Dis Voir - Les presses du réel

Michel Gaillot
Sens multiple – La techno, un laboratoire artistique et politique du présent

1998

French edition

Techno music seen as an experimentation to overcome the sociocultural boundaries instituted in the social space (essay by Michel Gaillot; interviews with Michel Maffesoli and Jean-Luc Nancy).

Stephan Balkenhol

1997

English edition

Monograph.

Stephan Balkenhol

1997

French edition

Monograph.

Ron Arad

1997

English edition

Ron Arad has held a position of reference in the world of design since the 1980's. Coming from a sculptural tradition, his work, questioning both aesthetics and modes of production, has transformed the perceptions of professional designers (comprehensive monograph).

Andrea Branzi

1997

English edition

At the heart of the debates which over the past forty years have made design what it is, the work developed by Andrea Branzi stands out as that of a theoretician of design, as much in terms of his production, his writing and lecturing (comprehensive monograph).

Ron Arad

1997

French edition

Ron Arad has held a position of reference in the world of design since the 1980's. Coming from a sculptural tradition, his work, questioning both aesthetics and modes of production, has transformed the perceptions of professional designers (comprehensive monograph).

Wong Kar-wai

1997

English edition

Monograph on the Hong Kong filmmaker, a true aesthete of modernity.

Andrea Branzi

1997

French edition

At the heart of the debates which over the past forty years have made design what it is, the work developed by Andrea Branzi stands out as that of a theoretician of design, as much in terms of his production, his writing and lecturing (comprehensive monograph).

Après Deleuze – Philosophie et esthétique du cinéma

1997

French edition

This essay considers Deleuze's film theory on both an epistemological and historical angle and brings forward recent studies on cinema's aesthetics and philosophy.

Wong Kar-wai

1997

French edition

Monograph on the Hong Kong filmmaker, a true aesthete of modernity.

Peter Greenaway
The Pillow Book

1997

French edition

Set in Kyoto and Hong Kong at the very end of the 20th century, this film pays homage to The Pillow book written at the very end of the 10th century by court lady Sei Shōnagon.

Peter Greenaway
The Pillow Book

1997

English edition

currently out of stock

Set in Kyoto and Hong Kong at the very end of the 20th century, this film pays homage to The Pillow book written at the very end of the 10th century by court lady Sei Shōnagon.

Roman Opalka

1996

English edition

This monograph investigates Opalka's relationship with numbers, time and infinity. With an original long-term interview of the artist which ran on for more than twenty years.

Roman Opalka

1996

French edition

This monograph investigates Opalka's relationship with numbers, time and infinity. With an original long-term interview of the artist which ran on for more than twenty years.

$L\'Esthétique des philosophes$

L'Esthétique des philosophes

1996

French edition

Ten French, American and German philosophers come together in discussion around several of the major problems raised today in æsthetics.

Christian de Portzamparc
Genealogy of forms

1996

bilingual edition (English / French)

The sketches, drawings, paintings of the French architect.

Thierry de Duve
Clement Greenberg entre les lignes

1996

French edition

A rereading of the work of the famous and controversial art critic.

Thierry de Duve
Du nom au nous

1995

French edition

The critical importance of the theme of “designation” in arts and its gradual emergence in the thinking of Thierry de Duve since 1985.

Thierry de Duve
La déposition – À propos de « Déçue la Mariée se rhabilla » de Sylvie Blocher

1995

French edition

An analysis of an installation by Sylvie Blocher.

Manoel de Oliveira
Lisbonne culturelle

1995

French edition

A cultural vision of Lisbon, which also illuminates the work and personal obsessions of Manoel de Oliveira.

Jean-Marc Bustamante

1995

English edition

This monograph gathers a collection of essays which attempts to define the multi-form notion of “presence” formulated by Bustamante in his work.

Gerhard Richter

1995

English edition

By intermingling elements of traditional painting and new pictorial material, Richter's work leads to a more open notion of the “image” (monograph).

Jean-Marc Bustamante

1995

French edition

This monograph gathers a collection of essays which attempts to define the multi-form notion of “presence” formulated by Bustamante in his work.

Gerhard Richter

1995

French edition

By intermingling elements of traditional painting and new pictorial material, Richter's work leads to a more open notion of the “image” (monograph).

Dan Graham

1995

English edition

A focus on the architectural works of the American artist.

Dan Graham

1995

French edition

A focus on the architectural works of the American artist.

Raoul Ruiz
Poetics of Cinema

1995

English edition

First collection of essays on cinema by the French-Chilean filmmaker.

Raoul Ruiz
Poétique du cinéma

1995

French edition

First collection of essays on cinema by the French-Chilean filmmaker.

Peter Greenaway
The Baby of Mâcon

1994

French edition

In a time of plague when the community of the cathedral city of Mâcon is struck with infertility, a beautiful, healthy child is born. He is immediately seen as an opportunity for profit, both by his own sister and by the Church. The newborn brings prosperity and is considered to be a saint. Until greed and ambition lead to his tragic demise.

