search results for "the contemporary condition"
 
 
Jeanne Vicerial - Armors
2023
bilingual edition (English / French)
Templon
sold out
The first publication dedicated to the French artist known for her avant-garde practice, pushing back the codes of the textile industry, questioning the dichotomy between made-to-measure and ready-to-wear, and the place of women and the female body in society.
P.O.L - Futur, ancien, actuel
2023
French edition
Les presses du réel – Literature – Misceallenous
A survey of forty years of publications, highlighting the importance of the French publishing house P.O.L. and its authors in the emergence and definition of what can be called the contemporary in literature.
Ammar Khammash - Notes on Formation
2023
English edition
Dongola
69.00 60.00 €
The first issue of the Dongola Architecture Series, dedicated to the most iconic contemporary architects of Arab culture, dives into the transdisciplinary perspective of Jordanian architect, artist and anthropologist Ammar Khammash.
Eric Hart Jr. - When I Think About Power
2023
English edition
Damiani - Photography
62.00 50.00 €
Eric Hart Jr.'s black-and-white photo series presents more than 60 portraits focusing on the notion of power as it relates to the Black queer experience.
Revue & Corrigée
2023
French edition
Revue & Corrigée
Bill Noir; contemporary Arabic poetry: Mouna Ouafik; Bani Khoshnoudi by Carole Rieussec & Elena Biserna; Sister Iodine by Michel Henritzi; interview with Emmanuel Lalande; Stefan Fraunberger by Delphine Dora; Willem Breuker by Gérard Rouy; book and record reviews...
Roven
2023
French edition
Roven
Roven - Roven magazine
In the 17th issue of the critical review on contemporary drawing: interviews with Mira Schor, Katrin Ströbel, Paul Maheke, Éric Watier, Kamil Bouzoubaa-Grivel; the Ramo Collection; unpublished drawings by Ulla von Brandenburg; shared drawing by Laurence Schmidlin; Ghérasim Luca by Alexandre Leger; articles on Ketty la Rocca, Rokni Haerizadeh, Ramin Haerizadeh and Hesam Rahmanian, Natalia Jaime-Cortez; artistic contributions by Sylvie Sauvageon, Olivier Garraud, Nicolas Aiello and Sally Bonn...
Artforum - March 2023
2023
English edition
Artforum
Michael Snow, Hrair Sarkissian, Klára Hosnedlová, Unvanquished: Iraq's art under two decades of occupation, Dark Matter: Pierre Soulages and Pierrette Bloch...
Future Perfect - Catastrophe and Redemption in the Contemporary
2023
bilingual edition (English / Arabic)
Kaph Books
An artistic and reflexive project around the notion of the "future perfect", the passage of time, individual and collective responsibility in the current cultural and political ecosystem, and future perspectives and goals.
Global Tools (1973-1975) - Éco-Design : Dé-projet & Low-Tech
2023
French edition
isdaT (Higher Institute of Arts and Design of Toulouse) - Research Series
The reference book in French on the Global Tools design movement linked to the Italian radical architects of the 1970s.
Pandora\'s Box
2023
English edition
Archive Books
An exploration of the form of conversation as a method of aesthetic solidarity and empowerment.
NO Rhetoric(s) - Versions and Subversions of Resistance in Contemporary Global Art
2023
English edition
Diaphanes
An incisive examination of the intersection of global art and political resistance.
Luvah - Rapports de force
2023
French edition
Luvah
The return issue of Luvah journal, after a long absence, on the theme of power relations.
Mouvement
2023
French edition
Mouvement
Zone to Defend in Germany, the opera in Odessa, investigation on the lost trilogy of Abdellatif Kechiche, the end of dancers' careers, the artists in the ready-to-wear, interviews with Mariana Enríquez, Tiphaine Raffier, Bertrand Bonello, Fatima Ouassak, Núria Güell...
Rita Ackermann - Hidden
2023
bilingual edition (English / Italian)
Mousse - Mousse Publishing (books)
This book traces the last thirty years of Rita Ackermann's career containing both well-known and previously unpublished works, ranging from painting to drawing, created in a range of media and formats.
Jess Atieno - Of Ghostly Silences and Constant Yearnings
2023
bilingual edition (English / French)
Cécile Fakhoury
30.00 25.00 €
First monograph of the Kenyan artist.
Massimo Bartolini - Hagoromo
2023
English edition
Nero
The most complete publication ever dedicated to the Tuscan artist.
