Sternberg Press

Sternberg Press is a London-based publishing house of art and cultural criticism, creative nonfiction, and literary and experimental fiction. Founded by Caroline Schneider in New York in 1999, it aims to support both new and established writers and nourish lasting editorial relationships. The press is committed to publishing books with an interdisciplinary focus on contemporary visual culture and related critical discourse.

Berlin / London

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906 titles

Series:

Joshua Simon
Neomaterialism

2013

English edition

Neomaterialism explores the meaning of the world of commodities, and reintroduces various notions of dialectical materialism into the conversation on the subjectivity and vitalism of things.

Charlotte Birnbaum
On the Table 3 – Pies, Pâtés, and Pastries

2013

English edition

The third publication in the On the Table series, that explore the encounter between food and art, is dedicated to pies, pâtés, and pastries...

The Human Snapshot

2013

English edition

Contemporary forms of humanism and universalism as they circulate and are produced in art and photography.

A World of Wild Doubt

2013

bilingual edition (English / German)

~~22.00~~ 11.00 €

Catalogue of the exhibition inspired by G. K. Chesterton's The Man Who Was Thursday (works by Robert Crumb, Jeremy Deller, James Ensor, Gilbert & George, Rodney Graham, Mike Kelley, Joachim Koester, Bruce Nauman, Tony Oursler, Félix Vallotton, Lawrence Weiner...).

Lene Berg

2013

English edition

Lene Berg's films and video works.

Ruth Buchanan
The weather, a building

2013

English edition

This new artist book by Ruth Buchanan charts three narratives associated with the life of the Staatsbibliothek Berlin, which acts as an example of the tension between what is contained in libraries and how it is contained.

Compilation of Translations – One Year at Ludlow 38

2013

English edition

An overview of the 2012 curatorial year at MINI/Goethe-Institut Curatorial Residencies Ludlow 38, focused on different concepts of translation.

Jos de Gruyter & Harald Thys
Optimundus – M HKA 08 02 13 - 19 05 13

2013

English edition

The catalogue of Jos de Gruyter & Harald Thys's major exhibition at M HKA of the same title.

Bulletins of The Serving Library #04

2013

English edition

Devised by Stuart Bailey, Lars Bang Larsen, Angie Keefer, and David Reinfurt, this bulletin is based on Larsen's just-completed PhD dissertation at the University of Copenhagen, A History of Irritated Material: Psychedelic Concepts in Neo-Avantgarde Art. The idea was to contrive a popular version of his academic thesis by editing it psychedelically.

Apolonija Šušteršič
Selected Projects – 1995-2012

2013

bilingual edition (English / Spanish)

The first comprehensive survey on the work of Slovenian artist/architect Apolonija Šušteršič, between Conceptual art, Contextualism, institutional critique, and relational aesthetics.

Futurefarmers
A Variation on Powers of Ten

2013

English edition

Ten discussions based on the opening picnic scene of Charles and Ray Eames's film Powers of Ten used as score.

Sharon Lockhart, Noa Eshkol

2013

English edition

This catalog accompanies the eponymous exhibition at TBA21 in Vienna which consists of a complex installation of videos, photographs, and archival material, composing a subtle and sensuous portrait of the Israeli choreographer, dancer, researcher, and textile artist Noa Eshkol.

$Beatrice Gibson - The Tiger\'s Mind$

Beatrice Gibson
The Tiger's Mind

2013

English edition

~~22.00~~ 11.00 €

The project initiated by artist and filmmaker Beatrice Gibson and typographer Will Holder, based on the eponymous score written by Cornelius Cardew in 1967.

Ursula Mayer, Maria Fusco
Gonda

2013

English edition

Taking the form of a ciné-roman, this book, based on Ursula Mayer's 16mm film of the same name, with a screenplay written by Maria Fusco, experiments in cinematic and linguistic registers through polyphonic monologue.

After Berkeley – Objectif Exhibitions, 2010-2011

2013

English edition

A series of interviews, between theory and practice.

Invalid Format – An Anthology of Triple Canopy – Vol. 2

2013

English edition

~~22.00~~ 11.00 €

An archive of the widespread publishing activities of Triple Canopy, the editorial collective and online magazine based in New York, Los Angeles, and Berlin.

Tom McCarthy - The Mattering of Matter - Documents from the Archive of the International Necronautical Society

Tom McCarthy, Simon Critchley
The Mattering of Matter – Documents from the Archive of the International Necronautical Society

2013

English edition

~~19.00~~ 9.50 €

A collection of documents of Tom McCarthy's “semi-fictitious organisation” International Necronautical Society, cofounded with Simon Critchley.

