an was completely drunk. And we instantly comfortable in because it is boring. I era of fundamental change in how became friends forever. prefer trying things I don’t know. music is produced, distributed, and consumed? You are classically trained in Your latest album Monsters & Like beautiful fi reworks. music. How has this infl uenced Silly Songs came out last year. the way you listen to and produce What was your main inspiration Could you recommend any good music? and how do you see the period spots to see and visit in Paris? Now I can’t stop hearing Bach patterns over which it was produced? If you came to Paris, I would recommend in Italo Disco arpeggios. Maybe that’s Honestly I don’t know; inspiration came that you try some restaurants rather than why I like Italo Disco which is a rather from everything: two years of a life, clubs. Go to Chateaubriand, Le Barratin, cheesy genre; it reminds me of Bach, diff erent places, two studios, etc. It’s too Momoka, Le Perron or the Japanese whom I love. Because I was classically complicated for me to analyze where it restaurants at Rue Sainte-Anne, etc. trained, I can play more than two notes comes from exactly; you’d be better off at once with both hands at the same asking my shrink, if I had one. What should people expect from time. Although on stage I only have a you at your Sperm Festival show? monophonic keyboard, so I can’t show off Why did you decide to put They shouldn’t expect anything exactly my skills. together a band? like the record because we try to adapt Because I was bored being on the road by songs for live performances. It’s much Your music production is very myself all the time. noisier, with some improvisation, so we eclectic, ranging from hip-hop can never tell how it’s gonna be, bad or Joakim and his Ectoplasmic Band play to jazz to electronics. Could you You also run the Tigersushi label. good. You can dance to it sometimes, the 2008 Sperm Festival alongside describe how your music evolved What is the philosophy behind or listen to it if you prefer (but we like Modeselektor, Deadbeat, Frank over the years? Which genre do it? people who dance). It’s psychedelic heavy Bretschneider, and others. you relate to most and why? The philosophy of the label is that there disco rock.

8 10 IN MEMORIAMTECH 3 92 2007) ( 1972 Jan JakubKotík a highlyskilledcraftsman—acombinationthathasbecomeincreasinglyrareinthisageandmilieu. with afreshnessandfierceness thatisfrequentlyunsettling.Kotík wasn’tmerelyabrilliant conceptualist;hewasalso fan ofconceptualart,andhavelongfeltthatitisneedlesslyoverdoneinthisparttheworld,Kotík’s workwasimbued became afanofhiswork,andwasfortunateenoughtospendfewhoursinpresence.WhileIhaveneverbeenhuge Jan JakubKotík when IwascommissionedtowriteanessayonhisworkbyUmělec.didnotknowJanwell,butquickly In December, theCzechRepubliclostoneofitsmostpromisingyoungartiststocancer. Ifirst came intocontactwith Origin oftheSpecies, 2002 on thecorporationsthat a startlingcommentary like ajokewasactually parts. Whatseemedatfi of modelairplaneandtank intricately constructedout tiny householdappliances Scale, inwhichheexhibited exhibition, Economiesof public in2000withhissolo attention oftheartgoing Kotík fi ultimately beremembered. work leftbehindthatJanwill for theextraordinarybodyof family areintriguing,itis surrounding Kotík andhis the biographicaldetails Garrigue Masaryk.)While great grandfatherwasTomáš families atthat(hisgreat- country’s mostdistinguished a Czech–andfromoneofthe default, Kotík wasultimately a NewYorker bytrainingand scene. AnAmericanbybirth, enigma intheCzechart thing thatmadehiman Jan’s workwasnottheonly rst caughtthe Photos courtesyofhuntkastnerartworks Text byTravis Jeppesen rst wars ofthelastcentury. technologies employedinthe and variousothermilitaristic missiles, spyware,satellites, of radartechnology, guided with theU.S.government, production, incollaboration for thedevelopmentand manufacturers responsible objects—the same produce mundanehousehold admiring hiswork,I’llalways Outside ofthetimeIspent Czech