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* ''[https://monoskop.org/log/?p=15609 I Love Dick]'', Los Angeles: Semiotext(e), 1997, 275 pp.
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* editor, with Sylvère Lotringer, ''[https://monoskop.org/log/?p=1616 Hatred of Capitalism: A Reader]'', Semiotext(e), 2001, 421 pp.
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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.'' Her first novel, ''I Love Dick'', was adapted for television in 2017.  Kraus is a co-editor of the independent press Semiotext(e), alongside Hedi El Kholti and [[Sylvère Lotringer]]. She is a frequent contributor to ''Artforum, Bookforum'' and other magazines. She now lives in Los Angeles, and teaches part-time at Art Center.
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==Works==
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===Films===
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* ''[http://www.ubu.com/film/kraus_pass.html In Order to Pass]'', 1982.
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* ''[http://www.ubu.com/film/kraus_foolproof.html Foolproof Illusion]'', 1986.
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* ''[http://www.ubu.com/film/kraus_crime.html How to Shoot a Crime]'', 1987.
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* ''[http://www.ubu.com/film/kraus_golden.html The Golden Bowl, or, Repression]'', 1984/88.
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* ''[http://www.ubu.com/film/kraus_traveling.html Traveling at Night]'', 1991.
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* ''[http://www.ubu.com/film/kraus_gravity.html Gravity & Grace]'', 1996.
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===Fiction===
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* ''[https://monoskop.org/log/?p=15609 I Love Dick]'', New York: Semiotext(e) (Native Agents), 1997, 275 pp, [http://aaaaarg.fail/static/reader.htm?0=3ed07dd3438aac697a20fa3a7adebbd6-0 ARG]; repr., Los Angeles: Semiotext(e), 2006, 277 pp.
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** ''Ai ravu dikku'', trans. Augustmoon Ochiishi, Tokyo: Shinchosha, 2000, 283 pp. {{jp}}
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** ''Amo a Dick'', trans. Marcelo Cohen, Barcelona: Alpha Decay, 2013, 339 pp. {{es}}
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** ''I love Dick'', trans. Alice Zeniter, Paris: Flammarion, 2016, 269 pp. {{fr}}
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** ''I Love Dick'', Stockholm: Modernista, 2016, 288 pp. {{sw}}
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** ''I love Dick'', trans. Evi Hoste and Anniek Kool, Amsterdam: Lebowski, 2016, 271 pp. {{nl}}
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** ''I love Dick'', trans. Kevin Vennemann, Berlin: Matthes & Seitz, 2017, 250 pp. {{de}}
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** ''I love Dick: roman'', trans. Louise Ardenfelt Ravnild, Copenhagen: Gyldendal, 2017, 302 pp. {{da}}
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** ''I love Dick: romanzo'', trans. Maria Nadotti, Vicenza: BEAT, 2018, 300 pp. {{it}}
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** ''I Love Dick'', trans. Pavel Černovský, ed. Tereza Stejskalová, intro. Lubica Kobová, Prague: tranzit.cz, 2018, 216 pp. [http://cz.tranzit.org/cz/publikace/0/publication/chris-kraus-i-love-dick] {{cz}}
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** ''Ai reobeu Dik'' [아이 러브 딕: 크리스 크라우스 장편소설], Paju: Chaek Ingneun Suyoil: Hanguk Mulga Jeongbo, 2019, 439 pp. {{ko}}
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** ''Wo ai Dike'' [我爱迪克], trans. Li Tongzhou, Shanghai: Shanghai san lian shu dian, 2019, 326 pp. {{cn}}
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* ''[https://monoskop.org/log/?p=19647 Aliens & Anorexia]'', Brooklyn, NY: Semiotext(e) (Native Agents), 2000, 236 pp; new ed., forew. Palle Yourgrau, 2013, 264 pp; repr., London: Tuskar Rock Press, 2018, 269 pp. [http://semiotexte.com/?p=503] [https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/aliens-and-anorexia] [https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/aliens-anorexia]
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** ''Aliens & anorexia'', trans. Patrizia Brighi, Milan: O barra O, 2011. {{it}}
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* ''Scherbentanz. Roman'', Frankfurt: Frankfurter Verlagsanstalt, 2002, 199 pp; repr., Zürich: Diogenes, 2020, 208 pp. {{de}}
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* ''Torpor'', New York: Semiotext(e) (Native Agents), 2006; new ed., intro. Fanny Howe, 2015, 312 pp; repr., London: Tuskar Rock, 2017, 292 pp. [http://semiotexte.com/?p=490] [https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/torpor] [https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/torpor-0]
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** ''Torpor. Roman'', trans. Stephanie Wurster, afterw. Karolin Meunier, Berlin: b-books, 2015, 276 pp. [http://www.b-books.de/verlag/torpor/index.html] {{de}}
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** ''Sopor'', trans. Cecilia Pavón, Buenos Aires: Eterna Cadencia, 2018, 320 pp. [https://www.eternacadencia.com.ar/blog/editorial/catalogo/item/sopor.html] {{es}}
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* ''Summer of Hate'', New York: Semiotext(e) (Native Agents), 2012, 256 pp. [http://aaaaarg.fail/thing/51c58bfe6c3a0eda0b238300 Part 1], [http://www.joylandmagazine.com/regions/new-york/summer-hate Excerpt]. [https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/summer-hate]
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** ''Verano del odio'', trans. Cecilia Pavón and Claudio Iglesias, Buenos Aires: Eterna Cadencia, 2014, 269 pp. [https://www.eternacadencia.com.ar/blog/editorial/catalogo/item/verano-del-odio.html] {{es}}
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** ''Summer of Hate'', trans. Jenny Högström, Stockholm: Modernista, 2019, 256 pp. {{sw}}
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** ''Dans la fureur du monde'', trans. Alice Zeniter, Paris: Flammarion, 2019, 292 pp. {{fr}}
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* ''Das kalte Blut'', Zürich: Diogenes, 2017, 1187 pp. {{de}}
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** ''La fabrique des salauds'', trans. Rose Labourie, Paris: 10-18: Belfond, 2020, 1099 pp. {{fr}}
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* ''Sommerfrauen, Winterfrauen'', Zürich: Diogenes, 2018, 412 pp; 502 min. Also published as audio book read by Lars Eidinger and Paula Beer. [https://www.diogenes.ch/leser/titel/chris-kraus/sommerfrauen-winterfrauen-gesprochen-von-lars-eidinger-paula-beer-9783257803938.html] {{de}}
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===Nonfiction===
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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.
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* ''[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.
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* ''[http://aaaaarg.fail/thing/5813c14d9ff37c59da15e6ab Lost Properties]'', Semiotext(e), 2014, 31 pp.
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** ''Video green: el arte de Los Ángeles y el triunfo de la nada'', trans. Cecilia Pavón, Bilbao: Consonni, 2018, 253 pp. {{es}}
  
