Staffan Boije af GennКs Listening to Bathory’s album Under the Sign of the Black Mark, this third Social Life of a Record is an investigation into the origins of the black metal sound and its impact. In conversation with the guitarist Jon Albjerg Ravnholt, writer and critic Staffan Boije af Gennäs discuss the outcome of […]
James Hoff An artist, a musician, and a publisher based in Brooklyn, NY, James Hoff tells here how books got him into art. He considers the complex and stimulating fabric of anecdotes, gossip, secrets, that are shared around artists’ publications, and, further, the role of printed matter in the building of an artists community. The […]
Jon Bywater, Louise Menzies et Marnie Slater (d’après Chris Kraus) Cinquième livret de la série The Social Life of the Book, Die Toilette est un texte construit “d’après” la lecture de Chris Kraus: soit un montage de fragments issus de différents romans de l’écrivaine américaine – tous inédits en français – conçu et annoté par trois […]
Ce livret donne accès à une partie du catalogue de la bibliothèque personnelle de l’artiste Helen Chadwick, reproduit par Will Holder …aux mères célibataires. En 2006, dix ans après le décès prématuré de Chadwick, The Henry Moore Institute a fait l’acquisition de ses livres, et en a réalisé l’archivage. Cette liste d’essais, de revues, de […]
Matthew Stadler An important inspirer of this Social Life of the Book series, Matthew Stadler is relentlessly challenging preconceived ideas of publishing and the book, in his own writings, lectures, and publishing activities. In this new essay, he’s examining the political dimensions of the book, through an unexpected, yet fertile, comparison between today and the […]
Will Holder The 6th installment of the Social Life of the Book series is a section of the catalogue of publications from english conceptual artist Helen Chadwick’s personal library, reproduced by Will Holder …for Single Mothers. The library was acquired in 2006 and is held by The Henry Moore Institute Archive, Leeds, UK. The Social […]
Jon Bywater, Louise Menzies and Marnie Slater (after Chris Kraus) We’re pleased and proud to announce that the fifth, long-awaited installment of our ongoing, history-making signature series, ‘SLOB’, is now available. Die Toilette is an assemblage of text fragments taken from different books by LA-based writer Chris Kraus, conceived and annotated by artists and writers […]
Felicia von Zweigbergk, Pieter Kock, Janine Armin and Ärkan Nordin The Social Life of the Record: Metal Ideas gathers texts by Felicia von Zweigbergk, Pieter Kock aka DJ Peacock, Janine Armin, and Ärkan Nordin, dealing with the influence of listening experiences on moods and behaviors, the death of morality, atonality in horror movies, amongst other […]
Avigail Moss Avigail Moss, artiste et auteure vivant à Los Angeles, propose ici une tentative d’épuisement d’un livre, en analysant minutieusement, sur les plans historique, politique, artistique et conceptuel un ouvrage fascinant: Le langage “féminin” et “masculin” du corps: reflet de l’ordre patriarcal, extraordinaire essai photographique publié par l’artiste allemande Marianne Wex à la fin des […]
Avigail Moss This installment written by LA-based artist and writer Avigail Moss, develops as a thorough analysis of one particular book: Marianne Wex’s outstanding photo-essay Let’s Take Back Our Space: “Female” and “Male” Body Language as a Result of Patriarchal Structures, from 1979. Moss proposes a contextual approach of the book, in relation to politics […]