artscene. foreigners’ impressionsofthe provincialism thatoftenshades stifl and Art,Ithinkhealsofelt for theAdvancementofScience at theprestigiousCooperUnion in NewYork, wherehestudied having spenthisformativeyears rest ofus.Atthesametime, its protagonists,justlikethe loved toindulgeingossipabout a partofthelocalartsceneand develop. Janenjoyedbeing in dosesthatoneneedsto they deserve—andseldom reluctantly giventheattention fact thatartistshereareonly felt frustratedattimesbythe city, however, Ithinkhealso young peoplelivinginthis Prague. Likealotofgifted impression thathetrulyloved From talkingtoJan,Igotthe forced toconfront. emotions thatthevieweris a rangeofcontradictory national imagery, butprovokes its loudappropriationof ironic politicalmessagethrough piece notonlytransmitsan political deityhimself. The invocation oftheglobal a singularsynaesthetic and fascismconvergein fl of airraidsirensandplanes manipulated toevokethesound “Iron Man,”whichisdigitally guitar introtoBlackSabbath’s blare amodifi center ingold.Thespeakers emblem emblazonedonthe with theAmericanpresidential artist actuallybuilthimself, “Marshall” amplifi of afl Chief. Thepieceiscomprised however, isprobablyHailtothe Kotík’s best-known work, ying overhead.Heavymetal ed bythepettinessand oor-to-ceiling stackof ed sampleofthe ers thatthe Divadlo, andwavedgoodbye for other. Isteppedoff fulfi reason, wewereunableto its thing,andforwhatever before Ilefttown.Butlifedoes agreed tomeetupforabeer move toBerlinandeagerly excitedly aboutmyupcoming on December13th.Wetalked born beforehepassedaway fi had justgivenbirthtotheir international artfairs.Hiswife its artists’workatrespected already beinginvitedtodisplay kastner artworks,whichwas by thenewlyestablishedhunt Jan. Hewasbeingrepresented seemed tobegoingwellfor about artandlife.Things of thewater, wetalkedeagerly rays shimmeringonthesurface the sideofVltava,sun’s and asthetrameasedalong sweltering summerof2006, It wasabeautifuldayinthe at StrossmayerovoNáměstí. other onthenumber12tram tense. Webumpedintoeach to hisillnessinthepast healthy, andcasuallyreferred however, heseemedhappyand The lasttimeIsawJan, become sick. began hearingthathehad seclusion. ThatwaswhenI he hadretreatedintoartistic a whileandimaginedthat seeing himatartopeningsfor taking diff happens, ourliveswoundup more often,butassometimes always promisedtohangout a CannibalCorpseconcert.We we celebratedbyattending writing mypieceonhiswork, and shortlyafterIfi our mutualloveofheavymetal, spent withJan.Webondedover memories Ihaveofthetime cherish thepreciousfew rst child;asecondwouldbe ll ourpromisetoeach erent paths.Istopped at Švandovo nished shot thatisrightfullyhis. is nowuptohistorycallthe from uswhileintheirprime,it artists whoweretakenaway Rhoades, andsomanyother Hesse, StevenParrino, Jason course ofhislifetime.LikeEva recognition itdeservedinthe fact thathisworknevergotthe death atsuchayoungageisthe us, therealtragedyofKotík’s of asibling.Butformost parents ofason,andhisbrother likely havenomemoriesof, his children ofafathertheywill a lovinghusband,histwo Jan JakubKotík’s wifeof Death isunfair. Ithasrobbed the lasttime. Houses oftheHoly, 2005 Hail totheChief, 2003

11 IN MEMORIAM 12 SPECIALTECH 3 up havingtodeducewhichoneisthecorrectversion. that out,butcameupwithmorethanoneChineselegendabouthowthishappened,sothenIended honored, severalthousandyearsago,thecommonratwithsuchanimportantposition.Itriedtofi mascot tokickoff even consideredaratascandidateforthezodiac—andcertainlyIwouldnothaveassignedit from theYear ofthePigtoYear oftheRat.Haditbeenuptome,Idon’tthinkwouldhave This yearalsotakesusbacktothebeginningoftwelve-yearChinesecycle,meaningwehavegone I continuethetraditionbywelcomingyoutoNewYear, 4705,fromtheancientChinesecalendar. Last February IwelcomedyoutotheNewYear, 4704,soitseemsappropriatethatthisFebruary kingdom. They decided that the safest and kingdom. They decidedthatthe safest and rat weretheworstswimmers intheanimal race therewasariver, andthecat water thrownin.You see,attheend ofthe cross-country