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* with Jan Tumlir and Jane McFadden, ''LA Artland: Contemporary Art from Los Angeles'', 2005.
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* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XPw-DvxmQgY Chris Kraus interviewed by Martin Rumsby], video, 2008.
 
  
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* ''Where Art Belongs'', New York: Semiotext(e) (Interventions), 2011, 176 pp. [http://aaaaarg.fail/thing/52d9b810307888a043000015 Chapter 1]. [http://semiotexte.com/?p=798] [https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/where-art-belongs]
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** ''Sanat Nereye Aittir?'', trans. Zeynep Anlı, Ankara: Dost, 2016, 119 pp. {{tr}}
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* ''Kelly Lake Store and Other Stories'', Portland, OR: Douglas F. Cooley Memorial Art Gallery (Companion Editions), 2012, 39 pp; [https://nplusonemag.com/issue-17/essays/kelly-lake-store/ repr.] in ''n+1'' 17, Fall 2013. [http://www.mottodistribution.com/shop/kelly-lake-store-other-stories.html]
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* ''[https://monoskop.org/log/?p=17858 Lost Properties]'', Los Angeles: Semiotext(e), 2014, 31 pp.
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* ''[http://aaaaarg.fail/thing/5993568e9ff37c0dbf003ed4 After Kathy Acker: A Literary Biography]'', MIT Press, 2017, 352 pp. [https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/after-kathy-acker]
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* ''Social Practices'', South Pasadena, CA: Semiotext(e), 2018, 296 pp. Essays on and around art and art practices. [https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/social-practices] [https://frieze.com/article/chris-kraus-looks-toward-margins-new-book-social-practices]
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* "Introduction", in Willa Cather, ''[http://library.memoryoftheworld.org/#/book/16eab0dd-ceb2-4ee6-8a13-20bc282bbc7c O Pioneers!]'', New York: Barnes & Noble Classics, 2003.
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* "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]
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* [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.
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* "Littoral Madness", ''Afterall'' 41, Spring/Summer 2016, pp 136-141. [http://aaaaarg.fail/thing/574dc7139ff37c3780f9369f]
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==Interviews==
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* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XPw-DvxmQgY Chris Kraus interviewed by Martin Rumsby], 2008. Video.
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* ''Chris Kraus, Tisa Bryant'', Brooklyn, NY: Belladonna Books, 2009, 71 pp. [http://www.belladonnaseries.org/old/eldersseries.html]
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* Giampaolo Bianconi, [http://rhizome.org/editorial/2012/aug/9/chris-kraus-interview/ "Exploring Bludgeoned Subjectivity: Talking to Chris Kraus"], ''Rhizome'', 9 Aug 2012.
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* 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.
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* [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.
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* 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.
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* "The Feelings I Fail to Capitalize, I Fail. Chris Kraus and Ariana Reines in Conversation", ''Texte zur Kunst'' 103, 2017, pp 94ff. [https://www.textezurkunst.de/103/den-gefuhlen-die-ich-nicht-kapitalisiere/]
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** "Den Gefühlen, die ich nicht kapitalisiere, werde ich nicht gerecht. Chris Kraus und Ariana Reines im Gespräch über Auto-Fiction and Biografie", ''Texte zur Kunst'' 103, 2017, pp 95ff. [https://www.textezurkunst.de/103/den-gefuhlen-die-ich-nicht-kapitalisiere/] {{de}}
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* Jeni Fulton, [http://www.sleek-mag.com/2017/05/05/chris-kraus-interview-i-love-dick/ "The Revival of Chris Kraus and her Radical Novel ‘I Love Dick’"], ''Sleek'' 53, Spring 2017.
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* [http://themillions.com/2017/08/transgression-become-banal-chris-kraus-jarett-kobek-conversation.html "Transgression Has Become So Banal: Chris Kraus and Jarett Kobek in Conversation"], ''The Millions'', 24 Aug 2017.
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==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.
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* 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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* Alex Kitnick, [https://sci-hub.se/10.1162/octo_a_00332 "I, etcetera"], ''October'' 166, Fall 2018, pp 45-62.
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Revision as of 21:29, 30 October 2020

