{"title":"Lokator100 Essentials","description":"\u003ch2\u003eWhat Lokator100 Essentials Is\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLokator100 Essentials is a manually assembled group of titles drawn from across the full range of the catalogue. It is not a ranking of bestsellers. The selection is intended to give first-time visitors a clear point of entry into what Lokator100 stocks and how the shop thinks — without reducing that to a single category or format.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eWhat the Selection Covers\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe collection draws from each of the areas the shop maintains: photobooks, artists' publications, experimental comics, film books, printed documents of underground music, and critical writing. Current titles include work by Michael Lundgren, Julia Soboleva, Shintaro Kago, Ari Aster, and Robin Mackay, alongside a visual survey of noise graphics from the 1980s and 1990s. These sit together not because they share a theme, but because each represents a distinct part of what the catalogue holds.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eHow the Selection Works\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe selection is updated as titles sell out and new books enter the catalogue. It is not fixed. The intention is that it remains representative rather than exhaustive — a cross-section that reflects the current state of the shop rather than a permanent list.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eWho This Collection Is For\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLokator100 Essentials is most useful for readers who are new to the shop and want a grounded sense of its scope before moving into specific categories or authors. It is also a practical starting point for anyone whose interests span more than one of the areas Lokator100 covers.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"speculative-aesthetics-robin-mackay-james-trafford-luke-pendrell","title":"Speculative Aesthetics - Robin Mackay, James Trafford, Luke Pendrell (Editors)","description":"\u003cp data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eSpeculative Aesthetics\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e brings together key figures from contemporary philosophy, art, and design to explore the implications of speculative realism for aesthetics. Edited by \u003cstrong\u003eRobin Mackay, Luke Pendrell\u003c\/strong\u003e, and \u003cstrong\u003eJames Trafford\u003c\/strong\u003e, the book gathers essays by \u003cstrong\u003eAmanda Beech, Ray Brassier, Mark Fisher, Benedict Singleton, Nick Srnicek\u003c\/strong\u003e, and others. The contributors tackle topics from accelerationism to abstraction, technocapitalism to aesthetic engineering. This compact volume bridges philosophy and media theory with experimental urgency. A cult classic in contemporary theory, published by \u003cstrong\u003eUrbanomic\u003c\/strong\u003e. Rare outside the UK.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Urbanomic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51457469841754,"sku":"978-0-9575295-7-1","price":15.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0946\/3359\/1130\/files\/speculative-aesthetics-cover.jpg?v=1750083723"},{"product_id":"glass-mountain-michael-lundgren","title":"Glass Mountain – Michael Lundgren","description":"\u003ch2\u003eGlass Mountain — A Landscape Photobook by Michael Lundgren\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGlass Mountain\u003c\/strong\u003e is a large-format photobook by \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/michael-lundgren\" title=\"View all Michael Lundgren books in the Lokator100 catalogue\"\u003eMichael Lundgren\u003c\/a\u003e, published by \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/stanley-barker\" title=\"Browse all Stanley\/Barker titles available at Lokator100\"\u003eSTANLEY\/BARKER\u003c\/a\u003e in June 2025. The work moves through wilderness sites across the Americas, treating the land not as scenery but as material evidence of geological change and accumulated time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eAbout the Work\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe sequence in \u003cstrong\u003eGlass Mountain\u003c\/strong\u003e resists a fixed reading of nature. Lundgren moves between wide distance and close surface — rock, deposit, erosion, light — building a rhythm that implies duration without stating it. The photographs do not explain; they observe. Time registers as scar and residue rather than spectacle.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe editing is controlled. Nothing is overworked. The atmosphere is calm, but not reassuring — a quality Lundgren sustains across the full 120-page sequence without resolving into comfort or conclusion. Landscape here is in a constant state of becoming, not a subject to be admired but a condition to be read.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLundgren has spoken of his work as a contemplation of the shift away from an Earth-centered mythology — a position that informs the restraint of the photographs without reducing them to illustration.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eGlass Mountain\u003c\/em\u003e is part of the \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/photography-photobooks\" title=\"Explore the full photobook collection at Lokator100\"\u003ePhotobooks\u003c\/a\u003e catalogue at Lokator100.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"STANLEY\/BARKER","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53153090634074,"sku":"9781913288785","price":74.