Lord Jim Lodge
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The Lord Jim Lodge is an art group (or self-proclaimed "secret society"), founded by Austrian contemporary artist Jörg Schlick, together with Martin Kippenberger, Albert Oehlen, and Wolfgang Bauer.
An anecdotal story regarding the Lodge's formation involves a cardboard box that was passed around Berlin's Paris Bar one night. Anyone who deposited a small fee into the box was made a lifetime member.
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[edit] Logo
The logo consists of a sun (Sonne), a pair of breasts (Busen), and a hammer. It was incorporated into some of the works of various member artists, including Schlick and Kippenberger.
The logo featured prominently in Kippenberger's self portraits and the METRO-Net project, a series of subway entrances for a fictitious worldwide transport system.
[edit] Slogan
The official slogan of the group is "Keiner Hilft Keinem" ("Nobody Helps Nobody"), sometimes in the form of the acronym 'K.H.K.' (or 'N.H.N.').
[edit] Magazine
The official magazine of the Lord Jim Lodge, Sonne Busen Hammer, was first published in May 1991. There were 14 issues published until 1996 (#1 - #15; issue #8 was never released). The #2 issue is entitled Die Jubiläumsnummer ("Jubilee Issue").
[edit] Takeover
In Dembember 2005, Jörg Schlick sold the trademark rights for the name and logo to the Austrian group monochrom. The group is now investigating possible infringements of the trademark and is interested in "starting franchises".[1] monochrom plans to release a new issue of Sonne Busen Hammer in April 2006.
[edit] References
- ^ Quote: Austrian Press Agency (APA), March 2006
