Colophon2009 13-15/03/2009 Luxembourg
Colophon 2009 - NEWS 02.09.2008

If you were there in Colophon2007, it’s time to get excited again. If you weren’t, then it’s still time to get excited. Either way, Colophon2009 is coming!

Colophon is a biennial symposium for magazine makers, experts, advertisers, readers and all creatives involved in the world of the independent magazine.

It’s an event for thinking, talking, sharing, learning and celebrating excellence in the global independent magazine industry.

Launched in 2007, the second edition of Colophon will take place in Luxembourg from 13 to 15 March 2009, hosting exhibitions, talks, panel discussions, live interviews, pecha kucha sessions, workshops, events and one-off publications, with more magazines, more attendees and a far more expansive programme than Colophon 2007.

This time the symposium will be spread all over the city centre, taking place in twelve venues including museums, art galleries and cultural institutions, turning the entire city into a magazine extravaganza.

Colophon 2009 is under the Patronage of Mr Jean-Louis Schiltz, Luxembourg’s Minister for Communications, and the Ministry of Tourism.

See you in Luxembourg in March!

 
 
In this issue:
Register now to get your “Flash Pass 2009” | International Magazine Survey (Part one): “We interview Magazine Makers”: participate here! | Join our social network, set up your profile and connect with others | Pre-Programme 2009: exhibitions, talks, openings, workshops | The 12 venues of 2009 | The Magazine Store | “We Love Magazines 2” | The Magazine Directory: register your magazine or update your profile! | Become a Media Partner | Partners | Media Partners | Remember 2007: video, pictures and report | Send us your magazine(s)!
 
Register now and get your “Flash Pass 2009”
Flash pass tickets are on sale as of today, via www.colophon2009.com You can confirm your registration, buy your Flash Pass and discover special offers for Partners and Students. Sign up now for exclusive deals and opportunities!
 
International Magazine Survey (Part one): “We interview Magazine Makers”
If you work in magazines, click here to participate!
 
Join our social network, set up your profile and connect with others
Once you’ve registered for your Flash Pass, you’ll receive a special access code to our unique online network to discuss magazine issues and learn more about the build up to the event.
 
Pre-Programme 2009: exhibitions, talks, openings, workshops
We can already confirm the following details about Colophon2009: 12 exhibitions, 20 hours of talks, panel discussions, live interviews, pecha kucha sessions, 12 hours of workshops (creative workshops, business/publishing workshops), 3 cocktails. Plenty more to be revealed soon…
 
The 12 venues of Colophon 2009

We’ve chosen 12 unique locations across Luxembourg-City (museums, galleries, art centres) creating a magazine trail through the city. Free admittance to all venues is included with the Flash Pass. The venues are:

Casino Luxembourg – Forum d’art contemporain
Casino Luxembourg – Forum d’art contemporain
(view of the Casino: exhibition of Simone Decker, 2004)

In March 1996, three months after the end of "Luxembourg, European City of Culture 1995", the Casino Luxembourg became what it is today: Luxembourg's first forum of contemporary art. Its aim is to present today's visual arts with all their diversity and complexity culture. Within “Luxembourg and Greater Region - European Capital of Culture 2007”, we held the first edition of Colophon exclusively in the Casino. The Casino remains the principle venue for welcoming visitors to the symposium in 2009, with plenty of surprises filling the venue’s three floors.
www.casino-luxembourg.lu

Mudam (Musée d‘Art Moderne Grand-Duc Jean)
MUDAM
(Photo: Christian Aschman)

Since its opening in the summer of 2006, Mudam has welcomed its visitors with a lively programme which brings together all forms of contemporary art. The museum’s collection (which is gradually being revealed through temporary exhibitions) is the result of an ambitious policy and it explores the abundant and hybrid nature of current artistic activity. The building was designed by I.M. Pei and boasts 4800m2 of exhibition space and public space on three levels including an educational area, an auditorium, a shop and a café. Mudam aims to create access to contemporary art for different audiences, both on a regional and international level.
www.mudam.lu

Abbaye de Neumünster
The Chapel - Abbaye de Meumunster
(The Chapel)

