There is a new term for young Swedes working in Norway: “Party Swedes”. It basically means that you’re young, Swedish, work hard in Norway and spend all the money on partying. After Edda HQ went to Oslo this past weekend, there is now an extension of this: “Intellectual Party Swedes”. It means that you come to Oslo to work hard with cultural events and then spend all the money on books. La vida loca! The first event to re-establish the intellectual viking trail this time around was the opening of Edda’s own Fredrik Söderberg’s exhibition at Galleri Riis. Jag är den som begraver gudar i guld och ädelstenar (I am he who buries gods in gold and jewels) is a phenomenal exhibition. So phenomenal in fact that Edda at the same time released a book called Haus C G Jung together with Galleri Riis to celebrate it. More info about this book can be found at Edda’s web site. The exhibition is a magical trip through the psyche of Carl Jung, complete...

The recently released book ” ”””” ” (being an exposition and elucidation of an eternal work by The Hafler Trio) is part of an overall strategy that is mainly concerned with a workshop situation/time/space. Please check out this video interview with The Hafler Trio’s Andrew McKenzie, in which he tells you more about the background, the concept and how it’s done. Highly interesting and magical stuff! Further down you can also read an explanatory text that, together with the book, will give you a bit more to chew on. We strongly recommend participating in one of these workshops and/or help set one up. Those who have so far have been mightily impressed! The book can be ordered straight from its publisher TRAPART. The Hafler Trio & Simply Superior Present ” ‘‘‘‘‘‘‘ ” (Strategies and Techniques of the Creative Act Workshop / Performance) As life in the modern world quickens, shallows, intensifies in quantity and not quality, having the...

As some of you may know, I run a little publishing company called Trapart. Nothing much has happened since I released my own Fanzinera photo book last year, but now things are progressing nicely. For instance, a brand new book has just been released: ” ”””’ ” (being an exposition and elucidation of an eternal work by The Hafler Trio). It’s a poetic description of experimental music legend The Hafler Trio’s ongoing series of workshops and ideas. Part musical creation, part personal development, part experimental Gesamtkunstwerk and part complementary education. Limited to 500 copies. A special edition of 23 hardbound, hand-numbered copies in a custom made box, including also a facsimile of the sheet music from one of the performances, signed by Andrew McKenzie, will be made available during the autumn of 2013. The standard edition is available right now. There is also a brand new site for all the Trapart fun there is right now. And soon...