Born March 5, 1955(1955-03-05)
New York City, United States
Lives in Los Angeles, United States
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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. Her first novel, I Love Dick, was adapted for television in 2017. Kraus is a co-editor of the independent press Semiotext(e), alongside Hedi El Kholti and Sylvère Lotringer. She is a frequent contributor to Artforum, Bookforum and other magazines. She now lives in Los Angeles, and teaches part-time at Art Center.

Works

Films

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, Stockholm: 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)
    • I love Dick: romanzo, trans. Maria Nadotti, Vicenza: BEAT, 2018, 300 pp. (Italian)
    • I Love Dick, trans. Pavel Černovský, ed. Tereza Stejskalová, intro. Lubica Kobová, Prague: tranzit.cz, 2018, 216 pp. [1] (Czech)
    • Ai reobeu Dik [아이 러브 딕: 크리스 크라우스 장편소설], Paju: Chaek Ingneun Suyoil: Hanguk Mulga Jeongbo, 2019, 439 pp. (Korean)
    • Wo ai Dike [我爱迪克], trans. Li Tongzhou, Shanghai: Shanghai san lian shu dian, 2019, 326 pp. (Chinese)
  • Aliens & Anorexia, Brooklyn, NY: Semiotext(e) (Native Agents), 2000, 236 pp; new ed., forew. Palle Yourgrau, 2013, 264 pp; repr., London: Tuskar Rock Press, 2018, 269 pp. [2] [3] [4]
    • Aliens & anorexia, trans. Patrizia Brighi, Milan: O barra O, 2011. (Italian)
  • Scherbentanz. Roman, Frankfurt: Frankfurter Verlagsanstalt, 2002, 199 pp; repr., Zürich: Diogenes, 2020, 208 pp. (German)
  • Torpor, New York: Semiotext(e) (Native Agents), 2006; new ed., intro. Fanny Howe, 2015, 312 pp; repr., London: Tuskar Rock, 2017, 292 pp. [5] [6] [7]
    • Torpor. Roman, trans. Stephanie Wurster, afterw. Karolin Meunier, Berlin: b-books, 2015, 276 pp. [8] (German)
    • Sopor, trans. Cecilia Pavón, Buenos Aires: Eterna Cadencia, 2018, 320 pp. [9] (Spanish)
  • Summer of Hate, New York: Semiotext(e) (Native Agents), 2012, 256 pp. Part 1, Excerpt. [10]
    • Verano del odio, trans. Cecilia Pavón and Claudio Iglesias, Buenos Aires: Eterna Cadencia, 2014, 269 pp. [11] (Spanish)
    • Summer of Hate, trans. Jenny Högström, Stockholm: Modernista, 2019, 256 pp. (Swedish)
    • Dans la fureur du monde, trans. Alice Zeniter, Paris: Flammarion, 2019, 292 pp. (French)
  • Das kalte Blut, Zürich: Diogenes, 2017, 1187 pp. (German)
    • La fabrique des salauds, trans. Rose Labourie, Paris: 10-18: Belfond, 2020, 1099 pp. (French)
  • Sommerfrauen, Winterfrauen, Zürich: Diogenes, 2018, 412 pp; 502 min. Also published as audio book read by Lars Eidinger and Paula Beer. [12] (German)

Nonfiction

Books
  • 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. Chapter 1. [13] [14]
    • Sanat Nereye Aittir?, trans. Zeynep Anlı, Ankara: Dost, 2016, 119 pp. (Turkish)
  • Kelly Lake Store and Other Stories, Portland, OR: Douglas F. Cooley Memorial Art Gallery (Companion Editions), 2012, 39 pp; repr. in n+1 17, Fall 2013. [15]
  • Social Practices, South Pasadena, CA: Semiotext(e), 2018, 296 pp. Essays on and around art and art practices. [17] [18]
Book chapters, articles
  • "Introduction", in Willa Cather, O Pioneers!, New York: Barnes & Noble Classics, 2003.
  • "Hunger – Technology – Emotion", in Biting The Error: Writers Explore Narrative, eds. Mary Burger, Robert Gluck, Camille Roy, and Gail Scott, Coach House, 2004. [19]
  • "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. [20]

Interviews

Literature


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