Literature

 
 
Martin Kippenberger - Never give up before it\'s too late
1997
bilingual edition (German / French)
MAMCO - Artists' writings
sold out
The fourth and last poem by Kippenberger, written several days before his succombed to illness. A short letter of adieu, with two portraits of the artist by Elfie Semotan.
Guy de Cointet -
1996
bilingual edition (English / French)
Le Magasin
sold out
Booklet published on the occasion of a 1996 exhibition commissioned by Paul McCarthy and featuring the work of three European artists exiled in California: Guy de Cointet, Bas Jan Ader and Wolfgang Stoerchle. The publication includes texts by McCarthy and Cornelia Butler, biographical and bibliographical notes.
Peter Greenaway - The Baby of Mâcon
1994
English edition
Dis Voir - Cinema – Script
sold out
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.
Christian Prigent - Word for Word - Like Painting (Daniel Dezeuze)
1983
bilingual edition (English / French)
Yvon Lambert - Word for Word
sold out
An essay by Christian Prigent.
Katja Petrowskaja - The Photograph Looked Back at Me
2026
English edition
Hela Press
forthcoming
The Photograph Looked Back at Me is a series of prose miniatures, each born from an image the author cannot turn away from: a ghostly plant printed in a book about Chernobyl; a miner's face obscured by smoke, hanging in a Kyiv gallery; a picture of Katja Petrowskaja's parents, from an old family album.
Théo Casciani - Retina
2026
English edition
Hela Press
forthcoming
A novel about the coming-of-age of a gaze.
Filipka Rutkowska - Gender is Over
2026
English edition
Hela Press
forthcoming
Gender is Over is a story about Warsaw's queer art scene at the turn of the 2010s and 2020s, written from the inside.
Matthieu Peck - Descent to Bahia
2026
English edition
Hela Press
forthcoming
The English translation of Matthieu Peck's third novel, in which he confirms his talent as a stylist.
2026
French edition
Les presses du réel – Avant-gardes – Délashiné!
forthcoming
A detailed overview and history of "ero-guro-nansense", an editorial, artistic and literary movement of iconoclastic and subversive magazines in Japan in the 1925-1930s, ancestor and precursor of the post-war Japanese underground.
Imani Mason Jordan - Pivot
2026
English edition
Hela Press
forthcoming
Pivot is an experimental, book-length poem exploring the profound act of "turning", with the Haitian Revolution as its cornerstone.
Zuzanna Bartoszek - 36 Rooms
2026
English edition
Hela Press
forthcoming
A collection of poetic, dreamlike and synesthetic texts by the Polish writer and artist.
2025
French edition
Les presses du réel – Criticism, theory & documents – Misceallenous
forthcoming
What translation does to performance and what performance does to translation: a collective publication exploring the relationship between translation and performance, including the fields of theater, dance, sound and visual poetry, and film.
2025
French edition
Les presses du réel – Literature – Al Dante
Al Dante - Poetry & Literature
forthcoming
2025
French edition
Brook
forthcoming
The first collection by award-winning performance artist/poet Justin Chin.
2025
French edition
Les presses du réel – Literature – Al Dante
Al Dante - Poetry & Literature
forthcoming
2025
French edition
Les presses du réel – Criticism, theory & documents – ArTeC
forthcoming
A cross-disciplinary and critical reflection on the philosophical stakes of so-called "artificial intelligence", from an epistemological, political and cultural point of view.
2026
French edition
Les presses du réel – Avant-gardes – L'écart absolu (Absolute Gap)
forthcoming
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