Situationist International

 
 
Michel Guet - Ne rien faire, mais quoi ? - Suivi de Le coup est parti
2025
French edition
Les presses du réel – Philosophy / politics – Second reading
forthcoming
Michel Guet's intellectual diary, from his commitment to "Banalytique" (an experimental movement that emerged from French post-situationnism in the early 1980s in response to the triumph of the "colonization of reality by market value" and the injunctions to make work totally profitable) to the social critique of art and the vertigo of a planet on fire.
Celebrity Cafe
2024
French edition
Celebrity Cafe
Experimental poetry, historical avant-garde, contemporary music, dance, visual arts, intermedia: the sixth issue of Jacques Donguy, Sarah Cassenti and Jean-François Bory's avant-garde artistic and literary journal, with Frédéric Acquaviva, Antonin Artaud, Philippe Boisnard, Bernard Bousquet, Augusto De Campos, Hélène Defilippi, Cassandra Felgueiras, Pascal Le Gallois, Raoul Hausmann, Eduardo Kac, Chris Korda, Thomas Laroppe, Alvin Lucier, Made In Eric, Richard Meier, Simone Osthoff, Nam June Paik, Céline Paul, Diamantino Quintas, Biño Sauitzvy, Raoul Vaneigem.
Ants walk two ways
2024
bilingual edition (English / French)
Villa Arson
A collective publication resulting from a research project led by Sophie Orlando and Katrin Ströbel that takes as its starting point the way in which current geopolitical, economic and social changes induce a renewal and adjustment of artistic strategies, by investing, in an intersectional perspective, contextual thinking and feminist, queer and postcolonial thinking in an artistic and conceptual way.
Vanessa Theodoropoulou - Le Monde en situation - La révolte sensible de l\'Internationale situationniste
2024
French edition
Les presses du réel – Avant-gardes – L'écart absolu (Absolute Gap) – Fundamental
An in-depth historical study of the artistic and political project of the Situationist International (1952-1972).
Paul Bernard - \
2022
bilingual edition (English / French)
CEC (Centre d'édition contemporaine)
An analysis of the failed experiment of an exhibition of the Situationists that ought to have taken place at the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam in 1959, and of the Situationist International's ambivalent relationship with the format of the exhibition, the museum and the institution.
Asger Jorn - Musique phénoménale (2 CD)
2022
Tochnit Aleph
The first ever reissue of the piece recorded by Asger Jorn & Jean Dubuffet in 1960-61 in Paris.
Francesc Ruiz - Closer
2022
English edition
IF Publications
An artist's book paying tribute to Angoulême and comics, to Joy Division and the Situationist International at the same time.
Isidore Isou - Antonin Artaud torturé par les psychiatres
2020
French edition
Les presses du réel – Literature – Al Dante
Al Dante - Poetry & Literature
Through the detailed analysis of Antonin Artaud's psychiatric history, Lettrist master Isidore Isou delivers a real indictment in this singular text which is both an investigation and a pamphlet.
These are Situationist Times! - An Inventory of Reproductions, Deformations, Modifications, Derivations, and Transformations
2020
English edition
Torpedo
An in-depth history of the landmark situationist international periodical edited by artist Jacqueline de Jong from 1962–67. This lavishly illustrated publication features many previously unseen archival material, historical texts and new commissioned contributions.
Angéline Neveu - Enragée de Nanterre - ou Le mensonge intime
2019
French edition
Les presses du réel – Literature – Al Dante
Al Dante - Poetry & Literature
Angéline Neveu, a figure of May '68 then of the French poetic underground, close to the Situationists, tells herself and offers a testimony on the years 1960-70.
Die Welt als Labyrinth
2019
bilingual edition (English / French)
MAMCO
A journey covering several episodes of Situationist International.
Emmanuelle K. - L\'oiseleur
2019
French edition
Supernova - Poetry and storytelling
A courtly tale that takes the form of prose poems, dedicated to Surrealist artist Benjamin Péret. Written by Emmanuelle K., poet, storyteller, video artist, and companion of the Situationist International.
Angéline Neveu - Synthèse / désir
2019
French edition
Les presses du réel – Literature – Al Dante
Al Dante - Poetry & Literature
Reissue of the main publications by Angéline Neveu (1946-2011), a political figure of the poetic underground scene in France.
Guttu Ane Hjort - Writings, Conversations, Scripts
2018
English edition
Sternberg Press - History, Criticism and Theory
The first survey of text works by artist Ane Hjort Guttu. Written between 2003 and 2018, the texts range from public statements, poetic short prose, film scripts and reflections on the role of the artist to essays on art for children and the link between light and wealth.
Sophie Cras - L\'économie à l\'épreuve de l\'art - Art et capitalisme dans les années 1960
2018
French edition
Les presses du réel – Art History – Œuvres en sociétés
The history of capitalism of the 1960s revisited in the light of the artworks that challenged it.
Le lettrisme et son temps
2018
French edition
Les presses du réel – Avant-gardes – L'écart absolu (Absolute Gap) – Construction
A collective reflection on the historical stakes of French avant-garde movement Lettrism.
Frédéric Alix - Penser l\'art et le monde après 1945 - Isidore Isou, essai d\'archéologie d\'une pensée
2017
French edition
Les presses du réel – Avant-gardes – L'écart absolu (Absolute Gap) – Fundamental
Analyzing the theoretical and aesthetic thought of the founder of Lettrism in the intellectual context of the post-war and up to 1968.
