a print-only magazine for experimental music and art
12/07/2024
20 Seconds is excited to announce our participation in “Too Hot to Read,” a new book fair organized by Cabinet Magazine, Haubrok Foundation and K. Verlag.
Join us tomorrow, Saturday, 13 June, 2024, at the Fahrbereitschaft in Berlin-Lichtenberg for an afternoon of events, performances, talks and launches to celebrate independent publishing in Berlin.
We’ll have copies of 20 Seconds Issue 7 on hand in case you still haven’t got one!
Episode 5 of 20 Seconds Radio aired yesterday on Archipel Stations Community Radio, 88.4 Berlin/90.7 Potsdam.
Featuring the music and sounds of 20 Seconds Issue 7, “The Medium.”
Hosted by 20 Seconds editors Daniel Melfi and Timothy Isherwood.
Broadcast live from Berlin.
Listen back on SoundCloud at the link in bio or SoundCloud.com/20-seconds
02/07/2024
Tune in today, Tuesday, 2 July at 13:00 (CET), for episode 5 of 20 Seconds Radio on Archipel Stations Community Radio. 20 Seconds editors Daniel Melfi and Timothy Isherwood will broadcast live from Berlin online and on the airwaves, 88.4 FM Berlin and 90.7 Potsdam.
You can listen live online at Archipel.community/radio
20 Seconds Radio will be a monthly broadcast throughout 2024, with each of its episodes exploring a different facet of the print magazine’s focus. The show will present the magazine’s breadth of coverage in sonic shapes not possible in print, meandering through paths of medium-specific experimentation. This show challenges the status quo of what diversity sounds like in experimentation and intends to offer its airtime to a multiplicity of voices and orientations, manifesting themselves across creative practices, from cinema to poetry, from sound art to spirituality.
Broadcasting live from Berlin. Tune in. Write to us! You can find us on Instagram, Facebook and online.
24/06/2024
After a long production cycle and a thrilling—and successful—Kickstarter campaign, 20 Seconds is ready to announce the launch of Issue 7, “The Medium,” in Berlin.
On Tuesday, 25 June, 2024, at 90mil, 20 Seconds will launch Issue 7 with a live performance, film screenings and DJ set.
Update!: The evening will begin with a screening of Davina Maria’s The taste of ashes (18’), followed by Raed Yassin’s Karaoke (22’), and a live performance by Marlmalsana, including Burkhard Beins on percussion, Maurice Louca on quarter tone acoustic guitar and Tony Elieh on acoustic bass guitar.
To conclude the night, Maxime L. and Dimitra Zina will play a b2b vinyl DJ set in the bar. This is a great chance to come by and pick up Issue 7, whether you have pre-ordered a copy online or whether you want to purchase one that night.
There will also be limited edition posters available—created by Julia Schimautz of DTAN Studio in Berlin, exclusively for 20 Seconds—as well as back issues of 20 Seconds Magazine in case your collection is missing some.
Timetable:
20:00: Doors
20:30: “The taste of ashes” by Davina Maria (Film Screening, 18’)
21:00: Karaoke by Raed Yassin (Film Screening, 22’)
21:45: Marmalsana ft. Burkhard Beins, Maurice Louca, Tony Elieh (Live)
22:30: Maxime L. & Dimitra Zina (DJ Set)
€10 on the door suggested donation.
All proceeds from the door will be donated to UNRWA in support of Palestinian relief.
Ceasefire Now.
Message 20 Seconds on Instagram or through our website for venue address.
Artwork: Detail from “Wunsch, ein Vogel zu werden“ by Andrea Bolognino. Watercolours, charcoal, ink transfer, glue on paper, on wood. 2024. As seen in 20 Seconds Issue 7.
20/06/2024
20 Seconds Magazine will be taking over Refuge Worldwide in Berlin Neukölln TONIGHT to celebrate the release of Issue 7, “The Medium.”
Join us for a glass of wine, come pick up a fresh new issue of 20 Seconds and stay for the music, running from 20:00-23:59.
This is a great chance to come by and pick up Issue 7 if you have pre-ordered a copy online.
There will also be limited edition posters available—created by of .studio in Berlin, exclusively for 20 Seconds—as well as back issues of 20 Seconds Magazine in case your collection is missing some.
You can find the radio station at Weserstraße 166, (12045 Berlin Neukölln).
You’ll see Oona Bar first, with its signature green façade.
Photo of Daniel Melfi by Lorena Florio.
