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Espace art actuel - Counter-monuments
2016
bilingual edition (English / French)
Espace art actuel
This issue addresses the notion of (counter-)monuments with essays on National Identity, Immersion Serving Memory, Optical Protocols, Alexandra Pirici's Soft Power, The Kai Dikhas Gallery, Thomas Hirschhorn, The Memorial to the Victims of Communism…
Marion Muller-Colard - Hannah Arendt\'s Little Theater
2016
English edition
Diaphanes - Plato & Co.
Hannah Arendt is not at all keen to build an edifice of ideas or to develop abstract concepts. Rather, she gets on to the stage herself! To enter the scene of her little theater means to take matters into her own hands, take responsibility, to act. In short: Thinking is acting! Whereas the bureaucrats can conceive of only one thing: to build a world out of paper (an illustrated philosophy book for children).
Barbara Davatz - As Time Goes By - Portraits 1982, 1988, 1997, 2014
2016
English edition
Edition Patrick Frey
In 1982 Barbara Davatz photographed 12 young couples from the Zurich scen—lovers, friends or kin. She portrayed them again in 1988, 1997 and 2014, covering more than three decades of human relations, aesthetic and social evolution.
Reiner Schürmann - Origins
2016
English edition
Diaphanes - Literature
The semi-autobiographical account of the life of a young German in the 1960s, between Germany, Israel, and The United States. First translation of philosopher Reiner Schürmann's only literary work, originally published in French in 1976.
Mehdi Belhaj Kacem - Textes inédits
2016
French edition
Les presses du réel – Philosophy / politics – Second reading
A collection of previously unpublished texts by the French philosopher.
Jean-Paul Mongin - Mister Descartes and his Evil Genius
2016
English edition
Diaphanes - Plato & Co.
On a long, cold winter night, more than three hundred years ago, Mister Descartes is suddenly beset by profound doubts: Can I trust my senses, or am I fooled by illusions? Is there an Evil Genius behind all things? What if the outside world is only a dream? Is my own existence nothing but the product of my imagination? (an illustrated philosophy book for children).
Touda Bouanani - Re-monter le temps
2016
bilingual edition (Arabic / French)
Kulte Editions
This “book-object” prompts the reader to piece together a fragmented narrative comprising texts and pictures to color, to copy, to associate…
 Prill Vieceli Cremers - Money
2016
English edition
Edition Patrick Frey
An artist's book on worldwide monetary iconography.
Alessandro Bosetti - Autumnal Sisters - 7 Mask Mirror improvisations (DVD)
2016
bilingual edition (English / Korean)
various
currently out of stock
Autumnal Sisters recollects seven performances by Alessandro Bosetti, in solo and teaming up with writer Kim Taeyong and video maker Orolo. It is the first extensive document of Bosetti's work with MaskMirror, a musical instrument which takes language rather than sound as it's main material.
Ryan McGinley - The Four Seasons
2016
French edition
GAMeC Books
sold out
Catalogue.
Daniel Buren - Libretto - Daniel Buren : une fresque (box set)
2016
French edition
MER. Books
The journal/catalogue conceived by Daniel Buren for his retrospective at BOZAR.
Luigi Snozzi - L\'architecture inefficiente
2016
French edition
Caryatide / Cosa Mentale - Essays
currently out of stock
Conversations between Swiss architect Luigi Snozzi and the philosopher Fabio Merlini.
Adrià Cañameras - Ciertas Vidas Perras
2016
Spanish edition
Terranova
A photographic itinerary through the life of Adrià Cañameras and his girlfriend Mar in the heart of Madrid.
Clara de Asís - Uno todo tres (CD)
2016
PiedNu
A minimalist piece of forty-four minutes in which the electroacoustic composer and experimental guitarist goes beyond the conventional modes of the instrumental approach, deploys a radically personal atypical universe and subtly explores the idea of space by generating different degrees of tension and emotion.
 Július Koller & Květa Fulierová - Archive of Květa Fulierová / Family
2016
English edition
Sputnik
The family archives of Július Koller's collaborator and loving partner Květa Fulierová (artist's book).
Neural
2016
English edition
Neural
Featuring: interviews with Constant (An Mertens, Femke Snelting), Rosa Menkman, Tristan Perich, Alberto Novello, Ralf Baecker, Phillip Galanter; an article on Simplexity, the art of the one-liner for sonic complexity, reports on “Disruption” ISEA 2015, “Test Exposure” WRO 2015, xCoAx 2015, digital news, books and records reviews...
