This second issue brings together contributions reflecting on the political commitment and literary work of Jean-Marc Rouillan, and shedding light on three of Rouillan's most important influences today: philosophers Daniel Bensaïd and Henri Lefebvre, and activist Pierre Goldman (with contributions by Véronique Bergen, Charles Pennequin, Julien Blaine, Rada Ivekovic, Pierre Linguanotto, Laurence Denimal, Stéphane Nowak Papantoniou…).
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Monographs
Monograph based on an ambitious project that revisits forty years of Californian post-conceptual artist's work, between symbolism of representation and exploration of the subconscious under hypnosis, with two essays and an interview.
An insight into the illusionist work of Franco-American artist Dominique Ghesquière through her main solo exhibitions over the last decade, with two essays and an interview.
Caroline Bachmann and Stefan Banz have designed a photographic and pictorial artist's book which focuses on Berlin cemeteries. In a combination of photography and painting they consider the uniqueness of the park-like cemeteries in Berlin, which are used as leisure and recreational areas. Bachmann and Banz turn these places of melancholy and calm into an aesthetic experience by “making emotions visible”.
Focusing on the large-scale sculptures in unreinforced plaster by French artist, this monograph offers an overview of the various techniques used to experiment the transitional states of matter in particular situations.
New expanded and subtitled edition: nearly four-hour program consisting of twelve films, five documentaries, unpublished documents as well as original video works by the artist.
What is it we call “Black” music? A selection of texts from the April 2010 conference in Bordeaux based on a critical discussion of Philipp Tagg's open letter about “Black music,” “Afro-American Music” and “European Music.”
Transcript of a seminar on the philosophical concept of fidelity and the definition of the political space. With philosopher Pierre-Damien Huyghe and writer Fabrice Reymond.
Italian-German artist Ezramo (Alessandra Eramo) recorded the sounds of larvae during their transformation into flies. Trough rough, sub-real field recordings, she explores, interprets and lyrically re-invents the concept of metamorphosis.
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Catalogues
Space as the raw material and the underpinning
of the work of art (different approaches looking into the
concept of space in all its ramifications, from the recent history
of sculpture to the latest research in astrophysics).
“Galerie J Chronology” is witness not only to a curatorial activity related to interfering within the simultaneous exhibition openings in a cosmopolite neighborhood in Geneva, but also to future paths for the Galerie J association.
292 pages,
13 texts,
290 works (X. Veilhan, G. Turk, O. Dolligner, P. Broccolichi, M. Cantor, V. Stratmann, J. Koons, C. Williams, M. Boyce, R. Hysbergue, T. Dean, J. Monk, P. Roehr.
An interdisciplinary approach to contemporary design, beyond the purely economic dimension, at the crossroads between technological innovations and social, political and ecological issues.
A film documenting a series of musical performances in the streets of Marseilles organized by Jacques Siron and commissioned by the Cité de la Musique.
A ghost town in Cyprus as a metaphor for an aesthetic and political reconstruction in the margins of Europe: an artistic approach to contemporary issues related to a real situation, with about 30 international artists and contributions by writers from different fields (philosophy, anthropology, history, politics, and sociology).
Collection of fictitious transcripts of radio speeches by experts on subjects such as art in life, the scarcity of water, cigarettes, or neighborhood relations. Among the 21 speeches, only one is authentic. A humoristic take on the notion of expert, and its propagandist deviation.
This publication is part of a series of books in which writers are invited to create a narrative based on an artwork held at the Frac Aquitaine in France. Marcelline Delbecq chose Robert Barry's Returning, a projection of eighty-one slides that alternates images, words, and black interludes.
This publication is part of a series of books in which writers are invited to create a narrative based on an artwork held at the Frac Aquitaine in France. Sabrina Soyer's text was inspired by Mathieu Mercier's installation Holothurie.
Joël Kermarrec,
Daniela Comani,
Du spirituel dans l'art contemporain, Variations sur un thème de Peter Szendy, Alexandre Maubert, Justine Pluvinage & Vera Schöpe,Didier Dessus &
Pierre-Yves Magerand,
Nicolas Daubanes,
Camille Llobet, François Daillant, Julia Cottin, Nicolas Tilly, Yannick Vey...
This publication collects the statements of four migrants workers and leaders of groups of undocumented workers. These interviews focus on the reasons why they chose to live and work in France.