Symposiums

Taking as its starting point a pilgrimage that takes place in Italy during the day of the dead, this publication is part of a collective and multidisciplinary project which aims to reflect upon death, to more deeply celebrate life.

The social dimensions of artist's books.

An epistemology of performance (also available in English edition).

An historical and theoretical investigation into art teaching and transmission.

Transcript of four lectures given in Leipzig in 2010 regarding an installation Olaf Nicolai made in Paris back in 1998. This publication revolves around the theme of the labyrinth and its various manifestations and associations—from the Minotaur to geographical maps and Ikea's assembly instructions.

The second volume of a collection of papers on cognitive capitalism in relation with the conditions of mind and brain in the Information Age.

The transcription of a lecture by Erik Verhagen on Stephan Balkenhol's Petit nu (1993).

The first in-depth study of the reception of “French Theory” by American artists since the early 1960's.

A transdisciplinary set of contributions from art historians, scientists, psychiatrists and psychoanalysts, proposing new interpretations of Gustave Courbet's work from his paintings but also from his life, correspondence and archives relative to his family, for some hitherto unpublished.

A Leibnizian reinterpretation of the traditional opposition between French geometric and English landscape gardens.

Thomas Crow aims to explain what makes Warhol a precursor and a virtual paragon of the contemporary artist.

The first volume of a collection of papers on cognitive capitalism in relation with the conditions of mind and brain in the Information Age.

Revisiting conceptual art: the Russian case in an international context.

Contributions by architects, philosophers and artists on the theme of time and architecture (conceptualized temporality, temporality in Japan, consideration of time in the architectural projects, new temporalities of public space...).

The transcription of a lecture by Stéphanie Jamet-Chavigny on a photographic triptych by Swiss artist Istvan Balogh.

Transcript of a seminar on nature and protocols, with philosopher Pierre-Damien Huyghe and artist Jean-Baptiste Farkas.

Transcript of a seminar on Mallarmé and the concept of coding in modern and contemporary artwork. With philosopher Quentin Meillassoux and writer Antoine Dufeu.

A lecture by Elisabeth Wetterwald on a video installation by conceptual Mexican artist, with a series of slideshow stills.

An exploration of the relationship between artistic creation and industrial production, between the artist and his material.

Thirteen texts (including an unpublished essay by Georges Didi-Huberman) to think art and history together, from the tools developed by the theorist of the future of images.

The dimension of self-reflexivity in the work of eighteenth-century French painter, Jean-Siméon Chardin.

Transcript of a seminar on the concept of negligence as a modern interpretation of operativity. With philosopher Manuel Reyes Mate and artist and writer Lætitia Paviani.

Transcript of a seminar on the temporality of the artwork and its historiality. With theorist Sébastien Pluot and writer Alessandro de Francesco.

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.”

A symposium-based tribute to Günter Brus by international contributors, philosophers, art critics and historians, curators, artists and musicians (with a CD containing a musical composition by Olga Neuwirth and Burkhard Stangle).

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.

Writings and interviews.

A Duchampian discovery.

An history of illuminated manuscript from its origins, in the early Christian era, until the Renaissance, through the study of the book opening medium.

12 essays about the comedic in art.

A new approach to Velázquez' work, from the analysis of the "small characters" who haunt his paintings.

A conference on the invention of perspective, Arab science and the art of the Renaissance.

An anthology.

The relationships between art and design.

The relationships between art and design (also available in English edition).

A conversation between the artist and the architect.

A conversation between the historian and the artist.

A conversation between the architect and the philosopher.

Thinking Worlds brings together numerous essays addressing questions of the sense and purpose of the “event” in contemporary artistic culture, of the current status of philosophy and aesthetic theory, and of the political significance of artistic interventions.

Book based on the conference “Canvases and Careers Today” which was initiated by the Institut für Kunstkritik, Frankfurt am Main.

Curiously enough, although Duchamp considered eroticism as the main topic of his work, no essay had really focused on that matter yet. This book collects the lectures of about twenty international art historians and critics during a symposium organized by Marc Décimo.

16 essays and conversations about the nature and consequences of risk in and out of the art world.

Research about the potential of the Merzbau in contemporary art and architecture, with contributions by art historians, artists, critics and architects.