Literature

This catalogue dedicated to experimental poet Julien Blaine documents the wide variety of his work through his texts, images, installations and performances. Published on the occasion of a retrospective at the MAC Marseille, the publication is richly illustrated and documented, and features an interview with Blaine by Laurent Cauwet and Fabienne Létang.

Novel.

The work of an underestimated writer, a founder of the Ultraism, initiator of Dada in the 1920s Spain.

Filmed bilingual lectures (9 video DVDs): a perspective on contemporary French and American poetry.

Filmed bilingual lectures (9 video DVDs): a perspective on contemporary French and American poetry.

An illustrated essay devoted to Norwegian author Jon Fosse, a cross-reading of the major themes of his theater.

The 15th Rencontre internationale d'art performance (RIAP) in Quebec: sound performance, poetry, action art.

A pioneering essay on W. G. Sebald (1944-2001), a major author in German contemporary literature, the founder of a literary materialism.

An account of Pierre Courtaud's nativity told with press fragments from December 26, 1951, the author's day of birth.

Penultimate volume of notebooks recounting the scientific-poetic journey of poet Julien Blaine in search of the original language. Here, he reflects on linguistic works by Jean-Pierre Brisset and Jules Hermann, but most and foremost on Hans W. Bornefeld's research on Cro-Magnon glyphs.

A tale of war bringing together soldiers' testimonies found on various websites—American news channels, websites on war, cellphone videos broadcasted on Youtube…

Investigating the aesthetic notion of Gesamtkunstwerk within t>he realm of literature, Jacques Sivan presents a meta-graphic narrative in color, composed of a superimposition of visual communication items, informative writings, typographical games…

A bibliography of the Prime ministers and Presidents of the French Fifth Republic.

An experimental detective fiction highlighting the dangers of mass media.

Presented as the apocryphal diary of dancer Nijinsky, this polyphonic text gives birth to a schizophrenic world in which are investigated the relations between the author, the reader, and the subject.

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.

An attempt to transform the media image of Valérie, a former reality TV competitor, through a writing process.

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.

This exhibition catalogue gathers together the visual works—collages, drawings and installations—of three major French experimental poets.

A gamebook in which the reader evolves in a burroughsian world threatened by a crime and terrorist corporation.

A poetic contemporary adaptation of the mythical figure of Helen of Troy.

Publication gathering a series of early works from 1962 by French artist Jean-Luc Parant. These 176 hieroglyphs consist of 88 drawings to read, and 88 texts to look at.

Anne-James Chaton in search of the lost manuscript of Virgil's Aeneid in the city of Naples (a text and a radiophonic creation).

Two texts of poetry examining the organization of everyday speeches. The publication includes a CD with audio recordings by the author.

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.

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.

While looking for French criminal Jacques Mesrine's grave, Charles Pennequin engages in a poetic and politic reflection against French society.

A fragmentary essay investigation the characteristics of the novel as a literary genre.

Artist's book.

An essay on Gary Hill's video work, taking Maurice Blanchot's writing as a starting point, between literature, philosophy, aesthics and psychoanalysis.

An unpublished text by Raymond Roussel, accompanied with an essay by Jacques Sivan.

This poem by Bernard Heidsieck starts with Vaduz, the capital of Lichtenstein, and from it, lists all the people and ethnic groups of the world: a great humanist work and an extreme experience of poetry-action. The publication features a recording of the poem, read by Bernard Heidsieck.

A poetic document gathering fragments of texts found on the websites of political groups and international news agencies.

This visual essay on hostage portrait questions the emotional relationship to the image in wartime. The artist uses basic communication tools to encourage us to reflect on information in public spaces.

In this essay, Franck Leibovici attempts to describe how information technologies can serve as tools in our lives. Illustrated with examples taken from the scientific, political and artistic spheres, his reflection leads to a new division between art and science.

The first volume of an experimental series on historiography devoted to the place of gesture and language in the historical narrative.

The first volume of an experimental series on historiography devoted to the place of gesture and language in the historical narrative.

A poetic investigation into the exile of Merz founder Kurt Schwitters in Norway and England after the Nazis' takeover of Germany.

First critical anthology of the poetry of Raoul Hausmann, one of the founders of Dada Berlin. It features many unpublished documents, an introductory essay by Isabelle Maunet-Salliet, and a recording of phonetic poems read by Raoul Hausmann.

Full-color anthology dedicated to the works of visual poet and performer Julien Blaine.

Two films and a musical piece by Joachim Montessuis.

The third volume in a series of experimental novels deconstructing the semantic and formal structure of literature.

A personal atlas for landscape description.

Some thoughts on the definition of poetics.

A short story and a literary layering.

A collection of previously unpublished poetic texts by ORLAN, accompanied with photos by Fabrice Lévêque: a new highlighting on her work.

Recorded four years before the death of Beat legend Brion Gysin, this live set features the poet reciting poems from the late '50s and early '60s, accompanied by a makeshift no wave backing band.