Traumawien

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Traumawien
StatusDissolved
Founded2010
Defunct2016
Distribution Worldwide
Publication typesProducts

Traumawien was an independent publishing house for conceptual digital literature founded in 2010 and dissolved in 2016. [1] [2]

Contents

Traumawien displayed print books of conceptual writers and artists such as Audun Mortensen, Ubermorgen, and Oswald Wiener [3] and published, among others, Mimi Cabell and Jason Huff's American Psycho, an experimental reworking of the classic American Psycho, [4] [5] [6] which was exhibited at the Galerie nationale du Jeu de Paume in 2012. [7]

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Turbogott, Peter Moosgaard, 2010

Ghostwriters

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Screenshot Ghostwriters, 2012
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Screenshot Ghostwriters, 2012

In 2012 Traumawien completed their initial publication series with the e-book system 'Ghostwriters' on copyright and user exploitation. [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] It was programmed by Bernhard Bauch, Berlin.

Artclub

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Rave Lecture Prosanova Hildesheim, 2014
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Rave Lecture Prosanova Hildesheim, 2014
Philipp Teister Das Werk Neulerchenfelderstrasse 6 Vienna, 2012 Passwort.banane.teiser.2012.jpg
Philipp Teister Das Werk Neulerchenfelderstrasse 6 Vienna, 2012
Philip Hautmann, Forum Stadtpark, 2014 Philip.Hautmann.Graz.2013.jpg
Philip Hautmann, Forum Stadtpark, 2014
Anna Kirsten Krambeck Mr. No Identity Friday Exit Gallery Vienna, 2013 Anna1.Friday.Exit.jpg
Anna Kirsten Krambeck Mr. No Identity Friday Exit Gallery Vienna, 2013

From 2013 to 2015 the publisher's event 'Artclub Rave Lecture [13] ' – a working synthesis of industrial techno and literary reading/lecture, dubbed by Deutschlandfunk as 'the most radical performance [14] ' at Europe's largest event for young literature Prosanova – became a Vienna club scene check-point.

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Artclub Poster Vienna, 2013
Artclub Galerie Kandinsky Vienna, 2012 Galerie.Kandinsky.Artclub.Mai2012.jpg
Artclub Galerie Kandinsky Vienna, 2012
Lucille Wittgenstein, Luc Gross. Burger King Landstrasse Vienna, October 2012 Lucille.Luc.Burger.King.Landstrasse.png
Lucille Wittgenstein, Luc Gross. Burger King Landstrasse Vienna, October 2012
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Post-Digital Products

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Parallel Art Fair Vienna Design & Concept Anna Kirsten Krambeck, 2016

In 2014 Traumawien created an ongoing series of post-digital products from Zazzle, an online merchandise print on demand service, customized with content appropriated from various social media. [15]

The prefix 'Post' was not be understood in the context of Post-Histoire or Post-Modernism but rather in the sense of Post-Punk. So therefore the continuation of a culture - the digital culture which manifests in the analog domain, the physical world. [16]

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White Bomberjacket "AT LEAST IT'S NOT ORIGINAL", 2014
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Post Digital Product, 2015
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Parallel Fair Design & Concept Anna Kirsten Krambeck, 2016
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21er Haus Post Digital Products Design & Concept Anna Kirsten Krambeck, 2016 Parallelfair434.jpg
21er Haus Post Digital Products Design & Concept Anna Kirsten Krambeck, 2016

Also in 2014, a manifesto [17] in "Manifeste für eine Literatur der Zukunft" with Neue Rundschau/S. Fischer Verlag/Frankfurt was released. [18] [19]

The Post-Art Poets

The Post-Art Poets was a group of conceptual poets active between 2013 and 2014 (known members include Vanessa Place, Danny Snelson, and Luc Gross of Traumawien).

