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Pierre Senges - Les aventures de Percival - Un conte phylogénétique

Pierre Senges, Nicolas de Crécy
Les aventures de Percival – Un conte phylogénétique

2009

French edition

The infinite monkey theorem states that a chimpanzee randomly typing on a typewriter will sooner or later end up composing a sonnet by Shakespeare. Pierre Senges carries the metaphor further with this ethological tale illustrated by Nicolas de Crécy.

Laurie Anderson
Nothing in my pockets (book / 2 CD)

2009

English edition

An intimate journey into the personal universe of the artist through a series of daily leaps: from her New York studio in Tribeca to the numerous travels and landscapes she crossed over a whole three month period.

Jonas Mekas
To Petrarca (book / CD)

2009

English edition

To Petrarca works as a sound diary with images and sounds following a structure similar to Mekas' pioneering film diaries. Originally broadcasted on French radio, this original sound piece culled from the artist' personal archives. The accompanying book expends it with personal drawings, photos and correspondence.

Laurie Anderson
Rien dans les poches (book / 2 CD)

2009

French edition

An intimate journey into the personal universe of the artist through a series of daily leaps: from her New York studio in Tribeca to the numerous travels and landscapes she crossed over a whole three month period.

Jonas Mekas
A Pétrarque (book / CD)

2009

French edition

To Petrarca works as a sound diary with images and sounds following a structure similar to Mekas' pioneering film diaries. Originally broadcasted on French radio, this original sound piece culled from the artist' personal archives. The accompanying book expends it with personal drawings, photos and correspondence.

Mathieu Briand, Daniel Foucard
UBÏQ – A Mental Odyssey

2008

English edition

This artist's book proposes to construct a “mental space” through a narrative—mixing ravers, science-fiction and comic strips—presented through illuminations in the style of old children's books.

Mathieu Briand, Daniel Foucard
UBÏQ – A Mental Odyssey

2008

French edition

This artist's book proposes to construct a “mental space” through a narrative—mixing ravers, science-fiction and comic strips—presented through illuminations in the style of old children's books.

Denis Baron
The Mutant Flesh – Fabrication of a Posthuman

2008

English edition

This study on the fabrication of Posthumanity questions us on the limits of the human, its boundaries and its possibilities in our “biotech” era. It examines the fundamental distinction between natural and artificial, nature and technology, human and machine, body and flesh.

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Denis Baron
La chair mutante – Fabrique d'un posthumain

2008

French edition

This study on the fabrication of Posthumanity questions us on the limits of the human, its boundaries and its possibilities in our “biotech” era. It examines the fundamental distinction between natural and artificial, nature and technology, human and machine, body and flesh.

Raoul Ruiz
In Pursuit of Treasure Island

2008

English edition

Both a prelude and a continuation to Raoul Ruiz's film, Treasure Island, made in 1984, this text presents itself as the follow up, or rather, a pursuit of Stevenson's novel. A formidable example of the way Ruiz parodies the text and plunges the story inside the story, before losing the reader in a labyrinth of strange images.

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Raoul Ruiz
À la poursuite de l'Île au trésor

2008

French edition

Both a prelude and a continuation to Raoul Ruiz's film, Treasure Island, made in 1984, this text presents itself as the follow up, or rather, a pursuit of Stevenson's novel. A formidable example of the way Ruiz parodies the text and plunges the story inside the story, before losing the reader in a labyrinth of strange images.

Eduardo Kac, Avital Ronell
Life Extreme – An Illustrated Guide to New Life

2007

English edition

At the junction of art and science, Life Extreme intends to present new living beings created by man, beings no longer produced solely by “nature”. This poetic proposition takes the form of a guide to new lives among the most astonishing that have appeared at the beginning of the Twenty-first century.

Eduardo Kac, Avital Ronell
Life Extreme – Guide illustré des nouvelles formes de vie

2007

French edition

At the junction of art and science, Life Extreme intends to present new living beings created by man, beings no longer produced solely by “nature”. This poetic proposition takes the form of a guide to new lives among the most astonishing that have appeared at the beginning of the Twenty-first century.

Peter Greenaway
The Historians – Book 39 – The Rise & Fall of Gestures Drama

2007

English edition

The first volume of an experimental series on historiography devoted to the place of gesture and language in the historical narrative.

Peter Greenaway
Les Historiens – Livre 39 – Grandeur et décadence du théâtre de gestes

2007

French edition

The first volume of an experimental series on historiography devoted to the place of gesture and language in the historical narrative.

Raoul Ruiz
Poetics of Cinema 2

2006

English edition

Following his research in Poetics of cinema, 1 on new narrative models as tools for apprehending a fast-shifting world, Raoul Ruiz with Poetics of cinema 2 makes an appeal for an entirely new way of filming, writing, and of conceiving the image.

Raoul Ruiz
Poétique du cinéma 2

2006

French edition

Following his research in Poetics of cinema, 1 on new narrative models as tools for apprehending a fast-shifting world, Raoul Ruiz with Poetics of cinema 2 makes an appeal for an entirely new way of filming, writing, and of conceiving the image.