Situations, dérives, détournements - Statuts et usages de la littérature et des arts chez Guy Debord
2017
French edition
Art Book Magazine
currently out of stock
The use and status of literature and arts in Guy Debord's thought.
Asger Jorn - The Open Hide
2016
English edition
Petzel
The Open Hide offers a concise overview of the diverse accomplishments of Danish artist Asger Jorn. The volume comprises over 75 images of Jorn's work, each with complete provenance, exhibition and literature history. A comprehensive biography of the artist is also included, along with photographs and other archival material.
Battista Lena - Ultimo Cielo
2016
bilingual edition (French / Italian)
various
Ultimo Cielo documents a musical project forming part of the New Patrons program: a piece for an amateur orchestra inspired by the works and practice of Italian Situationist painter Pinot Gallizio.
Guttu Ane Hjort - Eating or opening a window or just walking dully along
2015
bilingual edition (English / Norwegian)
Sternberg Press - Monographs and artists' books
This substantial monograph gathers reflections on Ane Hjort Guttu's recent film projects and offers insight into the artist's work and methodology, and the potential of art as a critical and political tool.
Mikkel Bolt Rasmussen - Playmates and Playboys at a Higher Level - J. V. Martin and the Situationist International
2015
English edition
Sternberg Press - History, Criticism and Theory
After the infamous split in the Situationist International in 1962, the Danish artist J. V. Martin was unexpectedly put in charge of the group's Scandinavian section. This book is the first presentation of Martin's strange trajectory within the SI, in which he would remain a member until the group's dissolution in 1972.
Nicole Brenez - “We Support Everything since the Dawn of Time That Has Struggled and Still Struggles” - Introduction to Lettrist Cinema
2015
English edition
Sternberg Press - History, Criticism and Theory
A presentation of the key figures and the basic concepts of Lettrist cinema, which prefigured the breakthroughs of the nouvelle vague and the experiments of expanded cinema.
 Présence Panchounette -
2011
bilingual edition (English / French)
CAPC
First major monograph dedicated to the French collective.
Fabien Danesi - Le mythe brisé de l\'Internationale situationniste - L\'aventure d\'une avant-garde au cœur de la culture de masse (1945-2008)
2008
French edition
Les presses du réel – Art History – Œuvres en sociétés
A new approach on the Situationist International and its paradoxical myths.
Isidore Isou - Les Lettristes sont irrécupérables jusqu\'à la société de l\'éternité concrète, paradisiaque - Limited edition
2005
French edition
Jannink - L'art en écrit
New edition of the Letterist manifesto, with an original artwork of inter-participation, consisting of a photograph torn by the artist and inserted in an envelope.
Vincent Meessen - L\'Autre Pays / The Other Country
2018
bilingual edition (English / French)
Sternberg Press - Monographs and artists' books
sold out
Monographic catalogue structured around installations by Vincent Meessen which examine the influence of the Situationist International in Sub-Saharan Africa, notably through figures such as Lungela Diangani eand Omar Blondin Diop. This richly illustrated book documents both the IS's relationship with the African continent and the artist's discursive, collaborative and para-curatorial activity of the past four years.
Lori Waxman - Keep Walking Intently - The Ambulatory Art of the Surrealists, the Situationist International, and Fluxus
2018
English edition
Sternberg Press - History, Criticism and Theory
sold out
An historical account of walking as an artistic practice inside Surrealism, the Situationist International, and Fluxus.
Kim West - Life on Sirius - The Situationist International and the Exhibition after Art
2017
English edition
Sternberg Press - History, Criticism and Theory
sold out
Exploring the relationship between the Situationist International and the museum.
In Situs - Théorie, Spectacle et Cinéma chez Guy Debord et Raoul Vaneigem
2013
French edition
various
sold out
Theory, Spectacle and Film in the thought of Guy Debord and Raoul Vaneigem.
Isidore Isou - Hypergraphic Novels - 1950-1984
2012
English edition
various
sold out
First publication dedicated to Isou's extensive work with hypergraphics.
Jean-Claude Lutanie - Protestation devant les libertaires du présent et du futur sur les capitulations de 1980
2011
French edition
Editions Lutanie
sold out
Protestation devant les libertaires du présent et du futur sur les capitulations de 1980 ("A protest aimed at the libertarians of the present and the future, about the surrenders of 1980") was published in 1981. It was only signed with the word Incontrôlé ("Uncontrolled"), didn't bear the name of any publisher, and was printed on stolen paper.
Michel Giroud - Paris, laboratoire des avant-gardes - Transformations / transformateurs, 1945-1965
2008
French edition
Les presses du réel – Avant-gardes – L'écart absolu (Absolute Gap) – Paperback
sold out
Essays and interviews on 20th century avant-gardes in France (from Dada to sound poetry, avant-garde reviews, happenings and events, Fluxus, Raymond Hains, Jacques Villeglé, Gil J. Wolman, Camille Bryen...).
The Situationist International (1957–1972) - In Girum Imus Nocte Et Consumimur Igni
2007
English edition
JRP|Editions - Catalogues, Biennales & Collections
sold out
A new perspective on Situationist International, with unreleased documents and texts by Beaudrillard, Agamben, Hirschhorn, Sloterdijk, Obrist...
Isidore Isou - Les Lettristes sont irrécupérables jusqu\'à la société de l\'éternité concrète, paradisiaque
2005
French edition
Jannink - L'art en écrit
sold out
New edition of the Letterist manifesto.
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