Peter Greenaway
The Falls

1993

English edition

A commission examines a sample of 92 persons subject to an enigmatic obsession with birdwatching and flying: a fictional investigation playing with the codes of documentary journalism which served as a script for Greenaway's film The Falls.

Peter Greenaway
The Falls

1993

French edition

A commission examines a sample of 92 persons subject to an enigmatic obsession with birdwatching and flying: a fictional investigation playing with the codes of documentary journalism which served as a script for Greenaway's film The Falls.

Atom Egoyan

1993

English edition

A study on Atom Egoyan's early works.

Atom Egoyan

1993

French edition

A study on Atom Egoyan's early works.

Peter Greenaway
Rosa

1993

English edition

The libretto to the opera Rosa, with music by the Dutch composer Louis Andriessen.

Peter Greenaway
Rosa

1993

French edition

The libretto to the opera Rosa, with music by the Dutch composer Louis Andriessen.

Jean-Yves Bosseur
Sound and the Visual Arts – Intersections between Music and Plastic Arts Today

1992

English edition

Art production of the last few decades has given rise to an increasing number of ambiguous or paradoxical situations related to the musical form (score, stage area, lute-making, CD, video...) thus transcending the traditional divisions between space, time and movement.

$Jean-Yves Bosseur - Le sonore et le visuel - Intersections musique-arts plastiques aujourd\'hui$

Jean-Yves Bosseur
Le sonore et le visuel – Intersections musique-arts plastiques aujourd'hui

1992

French edition

Art production of the last few decades has given rise to an increasing number of ambiguous or paradoxical situations related to the musical form (score, stage area, lute-making, CD, video...) thus transcending the traditional divisions between space, time and movement.

$François Dagognet - In Favour of Today\'s Art - From the Object of Art to the Art of the Object$

François Dagognet
In Favour of Today's Art – From the Object of Art to the Art of the Object

1992

English edition

A compelling read on the status of the object in contemporary art and design.

$François Dagognet - Pour l\'art d\'aujourd\'hui - De l\'objet de l\'art à l\'art de l\'objet$

François Dagognet
Pour l'art d'aujourd'hui – De l'objet de l'art à l'art de l'objet

1992

French edition

A compelling read on the status of the object in contemporary art and design.

Paysages virtuels

1991

French edition

Giving a good introduction to the virtual realm, this book examines, through art, science and culture, the two visual forms and utopias that exemplifies our modern era: video and computerized images.

Traces of Dance

1991

English edition

Traces of Dance brings together scores, drawings, sketches, notes, graphics and paintings, which contributes to define a textuality of movement between writing and image.

Danses tracées

1991

French edition

This publication brings together scores, drawings, sketches, notes, graphics and paintings, which contributes to define a textuality of movement between writing and image.

Anne-Marie Duguet
Jean-Christophe Averty

1991

French edition

Monograph dedicated to the work of French television filmmaker, producer, scenarist, and video art pioneer Jean-Christophe Averty.

Raoul Ruiz
The Book of Disappearances & The Book of Tractations

1990

English edition

A correspondence between a Moor and a Christian in 1666 at the time of false prophets and multiple conversions. Somewhere between official speeches and secret dealings, an allegory of contemporary colonialism...

Raoul Ruiz
Le Livre des Disparitions & des Tractations

1990

French edition

A correspondence between a Moor and a Christian in 1666 at the time of false prophets and multiple conversions. Somewhere between official speeches and secret dealings, an allegory of contemporary colonialism...

Technologies et imaginaires – Art cinéma – Art vidéo – Art ordinateur

1990

French edition

Considering the relationship between technology and imagination , this book undertakes a mediological reflection on the current cross-hybridization of media which exacerbates and enriches the inherent differences between cinema, video and images. Included, a dictionary of international video-makers and their works.

Peter Greenaway
The Cook, the Thief, His Wife and Her Lover

1989

English edition

The complete script of the film The Cook, the Thief, His Wife and Her Lover, a tragic tell about revenge and an allegory for Thatcherism. Greenaway reveals himself not only as a great creator of cinematographic splendors but also as an authentic writer who seeks literary imagery and metaphor.

Peter Greenaway
Le cuisinier, le voleur, sa femme et son amant

1989

French edition

The complete script of the film The Cook, the Thief, His Wife and Her Lover, a tragic tell about revenge and an allegory for Thatcherism. Greenaway reveals himself not only as a great creator of cinematographic splendors but also as an authentic writer who seeks literary imagery and metaphor.

Daniel Larrieu

1989

French edition

The first monograph dedicated to the choreographer's work.

Manoel de Oliveira
Les Cannibales

1989

French edition

currently out of stock

Inspired by a short story by Alvaro de Carvalhal, a Portuguese writer who died in 1861 at the age of 23, and who was the author of unusual tales which were published posthumously, this libretto, written by Oliveira, is a complete transcription of his filmed opera The Cannibals.