Neural - Obfuscate or Die
2016
English edition
Neural
Featuring: Finn Brunton and Helen Nissenbaum on their book Obfuscation – A User's Guide for Privacy and Protest, interviews with Mushon Zer Aviv, Francisco López, Jacob Kirkegaard, Benjamin Grosser, and Nick Montfort, reports on Media City – Intermedia Art Festival, Piksel 2015, Renewable Futures Festival, digital news, records and books reviews…
Pakito Bolino - Sadobaka
2016
no text
Timeless
Long awaited new opus by Le Dernier Cri mastermind. Evil and degenerated interpretation of Jap B movie posters in this oversized book.
Sanna Marander - Can You Tell Me Your Honor Where behind a Lamp-Post Is? - A Retrial of Félix Fénéon
2016
English edition
Kunstverein Publishing Milano
A retrial of Félix Fénéon (an artist book conceived and written by artists Sanna Marander and Niklas Tafra, with contributions by poet Claes Tellvid and assistant judge Erik Hellsten).
Jean-Louis Costes - Plastic et Magic (book + CD)
2016
Bisou Records
A 48 pages book of drawings by Costes, with all the lyrics of the 10 songs that are on the accompanying CD.
Roc Herms - Postcards from Home
2016
English edition
Terranova
Postcards from Home documents the encounters between Roc Herms and several different avatars during his years of participation in a virtual world created for Playstation 3.
Marco Mazzoni - Atlas Soccer
2016
bilingual edition (English / Italian)
Bruno
A rich and diverse panorama of football gestures selected from newspapers' photographs dating from 1990 to 2010. The aesthetic classification of these gestures opens to wider reflections on sport as choreography and artistic performance.
Beti Žerovc - When Attitudes Become the Norm - The Contemporary Curator and Institutional Art
2015
English edition
Archive Books
A collection of essays and interviews on the issue of curatorship in contemporary art with Pierre Restany, Zoran Kržišnik, Harald Szeemann, Daniel Buren, Charles Esche and Walter Benjamin.
Landon Metz -
2015
English edition
Mousse - Mousse Publishing (books)
sold out
The first monograph dedicated to Landon Metz retraces the American artist's distinct practice examining four exhibitions from the past two years.
 Carla Zaccagnini & Runo Lagomarsino -
2015
bilingual edition (English / Swedish)
Mousse - Mousse Publishing (books)
The first extensive survey catalogue of Zaccagnini & Lagomarsino, a selection of works from 2001 to 2015 especially displayed by artist Luca Frei and which reflects the two artists' transnational ideals.
Bruce McLean - Drawing Room Confessions #9
2015
English edition
Mousse - Mousse Publishing (books)
Bruce McLean plays the Drawing Room Confessions.
Fly in the Soup
2015
English edition
Mousse - Mousse Publishing (books)
An account of the 21st edition of the CSAV—Artists Research Laboratory—a workshop for young artists held every year at the Fondazione Antonio Ratti, Como, with invited artists Yvonne Rainer and Andrea Kleine.
Alex Cecchetti - Marie and William - A Performance by Alex Cecchetti
2015
English edition
Mousse - Mousse Publishing (books)
With Marie and William, Alex Cecchetti attempts to transpose the performative gesture in the space of the book.
Jacob Kassay - Standards, Surnames
2015
English edition
Mousse - Mousse Publishing (books)
Artist's book / exhibition index.
Patrick Staff - The Foundation
2015
English edition
Mousse - Mousse Publishing (books)
This book documents the eponymous work by British artist Patrick Staff a film installation exploring queer intergenerational relationships negotiated through historical materials. The film combines footage shot at the gay icon Tom of Finland's Foundation in Los Angeles with choreographic sequences shot within a specially constructed set.
Working Geographies
2015
bilingual edition (English / Italian)
Mousse - Mousse Publishing (books)
This volume presents the results of the Resò International Art Exchange program which seeks to comprehend the role and influence of evolving geography and residency on artistic practice.
Leon Vranken - Line drawings
2015
English edition
Mousse - Mousse Publishing (books)
The first monograph detailing the work of Belgian artist Leon Vranken, this book presents the most significant and complex projects of a practice now spanning over fifteen years, and is accompanied by three essays that address the many facets of his meticulously constructed works.
Momentum 8 - Tunnel Vision Viewer
2015
English edition
Mousse - Mousse Publishing (books)
Appearing after the Reader, this second volume covering the 8th Momentum Nordic Biennial features images from all artists participating in the exhibition, both in the pages of the publication and via a memory stick, incorporated in the spine.
Patrick Tuttofuoco - Portraits, Portraits, Portraits
2015
bilingual edition (English / Italian)
Mousse - Mousse Publishing (books)
The first fifteen years of Patrick Tuttofuoco's career in 16 written portraits.
