| Status | Dissolved |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2010 |
| Defunct | 2016 |
| Distribution | Worldwide |
| Publication types | Products |
Traumawien was an independent publishing house for conceptual digital literature founded in 2010 and dissolved in 2016.
Print Publications
Traumawien displayed print books of conceptual writers and artists such as Audun Mortensen, Ubermorgen, and Oswald Wiener and published, among others, Mimi Cabell and Jason Huff's American Psycho, an experimental reworking of the classic American Psycho, which was exhibited at the Galerie nationale du Jeu de Paume in 2012.
Ghostwriters
In 2012 Traumawien completed their initial publication series with the e-book system 'Ghostwriters' on copyright and user exploitation.. It was programmed by Bernhard Bauch, Berlin.
Artclub
From 2013 to 2015 the publisher's event 'Artclub Rave Lecture' – a working synthesis of industrial techno and literary reading/lecture, dubbed by Deutschlandfunk as 'the most radical performance' at Europe's largest event for young literature Prosanova – became a Vienna club scene check-point.
Post-Digital Products
In 2014 Traumawien created an ongoing series of post-digital products from Zazzle, an online merchandise print on demand service, customized with content appropriated from various social media.
The prefix 'Post' was not be understood in the context of Post-Histoire or Post-Modernism but rather in the sense of Post-Punk. So therefore the continuation of a culture - the digital culture which manifests in the analog domain, the physical world.
Also in 2014, a manifesto in "Manifeste für eine Literatur der Zukunft" with Neue Rundschau/S. Fischer Verlag/Frankfurt was released.
The Post-Art Poets
The Post-Art Poets was a group of conceptual poets active between 2013 and 2014 (known members include Vanessa Place, Danny Snelson, and Luc Gross of Traumawien).
Three works are available as print-on-demand via Blurb. Other publications include Last Poets: A 9,999 page poem by The Poets Against Poetry (PDF), the conceptual anthology Fungible Poetics Inc. concerned with shared ownership and market logics (PDF), and 32 Words. An Anthology of Post-Art Anti-Poetics, whose imprint states “Appropriation, plagiarism, and counterpublishing are encouraged.” It is sold for $160. In 2014, the Post-Art Poets announced the end of their group on Twitter: “WE HAVE DISAPPEARED / TO BEGIN PREPARATIONS / FOR OUR REAPPEARANCE…”
George Floyd Meme Incident 2020
Meme Products were presented at 21erHaus Vienna Summer 2016.
The publisher cites conceptual writer Vanessa Place as a crucial influence.
Traumawien dissolved in 2016.
Print publications 2010-2014
- Aust Götz von "Facorismen zur Lebenserbärmlichkeit" Vienna, 2012
- Mez Breeze "Human Readable Messages" Vienna, 2011
- J.R. Carpenter "Generation(s)" Vienna, 2012
- Hautmann Philip "Yorick" Vienna, 2010
- Hinke Margit "Shocking Blue Demon Lover" Vienna, 2010
- Huff Jason, Cabell Mimi "American Psycho" New York, Vienna, 2012
- Kaiser Olivia "La Bas" Vienna, 2013
- Laroche Brian "I™", Vienna, 2011
- Moosgaard Peter "Turbogott" Vienna, 2010
- Mortensen Audun Surf's Up 2010 Vienna, 2010
- Nausner Ulrich "OCR (deconstruction)" Vienna, 2013
- Palacz Julian "End Tell" Vienna, 2010
- Russeger Georg "Replik" Vienna, 2012
- Seipenbusch Anna "Never Catch Bombs" 2014
- Ubermorgen.com "AAbA LOGFILE" Vienna, 2012
- Vlaschits Marianne, Kunkel Martin "Das sinnliche Telefon" Vienna, 2010
- Wiener Oswald "Die Verbesserung von Mitteleuropa, Roman" Vienna, 2013
References
- J.R. Carpenter (October 18, 2011), Paradoxical print publishers TRAUMAWIEN., Jacket2, retrieved June 24, 2015
- ^ Traumawien 2010–2016, archived from the original on January 6, 2021
- Traumawien (2013), Die Verbesserung von Mitteleuropa Oswald Wiener., Traumawien, retrieved June 24, 2015
- Thomas Gorton (2014), Download American Psycho reimagined using Google ads., Dazed Digital, retrieved June 24, 2015
- Maru Pabón (August 30, 2014), Rewriting through Google Ads: Mimi Cabell and Jason Huff's American Psycho., Electric Literature, retrieved June 24, 2015
- Kaja Marczewska (2015), Erasing in the algorithmic extreme: Mimi Cabell and Jason Huff's American Psycho., Academia.edu, retrieved June 24, 2015
- Espace Virtuel Jeu de Paume (2012), Erreur d'impression AMERICAN PSYCHO MIMI CABELL & JASON HUFF., Jeu de Paume, retrieved June 24, 2015
- MeAndMyKindle (June 27, 2012), The Legend of the Worst Kindle eBook Ever., Beyond Black Friday, retrieved June 24, 2015
- Johannes Kuhn (June 24, 2012), YouTube-Dialoge als Mini-Dramen. Und Jesus sagte *LOL*., Süddeutsche Zeitung, retrieved June 24, 2015
- Christopher Mims (June 12, 2012), Ebooks Made of YouTube Comments Invade Amazon Kindle Store., MIT Technology Review, retrieved June 24, 2015
- Mike Masnick (June 13, 2012), Amazon Deletes Ebooks Automatically Generated From YouTube Comments Leaving Many Questions Unanswered., Techdirt, retrieved June 24, 2015
- Silvia Bertolotti (June 12, 2012), A book made of video comments. "Kindle'voke Ghost Writers" by Traumawien., Digicult, retrieved June 24, 2015
- Künstlerhaus Graz (2015), Performative Lesung vom Verlag TRAUMAWIEN., Künstlerhaus Graz, retrieved June 24, 2015
- Simone Schlosser (2014), Alles ist Literatur - oder eben auch nicht., Deutschlandfunk, retrieved June 24, 2015
- Silvio Lorusso (2015), We Are What We Sell We Sell What You Are., p-dpa, retrieved June 24, 2015
- Luc Gross (2014), Unauthorized Group Show Post Digital Products., rhizome, retrieved April 21, 2024
- Lukas Jost Gross (2014), Manifest für eine digitale Literatur., TRAUMAWIEN, retrieved December 21, 2016
- Perlentaucher (2014), Manifeste für eine Literatur der Zukunft., Perlentaucher, retrieved December 21, 2016
- Novastation (2014), Manifeste für eine Literatur der Zukunft: Lukas Jost Gross, Matthias Nawrat und Juan S. Guse., Novastation, retrieved December 21, 2016
- apod (2014), The Post Art Poem, apod, retrieved April 21, 2024
- TRAUMAWIEN (2016), Product Memes., traumawien, retrieved December 21, 2016