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'''Chris Kraus''' (1955) is a writer and filmmaker. She is author of novels ''I Love Dick'' and ''Aliens & Anorexia'' and books of art and cultural criticism. Her films include ''Gravity & Grace'', ''How To Shoot A Crime'', and ''The Golden Bowl, or, Repression''. In 1996, Kraus curated ''The Chance Event: Three Days in the Desert: Primm, Nevada.'' She now lives in Los Angeles. | '''Chris Kraus''' (1955) is a writer and filmmaker. She is author of novels ''I Love Dick'' and ''Aliens & Anorexia'' and books of art and cultural criticism. Her films include ''Gravity & Grace'', ''How To Shoot A Crime'', and ''The Golden Bowl, or, Repression''. In 1996, Kraus curated ''The Chance Event: Three Days in the Desert: Primm, Nevada.'' She now lives in Los Angeles. | ||
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* ''[http://www.ubu.com/film/kraus_foolproof.html Foolproof Illusion]'', 1986. | * ''[http://www.ubu.com/film/kraus_foolproof.html Foolproof Illusion]'', 1986. | ||
* ''[http://www.ubu.com/film/kraus_crime.html How to Shoot a Crime]'', 1987. | * ''[http://www.ubu.com/film/kraus_crime.html How to Shoot a Crime]'', 1987. | ||
| − | * ''[http://www.ubu.com/film/kraus_golden.html The Golden Bowl or Repression]'', 1984/88. | + | * ''[http://www.ubu.com/film/kraus_golden.html The Golden Bowl, or, Repression]'', 1984/88. |
* ''[http://www.ubu.com/film/kraus_traveling.html Traveling at Night]'', 1991. | * ''[http://www.ubu.com/film/kraus_traveling.html Traveling at Night]'', 1991. | ||
* ''[http://www.ubu.com/film/kraus_gravity.html Gravity & Grace]'', 1996. | * ''[http://www.ubu.com/film/kraus_gravity.html Gravity & Grace]'', 1996. | ||
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* editor, with Sylvère Lotringer, ''[https://monoskop.org/log/?p=1616 Hatred of Capitalism: A Semiotext(e) Reader]'', New York: Semiotext(e) Journal, 2001, 421 pp. | * editor, with Sylvère Lotringer, ''[https://monoskop.org/log/?p=1616 Hatred of Capitalism: A Semiotext(e) Reader]'', New York: Semiotext(e) Journal, 2001, 421 pp. | ||
* ''[https://monoskop.org/log/?p=14391 Video Green: Los Angeles Art and the Triumph of Nothingness]'', New York: Semiotext(e), 2004, 217 pp. | * ''[https://monoskop.org/log/?p=14391 Video Green: Los Angeles Art and the Triumph of Nothingness]'', New York: Semiotext(e), 2004, 217 pp. | ||
| + | * "Hunger – Technology – Emotion", in ''Biting The Error: Writers Explore Narrative'', eds. Mary Burger, Robert Gluck, Camille Roy, and Gail Scott, Coach House, 2004. [http://aaaaarg.fail/thing/5898a4a09ff37c253bb6a99a] | ||
* with Jan Tumlir and Jane McFadden, ''LA Artland: Contemporary Art from Los Angeles'', 2005. | * with Jan Tumlir and Jane McFadden, ''LA Artland: Contemporary Art from Los Angeles'', 2005. | ||
* ''Where Art Belongs'', New York: Semiotext(e) (Interventions), 2011, 176 pp. [http://semiotexte.com/?p=798] [https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/where-art-belongs] | * ''Where Art Belongs'', New York: Semiotext(e) (Interventions), 2011, 176 pp. [http://semiotexte.com/?p=798] [https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/where-art-belongs] | ||
* ''[https://monoskop.org/log/?p=17858 Lost Properties]'', Los Angeles: Semiotext(e), 2014, 31 pp. | * ''[https://monoskop.org/log/?p=17858 Lost Properties]'', Los Angeles: Semiotext(e), 2014, 31 pp. | ||