gumballrally—withsome fi which wouldbeawardedonafi this epic,once-in-a-lifetimezodiaclottery “grapevine”—that therewasgoingtobe animals heard—Isupposethroughthe According tothesecondversion,all even morelikely. plausible—but thesecondversionseems cats dislikerats,thisstorydoesseem profi forevermore. Consideringthepsychological cat vowedtobetherat’snaturalenemy into thefi a ratwhohadsomehowinsinuateditself day latetodiscoverthatitsbestfriendwas day ofthebanquet.Thecatshowedupa banquet wasonthedayfollowingreal tricked thecatintobelievingthat the catwouldgetpickedfi of friendsbackthen,buttheratwasafraid legend, thecatandratwerebest request azodiacsign.Accordingtothe to comeabanquetwheretheycould the rattaskofinvitingallanimals In thefi rst-serve basis. Thisversionislikea le of rats, and also how greatly le of rats,andalsohowgreatly rst version, the Jade Emperor gave rst version,theJadeEmperorgave rst position of the zodiac. The rst position ofthezodiac.The theentiretradition.ThismademewonderhowandwhyChinesewouldhave rst, so the rat rst, sotherat rst-come, this second versionisthatinthe fi one lastreasonIaminclined tobelieve the waterdoessound perfectlyratty. And had kindlycarriedthe ratsafelyacross of launchingoff zodiac. Additionally, the egregiousinsult up inthefi which explainsexactlyhowaratended claiming fi ox’s headandreachedtheshorefi of theriver, theratranandjumpedoff When theoxwasabouttoreachbank correct one. yet moreevidencethatthislegendisthe legend seemdoublyverifi hate watertothisday—whichmakesthe rat, andbecauseofnearlydrowning,cats the catvowtobeamortalenemy the rat’sdisgustingactofbetrayalmade swim harder!”Accordingtothislegend, just jumpedoff then therattoldox,“Look!Thecat kicked thecat’sassoff thinking likeafuckingratandsuddenly across theriver, thatratonceagaingotto carry themacross.However, abouthalfway naïve andgood-naturedanimal,agreedto the strongestofswimmersand,beinga a rideonthebackofox.Theoxwas fastest waytocrosstheriverwascatch rst place in the competition, rst placeinthecompetition, rst position on the Chinese rst positionontheChinese your back to race you, yourbacktoraceyou, the ox’s head after it theox’sheadafterit the ox’s back—and theox’sback—and ed. And there is ed. Andthereis rst, thus rst rst the candidates. Iamconfi possibly besimilartotheU.S.Presidential to contemplatewhatrat-like traitscould while, soIamgoingtohaveaskyou as thefi explaining howtheChinesepickedarat Presidential candidates.Unfortunately, the rat’straitstoofU.S. continue thetraditionandcompare elections areoccurring,Ireallyshould year, sincetheUnitedStatesPresidential compared thesetoCzechpoliticians.This so Ilookedatallthetraitsofpigand the Pig,aCzechgovernmentwasformed, Last year, atthebeginningofYear of Which remindsme: behaved unethicallytowinthecontest. means givingfi by decidingtokeeptheirword—evenifit behaving asanhonorableandfairpeople they announcedacontestandaresimply the secondversion,Chineseseemlike an importantbanquet?”Whereaswith chief liaisonandheadorganizerforsuch Emperor wouldaskasneakyrattoactas version Ihadtoask“Whatkindofidiotic will win. year’s presidentialrace. Iwonderwhichrat zodiac gumballrallyseems alotlikethis some similarities.Actually, thatentire rst animal of their zodiac took a rst animaloftheirzodiactooka Text bySinclairNicholas rst place to a dirty rat that rst placetoadirtyratthat dent youwillfi nd nd nd

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At three o’ clock customer was a very eager 90-year-old man, who was spotted in the afternoon by Starbucks Czech Republic’s marketing manager, Alina on opening day of Tyszkiewicz, at the 9 a.m. ribbon-cutting ceremony. the new Starbucks “He was jumping up and down. He was so excited that there on Malostranské was a café here again,” Tyszkiewicz said, referring to the náměstí, the area historical literary café that once stood in the same location. around the coff ee “For us, it was a kind of confi rmation that we were right to shop’s cash registers bring Starbucks to this spot.” was crowded with As I sipped my