Dis Voir

Dis Voir Editions publishes books on contemporary culture in the visual arts, cinema, music, philosophy, fiction, design and choreography. They currently produce books within 14 different series. Their ZagZig series, taking the form of book / CD sets, intends to create an original editorial space for sound works by artists. Their Fictions series, a collaborative effort with filmmakers, publishes written works and literary creations in the form of short stories, novels and tales for adults.
 
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178 titles
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Chloé - Chasser Croiser - The Surreal and Its Echo (book / CD)
Chloé
Chasser Croiser – The Surreal and Its Echo (book / CD)
2011
English edition
This original radio sound piece unfurls a multiple electroacoustic flux in which audio archives of the voices of the great surrealist heroes of the Twenties (Man Ray, Duchamp, Aragon) are given a new breath of life and become electric.
Chloé - Chasser Croiser - Le Surréel et son écho (book / CD)
Chloé
Chasser Croiser – Le Surréel et son écho (book / CD)
2011
French edition
This original radio sound piece unfurls a multiple electroacoustic flux in which audio archives of the voices of the great surrealist heroes of the Twenties (Man Ray, Duchamp, Aragon) are given a new breath of life and become electric.
Gisèle Vienne - JERK // Through their tears (book / CD)
Gisèle Vienne, Dennis Cooper, Peter Rehberg
JERK // Through their tears (book / CD)
2011
English edition
currently out of stock
A collaborative artist's book and audio recording which translates a previous collaborative theater work into a violent multimedia disquisition on puppetry, serial killing and homoeroticism. The play and book are based on the Texan serial killer Dean Corll.
Gisèle Vienne - JERK // A travers leurs larmes (book / CD)
Gisèle Vienne, Dennis Cooper, Peter Rehberg
JERK // A travers leurs larmes (book / CD)
2011
French edition
(last copies available!)
A collaborative artist's book and audio recording which translates a previous collaborative theater work into a violent multimedia disquisition on puppetry, serial killing and homoeroticism. The play and book are based on the Texan serial killer Dean Corll.
Dominique Lestel - Journey to the End of the Species
Dominique Lestel, Thierry Bardini
Journey to the End of the Species
2010
English edition
Part philosophical anthology and part science fiction, this illustrated volume tackles the mind-boggling phenomenon of post-humanism. Journey to the End of the Species offers various proposals to actually create successors to the human race, establishing a set of resources--literary, artistic and political--to initiate thinking about a previously inconceivable future beyond humanity as we know it.
Dominique Lestel - Voyage au bout de l\'espèce
Dominique Lestel, Thierry Bardini
Voyage au bout de l'espèce
2010
French edition
Part philosophical anthology and part science fiction, this illustrated volume tackles the mind-boggling phenomenon of post-humanism. Journey to the End of the Species offers various proposals to actually create successors to the human race, establishing a set of resources--literary, artistic and political--to initiate thinking about a previously inconceivable future beyond humanity as we know it.
Killoffer - The Man Who Refused to Die
Nicolas Ancion, Killoffer
The Man Who Refused to Die
2010
English edition
Halfway between science-fiction novel and thriller, this tale by Nicolas Ancion, illustrated by Killoffer, revisits the figures of the mad scientist and the sorcerer's apprentice.
Killoffer - L\'homme qui refusait de mourir
Nicolas Ancion, Killoffer
L'homme qui refusait de mourir
2010
French edition
Halfway between science-fiction novel and thriller, this tale by Nicolas Ancion, illustrated by Killoffer, revisits the figures of the mad scientist and the sorcerer's apprentice.
Ryoji Ikeda - Dataphonics (book / CD)
Ryoji Ikeda
Dataphonics (book / CD)
2010
English edition
Conceived as an homage to Musique Concrète pioneer Pierre Schaeffer's Solfège de l'objet sonore, Dataphonics is a project that focuses on the relationship between the data of sound and the sound of data. The work deploys frequencies at the very edges of human hearing, sounds that, as Ryoji Ikeda explains, “the listener becomes aware of only upon their disappearance.”
Ryoji Ikeda - Dataphonics (book / CD)
Ryoji Ikeda
Dataphonics (book / CD)
2010
French edition
Conceived as an homage to Musique Concrète pioneer Pierre Schaeffer's Solfège de l'objet sonore, Dataphonics is a project that focuses on the relationship between the data of sound and the sound of data. The work deploys frequencies at the very edges of human hearing, sounds that, as Ryoji Ikeda explains, “the listener becomes aware of only upon their disappearance.”
