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Chris Marker - La Jetée (vinyl LP)
2021
Superior Viaduct
sold out
The soundtrack from Chris Marker's Sci-Fi short drama "La Jetée".
Machteld Rullens - Full of Emptiness
2021
English edition
Zolo Press
sold out
Artist's book.
Ludovico Quaroni - Roma 1968
2021
bilingual edition (English / Italian)
Humboldt Books - Time Travel
The architect's photographic view of his native Rome.
Nathalie du Pasquier - Lettere dall\'Egitto
2021
Italian edition
Humboldt Books - Atlas
The Italian edition of Flaubert's account of his trip to Egypt, illustrated by Nathalie du Pasquier.
Béatrice Balcou - Cérémonies
2021
bilingual edition (English / French)
MER. Books
The complete Ceremonies (2013-2020) by Béatrice Balcou, testing our visual and experiential approach to artworks, confronting us with the basic status of material objects before actually revealing their identity.
 Buero Kofink Schels - Buero Kofink Schels In Practice - T.I.A. House 1+2
2021
English edition
MER. Books
sold out
In this book, Matthie Wellner and Buero Kofink Schels (architects Simon Jüttner and Sebastian Kofin) unfold the design process of T.I.A. House 1+2, a project they developed and built in the city of Almeria on the southern Spanish coast.
Elisabeth Haarr -
2021
bilingual edition (English / Norwegian)
Sternberg Press - Monographs and artists' books
Retrospective monograph.
Bertrand Dezoteux - Le Centre spatial guyanais - Traversée culturelle dans les archives de l\'Espace #2
2021
French edition
Observatoire de l'Espace / CNES - Books
Bernard Chambaz, Bertrand Dezoteux and David Redon review the complex history of the construction of the Guiana Space Center, the French space launch base in Kourou, in the 1960s.
Nidhal Chamekh - Mnēmē (box set)
2021
trilingual edition (English / Arabic / French)
Zamân - Zamân Books
A limited edition artist's book, Mnēmē presents the work of the Tunisian artist Nidhal Chamekh through thirty-four independent drawings collected in a luxurious boxed portfolio.
Yannis Tsarouchis - Dancing in Real Life
2021
English edition
Sternberg Press - Monographs and artists' books
sold out
Retrospective monograph of the Greek painter Yannis Tsarouchis (1910-1989).
Amelia Cuni - Parampara Festival 13.3.1992 (vinyl LP)
2021
Black Truffle
sold out
Mesmerising 1992 performance from the Dhrupad master vocalist Amelia Cuni, accompagnied by renowded vina player Gianni Ricchizzi and Helmut Waibl on pakhawaj.
Taylor Deupree - Mur (vinyl LP)
2021
various
A beautiful reflective album built around the piano as a central element and inspired by the sound of whispering.
Tetsuo Furudate - The Nocturne, The Nightmare and a Fruit (CD)
2021
Sub Rosa
Tetsuo Furudate's new album, featuring Keiko Higuchi and Olga Magieres.
Mathieu Werchowski - Noir Paradis (CD)
2021
Montagne Noire / GMEA
This album draws its sounds from improvisations generated by a violin, a few dozen freshly awakened birds, highly reverberant spaces, a voice saying words of Roberto Juarroz and Paul Verlaine, the nostalgia of childhood westerns, a viola mounted with electric guitar strings and the memory of those who left too soon.
Hito Steyerl - De l\'art en duty free - L\'art à l\'époque de la guerre civile planétaire
2021
French edition
Les presses du réel – Criticism, theory & documents – Perceptions
A caustic diagnosis of the situation of the current art, by one of its major protagonists.
Mark Leckey - O\' Magic Power Of Bleakness (vinyl LP)
2021
various
sold out
Mark Leckey finally presents the soundtrack to his autobiographical allegory 'O' Magic Power of Bleakness', a mind sluicing fantasy/autobiographical narrative inspired by folklore and half-remembered tales of teenage life growing up in the Wirral, a personal history woven into screwed 808s, ringtones, sacred chimes, smudged synths, sirens and levitating ambience that sounds like nowt else.
