Bist Du Glücklich? – a book review
Photobook festivals + book events
Some Reister book news…
ALLE KATZEN GRAU and BIST DU GLÜCKLICH? will be distributed by Einer Books on serveral European photo book festivals, starting with Kassel Photobook Festival this week and photobook Bristol next week.
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Forthcoming book presentation/signing events:
June 16th, 7pm – Cabinett Lia Wolf, Vienna
June 26th, 7pm – Bildband Berlin
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Too drunk to fuck
Christian Reister – Bist du glücklich from Matej Sitar on Vimeo.
Thank you Matej Sitar/The Angry Bat for choosing the perfect soundtrack.
Bist Du Glücklich? at #TABS
Opening this thursday: #TABS / Temporary Artist’s Book Shop at Lage Egal with about 180 books.
From the press text: “(…) For the duration of the exhibition, LAGE EGAL will become a bookstore/reading library named #TABS – TEMPORARY ARTIST’S BOOK SHOP where the public will be able to look through, peruse, and purchase books and editions. It will be a big celebration of the object book, ideated and made by artists. The book, as a specific artwork, will be displayed in its transgenic form and use, which includes word and image, sight and touch.”
I’m happy to be part of it with my little book Bist Du Glücklich?.
Nike of Berlin. Where’s the beer bike?
This made my day!
“Dear Christian, I enjoyed your little Berlin book with its big German question: bist du glücklich? I made some comments:
I like the lamp.
Rush hour reflections, hang on! Brussel Sprouts.
Unhappy, thirsty bunny. Her friend’s pubic bag hangs low. The hydrant is handy.
This is the Hamburg Crouch – like the Lambeth Walk in London.
The Berliner call them ‘Wannen’. Looks wet.
Plastic surgery.
The German question again.
Kunststück. No one notices.
Windows 95 + 11
Looks like copulation. Staged.
There must be something there!
Reflection.
Stairway to heaven
Fly, fly, fly away!
Staged in Arles?
Nice floor, tiled wall. Underground?
“Wir Kinder …”
A sunny Vienna corner
Rie ne va plus. I like the arrow heads.
Nike of Berlin. Where’s the beer bike?
Who stole the pole?
Turteltäubchen.
What’s going on?
Flower Power
Blind to Gentrification
Nancy tickled my fancy – Oh my charming Billy Boy.
GOAL!
Almost Escher
Homage to Andy.
The answer to the question! (Bauzaun is the clue)
Murmuration
Bronzed liberty
This is not the answer – love is!”