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0946\/3359\/1130\/files\/glass-mountain-michael-lundgren-front-cover.jpg?v=1778428237"},{"product_id":"tract-pocket-edition-shintaro-kago","title":"TRACT (pocket edition) – Shintaro Kago","description":"\u003ch2\u003eTRACT pocket edition – \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/shintaro-kago\" title=\"Browse all Shintaro Kago titles at Lokator100\"\u003eShintaro Kago\u003c\/a\u003e \/ \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/hollow-press\" title=\"Explore the full Hollow Press catalogue at Lokator100\"\u003eHollow Press\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTRACT pocket edition is an A5 reprint of the earlier A4 release, issued by \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/hollow-press\" title=\"Explore the full Hollow Press catalogue at Lokator100\"\u003eHollow Press\u003c\/a\u003e as the \u003cstrong\u003eninth printing (October 2025)\u003c\/strong\u003e. The run is limited to \u003cstrong\u003e250 copies\u003c\/strong\u003e, keeping the edition precise and collectible while remaining practical to handle.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe book is \u003cstrong\u003edigitally printed\u003c\/strong\u003e across \u003cstrong\u003e64 full-colour pages\u003c\/strong\u003e on \u003cstrong\u003e170g paper\u003c\/strong\u003e, in a \u003cstrong\u003epaperback, glue-bound\u003c\/strong\u003e format. The A5 dimensions make it a working object rather than a display piece — sized for reading, not shelving at a distance.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEditorial work is credited to \u003cstrong\u003eMichele Nitri\u003c\/strong\u003e, with graphic design by \u003cstrong\u003eMarco \"Keno\" Del Negro\u003c\/strong\u003e. A foreword by \u003cstrong\u003eChristopher Butcher\u003c\/strong\u003e situates the edition within contemporary manga and small-press publishing contexts.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/collections\/shintaro-kago\" title=\"Browse all Shintaro Kago titles at Lokator100\"\u003eShintaro Kago\u003c\/a\u003e works at the intersection of formal experiment and \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/surreal-experimental-comics\" title=\"Discover surreal and experimental comics at Lokator100\"\u003esurreal and experimental comics\u003c\/a\u003e — treating the page as a structural system in which bodies, sequence, and architecture are subject to precise, clinical manipulation. TRACT pocket edition is a considered entry point into that practice at a format designed for use.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLimited to 250 copies, ninth printing. A5 pocket format.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hollow Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53155962814810,"sku":"HP-KAGO-TRACT-PE","price":29.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0946\/3359\/1130\/files\/tract-pocket-edition-shintaro-kago-cover.jpg?v=1769869018"},{"product_id":"in-a-dark-time-the-eye-begins-to-see-julia-soboleva","title":"In a Dark Time, the Eye Begins to See – The Art of Julia Soboleva","description":"\u003ch2\u003ePainting and Collage on Found Photography — A Mixed-Media Artbook by Julia Soboleva\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eIn a Dark Time, the Eye Begins to See\u003c\/em\u003e is a 200-page hardcover publication presenting the mixed-media practice of \u003ca target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"\/collections\/julia-soboleva-artbooks\" title=\"Browse all Julia Soboleva artbooks available at Lokator100\"\u003eJulia Soboleva\u003c\/a\u003e, issued by \u003ca target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"\/collections\/the-mansion-press\" title=\"Browse all titles published by The Mansion Press\"\u003eThe Mansion Press\u003c\/a\u003e. Printed on Munken 150 gsm paper and measuring 19 × 22 cm, this Julia Soboleva artbook is part of the \u003ca target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"\/collections\/artbooks-artist-publications\" title=\"Explore the full artbooks and artist publications catalogue\"\u003eArtbooks \u0026amp; Artist Publications\u003c\/a\u003e catalogue at Lokator100.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eAbout the Work\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book is structured as a sequence of visual narratives rather than a single continuous argument. Soboleva applies painting and collage directly to found photographic imagery, producing scenes that hold their meaning in suspension — neither fully explained nor arbitrarily obscure.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe material returns persistently to a set of tensions: madness and reality, family and taboo, inherited memory and private mythology. These are not illustrated themes but pressures that shape how the images are made and sequenced. The title borrows a line from Theodore Roethke's poem \"In a Dark Time,\" though the book does not annotate the reference — it absorbs it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe publication is documented across multiple interior spreads, giving a precise account of how the work reads in sequence and at scale. A companion volume, \u003ca target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"\/products\/the-fire-that-drank-the-shadow-julia-soboleva\" title=\"View the companion Julia Soboleva artbook at Lokator100\"\u003eThe Fire That Drank The Shadow\u003c\/a\u003e, is also available at Lokator100.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis copy is dispatched from Germany with tracked shipping and careful packaging.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Mansion Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53321374466394,"sku":"9782492646393","price":37.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0946\/3359\/1130\/files\/in-a-dark-time-the-eye-begins-to-see-the-art-of-julia-front-cover.jpg?v=1784209250"},{"product_id":"noise-graphics-book","title":"Noise Graphics 1980–1990 – Masala Noir","description":"\u003ch2\u003eAn Archive of Noise Cover Art, 1980–1990\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eNoise Graphics 1980–1990\u003c\/em\u003e is a noise graphics book structured as a documentary archive rather than a critical survey. It collects vinyl sleeve art and cassette cover design from a decade of underground music production, presenting them as printed evidence of a visual language that operated entirely outside mainstream graphic culture.