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Thinking from the Border - Methodological and Epistemological Experimentations between the Arts and the Human Sciences
2019
English edition
Dis Voir - Visual Arts – Essays
This publication gathers the outcomes of a research project bringing together sociologists, art historians and artists to investigate the frontier as both a subject and an epistemic framework.
Nicolas Bourriaud - Erik Dietman - La Verticale (Millésimes 1962 à 2001)
2018
bilingual edition (English / French)
MO.CO. Panacée
Collection of essays by Nicolas Bourriaud on the protean, poetic and Rabelaisian Swedish artist Erik Dietman.
Gabriele Basilico - Free Zone 2006
2018
bilingual edition (English / Italian)
Humboldt Books - Time Travel
In 2006, film director Amos Gitai invited Gabriele Basilico to undertake a journey retracing the locations of the shooting of Gitai's film Free Zone, on the demilitarized zone between Israel and Jordan. This publication follows this unique photographic project.
 Syndicat - Proof
2018
no text
Empire - Books
A visual archive of the Islamic State's destruction of artifacts.
Hu Xiaoyuan - States of Tension
2018
English edition
Flash Art - Flash Art Publishing (books)
Monograph on the work of Chinese artist Hu Xiaoyuan, featuring an essay by Nicolas Bourriaud and a conversation between Gea Politi and the artist.
Béatrice Balcou -
2018
bilingual edition (English / French)
Captures - Digressions (interviews)
A conversation with multidisciplinary French artist Béatrice Balcou, whose work investigates reflexive issues directed at her practice, such as the spectator's experience and the artistic gesture.
Fredrik Værslev - Fredrik Værslev as I Imagine Him
2018
English edition
JRP|Editions - Monographs
This comprehensive monograph offers an overview of the artist's oeuvre from the last decade. It brings together essays which explore Værslev's relationship to the history of painting and suburban architecture and culture, as well as his artistic process.
Félicia Atkinson - Limpid as the Solitudes (vinyl LP)
2018
Shelter Press - Records
currently out of stock
Félicia Atkinson and Jefre Cantu-Ledesma have thought of this new collaboration as a series of soundscapes filled with literary and cinematographic references, from Sylvia Plath's poetry to the films of Hal Hartley and Wong Kar Wai. The album carries a strange echo of the 1990s, materialized in Julien Carreyn's cover photograph.
Film in the Present Tense - Why can\'t we stop talking about analogue film?
2018
English edition
Archive Books
currently out of stock
A contemporary discussion around the use, value and purpose of analogue film.
Panorama 20
2018
bilingual edition (English / French)
Le Fresnoy
A perspective on contemporary video and multimedia creation through the various works produced by students (promotions Michelangelo Antonioni & Chantal Akerman) and invited artists-professors for the 21th edition of the “Panorama” program at Le Fresnoy.
Low Form - Imaginaries and Visions in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
2018
bilingual edition (English / Italian)
Cura. - Cura.books
This catalogue presents an exploration of artistic imaginaries in the age of artificial intelligence. A series of essays examine these new aesthetics through various historical, contemporary and conceptual perspectives. The publication also includes a series of projects by artists such as Ian Cheng, Cécile B. Evans, Avery K Singer, Luca Trevisani…
Bernard Joubert - Elvifrance - L\'infernal éditeur
2018
bilingual edition (English / French)
United Dead Artists
sold out
This graphic anthology is dedicated to Elvifrance, the scandalous French publisher of erotic comic books whose catalogue was under the fierce scrutiny of French censorship authorities from the 1970s to the 1990s. The publication takes a look back at this infamous history through many unpublished archives and a wide selection of covers. It also features an ensemble of covers revisited by some forty contemporary graphic artists.
Ayla Hibri - A Palm Tree Bows To The Moon
2018
English edition
Kaph Books
60 black and white photos taken in Lebanon, accompanied by poems by the artist.
Le mythe de l\'abondance - Ressources, imaginaire, formes de vie
2018
French edition
CQFD
A reflection on the myth of abundance, at the intersection of philosophy, arts and letters, anthropology, political and natural sciences.
Tadashi Kawamata - Over Flow
2018
English edition
Mennour
This catalogue focuses on an immersive one-year project in Portugal, centered around questions of global ecology and tourism. Kawamata's large scale installation integrates both plastic residues and abandoned boats collected on Portugal's shores during beach cleaning campaigns. The publication features a text by the artist, exhibition views, and a section documenting related projects made by Kawamata throughout his career.
