Michael Müller: Wer spricht? - Softcover

Michael Müller (*1970 in Ingelheim) examines processes of composition and translation in visual art in continually changing formations that cut across all artistic genres. His oeuvre is characterized by a versatility that appropriates historical as well as contemporary artistic codes, yet which is experienced in its coherence at the same time. Be it through Müller’s narrative voices Hermes and Hermaphroditos, which guide us through the exhibition as well as the catalogue, or through the artist himself, who is repeatedly implied and becomes visible in the adapted works. It quickly becomes clear that from Müller’s perspective, the title Who’s Speaking? also means “what is being said?” and “why?” The fact that there is no unequivocal answer to these questions makes up the special experience of Müller’s works. It pays to listen! Ausstellung/Exhibition: KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin 29.11.2015–24.1.2016

Travis Jeppesen (born September 4, 1979 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida) is an American novelist, poet, and art critic. He grew up in Charlotte, North Carolina and moved to New York City at the age of 17. He received his B.A. from Eugene Lang College, New School for Social Research (now The New School), where he studied literature and philosophy. Among his professors at the New School were the philosopher Paul Edwards and writers Lynda Schor and Sekou Sundiata. He later studied literary translation at the University of Paris III: Sorbonne Nouvelle and art history at the Open University. Bruce Benderson became his mentor. In 2001, Jeppesen moved to Europe. He currently divides his time between Berlin and Prague, where he edits the literary journal BLATT. Jeppesen's first novel, VICTIMS, was selected by Dennis Cooper to debut his "Little House on the Bowery" series for Akashic Books in 2003. POEMS I WROTE WHILE WATCHING TV, a collaboration with painter Jeremiah Palecek, was published by BLATT Books in 2006. The next year, Twisted Spoon Press published Jeppesen's novel, WOLF AT THE DOOR. He is also the author of DISORIENTATIONS: ART ON THE MARGINS OF THE CONTEMPORARY and a second poetry collection, DICKLUNG & OTHERS.