Belgium

The catalogue of the Belgian-American artist's architectural and video installation, at the crossroads of different disciplines, conceived by Cécile B. Evans herself.

This book furthers the reflection that was given form in the exhibition Blues Klair, a site to test History in terms of the present. A series of essays probes the enduring presence of colonialism as well as of alliances and cultural crossovers across time and space through the filter of the colour blue.

The catalogue of the Belgian-American artist's architectural and video installation, at the crossroads of different disciplines, conceived by Cécile B. Evans herself.

An exquisite study in dreamlike abstract ambience, a kaleidoscope of sounds and tones that engage the head and the heart.

Karbe Dinel creates a complex work of sound that shifts through diverse moods and seamlessly dovetailed sections, using synthesizer and effects to create deep resonating tones and high pitched complements, mysterious grainy ambience, haunting chambers of drifting electronics; a mysterious and compelling journey in the electronic realm.

A selection of drawings from the Belgian artist's extensive corpus.

Through “Experimental & Parametric Music 1976-2017,” more than 40 years of Joris de Laet's work are unveiled. We discover here for the first time the great coherence of this work: from “Signalisations” (1976) to “Mnemosyne pour une acousmaman” (2017). The twelve compositions are annotated and explained in detail by the composer, as well as a kind of wild autobiography.

Silk Saw's 12th album, blending sweet and bitter in languorous and enigmatic melodies that float on intriguing pounding polyrhythms.

A painter and an inventor, Eugène Frey (1863-1930) pioneered techniques of animated sets for the theatre at the same time period as the cinema was invented. While he is contextualized beside the creations of Loie Fuller, Georges Méliès or Lotte Reiniger, he is reinterpreted by the artist João Maria Gusmão. First publication devoted to the work of Eugène Frey, the luxurious catalogue of the exhibition at the New National Museum of Monaco presents texts by Stéphane Tralongo (University of Lausanne) and Laurent Mannoni (Cinémathèque française), as well as a work of fiction by João Maria Gusmão.

Vinyl EP from Silk Saw's 12th album, blending sweet and bitter in languorous and enigmatic melodies that float on intriguing pounding polyrhythms.

52 short poems, written in a nervous prose during periods of trance. A response to the “disease of globalization.”

In October 2013, Charlemagne Palestine, Mika Vainio and Eric Thielemans got together for the first time, meeting each other at Les Ateliers Claus in Brussels, for a 4 day residency and 2 live performances. The music of the residency takes, edited by Thielemans, mixed and mastered by Frederic Allstadt, is now released on Matière Mémoire and Godbear, Charlemagne Palestine's archival music label.

A book of interviews with the curator and pedagogue Laurence Rassel, who develops in thought and action ways to remedy what ruins relationships and hinders emancipation.

Exhibition catalogue.

Cloud Atlas is a collection of 10 short pieces composed by Toshi Ichiyanaghi between 1985 to 1999. Vertical Study gathers rare pieces composed by Claude Ledoux. Both are performed by Japanese pianist Kaoru Tashiro.

Interdisciplinary and cross-border collaboration between Belgian architect Inessa Hansch and German artist Susanne Kühn: a work that combines architecture and painting, around space and its representation, which questions the idea of the inside and the outside.

A dialogue of the drums.

This artist's book presents a series of silkscreens on wall made by Pierre Lauwers between 2014 and 2018. These murals were digitally reproduced and reduced to 1:4 for offset printing.

An exchange between artist Sterling Ruby and fashion designer Raf Simons.

Third chapter in the Sufi Word's series by Belgian composer Jean-Luc Fafchamps, featuring Ensemble Musiques Nouvelles and Centre Henri Pousseur, conducted by Jean-Paul Dessy.

Belgian composer Gobert presents a chisselled and chaotic form of “Chamber Electronic Music”, for piano and laptop, in duos with pianist Nao Momitani and his [KNAPP] bandmate, Gilles Doneux, for Sub Rosa: a subtle mix of electronic composition and contemporary touches.

The first (and the last) concert of mythic Kosmiche Belgian band Kosmose (1973-78): unreleased songs recorded and mixed in March 1975, something undoubtedly cosmic but with a DIY, home-made edge, dirtier than clean, noisier than technology-based.

The first (and the last) concert of mythic Kosmiche Belgian band Kosmose (1973-78): unreleased songs recorded and mixed in March 1975, something undoubtedly cosmic but with a DIY, home-made edge, dirtier than clean, noisier than technology-based.

Publication devoted to the only statement the Belgian artist has ever published about his own work.

The sixth volume of the “Archives” series, which is dedicated to landmark exhibitions and curatorial practices, brings together two films by Belgian filmmaker Jef Cornelis on the opening of the Castello di Rivoli in 1985, whose inaugural exhibition was conceived by curator Rudi Fuchs, and the 1987 edition of Skulptur Projekte Münster, organized by Kasper König and Klaus Bussmann.

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.

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.