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Post Art Poets Publication, 2014

Three works are available as print-on-demand via Blurb. Other publications include Last Poets: A 9,999 page poem by The Poets Against Poetry (PDF), the conceptual anthology Fungible Poetics Inc. concerned with shared ownership and market logics (PDF), and 32 Words. An Anthology of Post-Art Anti-Poetics, whose imprint states “Appropriation, plagiarism, and counterpublishing are encouraged.” It is sold for $160. In 2014, the Post-Art Poets announced the end of their group on Twitter: “WE HAVE DISAPPEARED / TO BEGIN PREPARATIONS / FOR OUR REAPPEARANCE…” [20]

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Post Art Poets Appropriation Poster 2013

George Floyd Meme Incident 2020

Meme Products were presented at 21erHaus Vienna Summer 2016. [21]

The publisher cites conceptual writer Vanessa Place as a crucial influence.

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Gudrun Geier Dogenhof Praterstrasse Vienna, 2011
Lucille Wittgenstein Dogenhof Praterstrasse Vienna, 2011 Lucille.Wittgenstein.Dogenhof2.jpg
Lucille Wittgenstein Dogenhof Praterstrasse Vienna, 2011
Thomas Gotz von Aust, Borderliners Berlin, Gudrun Geier, Dogenhof Praterstrasse Vienna 2011 Borderliners.Berlin.Gudrun.jpg
Thomas Götz von Aust, Borderliners Berlin, Gudrun Geier, Dogenhof Praterstrasse Vienna 2011

Traumawien dissolved in 2016. [2]

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References

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  2. 1 2 Traumawien 20102016, archived from the original on January 6, 2021
  3. Traumawien (2013), Die Verbesserung von Mitteleuropa Oswald Wiener., Traumawien, retrieved June 24, 2015
  4. Thomas Gorton (2014), Download American Psycho reimagined using Google ads., Dazed Digital , retrieved June 24, 2015
  5. Maru Pabón (August 30, 2014), Rewriting through Google Ads: Mimi Cabell and Jason Huff's American Psycho., Electric Literature , retrieved June 24, 2015
  6. Kaja Marczewska (2015), Erasing in the algorithmic extreme: Mimi Cabell and Jason Huff's American Psycho., Academia.edu , retrieved June 24, 2015
  7. Espace Virtuel Jeu de Paume (2012), Erreur d'impression AMERICAN PSYCHO MIMI CABELL & JASON HUFF., Jeu de Paume , retrieved June 24, 2015
  8. MeAndMyKindle (June 27, 2012), The Legend of the Worst Kindle eBook Ever., Beyond Black Friday , retrieved June 24, 2015
  9. Johannes Kuhn (June 24, 2012), YouTube-Dialoge als Mini-Dramen. Und Jesus sagte *LOL*., Süddeutsche Zeitung , retrieved June 24, 2015
  10. Christopher Mims (June 12, 2012), Ebooks Made of YouTube Comments Invade Amazon Kindle Store., MIT Technology Review , retrieved June 24, 2015
  11. Mike Masnick (June 13, 2012), Amazon Deletes Ebooks Automatically Generated From YouTube Comments Leaving Many Questions Unanswered., Techdirt , retrieved June 24, 2015
  12. Silvia Bertolotti (June 12, 2012), A book made of video comments. "Kindle'voke Ghost Writers" by Traumawien., Digicult , retrieved June 24, 2015
  13. Künstlerhaus Graz (2015), Performative Lesung vom Verlag TRAUMAWIEN., Künstlerhaus Graz , retrieved June 24, 2015
  14. Simone Schlosser (2014), Alles ist Literatur - oder eben auch nicht., Deutschlandfunk , retrieved June 24, 2015
  15. Silvio Lorusso (2015), We Are What We Sell We Sell What You Are., p-dpa , retrieved June 24, 2015
  16. Luc Gross (2014), Unauthorized Group Show Post Digital Products., rhizome , retrieved April 21, 2024
  17. Lukas Jost Gross (2014), Manifest für eine digitale Literatur., TRAUMAWIEN , retrieved December 21, 2016
  18. Perlentaucher (2014), Manifeste für eine Literatur der Zukunft., Perlentaucher , retrieved December 21, 2016
  19. Novastation (2014), Manifeste für eine Literatur der Zukunft: Lukas Jost Gross, Matthias Nawrat und Juan S. Guse., Novastation , retrieved December 21, 2016
  20. apod (2014), The Post Art Poem, apod , retrieved April 21, 2024
  21. TRAUMAWIEN (2016), Product Memes., traumawien, retrieved December 21, 2016