Edda & Fenris wolf 7 evening in Stockholm

May 8, 2014

If you are in Stockholm on Wednesday, May 14th, please be aware that there will be an Edda evening at the wonderful bookstore Konst-ig (Åsögatan 124). We will celebrate the release of The Fenris Wolf, issue no 7, and also proudly showcase ALL our books, including limited editions, screenprints, litographs, original artwork and more by FREDRIK SÖDERBERG and others. We will open the archives and bring some real collectibles! We hope to see you there between 6 and 8 pm! THE FENRIS WOLF, ISSUE No 7 Edited by Carl Abrahamsson. Cover art by Fredrik Söderberg. This volume contains material by Genesis Breyer P-Orridge, Frater Achad, Timothy O’Neill, Philip Farber, Kendell Geers, Sasha Chaitow, Derek Seagrief, Vera Nikolich, Alexander Nym, Vanessa Sinclair, Stephen Sennitt, Antony Hequet, Patrick Lundborg, Henrik Dahl, Angela Edwards, Jason Louv, Kasper Opstrup, Peter Grey, Antti Balk, Kjetil Fjell, Sandy Robertson, Adam Rostoker, Emory Cranston, Manon Hedenborg-White, Sara George and Carl...

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A Cotton Ferox extravaganza in Stockholm

April 29, 2014

On Saturday the third of May 2014 Cotton Ferox and Friends enter the classic space of Fylkingen in Stockholm c/o a Highbrow Lowlife extravaganza. This in order to present music, films and performances for all senses, sensibilities and senselessnesses and all tastes, good as bad. It’s a heavy line-up this time, to celebrate the first Cotton Ferox concert on home soil since 2008. First out is Karl Max, the artist-prankster and founding member of the legendary Lumber Island Acid Crew. He has promised to deliver some seriously funny art brut on Indian toy instruments. Gustaf Broms is undoubtedly Sweden’s finest fine artist. Photography, performance art, films and music… Gustaf’s versatility and exquisite output has gained him a unique position on the international art scene. There will be a special performance this evening that is sure to make you feel inspired and impressed. Copenhagen’s finest jazz/experimental DJ/live combo Henrik Møll & Rasmus Juel...

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Fanzinera goes to Ludvika

April 24, 2014

Between April 26th and May 10th my exhibition FanzinEra will be on display at Glasgalleriet in Ludvika. Come see old photos from my fanzine days, 1985-1988. Here’s some more info about the book that the exhibition is based on: CARL ABRAHAMSSON: FANZINERA – PHOTOGRAPHS 1985-1988 Writer Carl Abrahamsson started taking photos to go along with the interviews he made for the fanzines “Lollipop” and “Acts Of Interstellar Torture” (1985-1988). From this vast snap-happy collection comes “FanzinEra”, a selection which includes portraits and live shots of underground superstars like: Iggy Pop, Sonic Youth, Lydia Lunch, Richard Kern, Nick Zedd, Joe Coleman, Union Carbide Productions, The Leather Nun, Screamin’ Jay Hawkins, The Gun Club, The Cramps, Alex Chilton, The Church, The Go-Betweens, Long Ryders, Died Pretty, The Scientists, The Saints, Sort Sol, Sator, John Lydon, Legendary Stardust Cowboy, New Order, The Godfathers, Genesis P-Orridge, Henry Rollins, Pere Ubu, Hüsker Dü, The...

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Sway away!

April 18, 2014

A novel about Kenneth Anger and his connections to the Rolling Stones, Brian Jones, Bobby Beausoleil and Charles Manson? That surely sounds to good to be true? It does. But it isn’t. Zachary Lazar’s novel Sway does indeed exist but is such a mish mash of (mis)appropriation and audacious personality-jacking that one should tread very gently while reading it. Following Kenneth Anger’s creative career and inner developments/motivations, Lazar weaves a speculative web in which we meet Bruce Byron (the guy who plays the biker in Anger’s Scorpio Rising), Bobby Beausoleil, Charles Manson, Mick Jagger, Brian Jones, Keith Richard, Anita Pallenberg and many others. The overall dynamic between time and space makes sense, but anything beyond that doesn’t. There’s Anger’s adolescence and budding creativity, New York in the early 60s (Scorpio Rising era), Marrakech with the Stones, Haight Ashbury with Bobby Beausoleil, the Manson murders, the death of Brian...

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