Alfredo Volpi - The Poetics of Colour
2018
trilingual edition (English / French / Portuguese)
Mousse - Mousse Publishing (books)
Catalogue of the first international retrospective dedicated to Brazilian-Italian painter Alfredo Volpi: a thorough exploration in words and images of the painter's peculiar life and career—from the bounds and relationships with the Brazilian art community, to his special link to the city of São Paulo and his adopted country, leading to the development of his unique artistic language.
Danilo Correale - They Will Say I Killed Them
2018
bilingual edition (English / Italian)
Nero
Publication accompanying the eponymous film by Danilo Correale, They Will Say I Killed Them is an investigation on Italian film projects that were aborted due to censorship, from the 1950s to the 80s.
Charlemagne Palestine - Dinggg Donggg Dinggg Vs Singgg Songg Singgg (vinyl LP)
2018
Matière Mémoire
26.00 20.00 €
Singing songs while playing ding dongs, Charlemagne Palestine's solo voice over the bells of his studio carillon is a premiere in his recorded works, and possibly the first voice/carillon record in musical history. All the little shamanic stuffed deities inhabiting the carillon added their souls to the spirit of the reverberating songs, including a song in memory of Mika Vainio.
Charlemagne Palestine - Dinggg Donggg Dinggg Vs Singgg Songg Singgg - Limited Artist Edition (vinyl LP + 7\'\')
2018
Matière Mémoire
(last copies available!)
Singing songs while playing ding dongs, Charlemagne Palestine's solo voice over the bells of his studio carillon is a premiere in his recorded works, and possibly the first voice/carillon record in musical history. All the little shamanic stuffed deities inhabiting the carillon added their souls to the spirit of the reverberating songs, including a song in memory of Mika Vainio. This Artist Edition includes an additional 7" record, engraved with an exclusive track on one side and etched with a Charlemagne Palestine drawing on the other.
 Canedicoda - Adagio con buccia
2018
English edition
Nero
Artist designer Canedicoda built a a temporary tailor's atelier, where clothes were build directly onto the visitors' bodies. Conceived halfway between a journal and an inventory, this publication documents each phase of the project, collects pictures of the 100 actual garments, as well as participants' feedbacks.
 Kinkaleri - All for All!
2018
English edition
Bruno
(last copies available!)
All for All! is a trip through All! (2012-2017), a project conceived by Kinkaleri and instigated by the voracious attacks on language committed by William Seward Burroughs. It intentionally strays beyond the limits of theatre and dance, suggesting an outside and setting the possible into motion along an undecidable boundary between the body and language.
Artforum - December 2018 – The Year in Review
2018
English edition
Artforum
The best of 2018: a renowned group of critics, artists, and curators from around the world—Kerry James Marshall, Johanna Fateman, Helen Molesworth, Douglas Crimp, Eungie Joo, Jack Bankowsky, David Rimanelli, Catherine Wood, Caroline Busta, Lanka Tattersall, Harry Cooper, Pauline Yao, and Claire Tancons—take stock of the year in art. 38 artists from around the world choose the most striking work, event, or exhibition of the year with responses from Kerry James Marshall, Barbara Kreuger, Genesis Breyer P-Orridge, and more. Plus, Top Tens on the best in film, music, books, and performance from John Waters, Vaginal Davis, and Melissa Anderson, and a special section on “The Year In Monsters.
Bomb
2018
English edition
Bomb
7.50 3.50 €
Interviews with Oscar Tuazon, Jaque Fragua & Brad Kahlhamer, Ruth Cuthand, Janaina Tschäpe (by Francesco Clemente), Jessica Grindstaff (Phantom Limb Company), Tomoko Sauvage, Cecilia Vicuña, Alicia Kopf; portfolios by Ragna Robertsdottir / Monique Verdin & Raymond Jackson; fictions by Eliva Wilkan and Laura van den Berg; essay by Stefan Helmreich…
Louis De Belle - Disappearing Objects - With a short story by Jordan Hruska
2018
English edition
Bruno
(last copies available!)
This publication combines a series of photographs by Louis De Belle with a story by writer Jordan Hruska, both echoing Bergson's reflections on perception modes of idealism and realism.
