Torsten Schumann, Christoph Kohlmann and I will be sharing a table at Shifting Focus Bookmarket at Kunstquartiers Bethanien, Berlin Kreuzberg this weekend. We are happy to be part of this new event with lots of lovely bookmakers and dealers like Bildband Berlin, Café Lehmitz Photobooks, Stephanie Neumann, Einer Books, Espen Krukhaug, Sonja Trabant, The Angry Bat plusplusplus…. Bring all your money and finance our Roof Top Swimming Pools!
13.7. – 13.9.2016: Zeitmaschine | Analog Rave by Tilman Brembs at Fenster61
http://www.fenster61.de/portfolio/tilman-brembs-zeitmaschine-analog-rave/
http://www.zeitmaschine.org/
Sending out DRIFTWOOD 2 to France, Portugal, Netherlands, Germany, Austria, Poland, UK, Italy and USA today! A big big THANK YOU to all subscribers making this project so internatial and so much fun!
DRIFTWOOD 2 | AMERIKA
Notes from the road, May 22 – June 11, 2016
Fresh from the printer: 38 b/w photos on 60 pages
Limited edition zine, 50 copies
Will be shipped to all subscribers by the end of the week
Order Driftwood 1-4
SHIFTING FOCUS PHOTOBOOK MARKET
Save the date: Friday, 22 July – Sunday, 24 July
Kunsthaus Bethanien, Berlin
I will be present at the Shifting Focus Photobook Market, sharing a table with my dear colleagues Torsten Schumann and Christoph Kohlmann.
Plenty of other great authors and book dealers – check out the whole list. Hope to see you!
Further information
Yesterday’s test print looks awesome! Lesson learned: 60 pages on 100g paper are probably the maximum that goes with staple binding. But, ey! It’s a zine, not arty farty. The edition is supposed to be printed this week and will then go out to all subscribers.
Currently working on Driftwood 2. Photos from a 3 weeks USA trip. Woohoo!
http://shop.reister-images.de/product/driftwood-no-1-2-3-and-4/
Now til July 12th: Christoph Kohlmann’s Weltreise [Word Tour] at Fenster61!
“The narrative leads us to a Berlin by night, with indefinite streets, where we stayed in suspense about what might happen around us. (…)”
Read the full TUB Small Library review by Fábio Miguel Roque
Hamburg/Deichtorhallen Portfolio Walk was not crowded, but nice! Many thanks to everyone who stopped by. Especially to Ken Schles and Wolfgang Zurborn for taking their time + giving me honest, inspiring and encouraging feedback on my work.
Deichtorhallen Hamburg, Sat 7 May, 6-9 pm
I’m invited to show my work at „Portfolio Walk“ at Deichtorhallen, Hamburg. That means: a table, my books on it, me behind it. Many more tables and photographers will be around + lectures the whole weekend long:
http://www.deutsche-fotografische-akademie.com/tagungen
Stop by, if you are around.
It is free and open for everyone!
And yes, I will have a brandnew book dummy with me, that nobody has seen before.
DRIFTWOOD 1 | Berlin
I have received a lot of positive feedback about the first issue of Driftwood and the publishing idea behind it. I’d like to point out this personal review by Eric Paslitzky:
„(…) Ich kenne die vorangegangenen Publikationen von Christian Reister und muss anerkennend feststellen, dass die Fotografien in dem Heft an Dichte gewonnen haben. Sie sind nicht das, was man man vielleicht primär mit Reisters Arbeiten verbindet – Nachtleben in Berlin in den verschiedensten Facetten, einschließlich diverser Freaks. Reister konzentriert sich in den Fotografien dieses Heftes stärker als zuvor auf das Grafische des Gesehenen. Es bleibt bei einer angenehmen Beiläufigkeit in der Schilderung, die auf alles Nebensächliche verzichtet, in einer unaufdringlichen Dramturgie. Gleichwohl kann man sich jede der Fotografien auch als singulären großformatigen Print vorstellen. Mit gefällt das Bekenntnis zu Korn und Unschärfe, was zur Geschlossenheit der Arbeit beiträgt. Einzig bei einigen Querformaten hätte ich mir bei Satz und Heftung etwas mehr Rücksicht auf das Bild an sich gewünscht. Ich habe die gesamte Serie abonniert und bin gespannt auf die weiteren Ausgaben.“
Danke, Eric. More about Driftwood:
http://www.reister-images.de/portfolio/berlin/driftwood-1-berlin-photozine/
Thank you for your interest + see you soon
Christian Reister
Ladies and gentlemen,
DRIFTWOOD 1 came ready from the printing house this Tuesday and is already on the snailmail way to all who have ordered it. Thank you very much for the great response so far. That is a great motivation for the next issues! Please feel free to send my any feedback about it. See DRIFTWOOD 1 here.
THE WHISPERING NOISE is a photofilm that contains pictures from DRIFTWOOD 1, ALLE KATZEN GRAU and others.
The soundtrack is exclusively composed by Andreas Albrecht.
Working with Andreas is always inspiring and I am very happy with the result. We try to bring this to some screening festivals and cinema events. We will tell you when it’s about time. Until then:
Lights OUT, Fullscreen mode ON, Speakers LOUD.
Thank you for your interest + see you soon
Christian Reister
DRIFTWOOD is ready for pre-order. Check all details here please.
I’m working on a series of publications in very small editions. First infos and order possibilities will be given exclusively via my email mailing list next week. All other channels like Facebook, Twitter or this blog will follow later. And it’s “first come first serve”. If you are interested, please subscribe now.
I am invited to talk about photobooks this Sunday…
Finissage – Fotografisches Kolloquium Kreuzberg ‘WELTALL nicht eingschickt’
Sonntag – 20. März 2016 von 15 bis 18 Uhr
Artist Talk – “Wie kommt der Sound ins Fotobuch?”
16-17 Uhr
Gast: Christian Reister (Fenster 61)
Wir sprechen über
…das erste Bild im Buch,
…die Angst vor der weißen Seite,
…den Klang der Bilder,
…Verlage oder self publishing,
…Künstlerbücher oder Bestseller …
Andreas Rost “Der Unbekannte Niemeyer in Algier” (u.a.) // www.andreasrost.com
Kristina Frick “Ich hab von ihm geträumt und von Affen” // www.kristinafrick.com
Wenke Seemann ” Straße nach Damaskus” // www.seemannsbilder.de
Christian Reister “Alle Katzen grau” (u.a.) // http://www.reister-images.de
www.aff-galerie.de
https://www.facebook.com/events/892391047526871/
I’m happy to show some of Michael Hughes great photos of Kreuzberg from the 80’s at Fenster61. Unitl April, 12th! Check out more here, here and here.
Current exhibtion at Fenster61: Diane Vincent’s “Oben”.
Sylvie Weiss’ series “Archiv (Berlin) is now on show at Fenster61. Torstraße 61, until Feb. 16th. And online.
Until 12th of Jan at Fenster61: Fernweh und Heimweh by Eva Gjaltema