Theater

 
 
Bill Vorn - The Theater of Machines
2014
bilingual edition (English / French)
CDA (Centre des Arts)
Artist Bill Vorn creates robotics as part of his research on artificial life and machine anthropomorphism. This catalogue, intended to be a robograhpy of the artist, attempts to understand, if perhaps not the phenomenon, then at least Bill Vorn's innovative approach to it (with contributions by Ian Fenelon and Jean-Paul Fourmentraux).
Oskar Schlemmer - Lettres et journaux
2014
French edition
various
Oskar Schlemmer's letters and diaries.
George Tabori - Autodafé - Mémoires
2013
French edition
Diaphanes - Literature
Autobiography of Hungarian stage director and playwright George Tabori: a collection of memories oscillating between pathos and drama, delivering a lucid picture of the rise of Nazism.
Xavier Forneret - Ecrits complets - Volume I (1834-1876) – Théâtre, poésie, musique
2013
French edition
Les presses du réel – Avant-gardes – L'écart absolu (Absolute Gap) – Fundamental
The theatrical, poetical and musical work of Xavier Forneret, French Romantic writer, precursor of the Surrealist movement.
Xavier Forneret - Ecrits complets - Volume II (1836-1880) – Aphorismes, contes et récits, roman, vie quotidienne
2013
French edition
Les presses du réel – Avant-gardes – L'écart absolu (Absolute Gap) – Fundamental
Stories, novels, correspondence and short texts by Xavier Forneret, French Romantic writer, precursor of the Surrealist movement.
Vincent Rafis - P.S.|S.K. - Essai sur Sarah Kane
2012
French edition
Les presses du réel – Literature – Misceallenous
A biographical rereading of the English playwright's work.
Michel Deutsch - Germania, tragédie et état d\'exception - Une introduction à l\'œuvre de Heiner Müller
2012
French edition
MAMCO - Historical essays & contemporary archives
25.00 15.00 €
An introduction to the “work of resistance” of East German dramatist, poet, writer and essayist Heiner Müller.
Karl Larsson - Consensus (The Room)
2012
English edition
Paraguay Press
A theater play in two acts (the fifth book by Swedish artist and poet Karl Larsson).
Dominique Villa - A Stazzona
2011
French edition
Al Dante - Architecture
Poetess Vannina Maestri presents A Stazzona, a theater place conceived by Jean-Michel Battesti and Dominique Villa in the Corsican town of Pioggiola.
Christoph Schlingensief - German Pavilion, 2011 - 54th Venice Biennale
2011
English edition
Sternberg Press - Monographs and artists' books
29.00 14.50 €
A tribute to one of Germany's most radical, experimental, and progressive voices, with contributions from over thirty internationally renowned curators, artists, critics, theorists, directors, and practitioners.
 Superamas - Big 3 episode - Art / Discourse
2010
English edition
Les presses du réel – Dance & Performing Arts –
A performative and choreographic exploration of social conventions and modern narrative strategies (mainly developed in the media and advertising fields) that shape our representation of reality.
 Superamas - Big 3 episode - Art / Discourse
2010
French edition
Les presses du réel – Dance & Performing Arts –
A performative and choreographic exploration of social conventions and modern narrative strategies (mainly developed in the media and advertising fields) that shape our representation of reality (available in English edition).
Noëlle Renaude - De tant en temps
2010
French edition
Mix
This publication is part of a series of books in which writers are invited to create a narrative based on an artwork held at the Frac Aquitaine in France. This text by French playwright Noëlle Renaude relies on a series of works by Roman Opalka investigating the notion of temporality.
Michelangelo Pistoletto - Facing Pistoletto
2010
bilingual edition (English / Italian)
JRP|Editions - Monographs
Pistoletto's theater and performances.
Vincent Rafis - Mémoire et voix des morts dans le théâtre de Jon Fosse
2009
French edition
Les presses du réel – Literature – Misceallenous
An illustrated essay devoted to Norwegian author Jon Fosse, a cross-reading of the major themes of his theater.
S. M. Eisenstein - Glass House - Du projet de film au film comme projet
2009
French edition
Les presses du réel – Cinema & video art – Fabula
An unfinished project by Eisenstein inspired by the deconstruction of traditional architecture and its ideologies.
Muriel Pic - W. G. Sebald – L\'image-papillon - suivi de W. G. Sebald : L\'art de voler
2009
French edition
Les presses du réel – Literature – Literary field
A pioneering essay on W. G. Sebald (1944-2001), a major author in German contemporary literature, the founder of a literary materialism.