Maren Karlson - Girl
2018
no text
Nieves
A series of hallucinatory illustrations inspired by psychedelic art and the darkest side of fairy tales.
Julien Carreyn - Les rendez-vous de l\'écluse
2018
no text
Shelter Press - Books
Polaroid works.
 Hodel / Schumacher / Clavadetscher - Luftbad
2018
German edition
Edition Patrick Frey
A selection of about 2.000 mail art works on paper (drawings, collages…) created between 1991-1994 by the artists' trio. They would mail each other pictures, repeatedly overpainting and adding to them until they comprised several layers. Each book cover is unique, individually designed by Eric Schumacher and Andrea Clavadetscher.
Eli Keszler - Stadium (CD)
2018
Shelter Press - Records
The ninth solo album of the American composer and percussionist reflects his move to Manhattan, where he produced Stadium. Starting with urban field recordings, he then builds on these environments to create subliminal spaces for his percussion, keyboards and acoustic instruments. Central to his work, his drumset and acoustic percussion performances are pushed to new levels with mesmerizing string and brass arrangements.
Giasco Bertoli - Tennis Courts III
2018
no text
Nieves
Tennis Courts III completes the subject of empty, abandoned courts, one after another like a long sequence shot through different seasons and different places.
Bertrand Lamarche - The Plot
2018
bilingual edition (English / French)
La Maréchalerie
The publication presents a series of works and two critical texts stemming from Bertrand Lamarche's project on the occult figure of Baphomet.
Jean-Luc Parant - Un film de boules (DVD)
2018
French edition
a.p.r.e.s editions - Documents & Video Works (DVD)
A film on poet and visual artist Jean-Luc Parant.
Volume ! - Varia
2018
texts in English and French
Volume! – The French journal of popular music studies
Mélanie Seteun - Volume! – The French journal of popular music studies
Varia issue: Italo disco; French singer Olivia Ruiz; DIY punk fanzines in Russia; the political dimension of Ornette Coleman's music; Pop hits and new media strategy; interview with David Novak on Japanese noise; interview with Simon Frith on progressive rock. Illustrated with a selection of concert flyers.
Lukas Wassmann - W
2018
no text
Edition Patrick Frey
Monograph showcasing 18 years of practice by the Swiss photographer. Alternating snapshots, self-portraits, documentary and fashion photography, pictures of arranged landscapes, buildings, people, and furniture, this publication provides a wide overview of Wassmann's artistic approach through associative sequences weaving on a loose narrative, like a stream of consciousness.
Linda Fregni Nagler - Yama no Shashin
2018
bilingual edition (English / Italian)
Humboldt Books - Artist's Travels
This publication presents a project by Linda Fregni Nagler about the photographic “School of Yokohama”, which emerged during the Meiji era in Japan. Over the past ten years, the artist has collected hand-colored photographs of this period representing Mount Fuji. She re-photographed them, printed them and colored them by hand, according to colorization method of that time.
Eli Keszler - Stadium (2 vinyl LP)
2018
Shelter Press - Records
currently out of stock
The ninth solo album of the American composer and percussionist reflects his move to Manhattan, where he produced Stadium. Starting with urban field recordings, he then builds on these environments to create subliminal spaces for his percussion, keyboards and acoustic instruments. Central to his work, his drumset and acoustic percussion performances are pushed to new levels with mesmerizing string and brass arrangements.
Gisèle Vienne - The Pyre (vinyl LP)
2018
Shelter Press - Records
currently out of stock
The score composed and recorded by KTL (Stephen O'Malley & Peter Rehberg) for the dance piece ‘The Pyre', written and directed by Gisèle Vienne. A tensed composition haunted by the voice of Dennis Cooper.
Geoff McFetridge - Coming Back is Half the Trip
2018
no text
Nieves
sold out
Studies for paintings and sculptures.
Nathalie du Pasquier - Gabon 1977 - Un Don Juan chez les gendarmes
2018
bilingual edition (English / Italian)
Humboldt Books - Artist's Travels
sold out
This publication presents a comic strip made by a 20-year old Nathalie Du Pasquier in remembrance of a six months journey in Gabon. Inspired by a clipping from a Gabonese daily, the cartoon tells the colorful story of a clumsy Don Giovanni. This edition features an introductory text by the artist, the translated strip, and a facsimile of the comic book in original French version.