Nils Bertho - Passion Chevals - Tome 3
2023
French edition
Lendroit éditions
The indispensable equine bible by Nils Bertho, illustrator allergic to horses, is back for a third (and final?) edition.
Ronan Bouroullec - Fièvre
2023
no text
Nieves
Ronan Bouroullec's daily drawings.
Jens Brand - Motors / Ratchets (vinyl LP)
2023
Staalplaat
22.00 17.00 €
Recordings from two installations/performances by the Berlin-based sound artist that explore the physical presence of sound phenomena, by producing the impact of electronic music but with purely acoustic means.
Denis Briand - Travaux
2023
French edition
Incertain Sens
Both a conference proceedings and an exhibition catalogue, this publication looks back at the career of Denis Briand, artist and university professor, who died on 23 April 2018.
Tomoyoshi Date - 438Hz As It Is, As You Are / あるがまま、あなたのままに (vinyl LP)
2023
LAAPS
The third solo release by a prominent pillar of Japanese ambient music, after 11 years of collaborations.
Rä di Martino - Carmelo Bene - Là dove muore, canta
2023
bilingual edition (English / Italian)
Humboldt Books - Artist's Travels
Carmelo Bene. Là dove muore, canta is the work of the artist Rä di Martino and she comes to terms with the memory of Carmelo Bene (1937–2002), through his archive materials.
Georges Didi-Huberman - Movements of Air - The Photographs from Étienne-Jules Marey’s Wind Tunnels
2023
English edition
Diaphanes - Misceallenous
The book "Movements of Air" reprints the breathtaking pictures of Étienne-Jules Marey, that he took between 1899 and 1901 during his scientific experiments with moving air and smoke, and complements them with two essays of Georges Didi-Huberman and Laurent Mannoni. 
Beatriz Ferreyra - Senderos de luz y sombras (vinyl LP)
2023
Shelter Press - Records
A 16-channel piece composed between 2016 and 2020, inspired by astrophysics, the mystery of the pre-Big Bang era and some of the uncanny motions of the unconscious mind, where strangeness meets the ordinary, in memoriam Bernard Baschet, Bernard Parmegiani and Carlos Pellegrino.
Michel François - Contre nature
2023
English edition
MER. B&L
A look at 40 years of artistic practice by Belgian artist Michel François.
Oliver Husain - DNCB - A History of Irritation
2023
English edition
Archive Books
Part visual essay, oral history and artist book, DNCB – A History of Irritation is a companion to the multi-channel installation DNCB by Oliver Husain and Kerstin Schroedinger, around the history of the chemical substance DNCB, used both in film and photo labs to process color, and as a treatment in alternative AIDS clinics.
Dorothy Iannone - First recording 1969 (CD)
2023
Tochnit Aleph
First recording: a cascade of sounds and words, recorded one after the other as they arose in the mind, consists of songs and poetry from diverse sources as well as original works by the artist.
Kassel Jaeger - Shifted in Dreams (vinyl LP)
2023
Shelter Press - Records
François Bonnet's new album, more vaporous, immersive and evocative than ever, explores a wide range of sound sources and techniques to blur musical codes and leave room for memory imprints.
Christoph Keller - Dopostoria
2023
trilingual edition (English / German / Italian)
Bom Dia Boa Tarde Boa Noite
An artist's book on photography, cemeteries and museum archives.
 Langham Research Centre - Six Hands at an Open Door (CD)
2023
Persistence of Sound
The concrete, electronic sounds of the Langham Research Centre (here Iain Chambers and Robert Worby) combine with the acoustic qualities of John Butcher's saxophone in an extended improvisation session.
Vannina Maestri - Écrire l\'Art II – 2020-2021 - Une suite d\'images et d\'effacements
2023
French edition
Kunsthalle Mulhouse
Vannina Maestri is an author associated with the 2020-2021 exhibition season of La Kunsthalle Mulhouse. She immersed herself in the universe of three exhibitions, composed freely around the works and ideas she perceived there.
François Mangeol - À la recherche du bonheur
2023
no text
Christophe Daviet-Théry
François Mangeol appropriates Michel Houellebecq's Sérotonine and reduces it to only the letters representing the chemical symbols composing the neurotransmitter linked to the state of happiness (artist's book).
Trinh T. Minh-ha - Traveling in the Dark
2023
English edition
Mousse - Mousse Publishing (books)
A fully-fledged artistic project expanded with writings, poems, and aphorisms by the artist alongside various interviews.
