mono.kultur #19 Michael Ballhaus: Gentleman with a Movie Camera Smalltime Books Using an automatic drawing method

Using an automatic drawing method called frottage (developed by Max Ernst in the 1920s) these rubbings were created using sheets of drawing paper and a selection of colored graphite sticks

they differ greatly in order to ensure the weight distribution necessary to the stability of the edifice

The editors choose about 100 single photos and create re-combinations which transcend the images’ former contexts

reflecting on the various chairs lucas Maassen had previously brought to life

mono.kultur #19 Michael Ballhaus: Gentleman with a Movie Camera Smalltime Books Using an automatic drawing methodWith mono. kultur (Berlin), Michael Ballhaus talks about signs of greatness, his work with Fassbinder and Scorsese, and how too big a budget can ruin a film. In a homage to the moving images, this issue comes in a Technicolor landscape format, white on black. 36 pages 15 x 20 cm, mono. kultur (Berlin).