Criticism, theory & documents

Medias/Theories

French translations of classical studies and unpublished essays on media theory.

Series directed by Emmanuel Alloa, Emanuele Coccia, Antonio Somaini and Emanuele Quinz.

Repenser le médium – Art contemporain et cinéma

2022

French edition

Les presses du réel – Cinema & video art – Medias/Theories

The redefinition of the medium through the interrelation between contemporary art and cinema.

$Hans Magnus Enzensberger - Jeu de construction pour une théorie des médias - suivi de Usages d\'une théorie marxiste des médias$

Hans Magnus Enzensberger
Jeu de construction pour une théorie des médias – suivi de Usages d'une théorie marxiste des médias

2021

French edition

Les presses du réel – Criticism, theory & documents – Medias/Theories

First French translation of a seminal text of media theory, which this edition contextualizes, notably through the debate it provoked with Baudrillard.

Dziga Vertov
Le ciné-œil de la révolution – Écrits sur le cinéma

2019

French edition

Les presses du réel – Cinema & video art – Medias/Theories

A collection of texts by Soviet avant-garde filmmaker and theoretician Dziga Vertov, including a critical apparatus and visual documents.

Friedrich Kittler
Gramophone, Film, Typewriter

2018

French edition

Les presses du réel – Criticism, theory & documents – Medias/Theories

The first French translation of the landmark work by media theorist Friedrich Kittler.

Dieter Mersch
Théorie des médias – Une introduction

2018

French edition

Les presses du réel – Philosophy / politics – Medias/Theories

An introduction to media theory.

Sigfried Giedion
La mécanisation au pouvoir

2024

French edition

Les presses du réel – Criticism, theory & documents – Medias/Theories

forthcoming