Dirk Zoete - To Be Determined. According to the Situation
2018
bilingual edition (English / Dutch)
Mousse - Mousse Publishing (books)
sold out
This catalogue aims to document the creative process behind Zoete's work, starting from preliminary drawings to the completion of his models, sculptures, and architectural constructions. Essays and iconography offer a complete exploration of the Belgian's practice, which builds on the legacies of the German Bauhaus and Russian Constructivism.
Documents - Collecting digital art – Volume 2 – 2007-2018
2018
bilingual edition (English / French)
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Catalogues
Espace multimedia Gantner
Second volume of the catalogue dedicated to the collection of digital art at the Espace Multimedia Gantner, presenting 23 new acquisitions as well as a glossary and two unpublished texts on the place of digital art in contemporary art and the issues related to conservation and restoration.
Jean-Luc Moulène - Dessins / Drawings - 1977-2016
2018
bilingual edition (English / French)
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Monographs
This monograph spans forty years of drawings and works on paper, offering an insight into a lesser-known part of Moulène's artistic practice. A jubilant documentation rich with autobiographical elements.
Stéphane Blanquet - Par les masques écornés
2018
trilingual edition (English / French / Chinese)
Abbaye d'Auberive
The most important monograph to date on Stéphane Blanquet: designed by the artist, the publication gathers ancient works and new ones, created for his exhibition at Auberive Abbey in France. Drawings, terracotta, tapestries, lithographs, photographs… This monograph provides a broad look at Blanquet's erotic and nightmarish universe.
 Merzbow - Merzopo (2 CD)
2018
Sub Rosa
sold out
A collaborative 2-CD album by Japan noise legend Masami Akita alias Merzbow and Czech seven-member ensemble Opening Performance Orchestra. The first CD features four folk-inspired Merzbow compositions. The second CD gathers two live recordings of the Opening, made in Tokyo and Prague.
Olivier Foulon - Isa Genzken\'s Ring
2018
English edition
(SIC) - Soft Alphabet
This artist's book designed by Belgian artist Olivier Foulon is the result of a years-long research on an abandoned sculpture project by Isa Genzken in Rotterdam. It features two essays on Isa Genzken by Jan van Adrichem, a section gathering archival documents, and a comprehensive press kit referring to the aborted project.
 Rometti Costales - Little animals, ash trays
2018
bilingual edition (English / Spanish)
Bom Dia Boa Tarde Boa Noite
This catalogue presents an overview of the duo's projects in the last years, unfolding a personal universe bringing forward nature as a space for political expression. It is structured through a conversation between the artists and Juan Canela, including diverse graphic material and several specific extrapolations written by critics and curators.
Virginie Barré - Bord de Mer - Des films et leurs objets
2018
French edition
Frac Bretagne
25.00 10.00 €
This monographic catalogue explores the artistic activity of Virginie Barré over the last ten years, focusing on her video works and their poetic themes from childhood to dreams.
Charles Pennequin - Dictaphones (vinyl LP)
2018
Frac Franche-Comté - Sound Houses Series
This LP draws on twenty years of archives recorded by Charles Pennequin on mini-cassettes. Spontaneous recordings of his readings, unpublished solitary monologues, vocal and sound experiments, ambient sounds were selected and edited in the studio by the poet, and thought of as a global composition that goes through different registers and eras of his poetry.
Sylvère Lotringer - Initiales - Initiales S.L.
2018
French edition
Initiales
ENSBA Lyon (Lyon National School of Art)
For its twelfth issue, Initiales pays tribute to Sylvère Lotringer who, in the 1970s, imported the French Theory in the United States.
Loré Lixenberg - The Singterviews - A real time Opera – Vol. 1 (DVD)
2018
AcquAvivA
The first volume of the sung interviews by mezzo-soprano Loré Lixenberg (with Phill Niblock, Pauline Oliveros, Trevor Wishart…).
L\'Écart absolu
2018
French edition
Empire - Books
This catalogue documents a collective exhibition program inspired by the writings of Charles Fourier. “L'Écart absolu” is a dialogue between architecture, artistic heritage and contemporary works, in which artists come together, interact and experiment on the edge of design, visual arts, decorative arts and applied arts.
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