Traumawien
| Status | Dissolved |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2010 |
| Defunct | 2016 |
| Distribution | Worldwide |
| Publication types | Products |
Traumawien was an independent publishing house founded in 2010 and dissolved in 2016.[1][2]
Print Publications[edit]
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]
E-Book Exploits[edit]
Traumawien completed their initial publication series with the e-book system 'Ghostwriters' on copyright and user exploitation[8][9][10][11][12] and disseminated a 42.000 titles e-book torrent contaminated with advertising slogans[13][14] in 2013: Traumawien programmed an algorithm to automatically contaminate 42.000 eBook bestsellers downloaded via pirate networks with advertising slogans. At this date the contaminated e-books still are in circulation.
Artclub[edit]
From 2013 to 2015 the publisher's event 'Artclub Rave Lecture[15]' – a working synthesis of industrial techno and literary reading/lecture, dubbed by Deutschlandfunk as 'the most radical performance[16]' at Europe's largest event for young literature Prosanova – became a Vienna club scene check-point.
Post Digital Products[edit]
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.[17]
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. [18]
Also in 2014, a manifesto[19] in "Manifeste für eine Literatur der Zukunft" with Neue Rundschau/S. Fischer Verlag/Frankfurt was released.[20][21]
The Post-Art Poets[edit]
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).
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…” [22]
Memes / George Floyd Incident 2020[edit]
Meme Products were presented at 21erHaus Vienna Summer 2016.[23]
The publisher cites conceptual writer Vanessa Place as a crucial influence.
Traumawien dissolved in 2016.[2]
Print Publications 2010-2014[edit]
- Aust Götz von "Facorismen zur Lebenserbärmlichkeit" Vienna, 2012
- Mez Breeze "Human Readable Messages" Vienna, 2011
- J.R. Carpenter "Generation(s)" Vienna, 2012
- Hautmann Philip "Yorick" Vienna, 2010
- Hinke Margit "Shocking Blue Demon Lover" Vienna, 2010
- Huff Jason, Cabell Mimi "American Psycho" New York, Vienna, 2012
- Kaiser Olivia "La Bas" Vienna, 2013
- Laroche Brian "I™", Vienna, 2011
- Moosgaard Peter "Turbogott" Vienna, 2010
- Mortensen Audun Surf's Up 2010 Vienna, 2010
- Nausner Ulrich "OCR (deconstruction)" Vienna, 2013
- Palacz Julian "End Tell" Vienna, 2010
- Russeger Georg "Replik" Vienna, 2012
- Seipenbusch Anna "Never Catch Bombs" 2014
- Ubermorgen.com "AAbA LOGFILE" Vienna, 2012
- Vlaschits Marianne, Kunkel Martin "Das sinnliche Telefon" Vienna, 2010
- Wiener Oswald "Die Verbesserung von Mitteleuropa, Roman" Vienna, 2013
- ^ J.R. Carpenter (October 18, 2011), Paradoxical print publishers TRAUMAWIEN., Jacket2, retrieved June 24, 2015
- ^ a b Traumawien 2010–2016, archived from the original on January 6, 2021
- ^ Traumawien (2013), Die Verbesserung von Mitteleuropa Oswald Wiener., Traumawien, retrieved June 24, 2015
- ^ Thomas Gorton (2014), Download American Psycho reimagined using Google ads., Dazed Digital, retrieved June 24, 2015
- ^ Maru Pabón (August 30, 2014), Rewriting through Google Ads: Mimi Cabell and Jason Huff's American Psycho., Electric Literature, retrieved June 24, 2015
- ^ Kaja Marczewska (2015), Erasing in the algorithmic extreme: Mimi Cabell and Jason Huff's American Psycho., Academia.edu, retrieved June 24, 2015
- ^ Espace Virtuel Jeu de Paume (2012), Erreur d'impression AMERICAN PSYCHO MIMI CABELL & JASON HUFF., Jeu de Paume, retrieved June 24, 2015
- ^ MeAndMyKindle (June 27, 2012), The Legend of the Worst Kindle eBook Ever., Beyond Black Friday, retrieved June 24, 2015
- ^ Johannes Kuhn (June 24, 2012), YouTube-Dialoge als Mini-Dramen. Und Jesus sagte *LOL*., Süddeutsche Zeitung, retrieved June 24, 2015
- ^ Christopher Mims (June 12, 2012), Ebooks Made of YouTube Comments Invade Amazon Kindle Store., MIT Technology Review, retrieved June 24, 2015
- ^ Mike Masnick (June 13, 2012), Amazon Deletes Ebooks Automatically Generated From YouTube Comments Leaving Many Questions Unanswered., Techdirt, retrieved June 24, 2015
- ^ Silvia Bertolotti (June 12, 2012), A book made of video comments. "Kindle'voke Ghost Writers" by Traumawien., Digicult, retrieved June 24, 2015
- ^ Karl Flender (November 12, 2014), Literary Trojans., Unkreatives Schreiben, retrieved June 24, 2015
- ^ Traumawien (2013), Hijacked eBook Bestsellers As Literary Trojan Horses Ad Subsidized eBooks., Traumawien, retrieved June 24, 2015
- ^ Künstlerhaus Graz (2015), Performative Lesung vom Verlag TRAUMAWIEN., Künstlerhaus Graz, retrieved June 24, 2015
- ^ Simone Schlosser (2014), Alles ist Literatur - oder eben auch nicht., Deutschlandfunk, retrieved June 24, 2015
- ^ Silvio Lorusso (2015), We Are What We Sell We Sell What You Are., p-dpa, retrieved June 24, 2015
- ^ Luc Gross (2014), Unauthorized Group Show Post Digital Products., rhizome, retrieved April 21, 2024
- ^ Lukas Jost Gross (2014), Manifest für eine digitale Literatur., TRAUMAWIEN, retrieved December 21, 2016
- ^ Perlentaucher (2014), Manifeste für eine Literatur der Zukunft., Perlentaucher, retrieved December 21, 2016
- ^ Novastation (2014), Manifeste für eine Literatur der Zukunft: Lukas Jost Gross, Matthias Nawrat und Juan S. Guse., Novastation, retrieved December 21, 2016
- ^ apod (2014), The Post Art Poem, apod, retrieved April 21, 2024
- ^ TRAUMAWIEN (2016), Product Memes., traumawien, retrieved December 21, 2016
