DISTANZ

DISTANZ is a publishing company based in Berlin under the management of Matthias Kliefoth and Christian Boros.

DISTANZ releases books on the visual arts as well as photography, architecture, design and fashion.

10/09/2026

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For over three decades, the media artist Tony Cokes has made work that scrutinizes the ideology and affective politics of media and pop culture. Based on a fundamental critique of the representation and visual commodification of African-American communities, he employs strategies of appropriation that are widely used in music and DJ culture: in a kind of sampling and remixing, the artist arranges material sourced from film and pop music as well as journalistic and philosophical writings and fragments from social media to fashion new narratives. ⁠
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The catalogue “Let Yourself Be Free” is released in conjunction with Tony Cokes’s solo exhibition at Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein. The principle of sampling and mixing also underlies the catalogue. A programmed algorithm makes each copy a singular specimen: the interface in the printing process continually varies images that document Cokes’s video essays at different points in time. With essays by Jordan Carter (Dia Art Foundation) and Christoph Cox (Eugene Lang College of Liberal Arts, The New School, New York) and an extensive interview with the artist by Letizia Ragaglia (Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein). The experimental catalogue project is produced in collaboration with saxpublishers. ⁠
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For more information about the book, visit our website. ⁠
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Tony Cokes Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein
Jordan Carter ⁠
saxpublishers graphic design FONDAZIONE

09/09/2026

WORK IN PROGRESS ⁠
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Stay tuned for the upcoming release of Jürgen Klauke’s “Instant Images”, which is currently being printed!⁠
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The book is an invitation to witness a rediscovery: for the first time, it will present the polaroids taken by Jürgen Klauke more than five decades ago. Created as photographic test series since the late 1960s, they allow us to observe how Klauke experimented with ideas and forms, using the photographic instant image for developing and rehearsing his artistic strategies. ⁠
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SAVE THE DATE⁠
October 8, 2026, 7pm⁠
Book launch & artist talk ⁠
with Jürgen Klauke and the editor Steffen Siegel, moderated by Rebecca Wilton⁠
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For more information about the book, visit our website. ⁠
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.wilton .siegel Alwin Lay⁠
Design by Mali Wychodil

08/09/2026

COME AND VISIT US ⁠
THOUSANDFOLD PHOTOBOOK FAIR ⁠
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⁠This weekend, in collaboration with Photo Book Summer, Thousandfold Photobook Fair will offer an extensive program featuring a photobook market—with more than 40 publishers and photographers—as well as panel discussions, presentations, exhibitions, films, and music. DISTANZ is excited to participate in Thousandfold’s first Berlin edition. ⁠
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September 12–13, 2026⁠
Staatsbibliothek am Kulturforum, ⁠
Potsdamer Straße 33, 10785 Berlin⁠
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Opening hours⁠
Sat: 10 am–7 pm⁠
Sun: 10 am–5 pm⁠
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We look forward to seeing you!

04/09/2026

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The artist Annemirl Bauer’s paintings, drawings, collages, and objects probe outdated role models and power dynamics between the sexes within patriarchal structures, self-empowerment, interpersonal relationships, human rights, the devastation of the natural environment, the Wall, restrictive border policies, and state oppression. Her works bear witness to her self-image as a painter and cool-eyed observer who untiringly advocated for social justice and rebelled against the ruling socialist party’s repressive policies. ⁠
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The publication provides focused insight into the diversity of the artist’s extraordinary oeuvre. In Annemirl Bauer, it pays tribute to a critical and independent voice from the GDR and an artist who was long denied her place in the art-historical canon and whose output received very little public attention during her lifetime. The catalogue accompanying the exhibition at DAS MINSK Kunsthaus in Potsdam charts new perspectives on biographical, feminist, social, and political aspects and the technical dimension of her work and includes personal experiences and reminiscences of those who knew her. With contributions by Amrei Bauer, Marie Gerbaulet, Doris Paschiller, Kerstin Schankweiler, and Carolin Würfel and a biography by Luisa Bachmann.⁠
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EXHIBITION ⁠
Annemirl Bauer⁠
“Bruch ist in der Welt”⁠
September 5, 2026 – February 7, 2027⁠
DAS MINSK Kunsthaus in Potsdam DAS MINSK Kunsthaus in Potsdam⁠
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For more information about the book, visit our website. ⁠
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Anna Fenia Schneider DAS MINSK Kunsthaus in Potsdam Carolin Würfel⁠
Design by Lamm & Kirch

