Art & science

 
 
Alfred Gell - L\'art et ses agents - Une théorie anthropologique
2009
French edition
Les presses du réel – Criticism, theory & documents – Fabula
First translation in French of a major work by British social anthropologist.
Katharine Park - Secrets de femmes - Le genre, la génération et les origines de la dissection humaine
2009
French edition
Les presses du réel – Criticism, theory & documents – Fabula
The central role of female body in the history of anatomy, beyond the historiographical "taboo" around the religious prohibition.
N\'importe quoi
2009
French edition
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Catalogues
La Salle de bains
A series of works by international artists presented in the style of a natural history museum collection.
Reconstructing Swiss Video Art from the 1970s and 1980s
2009
English edition
JRP|Editions - Anthologies & Art Theory
From Open Reel to Multichannel.
Loris Gréaud - Trajectories <strike>and Destinations</strike>
2009
bilingual edition (English / Spanish)
Sternberg Press - Monographs and artists' books
An artist book documenting a selection of Gréaud's works, with a special contribution by Daniel Birnbaum.
Klaus Weber - Secession
2009
bilingual edition (English / German)
Sternberg Press - Monographs and artists' books
This comprehensive catalogue documents for the first time Klaus Weber's oeuvre and reveals a recurring sense of limit-experiences: accidents, organism mutations, altered states, incursions from the outside.
Peter Vogel - Partitions de réactions (+ CD)
2009
French edition
Les presses du réel – Music & Sound Arts – Misceallenous
Espace multimedia Gantner
A complete overview of a pioneer in the field of interactive electronic and musical sculpture's work, with numerous illustrations, texts, and an audio CD with musical installations recordings.
Espace(s) - Special Issue – Fictions européennes
2008
French edition
Espace(s)
Observatoire de l'Espace / CNES - Espace(s)
This special issue brings together literary narratives on Europe and outer space, written by thirty authors from the European Union. Each short story is published both in original version and French version.
Daniel Foucard - UBÏQ - A Mental Odyssey
2008
French edition
Dis Voir - Visual Arts – Encounters
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.
Horst Bredekamp - Les coraux de Darwin - Premiers modèles de l\'évolution et tradition de l\'histoire naturelle
2008
French edition
Les presses du réel – Philosophy / politics – Œuvres en sociétés
A major contribution, by German philosoph and art historian Horst Bredekamp, to the current debate on the 'tree of life' in evolutionary biology. The essay deals with the aesthetic and political dimension of the coral, in Darwin's system a model of anarchic evolution which opposes the hierarchical metaphor of the tree.
Carsten Höller - The Beat (DVD)
2008
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Artists' books & editions
mfc-michèle didier - Import
(last copies available!)
A documentary conceived by the artist from the starting point of a former exhibition whose lightning system is made to flicker at a frequency of 7.8 hz. A compilation of dark-pop music from the eighties and the nineties emphazises the artist's capture of the flashing apparatus.
Tobias Putrih - 99-07
2008
English edition
JRP|Editions - Monographs
This first monograph presenting an exhaustive selection of the artwork of Tobias Putrih illuminates the thought and methodology of the artist.
Loris Gréaud - Cellar Door
2008
English edition
JRP|Editions - Hapax
The libretto for an opera of a new genre: the most ambitious project of French artist Loris Gréaud.
Loris Gréaud - Cellar Door
2008
French edition
JRP|Editions - Hapax
The libretto for an opera of a new genre: the most ambitious project of French artist Loris Gréaud (available in English edition).
Andrew Dadson - Visible Heavens - 1850-2008
2008
English edition
JRP|Editions - Artists' books & editions
Artist book.
Hanspeter Hofmann - Bonheur automatique II
2008
trilingual edition (English / German / French)
JRP|Editions - Artists' books & editions
19.00 10.00 €
Artist's book: experiment with graphics, painting, performance, and installation.
Avital Ronell - Life Extreme - An Illustrated Guide to New Life
2007
English edition
Dis Voir - Visual Arts – Encounters
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.
Avital Ronell - Life Extreme - Guide illustré des nouvelles formes de vie
2007
French edition
Dis Voir - Visual Arts – Encounters
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.
Franck Leibovici - Des documents poétiques
2007
French edition
Al Dante - History, theory & criticism / essays
In this essay, Franck Leibovici attempts to describe how information technologies can serve as tools in our lives. Illustrated with examples taken from the scientific, political and artistic spheres, his reflection leads to a new division between art and science.
Espace(s) - La pratique de l\'enquête
2007
French edition
Espace(s)
Observatoire de l'Espace / CNES - Espace(s)
19 short stories related to the various ways of investigating space.
Hanspeter Hofmann - Bonheur automatique
2007
trilingual edition (English / German / French)
JRP|Editions - Artists' books & editions
Both an artist's book and a catalogue raisonné of Swiss artist's prints: the publication on the one hand recreates on the offset plates the construction of images in his works and, on the other hand, documents the development of bodies of works and themes.
A for Alibi
2007
English edition
Sternberg Press - Catalogues
Exploring the boundaries of scientific practice and art.
