This Saturday, we are launching a new After 8 Books publication ★ From Zurich to Beijing, from Riga to Bern, from Berlin to Seoul, to Paris, Tobias Kaspar’s New Address II gathers “behind the scenes” documentation of the artist’s work life over the past 6 years. Shows, performances, holidays, travels… The artist is absent in the book, but he will be present in Paris to share a drink, and maybe some more insights of what a “stereotypical artist” is. No, we don’t mean a mojo dojo casa gallery will open on rue Jarry. This happens on May the 4th—be with us!

Personally, I met Tobias on Lake Zurich in fall 2020. It was a sunny Saturday afternoon; for November, the weather was astoundingly mild. . . I remember our conversation as extremely relaxed and open, sometimes it felt like we’d already talked several times before, not in this chill way where you’re so similar it’s almost boring, but just as if you could launch into a mutual brainstorming session at any moment where no idea is left unspoken. When I feel comfortable, I kind of talk a lot, like I want to explain the whole world to myself, and people can definitely find that annoying, but Tobias seemed totally OK with it. He also talked quite a bit.
—from Leif Randt’s “Acquisition Letter”

New Address II is a two-volume publication: the first, a book of b/w photographs; the second, an insert with texts by artist Mikael Brkic, writer Leif Randt, and critic and curator Kari Rittenbach. More info & orders here.

Tobias Kaspar’s work takes place at the intersection of art, fashion, representation, and performance. It has been shown in galleries and institutions such as Kunsthalle Bern, MAMCO (Geneva), Artists’ Space (New York), and Astrup Fearnley Museen (Oslo), Foundry Seoul, Lars Friedrich (Berlin), Peter Kilchmann (Zurich), Jenny's (Los Angeles), and also some time ago Marcelle Alix (Paris). In 2009 he cofounded the magazine and collective, PROVENCE.