Please welcome our new member at GuteSeiten: Kevin Lo - the publisher of “Four Minutes to Midnight“, a Montreal based literary-arts zine that explores the intersection of graphic design, typography, poetry and personal politics. The latest issue #10 features the work of over 30 international contributors, writers and visual artists, intertwined into a stream of consciousness editorial design approach. Simultaneously angry, sad, humorous and hopeful, the issue attempts to voice a caring awareness for the current messy state of our modern world. And: Von Hundert, the art critic magazine from Berlin, just released their new issue 6-2009 and is featuring again some reviews, interviews and gossip from the - probably - most important art scene in the world. Von Hundert has only 100 copies and Four Minutes to Midnight 300 copies - so better order your copy immediately.

Photograph: Just
Great art project from Berlin: “Papergirl Nr. 4 knocks on your door!

 Thanks to all the participants Papergirl is getting 4 this year and we hearby want to invite you all, to take part!
 Papergirl is an artproject, which in the style of american paperboys distributes rolled art pieces by bicycle in the streets to random passers-by. This happens once a year, when it´s summer in Berlin! All given work is exhibited in a big show before the distribution. 
This year, additionally, we plan a bike-workshop.

 The artwork: Papergirl is distributed like a newspaper, but not edited or printed like one. It consists of art pieces which are rolled up together. Contributions are handed in by mail or personally and are later included in the art rolls. There are no guidelines as to format, subject matter or quantity, so originals, prints, photos, copies, texts etc. come together. Each roll contains 10-15 different works, meaning that each one of them is unique! Only premice for contributions: the work has to be rolable and it has to be at least 2 pieces so we can exhibit one distributed one. 
We have 3 meetings in Berlin to collect the artwork. Each date is the third wednesday in the month from 7 till 9 pm: 
april 15th, 
march 13th and 
june 17th at Gulasch. Or you can send something by airmail. For postal address contact: info (at) papergirl-berlin.de. The final deadline for all contributions is june 17th.” See a video of Papergirl #3 here, the little sister in California here, find all other information here and see all artworks here. Via Mail, thanks Anne!

Starship Magazine at the exhibition “Berlin2000″ in New York

Kito Nedo wrote a nice article about the zine scene in Berlin for Zitty: “Als Sprachrohr einer Szene sieht sich hier niemand, dazu seien schon die Künstler, die Bild- und Text-beiträge liefern, zu unterschiedlich. Und die Frage, ob man jetzt Journalist, Publizist oder Künstler sei, findet Ebner von vorgestern: “Wir haben das Modell des Künstlers, der in seinem Atelier sitzt und auf den Anruf des Galeristen wartet, schon Anfang der 90er Jahre beiseite geschoben.” So gesehen ist der Boom selbst verlegter Zeitschriften zwar nichts wirklich Neues. Er deutet jedoch weniger auf Sucht nach Toner hin, als vielmehr auf ein wiedererwachtes Interesse in der Hauptstadt an Vernetzung, kollektivem Handeln und gemeinschaftlicher Kunstproduktion.” Via: Mail

“do you read me? - Magazine und Lektüre der Gegenwart“, Auguststrasse 28, Berlin

“Motto Berlin Store“, Skalitzerstr. 68, Berlin

“Pro qm - thematische Buchhandlung zu Stadt, Politik, Pop, Ökonomiekritik, Architektur, Design, Kunst & Theorie“, Almstadtstraße 48-50, Berlin

If you´re in Berlin make sure not to miss these three excellent magazines and book stores. You won´t need to go to other places, you´ll find everything there for sure (only some fanzines are missing, check out for more indy-stuff Neurotitan and Staalplaat).