sickly-sweet chai latte (a tall–small–chai customers. About tea latte contains 32 grams of sugar, about 10% of its total a third of them had volume), I overheard the man sitting next to me talking on already paid and were his cell phone. “Hey, come check it out!” he said to his friend waiting for their drinks to be whipped up by the staff behind half-jokingly. “We’re experiencing Starbucks.” the bar. As each order was fi nished, a barista placed the I wondered how long the general enthusiasm would last. Lots labeled cup on the counter. of locals appeared to be coming by to see what all the fuss was “Grande chai latte for Sandra!” A young woman in dreadlocks about, but some of them didn’t seem too impressed. went to get her tea, but before she could reach it, an older “I’m used to Italian espresso joints where you get coff ee in lady muscled her way through the crowd and grabbed the cup. a minute,” said Jadran Šetlík, a 56-year-old local. “Here I had “That’s my coff ee!” the lady snapped in Czech as she snatched to wait twenty minutes because all these people were jumping the drink. “I was here before you!” ahead of me. Next time I’ll consider whether I want to go “Yes,” the younger woman said patiently, “but did you order through that again. But in the end, the coff ee is good.” a grande chai latte? And is your name Sandra?” Šetlík’s last point is debatable—coff ee connoisseurs almost “Yes, it is! Well, no it isn’t. But my name is Soukupová, and it unanimously shun Starbucks on account of its low-quality, says Soukupová on the cup.” heavily-roasted beans—but local management is confi dent “No,” said the young woman, pointing to where the barista that the American mega-chain will fi nd its share of regular had clearly written ‘Sandra’ on the cup in pencil. “It says customers in Prague. Sandra.” “We expect this to be a kind of meeting point, a place where The older woman dug her reading glasses out from her purse. people can hang out and read books and surf the internet,” She put them on and squinted at the cup. “It says Soukupová,” says Tyszkiewicz. Are she and her team planning to provide the she confi rmed. “I was here fi rst.” The lady strode out of the city with more such meeting points? shop, chai latte in hand. “Defi nitely,” Tyszkiewicz says with a grin, and confi rms that A minute later, the barista called out, “One tall caff è latte for Starbucks will be opening another branch in Palladium 21 / 3 / 08 Soukupová!” The dreadlocked girl, a 22-year-old Czech native shopping mall by the end of February. “We’re always looking PLASTIQUE named Alexandra (“they only understood the Sandra part”), for ways to expand.” RADOST FX exchanged glances with me. Considering Starbucks’s enormous global reach of over 15,000 “I used to live in Washington, D.C.,” she said. “I got used stores, that’s no surprise. I have to admit, though, that I was a to going to Starbucks over there, so I was excited when I little rattled when I was asked to shell out 180 CZK for a small VECTIF heard they were opening here. But what you saw just now chai and a medium caff è latte. That kind of thing seemed okay VJ MARTIN – that’s Starbucks in Prague. That’s the Čecháčství [loosely in New York, but in Prague? For coff ee in a paper cup? FEDOR (SK) translatable as ‘Czechism’], you know?” Alexandra rolled her At these prices, no wonder people are getting possessive eyes. “Enchanting.” over their drinks. But try not to get too upset if someone SCOOCZECH (CZ) Alexandra may have used the word sarcastically, but more snatches your cup away from the pickup counter. 30th birthday celebration than a few people really did seem enchanted by the off icial After all, there’s plenty more where that frappuccino opening of Prague’s fi rst Starbucks on Tuesday. One notable came from. 