Photo by Timothy Isherwood by Daniel Melfi.
Photo of Grischa Lichtenberger by Carole Ann Murray.
Photo of Charlie by Joanna Wzorek.
Photo of MCRD by Daniel Melfi.
20/06/2024
20 Seconds is ecstatic to announce the release of Issue 7, “The Medium.”
Available at the link in bio.
Issue 7 presents a collection of work by politically motivated artists consciously conjuring new narratives and new worlds through their own medium-specific renegotiations. These are not narratives capable of healing trauma, but they are efforts to contextualize it in the face of attempts to ignore the terror that continues to dominate the present.
Featuring:
Julia Schimautz
masharu
Andrea Bolognino
Sunn O)))
Mazen Kerbaj
Ghayath Almadhoun
Asia Bazdyrieva
Richard Mosse
Lara Fluxà
Nakajima Hiroyuki
Motus
Raed Yassin
240 pages, Perfect bound, Softcover
13/06/2024
All door proceeds will be donated to UNRWA
[Artwork: Detail from “Wunsch, ein Vogel zu werden“ by Andrea Bolognino. Watercolours, charcoal, ink transfer, glue on paper, on wood. 2024. As seen in 20 Seconds Issue 7.]
After a long production cycle and a thrilling—and successful—Kickstarter campaign, 20 Seconds is ready to announce the launch of Issue 7 in Berlin.
On Tuesday, 25 June, 2024, at 90mil, 20 Seconds will launch Issue 7 with a live performance, film screening and DJ set.
The evening will begin with a screening of Raed Yassin’s Karaoke (22’), followed by a live performance by Marlmalsana, including Burkhard Beins on percussion, Maurice Louca on quarter tone acoustic guitar and Tony Elieh on acoustic bass guitar.
To conclude the night, Maxime L. and Dimitra Zina will play a b2b vinyl DJ set in the bar.
This is a great chance to come by and pick up Issue 7, whether you have pre-ordered a copy online or whether you want to purchase one that night.
There will also be limited edition posters available—created by Julia Schimautz of DTAN Studio in Berlin, exclusively for 20 Seconds—as well as back issues of 20 Seconds Magazine in case your collection is missing some.
Timetable:
20:00: Karaoke by Raed Yassin (Film Screening, 22’)
20:30: Marmalsana ft. Burkhard Beins, Maurice Louca, Tony Elieh
21:30: Maxime L. & Dimitra Zina (DJ Set)
€10 on the door suggested donation.
All proceeds from the door will be donated to UNRWA in support of Palestinian relief.
Ceasefire Now.
Message 20 Seconds for venue address.
07/06/2024
20 Seconds Magazine will be taking over Refuge Worldwide in Berlin Neukölln on Thursday, 20 June, 2024 to celebrate the release of Issue 7.
Join us for a glass of wine, come pick up a fresh new issue of 20 Seconds and stay for the music, running from 20:00-23:59.
This is a great chance to come by and pick up Issue 7 if you have pre-ordered a copy online.
There will also be limited edition posters available—created by Julia Schimautz of DTAN Studio in Berlin, exclusively for 20 Seconds—as well as back issues of 20 Seconds Magazine in case your collection is missing some.
You can find the radio station at Weserstraße 166, (12045 Berlin Neukölln).
You’ll see Oona Bar first, with its signature green façade.
Flyer: Detail of “Llim” by Lara Fluxà, at the 2022 Venice Biennale, part of Catalonia in Venice. Photo by Lara Fluxà.
Photo of Daniel Melfi by Lorena Florio.
Photo by Timothy Isherwood by Daniel Melfi.
Photo of Grischa Lichtenberger by Carole Ann Murray.
Photo of Charlie by Joanna Wzorek.
Photo of MCRD by Daniel Melfi.
05/06/2024
Episode 4 of 20 Seconds Radio aired yesterday on Archipel Stations Community Radio, 88.4 Berlin/90.7 Potsdam.
Hosted by 20 Seconds editors Daniel Melfi and Timothy Isherwood.
Broadcast live from Berlin.
Listen back on SoundCloud at the link in bio or SoundCloud.com/20-seconds
05/06/2024
That’s a wrap!
We would like to thank all 52 backers who helped 20 Seconds Magazine raise €3,121 in 18 days to fund the printing of 20 Seconds Issue 7 “The Medium.”
This funding will enable us to print the magazine and ship it to our supporters worldwide.