Some of the oldest parts of Luxembourg are UNESCO world heritage sites. In the very heart of the oldest part of the city is the Centre Culturel de Rencontre Abbaye de Neumünster, a public institution embedded in a spectacular natural setting that reflects the city’s eventful past. Neumünster Abbey was even used as a prison until the mid eighties. The vaults, halls, aisles, the courts and corridors were changed into spaces for reflection, for the confrontation of ideas and for creation, while respecting the original spirit of the site, its cultural and spiritual goals.
www.ccrn.lu

AICA
AICA - Tom Luca's exhibition
(View of Tom Lucas’s exhibition, 2008)

The International Association of Art Critics (AICA), is an NGO founded in 1950 under the patronage of UNESCO, whose objective is to support art in all its forms, and to keep pace with changing disciplines. AICA Luxembourg’s Kiosk project – a small building in the centre of the capital-city –regularly invites artists to exhibit, hosting innovative projects and supporting the upcoming art scene.
www.aica-luxembourg.lu

Beaumontpublic + Königbloc
Huang Yong Ping exhibition
(View of the Huang Yong Ping exhibition, 2003)

For more than 20 years, beaumontpublic has introduced international artists to Luxembourg. Dedicated to showcasing controversial and influential artists, including Bruce Nauman, Louise Bourgeois, Raymond Pettibon, Martin Kippenberger, Marcel Broodthaers, the gallery has also organised programs featuring upcoming artists who explore cultural issues and performance, as well as presenting thematic group shows.
www.beaumontpublic.com

Cinémathèque of Luxembourg
Cinémathèque Luxembourg

The Cinémathèque of Luxembourg-City has a collection of more than 15. 000 films of all genres, including many rare examples and almost all the back catalogue of auteurs such as Fritz Lang, Howard Hawks, Alfred Hitchcock, Jean Renoir and Orson Welles, making the Cinémathèque one of the important film archives in Europe. They will host a special cycle of screenings dedicated to media and magazines during main two weeks of the event.
www.vdl.lu

Fondation de l'Architecture et de l'Ingénierie
Fondation de l'Architecture et de l'Ingénierie

The Fondation de l'Architecture et de l'Ingénierie was set up in 1992 in order to establish an exchange forum for architecture in Luxembourg. It focuses on contemporary architectural culture, and organises various events, including the Luxembourg Architecture Award, as well as exhibitions, lectures, study trips and guided tours, and professional meetings. Its architectural library and archives are open to the public.
www.fondarch.lu

Galerie Nordine Zidoun
Galerie Nordine Zidoun
(View of Group Show, 2008)

Situated in the centre of the city, Galerie Nordine Zidoun opened in April 2008. This new place for contemporary art presents the creations of the new generation of Americans artists such as Jin Meyerson, Bradley McCallum & Jacqueline Tarry, Monica Hernandez, Adam Parker Smith, Jeremy Wagner, Patrick McKinney and Renee Cox.
www.galeriezidoun.com

Konschthaus Beim Engel
Konschthaus Beim Engel

The Konschthaus Beim Engel, under the management of the Ministry of Culture, Higher Education and Research, is located in the heart of the old city of Luxembourg. The gallery has been hosting exhibitions for more than 20 years, generally favouring group shows organised by associations or embassies, and projects by young artists. After a major renovation, completed in 1994, the offices and a meeting room on the upper floors were put at the disposal of different cultural associations so that the Konschthaus could become a real place for cultural exchange and creation.
www.mcesr.public.lu

Lucien Schweitzer Art Gallery
Lucien Schweitzer Art Gallery - Georges Rousse exhibition
(View of the exhibition: Georges Rousse, 2007)

Founded in 1989, the Lucien Schweitzer Art Gallery is one of the most established galleries in Luxembourg, with an excellent reputation. Located since 1993 in the central quarter of the capital, it exhibits a wide variety of art forms and seeks to promote the creation and understanding of contemporary art.
www.lucien-schweitzer.lu

Luxembourg City History Museum
Luxembourg City History Museum

Situated in the heart of the old part of the city, the Luxembourg City History Museum displays permanent collections as well as temporary exhibitions that illustrate the thousand-year history of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg in innovative ways. The museum is installed within four restored residential houses dating from the 17th to the 19th century that still bear traces from the Middle Ages.
www.mhvl.lu

Nosbaum & Reding Art Contemporain
View of the exhibition: Yoshitaka Amano, 2007
(View of the exhibition: Yoshitaka Amano, 2007)