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23 EXPERIENCE 24 INTERVIEW his viewsontheworldtoday. world’s marketingagencieshavecreated.Hewaskindenoughtodiscusshisworkpastandpresentalongwith wake upandpayattention,isaclearwelcomeantidotetothehypnoticspellthattelevision gloss andromancefromadsreducingthemtoshrillmessagespanic.Hisvoice,callingforpeoplesimply attacking theemptinessofconsumerismandmarketing.Theglobal“Panic Now”campaignwhichshreddedall indeed expire).Wolfe’sexperiencewiththeadvertisingindustryiswhatledhimtocreatesuchastatement illustrator/social criticShawnWolfein1984withapre-setexpirationdateof2000(atwhichtimeitdid Beatkit™, the‘brand’thathasnoactualproductattachedtoitwascreatedbySeattle-basedartist/designer/ my ownmechanismfor coping. Whetherthat semiotic exercise,Iamreacting andworkingout in simpleemotionalterms orasadeliberate to advertisingandthemarketplace,whether I oftenbeginbyexaminingmyownrelationship examined orcriticizedinyourwork? What aspectofsociety, ifany, ismostclosely a welcomesurprise. and beyondintermsofcashinfl journalism wasthefi pursue this.Choosingartschooloveramajorin I thinktookavowofpovertywhendecidedto a livingexpressingyourselfinthisway? What madeyouthinkcouldmake Pay attention,whoeveryouare. Your workismeanttosaywhatwhom? rst step.Anythingabove ux hasbeen

That’s impossibleanyhow. Everythingwedo hope ofexistingoutside ofthemarketplace. and counter-culture.I have nointentionor done thisforaslongtherehasbeendissent may be.Infacttheyroutinelydothis,andhave anything, nomatterhowstridentordefi Sure. Easily. Advertiserscanco-optandutilize campaign foramultinationalcompany? being apartoflargescaleadvertising Can youimaginesomethingproduce as possible,fortheviewertoo. emotional resonanceforme,butalso,asmuch criticizing orcommentingonsomethingithas situations, ideasandmentalspaces.SoifIam am alsotryingtostaywithuniversally-relatable refl comes acrossascriticism,orabsurdism,basic ection,that’sforotherstodecide.Ithink ant it ant things. Iguessthat’spart ofrefl mean morethanonething, especiallyopposite some ofmyfavoritepieces dothis—sayand things atonce,advocacyandcriticism.Infact says twothingsatonce,andaccomplishes imagine devisingsomekindoflanguagethat a giglikethat.Butevenstill,itispossibleto like HalliburtonorVerichip. 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In factnowthatIthinkaboutit,I’dlovetodoan worth grapplingwith,ascontent. me themostandintrigueseemtobe the marketplace.Thesearethingsthatconcern ambivalence aboutourpersonalrelationshipwith the ambiguityofintentionandmeaning.Andour marketplace inmywork,themoralambiguityand ed meandpossiblysuited nd someuseallthisgarbage I wasinabandyearsago ournamewasJoeKafka. my earliestandstillgreatest literaryheroes.When I’ve neverbeentoPrague butFranzKafka isoneof How doesPraguefi to makethesekindsofcompromises. to continuelivinginthisworldwe’regoinghave easy-motoring iscomingtoanend,andifwewant travel isunsustainableinthelongrun.Theage of huge homesandblingluxuryvehicles environment, whereastheendlesspursuitofreal in thatkindofvirtualcommunityand physical environment.Ithinkthereisarealfuture material wealth,butwithzeroimpactonthe to continuecaringaboutsuperfi satisfying thewarpedpartofusthatisdetermined hearts’ content,amassingasmuchstuff shoes, leatherpants,crazyvehicles,etc.)toour of statussymbols(fancyhome,furnishings,gold consumer appetitesandpursueouraccumulation like SecondLife,wherewecanindulgeour give someconsiderationtovirtualcommunities My otheranswertothisquestionisforpeople take itovercompletely. example istheresultoflettingmarketplace failure ofthehealthcaresysteminAmericafor fi but alsopublicschools,libraries, advantage ofbothsystems.Freeandopenmarkets, and elsewhereweareatourbestwhentakefull mentality, forgenerations, eventhoughinAmerica been browbeatenwiththiseither/orultimatum of capitalismversussocialism,andIthinkwe’ve One ofthebiggestfalsefl avoidable orsomethingwecanfreeourselvesfrom. so there’sthat.Theconsumingofthingsisn’t Consumerism isalifefunctionbydefi Ideally Iwouldn’treplaceitcompletely. somewhat vague. would youreplaceitwith—feelfreetobe it withsomethingelse,wouldyou?Andwhat materialistic, consumeristcultureandreplace If youcouldsomehowdoawaywith more often.Inmyopinion. a questionweshouldputtotheworldaroundus “what—if