Alexandre da Cunha - Drawing Room Confessions #10
2015
English edition
Mousse - Mousse Publishing (books)
currently out of stock
Alexandre da Cunha plays the Drawing Room Confessions.
Peter Friedl - Peep-Hole Sheet - Images at War
2015
English edition
Peep-Hole Sheet
Mousse - Mousse Publishing (books)
currently out of stock
Published for the first time, a selection of notes from the artist's private diaries.
Damián Ortega - Casino
2015
bilingual edition (English / Italian)
Mousse - Mousse Publishing (books)
sold out
Monograph / artist's book.
Richard Wentworth - Drawing Room Confessions #11
2015
English edition
Mousse - Mousse Publishing (books)
sold out
Richard Wentworth plays the Drawing Room Confessions.
Peter Hutchinson - La Flèche de l\'amitié
2015
French edition
Mix
An unpublished novel by one of the great figures of Land art.
Christine Osinski - Summer Days Staten Island
2015
English edition
Damiani - Photography
37.00 € 35.00 €
Taken in the "forgotten borough" of Staten Island between 1983 and 1984, the photographs in Christine Osinski's Summer Days Staten Island create a portrait of working-class culture in an often overlooked section of New York City.
Manuel Raeder - Loose Leaf - Wall Calendar 2016
2015
no text
Bom Dia Boa Tarde Boa Noite
sold out
Manuel Raeder's 2016 Wall Calendar (with Armando Andrade Tudela, Mariana Castillo Deball, Heinz Peter Knes, Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster, Tris Vonna-Michell...).
Marc Horowitz - Phillips Contemporary Art New York Evening Sale 4 May 2015
2015
English edition
Nero
Artist Marc Horowitz has photographed each page of an art catalogue by Phillips, the famous auction house in New York, having placed on the pages the residues of junk food: an irreverent work staging the encounter between art and consumption (artist's book).
Mustapha Akrim - Collective Memory - 70-85
2015
trilingual edition (English / Arabic / French)
Kulte Editions
With Collective Memory, Mustapha Akrim appropriates one of the most pervasive and widely circulated media of official postcolonial visual culture, the Moroccan dirham. At stake here is how visual representation affects political representation and vice versa.
Flash Art
2015
English edition
Flash Art
Flash Art - Flash Art International (magazine)
This issue considers the revitalization of pastoral narratives in contemporary art and recent artist contributions to radical theories regarding the so-called “end of nature.” Featuring: Dena Yago, Peter Nadin, Lawren Harris, Hayley Silverman, The sea in Cuban art, Charles Lim, The architecture of seasteading, Julia Tcharfas & Arseny Zhilyaev, Darren Bader, Mark von Schlegell, Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster...
Jyll Bradley - Le Jardin hospitalier - Une œuvre de Jyll Bradley
2015
bilingual edition (English / French)
various
Le Jardin hospitalier documents Jyll Bradley's eponymous site-specific artwork produced in April 2015 under the auspices of the Fondation de France's New Patrons program, at Hospital Roger Salengro in Lille, France. The artist has transformed a 100m long, window-less corridor into an immersive installation—a promenade—with black-lit photographs, literary texts and tactile sculptural elements
Anne Heyvaert - Plis Page
2015
no text
Incertain Sens
Artist's book.
The Exhibition of a Film
2015
bilingual edition (English / French)
Mathieu Copeland editions
What would an exhibition be like if we changed the environment from the gallery, museum, or Kunsthalle, to that of the cinema? (a project by Mathieu Copeland, with Chantal Akerman, Peter Downsbrough, Liam Gillick, John Giorno, Philippe Grandrieux, Isidore Isou, Philippe-Alain Michaud, Meredith Monk, Lee Ranaldo, Susan Stenger, Alan Vega, Jacques Villeglé, Lawrence Weiner, Apichatpong Weerasethakul...).
Toilet Paper - Volume II – Platinum Collection (box set + watch)
2015
English edition
Toilet Paper
Damiani - Toilet Paper
sold out
A limited edition publication of 1000 copies, with Toilet Paper watch included!
Eran Schaerf - Frequency-Modulated Scenario
2015
English edition
Archive Books
A textual and visual account of Schaerf's FM-Scenario, an inter-media project using the Internet as a production site for generating content for further media. The core of this project is a fictitious radio station, moderated by a computer program meant to guaranty his listener full freedom of speech.
Susan Philipsz - Follow Me
2015
English edition
Humboldt Books - Artist's Travels
Designed on the basis of a contemporary Baedeker, this book offers an original itinerary in the historic center of the city of Genoa. It is a city-guide that links different places and times, and that also moves from the habit of moving, investigated as a typical phenomenon of the Grand Tour—and that is the origin of the term “tourism”.
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