02/09/2026

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The Neckarspinnerei, a landmarked historic spinning mill that is being redeveloped as a sustainable residential and commercial complex as part of IBA’27, presents a place in transition where questions of the future are collaboratively negotiated, explored in creative ventures, and discussed with the local public. Initiated and curated by the artist Kathrin Wörwag, the temporary exhibition and community space along and across the river was set up at the compound in 2023 as a laboratory of collective exchange. As part of the IBA’27 Festival, she is collaborating with other artists to explore the legacy of the former yarn production within the transcontinental network of the textile and cotton industries. She has also brought representatives of the business and architecture communities into the open-ended engagement. Key concerns include the social and ecological transformation of the industrial cultural heritage, the persistent structural legacy of colonialism, and the fragility and coexistence of diverse human and nonhuman environments.⁠
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The publication “längs und quer zum fluss – along and across the river” offers comprehensive insight into the interdisciplinary project, the works of the contributing artists, and the action lectures and events. Archival materials, accompanying writings, and interviews complement the panoply of perspectives. With contributions by Christian Gögger, Hartmut Landauer, Philip Kojo Metz, Frank Reiner, Michael Roggon, Maria Saum, Anja Schoeller, Menja Stevenson, ststs (Stef Stagel/Steffen Schlichter), Sylvia Winkler/Stephan Köperl, Johannes Stüttgen, Stefan Werrer, and Kathrin Wörwag.⁠
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For more information about the book, visit our website. ⁠
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Kathrin Wörwag IBA'27 StadtRegion Stuttgart Hartmut Landauer philipkojometz Menja Stevenson ststs c/o schlichter + stagel ⁠
Design by and Kathrin Wörwag

07/08/2026

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“KI&” grapples with discourses around Al technologies in the perspectives of art, design, and the humanities: the anthology collects essays, short writings, works of art, and aesthetic experiments by artists, activists, and theorists that examine the interconnections between artificial intelligence and literature, photography, historiography, war, and sexism. The focus of the reflections is on the creative engagement with the imagery and text produced by generative Al. ⁠
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With contributions by Florian Albrecht-Schoeck, Immanuel Bach, Elisa Deutloff, Ornella Fieres, Genta Shanti Hastoko, Christian Heck, Ivan lovine, Ava Leandra Kleber, Max Kreis, Mattis Kuhn, Lisa Oelsen, Len David Oswald, Soyeon Park, Hannah Reiter, Marc Ries, Markus Seibel, Jordi Tost, Mathilde Unseld, Lea Waldera, Johanna T. Wallenborn, Conrad Weise, Natalie Wilke, Kjell Wistoff, Sebastian Woitscheck, and a preface by Mattis Kuhn and Leon-Etienne Kühr.⁠
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SAVE THE DATE⁠
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Book release party⁠
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August 29, 2026, 6 pm⁠
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display – Raum für digitale Praxis display⁠
Berliner Straße 60⁠
Frankfurt am Main⁠
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For more information about the book, visit our website. ⁠
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HfG Offenbach E-Medien HfG Offenbach ⁠Leon-Etienne Kühr⁠ .p.p⁠ Elisa Deutloff 𝑶𝑹𝑵𝑬𝑳𝑳𝑨 𝑭𝑰𝑬𝑹𝑬𝑺 hastokogenta .leandra Lisa Oelsen Marc Ries Kjell Wistoff .woitscheck⁠
Design by Elise Olenina