anything—doesthissignify?”Andit’s with BeatkitandPanic Nowisstill,andalways, surrealistic signsaboutsigns.Thequestion,as signage, carvedinwood,eventhoughtheseare of thenewpiecestakeformactualphysical that’s gettingdumberanddumber… andmany lifelessness, signsofintelligentlifeinaworld or fi The titleissomethingthatcanbereadliterally of thesamethemes.Signs,signals,signifi well asmy“art”—bothofwhichareexploringmany Uncanny. Includingbothmycommercialworkas re andpolicedepartments,publicroads.Thebig guratively… lifeversuslifestyle t intoyourviewofthings? ags istheoldargument caiis like cialities aswewant, nition, cance. is openingatGrassHutinPortland inMarch. wood carvingforthegroupartshowBallsOutthat of theWorld.I’malsocurrentlyworkingonanew Proteus SailsAgain:FurtherAdventuresattheEnd science fi graphic designerJacobMcMurray. Thebookisby that ispartofcollaborationonabookcoverwith At themomentI’mworkingonanillustration What areyouworkingonatthemoment? own way. most recentlyIdiocracyareallmasterfulintheir Orange, THX1138,Rollerball,Brazil,Gattaca,and about technologybutsociety. AClockwork Earthbound fi what Icall“socialsciencefi times tocountandtheytendbedystopian of fi I don’tknowifhaveafavoritebutdo What isyourfavoritefi us andthreatenstooutliveus. utility. 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29 VIDEO 30 FILM Biography/Music/Drama, 121min,UK/USA/Japan himself, ratherthanhisband,aswasthecaseinMichael age ofjusttwenty-three.Themainfocusthefi band JoyDivisionandwhoendedhislifetragicallyatthe Riley, whowastheleaderoflegendaryFactory records Curtis, aWertheriancharacter, playedbytheexcellentSam Anton Corbijn.HisbiopicexploresthedramaticlifeofIan of photographer-cumvideodirector-cummoviedirector year’s CannesortheBAFTA’s. Controlistheopusmagnum has createdastireverywhereit’sbeenshown,beitlast Since thisoff beat, black and white movie was released, it beat, blackandwhitemovie wasreleased,it lm is Curtis lm isCurtis photograph andseveraldecadeslater, allthisleadstoafi another, meetabandthatinspiresyoutomove,taketheir is anincredibleexperience—yougofromonecountryto photograph intheunderground,”saysCorbijn.“Thatalone I spentinEngland,managedtomakethefamousJoyDivision Manchester oftheseventies.“Duringfi melancholy ofthestoryanditssettinginindustrial as themovieisexquisitelyshotandexpressesinnate his photographicskills(hewasoriginallyaphotographer) Winterbottom’s 24HourParty People. Corbijndoesn’trepress rst two weeks that rst twoweeksthat lm.” Show Adult BOOKS

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Peter Sotos is undoubtedly the most uncompromising Sotos treats the mass media’s obsession with Allen’s writer alive today, and Show Adult, his most victimization as pornography. In fact, this has been recent book, has provoked the standard amount of a central tenet of Sotos’s writing to date. Show Adult, controversy that every Sotos release to date has like Sotos’s previous books, exposes the dishonesty generated. For those uninitiated to Sotos’s work, and oftentimes-muddled intentions that lie behind prepare for the worst. For it is the basest impulses and every form of sexual exploitation. the most depraved dregs of humanity that ultimately fascinate Sotos the most. His subject is sex and its relationship to aesthetic experience. But there is no romance here, no optimistic aff irmations of the centrality of sex in the human life cycle as a means of reproduction. Instead, sex is shown to be what it is—a crude biological need, one that many people are willing to degrade themselves to a level beneath humanity to attain. Bestiality, child pornography, real-life anonymous sex in porn shops and gloryhole bars, and the mass media’s fascination with everything grim and perverse are explored in gory detail, causing the weakest stomachs to cringe and most minds to turn off automatically. The writing isn’t “intellectual” in the sense we’re used to deciphering, yet behind its obvious crudities hides a subtle layer of wisdom into pathological states that is as unsettling as it is meaningful.