Kickstarter has recently launched a “late pledges” program, which enables supporters to continue donating after the campaign has ended. Donations will still be possible on the campaign site (link in bio) until the magazine’s official release on 20 June.
Those interested can follow 20 Seconds on Instagram, Facebook and our website to learn more about our upcoming launch events in Berlin and Milan.
Thank you!
Artwork featured by Mazen Kerbaj.
04/06/2024
Tune in today, Tuesday, 4 June at 13:00, for episode 3 of 20 Seconds Radio on Archipel Stations Community Radio. 20 Seconds editors Daniel Melfi and Timothy Isherwood will broadcast live from Berlin online and on the airwaves, 88.4 FM Berlin and 90.7 Potsdam.
You can listen live online at archipel.community/radio
23/05/2024
We launched a Kickstarter campaign (link in bio) to raise funds to print 20 Seconds Issue 7. We’ve already raised more than €2,000. Our goal (and without hitting this target we will receive no money at all) is €3,000.
This is our most important issue thus far, it’s also the biggest and the most centred on politically uncompromising artists.
Why Now?
For more than four years, 20 Seconds Magazine has dedicated itself to quality long-form journalism in the arts, keeping the commitments we made when we launched the publication in January 2020. We’ve given a voice to emerging artists across the globe, published spotlights on pioneering artists left out of the history books and reported on community movements using art as a means of social and political resistance.
Since we launched 20 Seconds, a lot has happened that we didn’t expect. The Covid-19 pandemic broke out just months after Issue 1 was released, derailing more than just our plans to host a series of events to fundraise our future issues. In addition to the terror inflicted on Ukrainians, Russia’s invasion has disrupted logistics routes across the continent, increasing shipping, energy and paper prices, effectively doubling the cost to manufacture the magazine.
Taking all of this into account, 20 Seconds Magazine is committed to staying independent of institutions that are not willing to support a true freedom of expression.
That’s why we need the help of our community to get our latest issue over the line of completion and shipped around the globe to continue our conversation rooted in honesty, resistance and solidarity.
You can order 20S at the Kickstarter link in bio.
21/05/2024
Kickstarter has announced 20 Seconds Issue 7 “The Medium” as a “Project We Love”!
With 9 days remaining, we’ve raised nearly €2,000.
Help us reach our goal by spreading the word!
Don’t forget to follow us on Kickstarter and Substack for more updates along the way.
All the links are in the bio.
13/05/2024
20 Seconds is launching a Kickstarter campaign to fund the printing of the magazine’s Issue 7. From Tuesday, 14 May, you can support the printing of the new issue by pre-ordering Issue 7 and Issue 8 and gaining access to exclusive posters, zines and more.
The campaign runs until May 30, so don’t hesitate to support.
You can learn more about the campaign as well as donate, at the link in bio.
08/05/2024
Episode 3 of 20 Seconds Radio aired yesterday on Archipel Stations Community Radio, 88.4 Berlin/90.7 Potsdam.
Hosted by 20 Seconds editors Daniel Melfi and Timothy Isherwood.
Broadcast live from Berlin.
Listen back on SoundCloud at the link in bio or SoundCloud.com/20-seconds
07/05/2024
Tune in today, Tuesday, 7 May at 13:00, for episode 3 of 20 Seconds Radio on Archipel Stations Community Radio. 20 Seconds editors Daniel Melfi and Timothy Isherwood will broadcast live from Berlin online and on the airwaves, 88.4 FM Berlin and 90.7 Potsdam.
You can listen live online at archipel.community/radio
24/03/2024
Excerpt: Artist Statement by Katatonic Silentio / 20(PARA)SECONDS (Issue 6)
24/03/2024
HYBRID INTERVIEW / 20(PARA)SECONDS (Issue 6)Featuring Lawrence English, Felicia Atkinson, Jol Thoms
In this hybrid interview we asked three artists who are involved in sound and publishing the same three questions on the topic of time.
Lawrence English (founder, Room40) explores the bending and morphing of time, often incorporating both stasis and motion. He views sound as a powerful medium for experiencing time and highlights its affective impact on us, both psychologically and physiologically, evoking unsteady sensations and operating on a liminal plane.
Felicia Atkinson (co-founder, Shelter Press) reflflects on the concept of music recordings as fossils and the profound gift of voices and sounds from deceased individuals, which can be sha- red with present and future generations. In her improvisations, she creates a sense of shared exploration: each sound, whether spoken, sung or played, materializes the transient nature of the moment.
