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PETE SHELLEY

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Pete Shelley—one of the greatest composers and performers of the punk era—died yesterday in Estonia.

Shelley—who avoided gender pronouns in his songs and adopted the family name of Percy and Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley—formed Buzzcocks in 1976 with Howard Devoto, releasing the EP Spiral Scratch (which includes the song “Boredom”) at the end of that year.

Devoto departed in 1977, eventually forming Magazine, leaving Shelley lead the Buzzcocks on guitar and vocals though several albums until their disbandment in 1981.

Local audiences still recall the revival tour which brought the band to Sunset Junction in August 2007, drawing the largest crowd in the music fair’s history.

Top: Pete Shelley, performing with the Buzzcocks at The Roundhouse, London, May 28, 1978. Photograph by Gus Stewart/Redferns. © 1978 Gus Stewart.

Album cover image credit: United Artists.

LAUNCH OF THE MAGAZINE OCTOPUSNOTES 3 AT CENTRE POMPIDOU

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octopusnotes is a magazine that promotes Contemporary Art and Art History research. Each publication is composed of three collections. The first collection is a “thesis,” recently defended, focusing on Contemporary Art History. The second collection, entitled “comments,” is dedicated to artists’ interviews or talks. For the third collection, “notes,” octopusnotes invites an artist to conceive an edition.

For the launch of the third issue, Kandinksy Library at the Pompidou Center invited the magazine to present in a gold room.
The artist Martin Laborde did the edition for this new issue, called “Sac” which means bag.
All of the artists and people who contributed to octopusnotes were there. A talk took place.
The sun was there too. It was a lovely evening.

Here are some pictures !

 

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octopusnotes 3 / edition of Martin Laborde

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octopusnotes 2 / edition of Maria Eisl

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octopusnotes 1 / edition of Clément Rodzielski

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DoPe PRESS AT “I NEVER READ” ART BOOK FAIR BASEL

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Our very own DoPe Press will be at I NEVER READ, ART BOOK FAIR BASEL, this week!

DoPe Press will be presenting LIVE, a new book by American artist Oscar Tuazon, and MAGAZINE, a new edition by Swiss, Paris-based jewelry maker Ligia Dias.

On Thursday, June 19th at 5pm, Oscar Tuazon and Ligia Dias will both be present for a signing at the DoPe Press booth.

June 18 – 21 2014 at Volkshaus Basel

Opening night:
Wednesday, June 18 between 
6-10 pm

Regular hours:
Thursday through Saturday 
4-10 pm

Volkshaus Basel,
Rebgasse 12-14
CH-4058 Basel

The fair is free and open 
to the public.

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OSCAR TUAZON, LIVE
In English and German, published by DoPe Press & Walther König, Köln
Hardcover, boxed, 2 Vols, 9.5 x 11 in., 336 pages

LIVE focuses on an exhibition of new sculptural works at Museum Ludwig in Cologne, Germany, which included a full-scale reproduction of fragments of the artist’s Los Angeles house. The second volume comprises a photographic monograph of selected works covering the artist’s unconventional production over the past five years.

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LIGIA DIAS, MAGAZINE
Magazine, 2014
Vegetable-tanned leather, four-color print, 22-carat gold, palladium-plated brass, and stainless steel.
Ed. 55 + 5 AP

Magazine celebrates the fragile aspect of a periodical. By turning the pages of PARIS, LA magazine into a unique bracelet, jewelry maker Ligia Dias confirms her interest in traditional and industrial materials, as well as her ability to combine luxury and natural attributes in one single object. Cut, gilded with 22-carat gold leaf, drilled, and held between two leather bands, Magazine becomes a formless, illegible book that can either be worn on the wrist or placed on display.