Leah Singer - Water Days (book / CD)
Leah Singer, Lee Ranaldo
Water Days (book / CD)
2010
English edition
The book and audio CD Water Days documents an exchange of pictures, texts, sounds and voices between multimedia artist Leah Singer and Sonic Youth's Lee Ranaldo inspired by the contrast between wanderlust and the desire for home.
Leah Singer - Jours d\'eau (book / CD)
Leah Singer, Lee Ranaldo
Jours d'eau (book / CD)
2010
French edition
The book and audio CD Water Days documents an exchange of pictures, texts, sounds and voices between multimedia artist Leah Singer and Sonic Youth's Lee Ranaldo inspired by the contrast between wanderlust and the desire for home.
Peter Greenaway - Goltzius & the Pelican Company
Peter Greenaway
Goltzius & the Pelican Company
2009
English edition
The screenplay of Goltzius & the Pelican Company‏—the second feature film in the series “Dutch Masters” of Peter Greenaway—about Hendrik Goltzius, a late 16th century Dutch printer and engraver of erotic prints.
Pierre Senges - The Adventures of Percival - A phylogenetic tale
Pierre Senges, Nicolas de Crécy
The Adventures of Percival – A phylogenetic tale
2009
English edition
The infinite monkey theorem states that a chimpanzee randomly typing on a typewriter will sooner or later end up composing a sonnet by Shakespeare. Pierre Sanges carries the metaphor further with this ethological tale illustrated by Nicolas de Crécy.
Pierre Senges - Les aventures de Percival - Un conte phylogénétique
Pierre Senges, Nicolas de Crécy
Les aventures de Percival – Un conte phylogénétique
2009
French edition
The infinite monkey theorem states that a chimpanzee randomly typing on a typewriter will sooner or later end up composing a sonnet by Shakespeare. Pierre Senges carries the metaphor further with this ethological tale illustrated by Nicolas de Crécy.
Laurie Anderson - Nothing in my pockets (book / 2 CD)
Laurie Anderson
Nothing in my pockets (book / 2 CD)
2009
English edition
An intimate journey into the personal universe of the artist through a series of daily leaps: from her New York studio in Tribeca to the numerous travels and landscapes she crossed over a whole three month period.
Jonas Mekas - To Petrarca (book / CD)
Jonas Mekas
To Petrarca (book / CD)
2009
English edition
To Petrarca works as a sound diary with images and sounds following a structure similar to Mekas' pioneering film diaries. Originally broadcasted on French radio, this original sound piece culled from the artist' personal archives. The accompanying book expends it with personal drawings, photos and correspondence.
Laurie Anderson - Rien dans les poches (book / 2 CD)
Laurie Anderson
Rien dans les poches (book / 2 CD)
2009
French edition
An intimate journey into the personal universe of the artist through a series of daily leaps: from her New York studio in Tribeca to the numerous travels and landscapes she crossed over a whole three month period.
Jonas Mekas - A Pétrarque (book / CD)
Jonas Mekas
A Pétrarque (book / CD)
2009
French edition
To Petrarca works as a sound diary with images and sounds following a structure similar to Mekas' pioneering film diaries. Originally broadcasted on French radio, this original sound piece culled from the artist' personal archives. The accompanying book expends it with personal drawings, photos and correspondence.
Daniel Foucard - UBÏQ - A Mental Odyssey
Mathieu Briand, Daniel Foucard
UBÏQ – A Mental Odyssey
2008
English edition
This artist's book proposes to construct a “mental space” through a narrative—mixing ravers, science-fiction and comic strips—presented through illuminations in the style of old children's books.
Daniel Foucard - UBÏQ - A Mental Odyssey
Mathieu Briand, Daniel Foucard
UBÏQ – A Mental Odyssey
2008
French edition
This artist's book proposes to construct a “mental space” through a narrative—mixing ravers, science-fiction and comic strips—presented through illuminations in the style of old children's books.
Denis Baron - The Mutant Flesh - Fabrication of a Posthuman
Denis Baron
The Mutant Flesh – Fabrication of a Posthuman
2008
English edition
This study on the fabrication of Posthumanity questions us on the limits of the human, its boundaries and its possibilities in our “biotech” era. It examines the fundamental distinction between natural and artificial, nature and technology, human and machine, body and flesh.
