Klaus Biesenbach – лучшие книги

Alfred Döblin's novel Berlin Alexanderplatz, published in 1929, takes place in a world of pimps and small-time criminals in the pre-War years. It was the key literary experience for Fassbinder when he read it at the tender age of 14. When, 20 years later, a major German TV station commissioned him to film this Expressionist classic, what he produced was less a filming of a book in the usual sense (which was also hardly to be expected of the enfant terrible of New German Film), but instead a kind of vivisection of two histories, his own and that of Germany, both at times of identity crises. The artistic qualities of the series by no means received the appreciation they should have. The film was simply too dark for the usual TV sets back then, and the few copies available on tape soon faded. On the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the death of Rainer Werner Fassbinder (1945-1982), the Foundation named after him is now presenting a new version of his Berliner Alexanderplatz, restored with great technical effort. Its premiere at the 2007 Berlin Film Festival caused a great stir - and was the definitive proof of Fassbinder's genius and visual impact. The book accompanying the restored film version documents all the details of Fassbinder's Berlin Alexanderplatz with 560 pages of color film stills, the complete script, Fassbinder's own thoughts on Döblin's novel and analytical essays by Susan Sontag and editor Klaus Biesenbaeh.

Bjork is a contemporary icon whose contributions to music, video, film, fashion and art have influenced a generation worldwide. Here, now, is the ultimate celebration of this multimillion-selling superstar. Designed by top design studio M/M (Paris) as a slipcased world of wonders, this publication which accompanies springs exhibition on Bjork at The Museum of Modern Art is composed of six parts: four booklets, a paperback and a poster. Each booklet contains illustrated texts by, respectively, Klaus Biesenbach, Alex Ross, Nicola Dibben and Timothy Morton, while the poster features artwork of Bjorks albums and singles. The main book focuses on her seven major albums Debut, Post, Homogenic, Vespertine, Medulla, Volta and Biophilia and the personas created for each one. Poetic texts by longtime collaborator, Icelandic author Sjon, are accompanied by shots of Bjork performing live; multiple stills from music videos made by directors including Michel Gondry, Chris Cunningham and Spike Jonze; images of Bjork in breathtaking costumes by designers such as Alexander McQueen and Hussein Chalayan; and shots by star photographers such as Nan Goldin, Juergen Teller, Stephane Sednaoui, Inez van Lamsweerde & Vinoodh Matadin, and Araki. All combine to form an extraordinary visual masterpiece, celebrating the magical world of Bjork.

In January and February of 2007, the Los Angeles-based video artist Doug Aitken projected a new work, commissioned by The Museum of Modern Art and the New York arts institution Creative Time, onto seven facades on and around MoMA's fabled West

Book DescriptionThe verb "to animate" is derived from the Latin anima , meaning "life," and the suffix -ate , meaning "to give." Thus the works in Animations endow unlikely objects with unexpected and uncanny life. During its