Revue & Corrigée
2021
French edition
Revue & Corrigée
Terrine, Gabi Losoncy, Nour Mobarak; focus Bruisme Festival; Augustin Bette; 20 Italian records; interviews: Thurston Moore by Jacques Debout & Michel Henritzi ; Michel Chion by Jérôme Noetinger; John Tchicai by Gérard Rouy; Pole Ka; books and records reviews...
Espace art actuel - The artist-museologist
2021
bilingual edition (texts in English and French)
Espace art actuel
The use by artists of objects coming from the collections of museums of art, science, and society.
Boris Groys - Logic of the Collection
2021
English edition
Sternberg Press - History, Criticism and Theory
An essay by the distinguished philosopher and theorist of art and media on the current evolution and possible future of museum collections practices and strategies.
Faire – To look at things - Volume 09 (#31, 32, 33, 34)
2021
bilingual edition (English / French)
Faire
Empire - Faire – To look at things
Issues 31 to 34 of the critical review dedicated to graphic design.
Laura Kurgan - Si loin, si proche - Cartographie, technologie et politique
2021
French edition
Les presses du réel – Criticism, theory & documents – Misceallenous
An analysis of the spatial representations using new digital location and mapping technologies, in the light of the political issues that accompany their multiple interpretations.
Why are they so afraid of the lotus? - (A Series of Open Questions, vol. 2)
2021
English edition
Sternberg Press - A Series of Open Questions
sold out
The second volume of the Wattis's annual reader, ​A Series of Open Questions.
Grand Dessein du Rationalisme
2021
bilingual edition (English / French)
Accattone
sold out
A hybrid publication that gathers 18 architecture projects from the student collectives of Roberto Gargiani's Superstudio at the École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne, 2020–2021, and a series of 13 theoretical, practical and historical reflections on (antagonist) rationalism in architecture.
Silver Rights
2021
trilingual edition (English / Spanish / Italian)
Archive Books
An in-depth research project by Elena Mazzi in dialogue with the Mapuche spiritual leader, silversmith and activist, Mauro Millán and Argentinean artist, Eduardo Molinari, about the cultural resistance of the Mapuche people to neo-colonialism in Chile.
Anachoresis - Upon Inhabiting Distances
2021
English edition
Archive Books
Published on the occasion of Cyprus' participation at the 17th Architecture Biennale in Venice, Anachoresis: Upon Inhabiting Distances gathers a collection of texts and visual material from a multidisciplinary group of Cypriot and international practitioners, including architects and designers, curators and writers, sound and movement artists.
Rehearsing Hospitalities - Companion 3
2021
English edition
Archive Books
A series of essays and visual contributions critically reflecting on the questions of hospitality safety, security and care.
Momentography of a failure - Addis Ababa
2021
English edition
Archive Books
Momentography of a failurebrings essays, timelines, film, photography, and a series of conversations together to deal with Ethiopia's controversial urbanisation and the transformative space of the city.
Saâdane Afif - Side Magazine - The Professor
2021
English edition
Wirklichkeit Books
The first issue of the editorial discursive space for the Bergen Assembly triennial, conceived by Saâdane Afif, explores the identity, role and position of the Professor (contributions by Uli Aigner, Lili Reynaud-Dewar, Jörg Heiser, Christian Nyampeta, Vivian Slee and Marjorie Senechal).
Johanna Laakkonen - They Inhabit While Working
2021
English edition
Archive Books
A collection of texts by the artist and quotations through which Jaana Laakkonen develops reflections on her own practice and on the challenges of her work.
Michele Ciacciofera - Beginningless endless / Senza inizio senza fine / Sans commencement et sans fin
2021
trilingual edition (English / French / Italian)
Zamân - Zamân Books
A retrospective of the last ten years of the Italian artist's graphic and sculptural work, often deployed in extensive programmatic ensembles concerned with memory and archaeology, a sense of history and passing time, that highlights his major contribution to the reconstruction of a trans-Mediterranean imaginary.