Steve Rushton
Masters of Reality

2012

English edition

The first collection of texts by Steve Rushton, exploring the interrelations between art, anthropology, social sciences, psychology, media, politics, and economy.

Keren Cytter
D.I.E. Now – The True Story of John Webber and His Endless Struggle with the Table of Content

2012

English edition

Keren Cytter's choreographic performance.

Omer Fast
5,000 Feet Is the Best

2012

English edition

Between a critical reader and an artist's book, this publication is dedicated to the eponymous work by Israeli video artist Omer Fast.

Dealing with – Some Texts, Images, and Thoughts Related to American Fine Arts, Co.

2012

English edition

Publication dedicated to Colin de Land and his legendary New York gallery American Fine Arts. Co. Ltd.

Zak Kyes
Zak Kyes Working With...

2012

English edition

Focusing on the conceptual, visual, and economic intersections implicit in design today, this publication dedicated to the work of the Swiss-American graphic designer Zak Kye expands collaborative form from a pragmatic structure of working together to the joint development of content.

Jessica Warboys
Vanelephant

2012

bilingual edition (English / French)

Artist's book based on surrealist artist and dancer Hélène Vanel's manuscript.

Cosmic Laughter No. 1 – Timewave zero, then what?

2012

bilingual edition (English / German)

(last copies available!)

Exhibition catalogue with an introduction by the curators and texts contributed by Gary Lachman and Ana Teixeira Pinto.

Juliane Rebentisch
Aesthetics of Installation Art

2012

English edition

A study of the philosophical, ethical and political underpinnings of installation art.

Maria Loboda
Oh, Wilderness

2012

English edition

First monograph (work from 2009 to 2012), with three essays and an interview.

Simon Starling, Superflex
Reprototypes, Triangulations and Road Tests

2012

English edition

Seven seminal works by Simon Starling and Superflex in a dialogical setting.

E-flux journal – Moscow Symposium – Conceptualism Revisited

2012

English edition

Revisiting conceptual art: the Russian case in an international context.

Interiors – CCS Readers: Perspectives on Art and Culture

2012

English edition

~~26.00~~ 13.00 €

An anthology that examines the poetics and politics of interior experience within the frame of contemporary art.

Erik Niedling, Ingo Niermann
The Future of Art – A Diary

2012

English edition

~~19.00~~ 9.00 €

The sequel to The Future of Art – A Manual (2011), in which Niedling joined Niermann on his search for a new, epic artwork.

Cybermohalla Hub

2012

English edition

Reimagining and reanimating the infrastructure of cultural and intellectual life in contemporary cities.

Playing the City – Interviews

2012

bilingual edition (English / German)

A telling picture of the multiple forms of interactive, cooperative, and interdisciplinary practices in contemporary art (fifty-one artist interviews).

Eva Grubinger
Decoy

2012

English edition

Eva Grubinger's large-scale sculptural works referring to the fishing, both subtly and explicitly engaging a vocabulary of the alluring, as well as a critical position towards the reception of art.

Yorgos Sapountzis
A statue has remembered me / Eine Statue hat sich an mich erinnert

2012

bilingual edition (English / German)

An in-depth survey of Yorgos Sapountzis' work in ten chapters from 2000 to the present.

Bankleer
Finger in the pie

2012

bilingual edition (English / German)

This monograph features in depth essays on the collective's work as well as an annotated image section, which highlights bankleer's recent projects and deployments.

Marianne Heier
Surplus

2012

bilingual edition (English / Norwegian)

Marianne Heier's investigative process (a reader).

Tobias Spichtig
Blue, Red, and Green

2012

English edition

Artist's book.

Martin Beck
The Aspen Complex

2012

English edition

A visual environment that reflects the interrelations between art, architecture, design, ecology, and social movements.

On the Table 2 – The Beauty of the Fold – A Conversation with Joan Sallas

2012

English edition

The second publication in the On the Table series, that explore the encounter between food and art, is dedicated to the art of the fold.

Charlotte Moth
Bleckede 2009 / Rochechouart 2011

2012

bilingual edition (English / German)

A book conceived as a further elaboration of Charlotte Moth's artistic practice, linking different projects that have been realized since 2009.

3 Years – Arrow Factory

2012

bilingual edition (English / Chinese)

A comprehensive documentation of some twenty-eight temporary site-specific works produced by Chinese and international artists at Arrow Factory since 2008.

Martti Kalliala, Jenna Sutela, Tuomas Toivonen
Solution 239-246 – Finland: The Welfare Game

2012

English edition

~~15.00~~ 7.11 €

Eight and a half solutions for the Nordic country.

Sculpture Unlimited

2012

English edition

The contemporary field of sculpture.