Narrativity: How Visual Arts, Cinema and Literature Are Telling the World Today

2006

English edition

This book considers the importance given today to the research for new narrative modes in artistic practices: visual arts, cinema, and literature.

Jeux et enjeux de la narrativité dans les pratiques contemporaines (arts visuels, cinéma, littérature)

2006

French edition

This book considers the importance given today to the research for new narrative modes in artistic practices: visual arts, cinema, and literature.

Peter Greenaway
Nightwatching

2006

English edition

Following the 400th anniversary of the painter's birth, this film script re-reads Rembrandt's most celebrated painting, The Nightwatch. Nightwatching is the first of a series of films dedicated to the golden age of Dutch painting.

Peter Greenaway
La Ronde de nuit

2006

French edition

Following the 400th anniversary of the painter's birth, this film script re-reads Rembrandt's most celebrated painting.

Kim Ki-duk

2006

English edition

The first extensive monograph dedicated to the Korean director: moving on the edge for thirty years, Kim Ki-duk physically explored the forthcoming themes of his work as a director – wandering, escape and, especially, survival.

Kim Ki-duk

2006

French edition

The first extensive monograph dedicated to the Korean director: moving on the edge for thirty years, Kim Ki-duk physically explored the forthcoming themes of his work as a director – wandering, escape and, especially, survival.

Elvan Zabunyan
Black Is A Color – A History of African American Art

2004

English edition

In Black is a Color, contemporary art historian and curator Elvan Zabunyan proposes a new approach to contemporary art and its history through the practice of Black American artists from the Harlem Renaissance to today.

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Elvan Zabunyan
Black Is A Color – Une histoire de l'art africain-américain contemporain

2004

French edition

In Black is a Color, contemporary art historian and curator Elvan Zabunyan proposes a new approach to contemporary art and its history through the practice of Black American artists from the Harlem Renaissance to today.

Kathy Acker, Rebecca Stephens, John Cussans, Paul Buck
Spread Wide

2004

English edition

Various artists and authors use two writers' correspondence as a primary source to develop an artistic and literary falsification.

Keep This Sex Out Of My Sight

2003

English edition

A study, by five women, on the artistic representations of the female body (essays by Chrystel Besse, Marie-Joseph Bertini, Arlette Fontan, Françoise Gaillard, and Elvan Zabunyan).

Cachez ce sexe que je ne saurais voir

2003

French edition

A study, by five women, on the artistic representations of the female body (essays by Chrystel Besse, Marie-Joseph Bertini, Arlette Fontan, Françoise Gaillard, and Elvan Zabunyan).

Pierre Huyghe, Douglas Coupland
School Spirit

2002

English edition

An artistic and literary journey through the soul of a dead and disembodied student, lost in the memories and infrastructure of a Californian High school.

Pierre Huyghe, Douglas Coupland
School Spirit

2002

French edition

An artistic and literary journey through the soul of a dead and disembodied student, lost in the memories and infrastructure of a Californian High school.

Peter Greenaway
Gold

2002

English edition

An illustrated novel about the spoliation of property by the Nazi regime, working as an extension of the film trilogy The Tulse Luper Suitcases.

Peter Greenaway
Gold

2002

French edition

An illustrated novel about the spoliation of property by the Nazi regime, working as an extension of the film trilogy The Tulse Luper Suitcases.

Pierre Paulin

2001

English edition

During the second half of the 20th century mythic French designer Pierre Paulin worked out experimental and innovative furniture and is today considered to be a true precursor of new styles of life (comprehensive monograph).

Pierre Paulin

2001

French edition

During the second half of the 20th century mythic French designer Pierre Paulin worked out experimental and innovative furniture and is today considered to be a true precursor of new styles of life (comprehensive monograph).

Bruno Dumont
Humanity

2001

English edition

The corpse of a girl child found in the countryside shakes the dreary existence of a candid investigator. An illustrated book behind the film of the same name by Bruno Dumont.

Bruno Dumont
Life of Jesus

2001

English edition

Life of Jesus is the chronicle of a confused French youth. The novel was used as the basis for the eponymous film by Bruno Dumont.

Bruno Dumont
La vie de Jésus

2001

French edition

Life of Jesus is the chronicle of a confused French youth. The novel was used as the basis for the eponymous film by Bruno Dumont.

Bruno Dumont

2001

English edition

The first monograph dedicated to the French filmmaker.

Bruno Dumont

2001

French edition

The first monograph dedicated to the French filmmaker.

Luigi Colani

2000

French edition

Above and beyond Bio-design, amid the upheaval of a post-industrial society and its search for new landmarks and signs, Luigi Colani has invented an entirely original field: the design of a free man (comprehensive monograph).

Luigi Colani

2000

English edition

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Above and beyond Bio-design, amid the upheaval of a post-industrial society and its search for new landmarks and signs, Luigi Colani has invented an entirely original field: the design of a free man (comprehensive monograph).