The Dreamers
2021
English edition
Cura. - Cura.books
sold out
The catalogue of the 2021 Belgrade Biennale, exploring the space of dream as a metaphorical space of freedom, capable of re-reading categories, rules, and the most common certainties.
Namsa Leuba - Crossed Looks
2021
English edition
Damiani - Photography
sold out
The first artist monograph featuring the work of Swiss-Guinean artist Namsa Leuba.
Andreas Dobler - St. Elsewhere
2021
bilingual edition (English / German)
Edition Patrick Frey
Artist's book.
Victor Papanek - Design pour un monde réel
2021
French edition
Les presses du réel – Architecture / design / graphic design – Design/Théories
Critical re-edition in French of an absolutely precursory and fundamental work for the inclusion of social and environmental issues in the design process: the manifesto of a radical reconfiguration of the field of design, of its forms but above all of its mission.
 BAUKUNST - Pensées
2021
French edition
Caryatide / Cosa Mentale
A portrait of the Belgian architecture office BAUKUNST founded by Adrien Verschuere.
Mehdi Belhaj Kacem - Philosophies singulières - Conversation avec Michaël Crevoisier
2021
French edition
Diaphanes - TransPositions
Mehdi Belhaj Kacem and Bernard Stiegler talk about what links them to philosophy.
AA Bronson - AA Bronson’s House of Shame
2021
English edition
Edition Patrick Frey
A look back in text and images at AA Bronson 's (collective) production between 2013 and 2018.
Roger A Deakins - Byways
2021
English edition
Damiani - Photography
60.00 50.00 €
Portraits and landscapes from the cinematographer famed for his work with Sam Mendes and the Coen brothers.
Jean-Luc Nancy - Rencontre
2021
French edition
Diaphanes
A dialogue between the philosopher and the art historian around the encounter.
Delphine Renault - Le wanderer, le repère et l\'horizon
2021
trilingual edition (English / German / French)
Aparté
First monograph of the French-Swiss artist Delphine Renault, presented by a critical essay by Karine Tissot.
Jean-Luc Poivret -
2021
French edition
Supernova - Art
A counter-plunge into the thousands of annotated books in the personal library of the painter Jean-Luc Poivret.
Mathis Gasser - Heroes and Ghosts
2021
English edition
Edition Patrick Frey
An ongoing series of figurative oil-on-canvas paintings by Swiss-born London-based artist Mathis Gasser, decontextualizing in the same gesture characters of the popular culture and figures of the history of the art.
Toilet Paper
2021
no text
Toilet Paper
Damiani - Toilet Paper
Thierry Chancogne - Le Gobelet de cristal
2021
French edition
Tombolo Presses
A search for the founding narratives of graphic design and typography (as there were such narratives in antiquity about art, painting, and sculpture) among Atlantist type designers of the 1930s, starting with the American typographer Beatrice Warde.
Laurent Marissal - Brecht & Brecht
2021
French edition
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Al Dante
Al Dante - Contemporary Art
Portraits in 22 tableaux based on the works and words of Bertolt & George Brecht.
Scripts and Calligraphy - A Timeless Journey
2021
English edition
Kaph Books
The history of Arabic calligraphy.
Sonsbeck20→24 - Force Times Distance – On Labour and its Sonic Ecologies (catalogue)
2021
bilingual edition (English / Dutch)
Archive Books
The catalogue of the 12th edition of Sonsbeek, centered around labour, and its sonicities, connects a millenary history crossing times and geographies to the present moment, through a multitude of voices, sounds, and ripples.
Sonsbeck20→24 - Force Times Distance – On Labour (reader)
2021
bilingual edition (English / Dutch)
Archive Books
This reader is a culmination of direct and tangential deliberations on notions of labour, appreciated across geographies and mediums. Newly commissioned textual manifestations in a multilogue with historical positions.
School of Waters - Mediterranea 19 – Young Artists Biennale San Marino 2021
2021
English edition
Archive Books
Mediterranea 19 – School of Waters imagines a Biennale as a temporary school inspired by radical and experimental pedagogies and the way they challenge artistic, curatorial, and research formats.
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