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A history of dance in Lyon and in France over the last 40 years through the story of the various lives of Guy Darmet, director for 30 years of the Maison de la Danse and initiator of the first International Dance Biennale.

Each of the stories that make up this collection of narratives has as its starting point a phrase that must be taken literally, in its literal sense. The writing then develops its poetic and imaginary potentialities.

A series of drawings that retrace a trip to California, where the multiplied and labyrinthine architecture invites the visitor to wander between reality and fiction.

A free reflection on the influence of Bertolt Brecht in the work of Nina Hagen, this hybrid text approaches two great popular figures of German culture through an unusual prism, through the margins, and paints a portrait of Nina Hagen as we have never seen her before.

A portrait of Claude Ollier (1922-2014), writer of the Nouveau Roman, where memories, reflections, hypotheses and descriptions are intertwined, with a notebook of photographs composed by Camille Rosset.

Six short stories by Maria Kakogianni, between literary fiction and philosophy.

An essay on Philippe Beck, Jean-Paul Curnier and Michel Surya.

An anthology of critical texts and essays on art and literature written and published by Alexandre Mare during the last ten years: Proust, Man Ray, Oppenheim and Crevel; Bataille, Rivière, Oates and Guyotat; Mallet-Stevens and Breuer; Schulz and von Stroheim; Mansour, Hugnet, Caillois and Duprat; Pynchon, Exley, Robbins, Huncke and Kerouac&hellip

A novel.

Notes on the radio.

A collection of experimental poetry.

This publication is the first in a series of books dedicated to the exhibitions at the Fondation Salomon in Annecy, France. It examines the work of French artist Charles Le Hyaric with an essay by art historian and critic Ann Hindry.

A poetic portrait of Francis Bacon, inspired by the artist's own archives.

This first novel tells the story of performing art producers who travel around the world looking for new artists. The protagonists will be confronted with the realities of globalization, its promises, its violence and its lures. An enlightening reflection on the role and limits of creation in the transformation of the world.

Fictionalized biography of Anita Berber, the sulphurous expressionist icon, dancer, actress, and muse.

Alain Freudiger on Max Frisch, Camille Paulhan on Jérémie Bennequin, Estefanía Peñafiel Loaiza et Marianne Mispelaëre, Warren Lambert, Erik Bullot on Michael Snow, Sylvie Lagnier on Jean-Marie Pontévia, Jacques Sicard, Denise Le Dantec, Julio Ramon Ribeyro, Stéphane Marte, Baptiste Gaillard, Fabien Clouette & Quentin Leclerc ; dossier “The Skin” (Caroline Parietti, Heidi Bucher, Kazumichi Hashimoto, Jacques Roman, Christine Bergé, David Collin), Jean-Guy Coulange, Philippe Baudouin...

This publication is a literary narrative depicting radio projects on the landscape of French rivers Somme and Rance. It includes notes documenting the making of the two radio plays, as well as a series of 23 photographs.

Autobiographical fiction telling forty years of radio creation.

A collection of texts gathering stories of journeys across Asia and literary reflections on travel.

Collection of texts (1968-1994) by French art critic Gilbert Lascault.

This narrative intertwines text and image to reflect on the sinking of the Sewol ferry in April 2014 on the Korean peninsula. At the heart of this tragic story lies the controversial personality of Yoo Byung-eun, an evangelical pastor, guru, patron and photographer.

A collection of poems describing a post-human Earth. 2018 Swiss Literature Award winner.

In the intimacy of France's 1980s underground: the life and time of art collective Frigo.

A literary portrait of Giacomo Casanova.

These notebooks gather texts and photographs documenting the creation process at the heart of Jean-Guy Coulange's radiophonic practice.

This narrative looks back at the creation of a sculpture by Alberto Giacometti inspired by artist and model Isabel Nicholas. Featuring four photographs by Eli Lotar.