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe material logic of the content is inseparable from its subject. DIY typography, collage, xerox textures, hard contrast, and the grain of photocopy duplication are not stylistic choices imposed on the archive — they are the archive. Across 224 pages, covers and related underground ephemera are reproduced in sequence, with the restrained approach of a reference object rather than an editorial one. The focus stays on the small decisions: how type was set, how images were duplicated, how zine aesthetics crossed into record sleeve production at the margins of the noise and industrial scenes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe hardcover format, measuring 17 × 22 cm, is compact enough to use as a working reference while substantial enough to hold the density of material it documents. No excess, no spectacle — the format suits the content. For researchers, designers, and collectors working in the history of independent graphic design, cassette cover design, or noise music visual culture, this book functions as a primary source rather than a secondary account.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublished by \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/masala-noir\" title=\"Browse all Masala Noir titles at Lokator100\"\u003eMasala Noir\u003c\/a\u003e, an imprint with a consistent focus on art and music publications at the edges of mainstream print culture. It sits within the \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/music-books-sound-culture\" title=\"Explore music books and sound culture publications at Lokator100\"\u003eMusic Books \u0026amp; Sound Culture\u003c\/a\u003e category at Lokator100 — a catalogue section gathering publications at the intersection of sound, print, and independent production.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eRelated titles from Masala Noir\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/products\/death-metal-graphics-1980-2020-masala-noir\" title=\"Death Metal Graphics 1980–2020 — another Masala Noir archive publication\"\u003eDeath Metal Graphics (1980–2020)\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/products\/new-wave-post-punk-graphics-1980-2000\" title=\"New Wave and Post-Punk Graphics 1980–2000 — related underground visual archive\"\u003eNew Wave \/ Post-Punk Graphics (1980-2000)\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/products\/japanese-punk-graphics-1980-2010\" title=\"Japanese Punk Graphics 1980–2010 — underground graphics archive by Masala Noir\"\u003eJapanese Punk Graphics (1980-2010)\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/products\/punk-flyers-1975-2020\" title=\"Punk Flyers 1975–2020 — DIY print culture and underground ephemera\"\u003ePunk Flyers (1975–2020)\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Masala Noir","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53477488591194,"sku":"MN-NOISE-GRAPHICS-1980-1990-HC","price":47.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0946\/3359\/1130\/files\/noise-graphics-1980-1990-masala-noir-cover.jpg?v=1781428800"},{"product_id":"midsommar-screenplay-book-ari-aster","title":"Midsommar Screenplay Book - Ari Aster","description":"\u003ch2\u003eMidsommar — Ari Aster's Screenplay as a Reading Object\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is the A24 × MACK edition of \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/ari-aster\" title=\"Browse all Ari Aster titles available at Lokator100\"\u003eAri Aster\u003c\/a\u003e's \u003cem\u003eMidsommar\u003c\/em\u003e screenplay — a 300-page embossed hardcover that does not simply reproduce the script but reconstitutes the film as a text to be read at length. The book belongs to the A24 Screenplay Collection, co-published with \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/mack-books\" title=\"Explore the full MACK Books catalogue at Lokator100\"\u003eMACK Books\u003c\/a\u003e, and is formatted as a substantial object: 20.3 × 28 cm, with the weight and presence that implies.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhat distinguishes \u003cem\u003eMidsommar\u003c\/em\u003e as a film — and what the book makes newly legible — is its structural displacement of grief. The film follows a collapsing relationship drawn into a rural Swedish midsummer festival, where communal ritual and emotional fracture are not contrasted but fused. On the page, the architecture of that fusion becomes traceable: the pacing of ceremony, the pressure of ordered surfaces, the tonal precision with which Aster constructs dread from daylight and floral symmetry rather than darkness.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe edition is built around the screenplay but extends well beyond it. Park Chan-wook contributes an introduction that positions the film from outside its own frame. Matthew Engelke, an anthropologist, provides an essay that addresses the film's ritual logic on its own disciplinary terms. Jessika Kenney contributes an illustrated Hårga choral primer — a document of the film's invented musical culture that functions as both annotation and artifact.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTogether, these materials constitute a document of the film's inner logic rather than a commemorative object. The book sits within the broader field of \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/film-books-film-culture\" title=\"Browse film books and film culture publications at Lokator100\"\u003eFilm Books \u0026amp; Film Culture\u003c\/a\u003e — publications that treat cinema as a subject for sustained reading rather than passive consumption.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe physical edition is an embossed hardcover measuring 20.3 × 28 cm across 300 pages. 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