Alain Séchas - Nuits blanches
2007
French edition
various
8.00 5.00 €
Exhibition catalogue.
Espace(s) - A l\'épreuve de la correspondance
2006
French edition
Espace(s)
Observatoire de l'Espace / CNES - Espace(s)
currently out of stock
20 epistolary short stories highlighting the spatial dimension of a specific word.
Cryptozoology - Out of Time Place Scale
2006
English edition
JRP|Editions - Catalogues, Biennales & Collections
The quest for unknown, rumored, or hidden animals.
Robert Barry - Details (DVD)
2006
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Artists' books & editions
mfc-michèle didier - Import
(last copies available!)
Details shows a succession of scenes filmed in static shots, appearing behind words letters cut on a black screen, giving the word the function of the frame and therefore rephrasing the link between language and image.
Aleksandra Mir - The Meaning of Flowers
2006
English edition
Sternberg Press - Monographs and artists' books
32.00 15.00 €
Drawing upon the classic notion that flowers are imbued with meanings and a specific set of semantics with idealistic and hopeful connotations, Sicily-based artist Aleksandra Mir has edited and revised the botanical code in a more socially relevant fashion.
Robert Barry - Autobiography
2006
bilingual edition (English / French)
Incertain Sens - Artist's books and editions
An impersonal autobiography (artist's book).
Espace(s) - L\'expérience du récit scientifique
2005
French edition
Espace(s)
Observatoire de l'Espace / CNES - Espace(s)
currently out of stock
This first issue commemorates the century of Jules Verne's death with a focus on contemporary scientific narratives dealing with the notion of space.
Marie Le Masson Le Golft - Balance de la nature
2005
French edition
Les presses du réel – Avant-gardes – L'écart absolu (Absolute Gap) – Paperback
Miss Marie le Masson Le Golft (1749-1826) is known as the lady who noted Nature.
Abdelkader Benchamma - C\'est ici que l\'on met les titres
2005
French edition
Galerie du jour agnès b. - Monographs & artists' books
Drawings.
Norma Jeane - Body Proxy
2004
bilingual edition (English / German)
JRP|Editions - Anthologies & Art Theory
An exploration of the body in contemporary culture (artist's book / collection of texts).
Klaus Weber - Kranke Fuchs (vinyl EP)
2004
Sternberg Press - Audio / video
(last copies available!)
35.00 20.00 €
An “anti-humanist” musical piece, overlaying Klaus Weber's voice and frequency ranges defined in relation to the hearing of cricket (limited edition).
Fabrice Hyber - Richesses - Limited edition
2004
French edition
Jannink - L'art en écrit
A reproduction of handwritten notes, accompanied with sketches, in which Fabrice Hyber explains his conception of the role of art and artists. The limited edition is accompanied by an unique artwork, made on its case.
Fabrice Hyber - Richesses
2004
French edition
Jannink - L'art en écrit
A reproduction of handwritten notes, accompanied with sketches, in which Fabrice Hyber explains his conception of the role of art and artists.
Nicolas Schöffer -
2004
French edition
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Monographs
Reference monograph.
Paul-Armand Gette - The Nymphalids
2004
bilingual edition (English / French)
Galerie du jour agnès b. - Monographs & artists' books
Artist's book.
Alain Séchas - Café noir
2003
French edition
MAMCO - Artists' books
48 cats drawings.
Christiane Geoffroy - Hommage à Grandville
2003
French edition
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Artists' books & editions
10.00 5.00 €
An artistic reflexion on science and images.
Fabrice Hyber - Works & Process (2 DVDs)
2002
French edition
a.p.r.e.s editions - Works & Process (DVD)
25.00 20.00 €
Various documentary approaches of Fabrice Hyber's work and an original video work conceived for this DVD.
Bernar Venet - 1961-1963 - L\'immanence mise en chantier
2002
bilingual edition (English / French)
various
39.00 15.00 €
Monograph on the conceptual artist' early works.
 Panamarenko - Modèle jouet de l\'Espace - Limited edition
2000
French edition
Jannink - L'art en écrit
Unpublished text, signed original collage, unique for each copy
Claude Bellegarde - Blancheur de la couleur - Limited edition
1997
French edition
Jannink - L'art en écrit
Unpublished text. Original and unique painting for each copy.
Guy Sioui Durand - L\'art comme alternative - Réseaux et pratiques d\'art parallèle au Québec – 1976-1996
1997
French edition
Intervention - Theory
A sociological analysis of the history of alternative art in Quebec.
Richard Nonas - Get out/Stay away/Come back - A propos de sculpture et de la sculpture en œuvre
1995
bilingual edition (English / French)
Les presses du réel – Artists' Writings – Miscellaneous
24.00 12.00 €
Artist's writings.
 Takis - Les Fleurs poussent si on les regarde - Limited edition
1993
French edition
Jannink - L'art en écrit
Unpublished text with an original silkscreen print signed by the artist.
Hans Haacke - Libre-échange
1993
French edition
Les presses du réel – Artists' Writings – Miscellaneous
15.20 8.00 €
A conversation between the sociologist and the artist: a sociology of art at the service of a political project.
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