Artists Gast Bouschet & Nadine Hilbert, and Laura Mannelli, collaborate on a selection of works that explore the concept of worlds within worlds based on Dante Alighieri's opus. These visual narratives are complemented by texts from writers Benjamin Bianciotto, Agnès de Cayeux, Peter Gray, Didier Ottaviani and Catherine Vidal.

First monograph: minimalist artist Eva Evrard explores the book form, sculpture and installation to question the complexity of the body. Her artistic project is defined by its formal polysemy, inspired by American conceptual art and the renewal of the Arts & Crafts movement.

A multifaceted examination of sound as a central feature in urban planning.

The late Belgian artist Guy Mees has been a central figure of Antwerp's art scene since the 1970s. This catalogue features emblematic works and unpublished archival materials from the artist's creative phases spanning the 1960s to 2000s; two unpublished essays, and an interview with the artist.

This monograph brings together nearly a decade of work, combining sculpture, installation, artist's book and writing. More specifically, the publication explores the themes of growth and training within the artist's conceptual practice, through a long interview conducted by writer and curator Dieter Roelstraete.

The third and final LP report of the Belgian electronic improvised music band from the eighties. Recorded and mixed between 1980 and 1981, Next One's Called… features unreleased songs only. It could be seen as the missing link between their two previous albums—Slaughter in Tiny Place and Europa (limited dark green vinyl LP edition).

New edition of the Belgian band's third album from 1981: inspired by H.P. Lovecraft's universe, Ceux du Dehors is a key release for the band. It sometimes suggests a darker and more complex version of the motorik minimalism of classical music contemporaries Philip Glass and Steve Reich.

This catalogue documents three video works by the Belgian-American artist Cécile B. Evans, in which she explores the impact of digital technology on human condition.

First-time release of the tapes that are said to have inspired Manuel Göttsching's classic, Inventions for Electric Guitar. Recorded between 1972 and 1976, these revolutionary tracks by M.A.L. aka Daniel Malempré were made using only an electric guitar Fender Stratocaster 1964, a Wah-Wah pedal, and a reel to reel recorder.

This album by Ultraphallus lead singer is a combination of his different forms of music, from ambient-drone, electro-acoustic, sampling and field recordings to free-jazz. Phil Maggi has invited a few generous collaborators (Oren Bloedow, Maja Jantar, Radwan Ghazi Moumneh, Tom Malmendier, Gabriel Séverin and Ludovic Medery) on these eight tracks inspired by Henry Corbin's writings, Nico, Scott Walker and traditional music.

This artist's book gathers the 67 photographs that make up the contact sheet #234 of the photographs taken by Jef Geys during the 1969 Tour de France. Year of Eddy Merckx's first victory, the same day as the man's first step on the moon.

The review of the Museum of Contemporary Arts in Grand-Hornu (MAC's) inaugurates its new formula with the theme of the museum and its criticism by artists. This issue showcases a selection of contemporary and international artistic projects reflecting on the concept of museum. With artists Yto Barrada, Christoph Büchel, Jacques Charlier, LaToya Ruby Frazier, Tamar Guimarães, Jompet Kuswidananto, Wesley Meuris, Rei Naito, Ryue Nishizawa, Noah Purifoy, Dayanita Singh, Fiona Tan, and Fred Wilson.

A reflection on history and the historical document, based on the chronicles of a village written in the 19th century by a Walloon worker.

Artist's book: an illustrated collage-book made up of recurring visual elements from Franco-Belgian comics. The publication is designed in the traditional format of the bande dessinée.

This artist's book presents a set of photographs made by Belgian artist Sophie Nys during her stay in Zurich. It features each of the modernist fountains produced by designer Alfred Aebersold in the 1970s and scattered throughout the Swiss city. The images are associated with amusing and clever captions written by Leila Peacock, a Scottish artist living in Zurich.

This publication documents the first iteration of Belgian artist David Claerbout's project Olympia, a digital simulation of the Olympic Stadium in Berlin.

Catalogue dedicated to one of the pioneers of European conceptual art, whose work adopts a critical approach of the art world and the avant-garde. The publication offers an overview of the Belgian artist's career, and gathers texts by Jean-Michel Botquin from 1960 to 1980, and recent contributions by Nicolas Bourriaud, Denys Riout, Denis Gielen, and Serge Bonati.

Monographic catalogue presenting a series of sculptures and a set of photographs by the Belgian artist. The two media enter in close dialogue with each other, thus exploring the potentialities of image and space. With a text by Michel Gauthier.

Conceptual art in the United States (1965-1975): theoretical tools and European influence.

Common sense: a philosophical investigation (after Alfred North Whitehead).

New “electro-contempo” collaboration, born out of the encounter between turntablist DJ Olive, musical director of Ensemble Musiques Nouvelles Jean-Paul Dessy, and violonist David Núñez. The second CD includes a live recorded at Les Transnumériques festival.

A queer travelogue of a boating voyage on Belgium's inland waterways with merman and singer Steev Lemercier in the company of Chanel and Dolce, who are a cat and a dog, during the first months of their friendship with the author. With photographs by César Segarra.