Show Adult, like Sotos’s other books, makes no eff ort to conceal its author’s engagement with the material he so brutally dissects. The book’s main controversy, rooted in an uproar spurned by “concerned” individuals on the Internet who have obviously never read this book or any of Sotos’s other writings, is over the fact that the case of Masha Allen forms an integral part of the content. Allen was abducted as a young child from a Russian orphanage by an American pedophile, who proceeded to keep her as a sex slave, simultaneously uploading pornographic pictures of her online.

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Rinse 02 Disco Not Disco Shapes Compilation Autechre Various Artists Various Artists 07:01 Quaristice mixed by Skream Strut Various Artists Warp Records Rinse FM/Neuton Medien Tru Thoughts

“Rinse” is a new compilations The period just after punk Alice Russell is one of the best Three years after their last album series of pirated music by the imploded in Europe and candy- voices in soul, this decade, and her Untilted, Autechre, the British infamous UK radio station Rinse coated pop of the eighties seized sweet pain on the opening classic lords of leftfi eld electronica, return FM that has showcased a lot of the airwaves, a bunch of misfi ts reggae track “Hurry On Now” with their ninth album, Quaristice. underground artists in the 13 loosely connected under the label (Boub Remix) is the perfect opener Quaristice follows in a similar sonic years of its existence. After the post-punk ditched abrasive riff s in for this 16 track compilation of trajectory to what was already success of the fi rst mix by Geeneus, favor of more funk-ridden rhythms. artists on the Brighton-based Tru Autechre’s blueprint on Untilted, Rinse FM’s second mix is a strong Disco Not Disco is a compilation Thoughts label. On this collection, namely, cacophonic glitches and selection from THE dubstep man series that unearths the hidden Spengler’s “Good Things” (a duet), noises that do not attempt to of the moment, Skream (real name gems of the post-punk era and and Freddie Cruger’s “Pushing On’ delight the listener, but rather Olli James) who at 21 years of age its third installment continues featuring Linn both out-groove the test his or her aural patience, is surprisingly young for someone with a hand-picked selection of slow soul-funk ala Erykah Badu. though the new LP abandons the who has made an incredible mark leftfi eld electro, strange disco, Up Hygh’s “Compatible” is like Sly mechanistic feel of old in favor of on the scene. and post-punk most which you’ve & the Family Stone updated to a nostalgia driven beats and random, Still in step with his earlier, ska- probably never heard of. Delta 5’s humorously sly electro-hip hop. but ethereal chime. Twenty tracks tinged, head bopping productions, Mind Your Own Business with its From Quantic, there is “Politik with names that are as cryptic as Skream off ers in Rinse 02 a great disco punk and blunt vocals is a Society” remixed and featuring before, such as Fol3, WNSN, and selection of exclusive new tracks perfect epitome of this era, as is the Noel, and the Quantic Soul 90101-5l-l. Musically, the album from his huge vault, all delivering proto-techno masterpiece Sharevari Orchestra’s “Paintings & Journeys.” is a mix of ambient, droning blistering bass lines while keeping by a Number of Names that Both are smooth Latin dance songs like Parallel Suns that are the dutty, low-frequency skank subsequently paved the way for tracks, and Spanky Wilson surprisingly comfortably nestled purring in the background. His own another vanguard movement— & The QSO make good party funk between stuttering “non-music” productions are accompanied by Detroit techno. Yellow Magic on “Waiting For Your Touch.” in Steels and the more melodic cuts from Zinc, Distance, Benga, Orchestra’s oriental tinged Seoul Nostalgia 77’s “Wildfl ower” is Simmm and Theswere that recall