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Dispatches from Moments of Calm

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Dispatches from Moments of Calm / Nachricht von ruhigen Momenten
The international artist and the most eminent chronicler of our time: 60 images by Gerhard Richter in dialogue with new texts by Alexander Kluge.

In the golden autumn of 2012 the national newspaper Die Welt stood still for a day, and as a symbol of its standstill a sleepy dog lay where the headlines normally loomed. What happened? Gerhard Richter, one of the most globally significant artists, had taken over and printed all 30 pages of the October 5, 2012 issue of...
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The international artist and the most eminent chronicler of our time: 60 images by Gerhard Richter in dialogue with new texts by Alexander Kluge.

In the golden autumn of 2012 the national newspaper Die Welt stood still for a day, and as a symbol of its standstill a sleepy dog lay where the headlines normally loomed. What happened? Gerhard Richter, one of the most globally significant artists, had taken over and printed all 30 pages of the October 5, 2012 issue of Die Welt with his personal stamp: images from quiet moments in unquiet times, abolition of the primacy of politics, the private in place of the world-historical, but above all: artful contrasts between sharpness and softness.
 

Alexander Kluge applauded the public performance of this unusual art action. Spontaneously, he added stories to the images. Gerhard Richter answered Kluge equally spontaneously with the proposal of a joint book. Richter delivered more images and Kluge more stories. Thus came about the second joint project – after the bestseller December – by the two artists: a book of contemporaneous, lived stories, as sharp as they are soft.

2013, 135 pages
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Alexander Kluge, born in 1932, is the director of numerous films and countless TV broadcasts as well as an author, but: »My books are my most important work.« He has received numerous awards for his oeuvre.

Alexander Kluge, born in 1932, is the director of numerous films and countless TV broadcasts as well as an author, but: »My books are my...

Gerhard Richter, born in Dresden in 1932, is one of the most important contemporary visual artists.

Gerhard Richter, born in Dresden in 1932, is one of the most important contemporary visual artists.


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The Book of Comments
Year of Publication: 2022
Alexander KlugeYear of Publication: 2022
Published to mark his 90th birthday, this is perhaps Alexander Kluge’s most personal book. The Book of Comments follows hot on the heels of its playful sibling Circus /...
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Circus / Commentary
Year of Publication: 2022
Alexander KlugeYear of Publication: 2022
The circus has fascinated Alexander Kluge since his earliest childhood and it is a phenomenon of his devotion that is preserved throughout his cinematic work (Die Artisten in der Zirkuskuppel,...
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English world rights (Seagull)

 

Russia Container
Year of Publication: 2020
Alexander KlugeYear of Publication: 2020

Not just in light of a currently contested pipeline but also after centuries of both exchange and rejection, Russia and Germany were and are as far away from each other as they are connected. The...

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English world rights (Seagull), Russia (Garage)

World-Changing Rage
Year of Publication: 2017
Georg Baselitz, Alexander KlugeYear of Publication: 2017

Rage and obstinacy are closely related. In the work of Georg Baselitz and Alexander Kluge they are fundamental categories. Rage is dynamic: it can grow and suddenly erupt into flaming protests,...

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Kong’s Finest Hour
Year of Publication: 2015
Alexander KlugeYear of Publication: 2015

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30 April 1945
Year of Publication: 2014
Alexander KlugeYear of Publication: 2014
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English world rights (Seagull), France (P.O.L.), Poland (W.A.B.)

Anyone Who Utters a Consoling Word Is a Traitor
Year of Publication: 2013
Alexander KlugeYear of Publication: 2013

»Alexander Kluge's work has long grappled with the Third Reich and its aftermath, and the extermination of the Jews forms its gravitational center. Kluge is forever reminding us to keep...

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English world rights (Seagull), Serbia (Kulturni Centar Novog Sada)

Drilling through Hard Boards
Year of Publication: 2011
Alexander KlugeYear of Publication: 2011
Politics, says Kluge, is an exceptional aggregate state of everyday feelings. It’s everywhere. It sets private and public biographies in motion.

It was Max Weber who said...
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English world rights (Seagull), Arabic world rights (Sefsafa)

December
Year of Publication: 2010
Alexander Kluge, Gerhard RichterYear of Publication: 2010
»In the historic tradition of calendar stories and calendar illustrations, author and film director Alexander Kluge and celebrated visual artist Gerhard Richter have composed December,...
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The Labyrinth of Tender Force
Year of Publication: 2009
Alexander KlugeYear of Publication: 2009
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Air Raid
Year of Publication: 2008
Alexander KlugeYear of Publication: 2008

Alexander Kluge’s account The Air Raid on Halberstadt on 8 April 1945 first appeared in 1977. Exactly twenty years later, it became one of the most important points of reference...

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Previously published in the respective language / territory; rights available again: Spanish world rights (Machado)
Cinema Stories
Year of Publication: 2007
Alexander KlugeYear of Publication: 2007

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Spanish rights Latin America (Caja negra), France (Diaphanes)

Previously published in the respective language / territory; rights available again: Italy (L'Orma), Turkey (Lemis)
The Devil's Blindspot
Year of Publication: 2003
Alexander KlugeYear of Publication: 2003
With a collection of 500 stories, Alexander Kluge picks up the thread of his Chronicle of Feelings, which had been published in 2000. Catchphrases such as Revolution, Holocaust, World War,...
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English world rights (New Directions), France (P.O.L.), Israel (Pitom)

Previously published in the respective language / territory; rights available again: Spanish world rights (Anagrama)
Chronicle of Feelings
Year of Publication: 2000
Alexander KlugeYear of Publication: 2000

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Russia (NLO), France (P.O.L.)

Previously published in the respective language / territory; rights available again: English world rights (New Directions), Sweden (Brutus Östling)

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