Jol Thoms (founder, Radio Amnion) explores the idea of discon- tinuity in time and the necessity of thinking and preparing for deeper times. His projects aim to develop a loving relationship with the forces and elements of the Earth. Thoms contemplates the unknown and the potential impact of long-term cycles on the future, aiming to hear transformative sounds that can recharge imminent planetary bodies.
22/03/2024
Excerpt: Metronome by Steph Holl-Trieu / 20(PARA)SECONDS (Issue 6)dear x,
you’re about to enter a sound being—the first song of timekeepers: metronome, a body of work concerned with mechanically regular modes of timekeeping; part of this being lives
inside your voice; some wouldn’t call it a metronome, but for it to become one you must pretend it is; you see it’s not untrue, because its heart is structurally identical to the heart
of the metronome—both run on clockwork technology…
22/03/2024
PYUR and Nitsan Margaliot / 20(PARA)SECONDS (Issue 6)Song and Movement Instructions
Artwork by Anja Lekavski
21/03/2024
Dick Higgins Photo Essay / 20(PARA)SECONDS (Issue 6)Photos by Mathias Reitz Zausinger
On 9 June, 2023, Beni Brachtel and Dominik Lekavski performed Twenty-Six Mountains for Viewing the Sunset From by Dick Higgins at Import Export, in Munich, as part of the cohabitation PARAFORUM in collaboration with Orbital Reflector.
01/03/2024
Excerpt: Anna Jermolaewa / 20(PARA)SECONDS (Issue 6)These “slave clocks” were
once installed in train stations across Austria, the former Ger- man Democratic Republic, the Czech Republic and the Soviet Union. However, they now ser- ve as silent witnesses to their disconnection from the “master clock,” marking the moment of their demise. Although these clocks have lost their functiona- lity, the fifinal time they recorded immortalizes their transition into obsolescence, akin to the fate of failed states.
28/02/2024
Excerpt: Disappearing Berlin by Marie-Therese Bruglacher / 20(PARA)SECONDS (Issue 6)DB19: Piety with Josh Johnson, Patrick Belaga, Thilo Garus, Cyril Baldy,Graziano Capitta & Nicole WalkerPhoto by: Julija Goyd
In a city filled with architectural wonders, some structures have become obsolete and face uncertain futures. DISAPPEARING BERLIN (2019–2022), a series of events that brings together artists, composers and performers, explores these forgotten spaces. From luxury shopping centres to vacant buildings, the artists breathe new life into these neglected places. Marie-Therese Bruglacher‘s remarkable endeavour, DISAPPEA- RING BERLIN, acts as a connective bridge, seamlessly merging di- verse temporal and presentational frameworks. With an intimate and introspective approach, Bruglacher invites us to embark on
a personal and diary-like expedition, spanning three editions of the project. Through the exploration of sound and performance, DISAPPEARING BERLIN confronts the enigmatic nature of time‘s evanescence within the architectural landscapes and sites of Berlin.
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20 Seconds is a print-only magazine for experimental music and art. It’s built by and for writers, readers and photographers who feel that they’re not being challenged enough by what they’re reading and seeing.
But more importantly, 20 Seconds is about engaging with what’s relevant to us. As a community, we’re intrinsically wired to discuss, debate and share. Inspired by other publications proving that print is not dead and neither are honesty or independence, 20 Seconds Magazine is about documenting those expressions.
It’s also a dialogue; founded on fluidity. And the conversation is something we feel can last as long as the ink on the pages.
In response to the mundane programming, sponsored-content-dependent, stock-photo-generated presentations to which we all suffer, we propose a solution. Published twice annually, 20 Seconds will be a collection of original photography, longform journalism, poetry, interviews and more.
20 Seconds Magazine is not interested in stories for stories’ sake. Or in the same headshot flooding your devices in involuntarily advertised form. It is interested in bold art, fearless music and the real people behind it.
20 Seconds Magazine is independent of major advertising corporations and click-bait titles, but not of our readers. Without the financial support of our community, we cannot produce the type of quality, independent journalism and design that we want to contribute to our cultural landscape.
Adventurous music and art take risk. It can be wonderfully inclusive. That’s why we’re collaborating with our favourite photographers, poets, musicians, DJs and artists of all dispositions to articulate our perspective.
Together, we can succeed in exploring work that continues to intrigue and resist.
As a collection it will last a while, individually a lifetime. But definitely more than 20 Seconds.