Founded in 2001 by Véronique Nosbaum and Alex Reding, the location comprises two distinct spaces, allowing the gallery to run a two-folded international programme of exhibitions. From the outset, the gallery has focused on young and upcoming artists from Luxembourg and neighbouring Germany, France, and Belgium, occasionally reaching out to other European countries such as Switzerland, Portugal, Estonia and Poland. It has a strong commitment to figurative and conceptual painting, alternated with photography, sculpture and installation-based media.
www.nosbaumreding.lu

 
The Magazine Store
During the symposium you can also promote your magazine in our magazine store. Decide whether you want to distribute it for free (min. 50 copies, we recommend 100-200) or have it sold (max. 25 copies, subject to approval). Write to us for more information: didier@colophon2009.com
 
“We Love Magazines 2”
Our first book is still available in all (good) design bookstores and museums, and the Colophon 2009 team is currently working on issue 02. Another approx. 400 pages celebrating the independent magazine culture and industry. Volume 2 includes also an updated version of the international directory, featuring more than 1,400 magazines.
 
The Magazine Directory: register your magazine or update your profile!
If your magazine is not yet registered in our directory, do it right away for free. If it is, check your profile and send us any updates to didier@colophon2009.com (as well as some recent magazine covers).
 
Become a Media Partner
Help us to promote the culture and industry of the independent magazine. Become a Media Partner and be one of 150 international magazines supporting Colophon. Write to us to find out more!
 
Colophon 2009 – International Magazine Symposium
Luxembourg, 13-15 March 2009
Produced by Mike Koedinger in collaboration with Casino Luxembourg–Forum d’art contemporain
 
Curators:
Jeremy Leslie (London) Executive Creative Director, John Brown Group
Andrew Losowsky (USA)
Mike Koedinger (Luxembourg) CEO Mike Koedinger Editions
 
For more information regarding Colophon 2009, please contact:
Mike Koedinger Producer
Didier Damiani Project Manager - Colophon 2009
didier@colophon2009.com
www.colophon2009.com

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Producer In collaboration with
Mike Koedinger Editions Casino Luxembourg Mudam
 
Institutional partners
Minister for Communications Ministry of Tourism National Office of Tourism
 
Under the Patronage of Mr Jean-Louis Schiltz, Luxembourg’s Minister for Communications Ministry of Tourism National Office of Tourism
 
Communication Partners
John Brown Group Nvision Tempo VanksenCultureBuzz
 
Media Partners
ARGENTINA: Atypica
AUSTRALIA: Idn World, T-world
AUSTRIA: The Gap
BELGIUM: The Word Magazine
BRAZIL: Zupi
CANADA: The Block Magazine
CZECH REPUBLIC: Hype Fashion, Street, XMag
DENMARK: S Magazine
ESTONIA: B east
FRANCE: Kaiserin, Nikau
GERMANY: Dienacht Magazine, European Photography, GATSBY Magazine, Pony
GREECE: Ozon
ISRAEL: A5 Magazine, Block
ITALY: Basement, Beautiful Freaks, Defrag, Drome magazine, Grab, www.seroxcult.com, Simultaneita
LATVIA: Foto Kvartals
LUXEMBOURG: Explorator, Nico
NORWAY: Hotrod
POLAND: DIK Fagazine
RUSSIA: [kAk)-magazine, Monitor
ROMANIA: Omagiu
SOUTH AFRICA: Art South Africa, ITCH, Snapped
SPAIN: 1000 Words Photography, Clone, d(x)i magazine, FEFÈ Visual Magazine, Lamono, LookdeBook, Metal, Rocket Magazine, Uno
SWITZERLAND: Kinki Magazine
THE NETHERLANDS: Fraai magazine
UK: Foto 8, Scarlett Cheek, Fused
USA: Plazm, Theme Magazine
 
Remember 2007: video, pictures and report
A movie about Colophon 2007: http://www.colophon2009.com/videos/
See pictures: http://gallery.colophon2007.com/main.php
A Report: http://www.colophon2009.com/read_report/
 
Send us your magazine(s)
Please keep us informed about your magazine(s) and your projects. We very much appreciate receiving your latest issues, recent editions and/or subscriptions to your magazines. Please send all publications to: Mike Koedinger Editions SA, Colophon2007, PO BOX 728, L-2017 Luxembourg.
 

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