| + | * [http://www.artspace.com/magazine/news_events/book_report/chris-kraus-akademie-x-52660 "Art School"], in ''Akademie X: Lessons in Art + Life'', ed. Rebecca Morrill, London: Phaidon, 2015. | ||
| + | * "Littoral Madness", ''Afterall'' 41, Spring/Summer 2016, pp 136-141. [http://aaaaarg.fail/thing/574dc7139ff37c3780f9369f] | ||
* ''After Kathy Acker: A Literary Biography'', MIT Press, 2017, 352 pp. [https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/after-kathy-acker] | * ''After Kathy Acker: A Literary Biography'', MIT Press, 2017, 352 pp. [https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/after-kathy-acker] | ||
==Interviews== | ==Interviews== | ||
| + | * [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XPw-DvxmQgY Chris Kraus interviewed by Martin Rumsby], 2008. Video. | ||
* ''Chris Kraus, Tisa Bryant'', Brooklyn, NY: Belladonna Books, 2009, 71 pp. [http://www.belladonnaseries.org/old/eldersseries.html] | * ''Chris Kraus, Tisa Bryant'', Brooklyn, NY: Belladonna Books, 2009, 71 pp. [http://www.belladonnaseries.org/old/eldersseries.html] | ||
| − | * [http://www. | + | * Giampaolo Bianconi, [http://rhizome.org/editorial/2012/aug/9/chris-kraus-interview/ "Exploring Bludgeoned Subjectivity: Talking to Chris Kraus"], ''Rhizome'', 9 Aug 2012. |
| + | * Melissa, [http://lemonhound.com/2012/10/09/writing-as-performance-an-interview-with-chris-kraus/ "Writing As Performance: An Interview with Chris Kraus"], ''Lemon Hound'', 9 Oct 2012. | ||
| + | * [http://www.scapegoatjournal.org/docs/05/SG_Excess_306-315_F_Kraus.pdf "A Conversation with Chris Kraus, Prison America: On Summer of Hate"], ''Scapegoat'' 5: "Excess", 2013, pp 306-315. | ||
| + | * Amanda Hess, [https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/05/arts/television/i-love-dick-amazon-chris-kraus-and-jill-soloway.html "Chris Kraus and Jill Soloway Talk About the Show ‘I Love Dick’"], ''The New York Times'', 5 May 2017. | ||
==Literature== | ==Literature== | ||
* Mira Mattar (ed.), ''[https://monoskop.org/log/?p=14264 You Must Make Your Death Public: A Collection of Texts and Media on the Work of Chris Kraus]'', London: Mute, 2015, 134 pp. | * Mira Mattar (ed.), ''[https://monoskop.org/log/?p=14264 You Must Make Your Death Public: A Collection of Texts and Media on the Work of Chris Kraus]'', London: Mute, 2015, 134 pp. | ||
| − | + | * Leslie Jamison, [http://www.newyorker.com/culture/cultural-comment/this-female-consciousness-on-chris-kraus "This Female Consciousness: On Chris Kraus"], ''The New Yorker'', 9 Apr 2015 | |
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Chris Kraus (1955) is a writer and filmmaker. She is author of novels I Love Dick and Aliens & Anorexia and books of art and cultural criticism. Her films include Gravity & Grace, How To Shoot A Crime, and The Golden Bowl, or, Repression. In 1996, Kraus curated The Chance Event: Three Days in the Desert: Primm, Nevada. She now lives in Los Angeles.
Works
- Films
- In Order to Pass, 1982.
- Foolproof Illusion, 1986.
- How to Shoot a Crime, 1987.
- The Golden Bowl, or, Repression, 1984/88.
- Traveling at Night, 1991.
- Gravity & Grace, 1996.
- Fiction
- I Love Dick, New York: Semiotext(e) (Native Agents), 1997, 275 pp, ARG; repr., Los Angeles: Semiotext(e), 2006, 277 pp.
