The members of Communists Anonymous (COMA) share an extreme sense of empathy and justice, and therefore detest more or less any form of private property. COMA members restrain themselves from any effort to overcome capitalism before there is a new convincing model at hand of how to actually implement communism.

Ingo Niermann’s provocative new novel imagines a Berlin alternative to the activist occupation of public spaces in 2011.

With contributions by Etel Adnan, Douglas Coupland, Eva Illouz, Martti Kalliala, Ben Marcus, Chus Martínez, Momus, Eva Munz, Ingo Niermann, David Pearce, Beatriz Preciado, Emily Segal, Alexander Tarakhovsky, Ignacio Vidal-Folch

Having furnished solutions for Germany and Dubai, Ingo Niermann takes a new look at what nationhood can mean and accomplish today, finding inspiration, of all places, in North Korea.

Solution 186–195: Dubai Democracy is the fifth book in the Solution series.

In Solution 1-10: Umbauland, Ingo Niermann devises ten provokingly simple ideas which would see Germany work it out after all, including a new grammar, a new political party, assigning allotment gardens to unemployed people and retirees, and the Great Pyramid, the tallest building of the world which would serve as a democratic tomb for millions of people.

Skarbek is a dance-theater project initiated by the German artist Antje Majewski in collaboration with the author Ingo Niermann.

In 1831 Honoré de Balzac wrote a short story, “The Unknown Masterpiece,” in which he invented the abstract painting.

Solution 9: The Great Pyramid is the first in the forthcoming Solution series where authors will be asked to develop an abundance of compact and original ideas for other countries and regions.
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Angelegt als »Emotional Catalog of Booths«, diskutiert das Buch anhand der vielfältigen Stimmen einer eklektischen Gruppe von Autorinnen die Typologie der Booth – Buden, Stände, Kabinen, Kapseln, Zellen – als Inbegriff (räumlicher) Intimität. Mit einer Reihe von ausführlichen Interviews sowie Beiträgen von Künstlerinnen, Architektinnen, Wissenschaftlerinnen und Schriftsteller*innen, bildet das Buch den Kern einer fortdauernden künstlerischen und architektonischen Forschung zur Verschränkung von Raum und Emotion.

The exhibition Forms of the Shadow is accompanied by a publication that features texts by Sunjung Kim and Jeyun Moon; Su-Mi Kang; and Ingo Niermann. Functioning as both an exhibition guide and a stand-alone reader, the publication offers further insights and points-of-entry into the multifaceted practices of the artists featured in the show.