Coki, D1, and others among the follows in a more abstract vein, soaring jazz, with equal afro-Cuban IDM’s best era. Notwo follows in 24 tracks. In this mix, Skream ditching bold guitar riff s in favor percussion and acoustic jazz roots, a distinctly macabre vein, again shows his eclectic infl uences of vocal samples and melody, while topped off with a female lounge a claustrophobic post-apocalyptic by taking you on a long journey Liaisons Dangereuses’ Los Ninos crooner and attitude galore. The requiem that is reminiscent of ex through various sounds. Del Parque is an instrumental Bamboo’s redo the dance club Zoviet France’s Rapoon droning One word of warning: Dubstep number with repetitive beats classic “Happy” in a soul-jazz oeuvre, while Altibzz, the album’s should be listened to with a lot of that no doubt reached its peak “soundtrack” version, and Me opening track, unrolls with bass. LOTS of bass. Good luck with on the dance fl oors, while Vivian & You’s “Ze Zam” is a fi ne Brazilian sublime sound and melancholic the neighbors! Goldman’s Launderette, on the batacuda groove that shifts in and analogue synths echoing from afar. other hand, is a laid-back number out of control. Diesler featuring Quaristice is a fi ne album, although with prominent dub bass. Disco Carla Alexandar do an upbeat it probably would have made more Not Disco: Post Punk, Electro & electro-Brazilian in “Into the sense had it come out in 1998. Leftfi eld Disco Classics 1974-1986 Woods,” as well. Anyway, these are By the time he stole a sampler from his high school, Dan laden dream-like sound that drew as much from electronica as is a noteworthy exploration of an the standouts. Snaith’s future had been already mapped out. He had been it did from indie and jazz. Enter Caribou, a name he has been intriguing era. recording music in rural Ontario. “Before I could drive, and using since the above mentioned court battle, and the critically living in the middle of nowhere in the countryside, there acclaimed album The Milk of Human Kindness inspired by weren’t many options aside from practicing music, playing Krautrock bands like Neu!, Can, and American groups such as 8/10 7/10 8/10 7/10 music and recording music all in complete isolation.” His debut Lightning Bolt. His latest LP is Andorra that sees him embrace LP Start Breaking My Heart under the moniker Manitoba, which pop melodies and which has been supported by live shows by Sirius Smart Sounds Lucia Udvardyová Tony Ozuna Lucia Udvardyová he lost in a bizarre court battle, paved the way for the sample- Caribou in the form of a four piece band. Lucia Udvardyová

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Pistora’s fondmemoriesofthelegendary Nováčková, andPetrKrejzekMarek of PragueasseenfromitstramsbyKateřina exploration ofmetal,aninteractivestudy The exhibitionincludesTomášPospiszyl’s studio) Laboratoryisongoing. errors” courtesyofPetrBabák’s(graphic a “seriesofactivities,trialand and screenings.Currently,theLaboratory, mixed mediathroughexhibitions,lectures provide aplatformforcontemporaryartsand the siteofSt.Wenceslasbaths,aimsto behind thetoweringTančícíDůmandoccupies initiative Tranzit.Thegallery,whichhides between theDisplayGalleryandarts on thePraguegallerymap,acollaboration Tranzitdisplay isafairlyrecentaddition www.tranzitdisplay.cz Dittrichova 9/337,P2 Tranzitdisplay Tranzitdisplay Where: KarlinStu The fontusedisBotanika /suitcasetype.com/ Patrik Svoboda/visualperfect.cz/ Art Director: Martin Polak, MarekVogel Dravonfoto.cz, Jedi,Gonza,BeckySapp,JanFreiberg, Contributing Photographers:LuciaUdvardyová, Tony Ozuna,SinclairNicholas,Tobias Moshövel Contributing Writers:Travis Jeppesen,Laura Baranik, Arts andCultureEditor:LuciaUdvardyová Editor-at-Large: GordonWalker February –March08 Issue #44 Think Again EDITORIAL views oftheThinkAgain editorialstaff individual writersand do notnecessarilyrefl publisher. 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