30/07/2026

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Caitlin Berrigan is an artist, filmmaker, and writer who works across sculpture, video, and expanded new media to explore poetics and q***r science fiction as world-making practices.⁠
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In her project “Continual Fragments of the Now”, Berrigan zooms in on Berlin and Beirut—two cities shaped by speculative real estate development. She studies how war and real estate precariously influence each other and how they define the architecture and sceneries of a place. Since 2010, the artist has documented the shell constructions of commercial and residential developments in Lebanon that were never completed due to the civil war and subsequent financial volatility. She created postcards combining her photographs with excerpts from Samuel R. Delany’s novel “Dhalgren” (1975) and mailed them from Berlin to Beirut, addressing each to the building depicted on it. The experimental artist’s book gathers the postcards, which, in the end, never reached their destinations and came back scribbled with notes by workers in Lebanon’s unpredictable postal system.⁠
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With contributions and conversations with the artists, writers, and architects Marwa Arsanios, Marwan Abou Dib, Haseeb Ahmed, Mirene Arsanios, Franziska Pierwoss, Caleb Waldorf, and Suzy Halajian.⁠
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For more information about the book, visit our website.⁠
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⁠Caitlin Berrigan Marwaarsanios Mirene Arsanios cw suzyhalajian⁠
Design by MÁRCIA NOVAIS

28/07/2026

BOOK LAUNCH⁠
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On the occasion of the publication of “Übersehen – Ein Berliner Koffer”, the book on the photography of Friedrich “Fide” Struck will be presented by producer Lily von Wild, graphic designer Antonia Steitz, and the son of the photographer Thomas Struck. ⁠
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THOMAS STRUCK⁠
“Übersehen – Ein Berliner Koffer. Fotografien von Fide Struck 1928 – 1941”⁠
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July 30, 2026, 6 – 8 pm⁠
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Willy-Brandt-Haus Freundeskreis WillyBrandtHaus⁠
Stresemannstr. 28⁠
10963 Berlin⁠
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Free entry⁠
ID required ⁠
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Don’t miss the exhibition at Willy-Brandt-Haus, open until September 27!⁠
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For more information about the book, visit our website. ⁠
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23/07/2026

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In the work of the sculptor Alicja Kwade reality is turned upside down. Boulders appear weightless, mirrors oﬀer glimpses of parallel realities, and time loses its direction. Using materials such as metal, glass, ancient rocks, and petrified wood, she constructs environments that are at once familiar and alienating—spaces where fixed meanings dissolve and perception itself begins to shift. ⁠
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For Kwade, science is not a conclusive system but a subjective construction—a temporary attempt to impose order on something that ultimately remains unknowable. Her work makes tangible the idea that it is precisely in not knowing that the imagination begins. ⁠
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The catalogue is published in conjunction with the exhibition “Dusty Die” at M Leuven. With texts by Eva Wittocx, Ralph Collier, and Sylvia Wenmackers.⁠
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For more information about the book, visit our website. ⁠
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Alicja Kwade M Leuven Eva Wittocx ⁠
Design by Mali Wychodil

20/07/2026

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Marlie Mul is characterized by a strong material awareness, spatial thinking, and an ongoing engagement with conditions of labor, systems of value, and forms of collectivity. Her practice foregrounds a sustained interest in sculptural concerns, direct engagement with materials, and processes of layering, transformation, meaning and re-meaning across multiple levels of articulation. Central to this is a continuous process of familiarizing herself and working with new materials and practices, which are repeatedly extracted from their conventional contexts and expanded into new bodies of work. These are, in turn, accompanied and reframed by other materials as well as by more social formats of production and presentation. ⁠
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The first comprehensive monograph on Marlie Mul’s work is published on the occasion of her solo exhibition “Das Budget” (2025) at Kunsthaus Glarus. It offers a comprehensive chronological overview of key bodies of work from the early 2000s to the present and, through a richly illustrated index, unfolds a complex structure of contexts, collaborations, and modes of production. The publication includes new contributions by Annie Goodner, Lili Reynaud-Dewar and Frank Wasser, a dialogue between the artist and the editor, as well as numerous reprints of texts that have accompanied Mul’s work over the years, including writings by the artist herself.⁠
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SAVE THE DATE⁠
Book launch with readings by Marlie Mul, Frank Wasser, and Eilidh Duffy⁠
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July 23, 2026, 6 – 9 pm⁠
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Flat Time House (FTHo) @⁠flattimeho⁠
210 Bellenden Rd⁠
London SE15 4BW⁠
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For more information about the book, visit our website. ⁠
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Annie Goodner studiofrankwasser ⁠
Design by Carlo Canún

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