Otto Muehl - Musik 1982-90 (2 vinyl LP)
2023
Tochnit Aleph
85 minutes collection of previously unpublished recordings made at the Friedrichshof commune between 1982 and 1990. Performed by Otto Muehl and members of the commune. Includes actionist group-music, improvised conceptual pieces, and barpianist-songs.
 Muellie Messiah & Punk Not Punk - Exq I (vinyl LP)
2023
Faitiche
Faitiche presents the album Exq I by Berlin underground techno legends Muellie Messiah & Punk not Punk, mainly known under their 100Records moniker. Weighing in at 36 minutes, the track was recorded in 2010, effortlessly intermingling dub, drone and collage, a blend achieved thanks to the duo's jazz-inspired approach to improvisation.
Kaspar Müller -
2023
English edition
Bom Dia Boa Tarde Boa Noite
Retrospective monograph.
Paul Neagu -
2023
English edition
JRP|Editions - Monographs
The first comprehensive monograph on the Romanian-born, UK-based artist Paul Neagu (1938-2004), whose oeuvre transcends traditional artistic disciplines, and who was for several decades an important source of inspiration for young artists, curators and intellectuals.
Tim Onderbeke - Candles - A Photographic Novel
2023
English edition
MER. B&L
A photographic essay on the spiritual and architectural dimensions of the candle.
Richard Orton - Hemlock Stone (CD)
2023
Persistence of Sound
Persistence of Sound celebrates the British composer Richard Orton (1940-2013) with a selection of electroacoustic and computer music from across his career.
Reto Pulfer - Gina - A Zustand novel
2023
English edition
Bom Dia Boa Tarde Boa Noite
In Reto Pulfer's novel, the artist draws a rich picture of a community of hybrid living beings. Characters and scenes from the novel also appear in the works and exhibitions of the artist. A multi-layered cosmos of links emerges and takes the reader into a parallel universe full of references to our current relationship with nature.
Sophie Reinhold - Kein Witz, No Joke
2023
bilingual edition (English / German)
Bom Dia Boa Tarde Boa Noite
Kein Witz, No Joke combines paintings and objects by Sophie Reinhold with the "Typewritings" of Ruth Wolf-Rehfeldt. As different as the artists may be, their works share a manic perseverance, precision, and subversive humor.
Julia Scher - Filzengraben Boulevard (vinyl LP)
2023
Small World
35.00 31.00 €
An autobiographical artist-talk as a performance delivered from the artist's bed over Zoom.
 SIGNA - Det åbne hjerte (The Open Heart) (2 vinyl LP)
2023
Tochnit Aleph
38.00 35.00 €
A record resulting from a 12-hour participatory performance by the Danish collective.
Cy Twombly - Marocco 1952/1953
2023
bilingual edition (English / Italian)
Humboldt Books - Time Travel
The photographs made by Cy Twombly and Robert Rauschenberg in Morocco in the 1950s.
Laura Vazquez - Écrire l\'Art II – 2019-2020 - Quelque chose de surnaturel
2023
French edition
Kunsthalle Mulhouse
Laura Vazquez is an author associated with the 2019/2020 exhibition season of La Kunsthalle Mulhouse. She immersed herself in the universe of four exhibitions, composed freely around the works and ideas she perceived there.
Carl Michael von Hausswolff - Travelogue [Bali] (CD)
2023
Touch
The immersive sound diary of a trip to Bali.
Méandre(s) - An experience in spontaneous, collective creating (book + CD + DVD)
2023
bilingual edition (English / French)
UNRec
A sound and music experience along the Dordogne river, with Le Chant du Moineau and the Ensemble UN orchestra (Pascal Battus, Benjamin Bondonneau, Michel Doneda, Jérôme Noetinger, Mathieu Werchowski...), and a group of invited researchers (with a composition by Lionel Marchetti on CD and a film by Camille Auburtin on DVD).
Créativités artificielles - La littérature et l\'art à l\'heure de l\'intelligence artificielle
2023
French edition
Les presses du réel – Criticism, theory & documents – Figures
The very first book devoted to the creations of artificial intelligences in literature and art, and the problems they raise.
François Aubart - L\'attitude de la Pictures Generation - Excès, passion et manipulation
2023
French edition
Les presses du réel – Criticism, theory & documents – Misceallenous
A study of the Pictures Generation that considers the feelings provoked by sensational images manipulated by these artists.
Archives on Show - Revoicing, Shapeshifting, Displacing – A Curatorial Glossary
2023
English edition
Archive Books
currently out of stock
Archives on Show brings the potential of reformulating the social and political relevance of archives by curatorial means into focus.
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