Colophon 2007 INTERNATIONAL MAGAZINE SYMPOSIUM 09 - 11.03.2007 LUXEMBOURG

Colophon 2007 - NEWS 15.05.2007

 

Colophon 2007

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COLOPHON 2007 IN FIGURES

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Over 2,000 people attending the Colophon 2007 weekend:
520 Flash Passers, 540 Daily or Week-end Tickets, additional 380 for the opening and additional 620 for the Eclectic Electro Pop Party.

Flash passers came from 25 countries: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Latvia, Luxembourg, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey, UK, USA .

24 hours of talks, including 3 panel discussions, 8 conferences and 15 portfolios shows.

5 exhibitions on 3 floors, including the 10 Magazines Squared, the Magazine Graveyard, the Tributes to "Magazine" and "X non Magazine" as well as the projection of 1,001 Covers in the entrance hall.

The Room with a View temporary magazine store: Hans Fellner from Fellner Art Books sold 867 copies of 90 different magazines. Another 4,500 copies of 70 magazines have been distributed for free over the weekend.

4 Workshops: "This should be made public", the project by shift! publisher Anja Lutz, with nearly 400 proposals created by the visitors of the symposium as well as by the students form the FH Trier Design (Prof. Andreas Hogan) and LT des Beaux-Arts Luxembourg (teacher Marianne Grisse), the Colophon Magazine by Amsterdam based art director Luis Mendo from Goodinc and two workshops for kids from 6-12 years, was very successful.

17 REPORTS (684 PICTURES)

457 pictures in Eric Chenal's Report.
The Bastard Project Report (44).
The Walking Dinner (30)
The Eclectic Electro Pop Party (82)
Portraits by David Laurent (45), Andres Lejona (46) and Olivier Minaire (30).
See also the reports by Fupete (25), Neasden Control Center (15) and Stirato (20).

COLOPHON REPORT: THE MOVIE

A movie by Fred Neuen: watch it or download it.

COLOPHON MAGAZINE

On April 16 th, the editorial and design team of the Colophon Magazine met in Amsterdam. Attending the meeting were Luis Mendo, the art director of the project, Patricia Dolman from M-real who initiated the project, and the three curators of the symposium: Jeremy Leslie, Andrew Losowsky and Mike Koedinger. They've decided that half of the magazine will showcase artworks of guest contributors, while the other half will be completed with essays and interviews. The magazine will be published in September 2007 and printed in Victor Buck's new printing house in Slovakia. In addition to that, the magazine will be sent to all the pre-registered Flash Passers.

COLOPHON ON TOUR (1): UPDATE BERLIN

A week after the symposium we've been at Update as an exhibitor, promoted the newly released "We Love Magazines", talked to and managed to book many magazine addicts. Nice.

COLOPHON ON TOUR (2): DYSFASHIONAL

For the exhibition "Dysfashional - adventures in post style", we've been asked to select magazines that inspire the world of fashion: A, Butt, carls' cars, fantastic man, let them eat cake, m publication, magazine, nico, sleek, thisisamagazine, volt.

… have responded to our invitation. The exhibition runs until May 7 th in the framework of "Luxembourg and Greater Region, Capital of Culture 2007"

LUXEMBOURG STAFF

Mike Koedinger - Producer and curator
Ariane Petit - Producer's assistant, Press Officer
Estelle Sidoni - Magazine Playlists- Portfolio Shows
Joanna Grodecki - ROOM WITH A VIEW temporary magazine store

Stephanie Simon, Sylvia Leplang - Accounting
Hans Fellner - Head of ROOM WITH A VIEW temporary magazine store
Alexis Juncosa - Head of programme for The Eclectic Electro Pop Party
Dany Lucas - Executive producer of The Eclectic Electro Pop Party
Rudy Lafontaine - Coordination
Mary Carey - Editor

Nvision - Development of the website and newsletter management
Bizart - Communication

INTERNATIONAL STAFF

Jeremy Leslie (London) - curator
Andrew Losowsky (Madrid) - curator
Victor Zabrockis (Barcelona) - Portfolio Shows Curator and Moderator

John Brown - producer of We Love Magazines book

WHO WE ARE

Colophon 2007 is produced by Mike Koedinger Editions SA (Luxembourg) in collaboration with Casino Luxembourg - forum d’art contemporain.

 

What they’ve said:

"What a truly fantastic event: Brilliantly conceptualised, meticulously planned and clinically executed"

Ravi Pathare, MagNation, New Zealand

"It turned out to be a wonderful, inspiring & refreshing experience"

Stéphanie Dumont, Carl*s Cars, Oslo

"We really enjoyed the friendly atmosphere of the symposium and the beautiful city of Luxembourg"

B EAST magazine, Tallinn

"The fair is amazing and gives us a lot of inspiration"

FRAME magazine, Amsterdam

"I had a beautiful time in Luxembourg, Colophon was truly great"

Miha, Designer, Bucharest

"Herzlichen Dank für ein fantastisches Festival"

Anja Lutz, shift!, Berlin

"The venue, organisation and construction of the seminars, conferences, etc: excellent"

Karen, Karen magazine, London

"Un vrai succès et un très beau programme"

Valérie Quillez, Luxembourg and Greater Region, Capital of Culture 2007

"We really really enjoyed our time in Luxembourg"

Sebastiano, Stirato magazine, Rome

"J'ai adoré le très lugubre cimetière des magazines"

Philippe Graff, Spray magazine, Paris

"Congrats on the conference"

Jamin Warren, Wall Street Journal, New York

"Let's do it again soon!"

Karl, Carl*s Cars, Oslo

"We'll always celebrate your 3 days birthday"

OMAGIU magazine, Bucharest

"Colophon changed my life"

Stéphanie Dumont, Carl*s Cars, Oslo

"Thanks is a small word that has a big meaning"

Marc Mascort, Rojo, Barcelona

"Thank you for helping to keep magazines relevant"

David Renard, New York

"The culture of resistance is alive in magazines"

Boz Temple-Morris, London

"Pour un coup d'essai, c'est un coup de maître"

Romuald Stivin
Nusign Magazien, Lazy Dog Boostore/Gallery, Paris

"It has been a fantastic event for the students on the BA Illustration Course"

Suzie Edwards, Arts Institute of Bournemouth, UK

"This is definitely one of the coolest things we have been involved with"

Bill Douglas, Coupe magazine, Toronto

"The whole event has been a great success and I have met so many lovely and interesting people"

Malin Persson, Designer, London

"Der Spirit hier in Luxembourg war wunderbar"

Horst Moser, magazine expert, Munich

"One of the best summits I've ever attended"

Samir "Mr Magazine" Husni, Missisippi

"It has been bloody amazing"

Martin Tradsburg Christophersen, S Magazine, Copenhagen

"Good work – you guys rocked our hearts"

Lars Harmsen, Slanted magazine and blog, Karlsruhe

"The only bad thing about colophon was that my bag was too heavy"

Luis Mendo, Art Director, Amsterdam

"We are very happy to have participated in such a successful event"

Yasemin, Birl and Ayse, :mentalKLINIK, Istanbul

"Colophon 2007 helps me stay young"

Karl, Carl*s Cars, Oslo

"Thank you so much for everything"

Yummy magazine, Paris

"Vivement le prochain!"

Guillaume Le Goff, Clark Magazine, Paris

 

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