CONTENTS MAY 2012

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COVER Kraftwerk production still at Lenbachhaus Kunstbau 2011

01 FEATURES The Thing Do you believe in things? asks Paul O’Kane 07 Man Machine Omar Kholeif tracks the influences of Kraftwerk

12 COMMENT EDITORIAL

13 NEWS ARTNOTES

16 PROFILE Sara MacKillop Duncan Wooldridge

18 REVIEWS EXHIBITIONS Hanne Darboven John Slyce

19 James Benning Martin Herbert 20 Zoe Leonard: Observation Point Laura Allsop 21 Song Dong: Waste Not Eliza Williams 22 Amikam Toren: Moving in the Right Direction Peter Suchin 23 Sarah Lucas: Make Love Colin Glen 24 Trisha Baga: Rock Laura McLean-Ferris 25 Heather & Ivan Morison Ben Rivers, David Thorpe Martin Herbert 27 Tomorrow Never Knows Maria Walsh 28 On the Edgware Road Nick Warner Andrew J Stooke 31 BOOKS Cutting Across Media David Ryan

32 Hal Foster: The ArtArchitecture Complex Alex Coles 33 FILM/ANIMATION Artists’ Film International Adam Pugh 34 Max Hattler: Shift Ajay RS Hothi 35 REPORTS Immaterial Production Larne Abse Gogarty 36 Letter from LA Kathy Battista 37 ARTLAW Authentication Revisited Henry Lydiate 38 LISTINGS EXHIBITIONS

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