Denis Baron - La chair mutante - Fabrique d\'un posthumain
Denis Baron
La chair mutante – Fabrique d'un posthumain
2008
French edition
This study on the fabrication of Posthumanity questions us on the limits of the human, its boundaries and its possibilities in our “biotech” era. It examines the fundamental distinction between natural and artificial, nature and technology, human and machine, body and flesh.
Raoul Ruiz - In Pursuit of Treasure Island
Raoul Ruiz
In Pursuit of Treasure Island
2008
English edition
Both a prelude and a continuation to Raoul Ruiz's film, Treasure Island, made in 1984, this text presents itself as the follow up, or rather, a pursuit of Stevenson's novel. A formidable example of the way Ruiz parodies the text and plunges the story inside the story, before losing the reader in a labyrinth of strange images.
Raoul Ruiz - À la poursuite de l\'Île au trésor
Raoul Ruiz
À la poursuite de l'Île au trésor
2008
French edition
Both a prelude and a continuation to Raoul Ruiz's film, Treasure Island, made in 1984, this text presents itself as the follow up, or rather, a pursuit of Stevenson's novel. A formidable example of the way Ruiz parodies the text and plunges the story inside the story, before losing the reader in a labyrinth of strange images.
Avital Ronell - Life Extreme - An Illustrated Guide to New Life
Eduardo Kac, Avital Ronell
Life Extreme – An Illustrated Guide to New Life
2007
English edition
At the junction of art and science, Life Extreme intends to present new living beings created by man, beings no longer produced solely by “nature”. This poetic proposition takes the form of a guide to new lives among the most astonishing that have appeared at the beginning of the Twenty-first century.
Avital Ronell - Life Extreme - Guide illustré des nouvelles formes de vie
Eduardo Kac, Avital Ronell
Life Extreme – Guide illustré des nouvelles formes de vie
2007
French edition
At the junction of art and science, Life Extreme intends to present new living beings created by man, beings no longer produced solely by “nature”. This poetic proposition takes the form of a guide to new lives among the most astonishing that have appeared at the beginning of the Twenty-first century.
Peter Greenaway - The Historians - Book 39 – The Rise & Fall of Gestures Drama
Peter Greenaway
The Historians – Book 39 – The Rise & Fall of Gestures Drama
2007
English edition
The first volume of an experimental series on historiography devoted to the place of gesture and language in the historical narrative.
Peter Greenaway - Les Historiens - Livre 39 – Grandeur et décadence du théâtre de gestes
Peter Greenaway
Les Historiens – Livre 39 – Grandeur et décadence du théâtre de gestes
2007
French edition
The first volume of an experimental series on historiography devoted to the place of gesture and language in the historical narrative.
Raoul Ruiz - Poetics of Cinema 2
Raoul Ruiz
Poetics of Cinema 2
2006
English edition
Following his research in Poetics of cinema, 1 on new narrative models as tools for apprehending a fast-shifting world, Raoul Ruiz with Poetics of cinema 2 makes an appeal for an entirely new way of filming, writing, and of conceiving the image.
Raoul Ruiz - Poétique du cinéma 2
Raoul Ruiz
Poétique du cinéma 2
2006
French edition
Following his research in Poetics of cinema, 1 on new narrative models as tools for apprehending a fast-shifting world, Raoul Ruiz with Poetics of cinema 2 makes an appeal for an entirely new way of filming, writing, and of conceiving the image.
Narrativity: How Visual Arts, Cinema and Literature Are Telling the World Today
Narrativity: How Visual Arts, Cinema and Literature Are Telling the World Today
2006
English edition
This book considers the importance given today to the research for new narrative modes in artistic practices: visual arts, cinema, and literature.
Jeux et enjeux de la narrativité dans les pratiques contemporaines (arts visuels, cinéma, littérature)
Jeux et enjeux de la narrativité dans les pratiques contemporaines (arts visuels, cinéma, littérature)
2006
French edition
This book considers the importance given today to the research for new narrative modes in artistic practices: visual arts, cinema, and literature.
Peter Greenaway - Nightwatching
Peter Greenaway
Nightwatching
2006
English edition
Following the 400th anniversary of the painter's birth, this film script re-reads Rembrandt's most celebrated painting, The Nightwatch. Nightwatching is the first of a series of films dedicated to the golden age of Dutch painting.
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