- Ai ravu dikku, trans. Augustmoon Ochiishi, Tokyo: Shinchosha, 2000, 283 pp. (Japanese)
- Amo a Dick, trans. Marcelo Cohen, Barcelona: Alpha Decay, 2013, 339 pp. (Spanish)
- I love Dick, trans. Alice Zeniter, Paris: Flammarion, 2016, 269 pp. (French)
- I Love Dick, Modernista, 2016, 288 pp. (Swedish)
- I love Dick, trans. Evi Hoste and Anniek Kool, Amsterdam: Lebowski, 2016, 271 pp. (Dutch)
- I love Dick, trans. Kevin Vennemann, Berlin: Matthes & Seitz, 2017, 250 pp. (German)
- I love Dick: roman, trans. Louise Ardenfelt Ravnild, Copenhagen: Gyldendal, 2017, 302 pp. (Danish)
- Aliens & Anorexia, Brooklyn, NY: Semiotext(e) (Native Agents), 2000, 244 pp; new ed., forew. Palle Yourgrau, 2013, 264 pp. [1] [2] [3]
- Aliens & anorexia, trans. Patrizia Brighi, Milan: O barra O, 2011. (Italian)
- Torpor, New York: Semiotext(e) (Native Agents), 2006; new ed., intro. Fanny Howe, 2015, 312 pp. [4] [5] [6]
- Torpor: Roman, trans. Stephanie Wurster, afterw. Karolin Meunier, Berlin: b-books, 2015, 276 pp. (German)
- Summer of Hate, New York: Semiotext(e) (Native Agents), 2012, 256 pp. [7]
- Verano del odio, Buenos Aires: Eterna Cadencia, 2014, 269 pp. (Spanish)
- Nonfiction
- editor, with Sylvère Lotringer, Hatred of Capitalism: A Semiotext(e) Reader, New York: Semiotext(e) Journal, 2001, 421 pp.
- Video Green: Los Angeles Art and the Triumph of Nothingness, New York: Semiotext(e), 2004, 217 pp.
- "Hunger – Technology – Emotion", in Biting The Error: Writers Explore Narrative, eds. Mary Burger, Robert Gluck, Camille Roy, and Gail Scott, Coach House, 2004. [8]
- with Jan Tumlir and Jane McFadden, LA Artland: Contemporary Art from Los Angeles, 2005.
- Where Art Belongs, New York: Semiotext(e) (Interventions), 2011, 176 pp. [9] [10]
- Lost Properties, Los Angeles: Semiotext(e), 2014, 31 pp.
- "Art School", in Akademie X: Lessons in Art + Life, ed. Rebecca Morrill, London: Phaidon, 2015.
- "Littoral Madness", Afterall 41, Spring/Summer 2016, pp 136-141. [11]
- After Kathy Acker: A Literary Biography, MIT Press, 2017, 352 pp. [12]
Interviews
- Chris Kraus interviewed by Martin Rumsby, 2008. Video.
- Chris Kraus, Tisa Bryant, Brooklyn, NY: Belladonna Books, 2009, 71 pp. [13]
- Giampaolo Bianconi, "Exploring Bludgeoned Subjectivity: Talking to Chris Kraus", Rhizome, 9 Aug 2012.
- Melissa, "Writing As Performance: An Interview with Chris Kraus", Lemon Hound, 9 Oct 2012.
- "A Conversation with Chris Kraus, Prison America: On Summer of Hate", Scapegoat 5: "Excess", 2013, pp 306-315.
- Amanda Hess, "Chris Kraus and Jill Soloway Talk About the Show ‘I Love Dick’", The New York Times, 5 May 2017.
Literature
- Mira Mattar (ed.), You Must Make Your Death Public: A Collection of Texts and Media on the Work of Chris Kraus, London: Mute, 2015, 134 pp.
- Leslie Jamison, "This Female Consciousness: On Chris Kraus", The New Yorker, 9 Apr 2015
