Performance / happening / action art / body art

French dancer and choreographer reports on various relationships to the movement in dance, relying as much on classical and contemporary performances as on concepts borrowed from philosophers, linguists and art theorists.

A Step Towards the Sea tells the relationship between the artist and Italy through a selection of installation views and video works. The accompanying DVD includes an unreleased film and a documentation on every actions carried out in Italy by Signer since the 1990s.

Part monograph, part artist's book, a publication accompanying Ulla von Brandenburg's eponymous video work—a “danced film” dedicated to color.

Recording of Hermann Nitsch's mighty pipe organ concert in Berlin, January 22, 2016.

This improvisational band founded in 1968 by Dutch musicians Paul Panhuysen, Remko Scha and Jan van Riet takes its source and inspiration from the works of George Maciunas. This LP edition features two pieces, both recorded on December 19, 1976, and never released before on any format. Here, the group comprised Leon van Noorden and Hans Schuurman, in addition to the founding members.

Discourses, reflections and documents on performative and choreographic arts today.

Inferno sheds a sharp light on the news of contemporary art and scenes. In this issue: Yoko Ono, Fischli & Weiss, Trajal Harrell, Jodorowsky, Cindy Sherman, Sigmar Polke, Dance in New York, Berlin special feature, Philippe Parreno, Paul McCarthy, Ai Weiwei, Castellucci's Moses und Aron, Arty Lisbon, Lyon and Istanbul's Biennials, Winter-Spring 2016 program...

Through archival research, this first monographic publication focuses on Ukeles's work ballets—a series of seven grand-scale collaborative performances involving workers, trucks, barges, and hundreds of tons of recyclables and steel—which took place between 1983 and 2012 in New York, Pittsburgh, Givors, Rotterdam, and Tokamachi.

A subjective compilation by David Le Simple and Vincent Romagny concluding the three exhibitions cycle “Doppelgänger” at CEAAC curated by Romagny.

The exhibition Canto di strada placed Fulton's & Höpfner's work side by side identifying a common ground for comparison in a 14-day walking journey through the Supramonte and Gennargentu mountains in Sardinia. The artists undertook separate journeys, experiencing a total immersion in the harsh environment without even meeting each other. Their respective approaches have been documented in two separate booklets.

This LP inaugurates a new series of vinyl-only releases based on the extraordinary Logos archives. Here, never released before recordings from live sessions at Logos Foundation, in 1974, 1979 & 1981, featuring Max Eastley, Feminist Improvising Group, COUM, Derek Bailey, and the Logos Ensemble.

An extreme experience seeking to hear the body's internal sounds. It uses both the medium of drawing and of writing to account for the metamorphoses produced by this sensorial experiment.

The meaning of performance and performativity today.

Performing the Sentence brings into dialogue the ways that “performative thinking” has developed in different national and institutional contexts, within different disciplines in the arts, and the conditions under which it has developed in experimental art schools.

An experimental film by Oswald Wiener (1965)—copy signed by the artist.

A collection of texts in which a number of art historians and other professionals reflect on the artists' practice.

Built as a black-and-white film sequence, this first monograph dedicated to the artist includes preparatory sketches, unpublished pictures, critical essays and an interview retracing the artist's work, with a focus on a 2012 site-specific installation Before Night Falls at MAXXI.

Drawing & performance special issue.

A new reading of the work of a major American and international artist, well known for her depictions of the female body, of society's attitude to women and particularly for her pioneering work as a performance and video artist in the cause of feminism, in the context of artists' reactions to major world issues and a return of the historical genre in art today, underlining her unflagging commitment to the recording of history as it happens.

First ever sound-edition by famous Swiss sculptor and conceptual artist Roman Signer. Recorded 1982 in the River Steinach, St. Gallen, Switzerland.

Susan Hiller's postcard alphabet.

An anthology of films by the Australian sound poetry / film-maker / artist group.

The performative dimension of the curatorial.

A text by Christof Migone on a history of sound art and its relation to performance.

100 minutes of electronic noise music and harsh speeches: a road movie between Beijing and Shanghai featuring Torturing Nurse, Wang Changcun, Wang Fan, Li Jian Hung / Dickson Dee, the poet Sun Meng Jin and Zbigniew Karkowski as radical red line.

The reprint of the publication pioneer in the artistic experimentations of the 1960s, published by the artist in 1962 (leporello).

Artist's book (monochrome prints of Terence Koh's haunting photography layered with drawings).

A performance piece about weakness and public embarrassment (edition of 30 numbered copies).

A performance piece about the Abu Ghraib tortures (edition of 30 numbered copies).

Remastered recordings of the first performance of Nitsch's 8th Symphony (for Choir, Orchestra, and Noise Orchestra).

Reference retrospective monograph: a complete overview of Lynda Benglis' work and life from the late 1960s to the present day, with more than 350 illustrations, about 20 historical or commissioned essays, an interview, famous and unseen archival material, and a complete chronology.

Reference retrospective monograph (available in English edition).

An artist's book in which Falke Pisano demonstrates her ability to reconcile form and knowledge, both visual and textual.

The method and genesis of Pierre Molinier's oeuvre (available in English edition).

A comprehensive overview of Kantor's versatility, from his theater productions and actions to his painterly and sculptural works.

A "picture biography".

The first book bringing together Mike Kelley's autobiographic works since 1995, and offering an overview of the development of Kelley's practice.

Documenting works by artists dealing with performative issues between the 1960s and today (from Paul McCarthy to Jessica Warboys, Spartacus Chetwynd or John Bock), this catalogue, gathering numerous essays, questions the nature and the relevance of “performative” objects in contemporary practices.

Essays and interviews on 20th century avant-gardes in France (from Dada to sound poetry, avant-garde reviews, happenings and events, Fluxus, Raymond Hains, Jacques Villeglé, Gil J. Wolman, Camille Bryen...).

First translation in French of the collection of talks by American poet, critic, linguist and performance artist.

British artist's baroque and surreal performances bringing together multiple image quotations from art history and pop culture with great humour. A real artist book more than a simple exhibition catalogue.

Schinwald's encyclopedia.

Monograph with selected artworks, audio, installations and performances from Duncan's different periods of work, with descriptions of his most significant events, illustrated with photos and drawings, many of which will be published for the first time. Includes many articles, and a CD of Duncan's audio work.

This book is the first complete edition of the actions, installations and interventions of Jirí Kovanda : a rediscovery in Conceptual art.

This monograph (somewhere between an artist's book and an exhibition catalogue) provides a complete overview of the Spanish artist's œuvre and an important documentation on each project.

The most comprehensive publication on the Bresilian artist.

Facsimile reissue of the original graphic poetry book self-published in 1975 by Guy de Cointet.

First monograph of the activist-artist.

Mike Kelley's major interviews and critical essays.