Isabell Heimerdinger - Four Films & True Stories
2008
English edition
JRP|Editions - Monographs
Two separate books bound together gather Heimerdinger's recent projects.
Peter Greenaway - Les Historiens - Livre 39 – Grandeur et décadence du théâtre de gestes
2007
French edition
Dis Voir
The first volume of an experimental series on historiography devoted to the place of gesture and language in the historical narrative.
Catherine Sullivan - Film and Theater Works - 2002-2004
2006
texts in English and French
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Monographs
40.00 20.00 €
First monograph devoted to the Californian artist.
Dick Higgins - Postface - Un journal critique de l\'avant-garde
2006
French edition
Les presses du réel – Avant-gardes – L'écart absolu (Absolute Gap) – Paperback
Dick Higgins, one of the main figures of Fluxus, points out the particularity of poet-artists who, since German and English Romanticism, have refused to make distinctions between what is sonorous, visual and written.
Christophe Huysman - 8 poèmes
2006
French edition
Les presses du réel – Literature – Literary field – Fictions
8 poems, between theater and performance.
Ingo Niermann - Skarbek (+ vinyl LP)
2005
trilingual edition (English / German / Polish)
Sternberg Press - Audio / video
29.00 15.00 €
A dance-theater project initiated by the German artist Antje Majewski in collaboration with the author Ingo Niermann, in a record-size album, featuring the electronic music commissioned for the piece.
Olivier Dubouclez - Valère Novarina - La physique du drame
2005
French edition
Les presses du réel – Literature – Literary field
An essay on Novarina's dramatic theatrical and literary work.
Jan Fabre - Je marche pendant sept jours et sept nuits - Limited edition
2002
texts in English, French, Italian, Dutch
Jannink - L'art en écrit
A metaphoric poem in prose. Limited edition accompanied by an original artwork, sand and pencil collage, signed and unique for each copy.
Jan Fabre - Je marche pendant sept jours et sept nuits
2002
texts in English, French, Italian, Dutch
Jannink - L'art en écrit
A metaphoric poem in prose.
S. M. Eisenstein - Sergei Eisenstein and the Anthropology of Rhythm
2017
English edition
Nero
sold out
The unfinished works of Sergei Eisenstein are traversed by aesthetic, anthropological, and political questions. Focusing on the anthropology of rhythm that the Soviet director developed in his Mexican project, Que viva Mexico!, this book also extends its analysis to the film projects Bezhin Meadow and The Great Fergana Canal.
Inferno
2016
bilingual edition (English / French)
miscellaneous
sold out
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...
Mouvement
2015
French edition
Mouvement
sold out
Featuring: Julien Mabiala Bissila, Benjamin Dupé, Édouard Louis & Guillaume Bresson, Tunisian film societies, Marie Losier, portfolios by Florian van Roekel and Simone Holliger, Life? or Theatre? by Charlotte Salomon...
Mustapha Benfodil - Le point de vue de la mort
2013
French edition
Al Dante - Poetry & Literature
sold out
Following the social unrest and immolation acts in Southern Algeria in 2011, writer and journalist Mustapha Benfodil wrote this fictional monologue of a village's mortuary employee to reflect on the wounds of the Algerian society.
Tadeusz Kantor -
2009
English edition
JRP|Editions - Monographs
sold out
A comprehensive overview of Kantor's versatility, from his theater productions and actions to his painterly and sculptural works.
S. M. Eisenstein - Cinématisme - Peinture et cinéma
2009
French edition
Les presses du réel – Cinema & video art – Fabula
sold out
A selection of Eisenstein's writings.
 FLAG (Sébastien Aubry & Dimitri Broquard) - Stadttheater Bern
2008
no text
Nieves
sold out
A selection of posters designed by Flag for the Stadttheater Bern.
Gerard Byrne - Books, Magazines, and Newspapers
2003
bilingual edition (English / German)
Sternberg Press - Monographs and artists' books
sold out
In his seminal essay, author George Baker links Gerard Byrne's work to theatre and notes that the presence of avant-garde dramatist Bertolt Brecht has never been less discussed, but more widely explored, than in the last decade of artistic practice.
2024
French edition
Les presses du réel – Criticism, theory & documents – Misceallenous
forthcoming
What translation does to performance and what performance does to translation: a collective publication exploring the relationship between translation and performance, including the fields of theater, dance, sound and visual poetry, and film.
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