Jean-François Lyotard: Duchamp’s TRANS/formers (1977/1990)

“Duchamp’s Trans / Formers” is the renowned late French theoretician Jean-François Lyotard’s elegantly designed contemplation on the work of Marcel Duchamp. Published by Sam Francis’ Lapis Press.

The book reconstructs the Large Glass and Given, Duchamp’s two major works that glorify the body in its topological conceptuality.

Originally published as Les transformateurs Duchamp, Editions Galilée, 1977
Translated by Ian McLeod
Publisher: Lapis Press, Venice, CA, 1990
ISBN: 0-932499-63-5
208 pages

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Valentina Tanni: Random (2011) [Italian, English]

This book came unexpected. It appeared suddenly, just like necessities do. Like all unexpected things, it has an uneven form, and its contents are far from linear. More than a book, it’s a record, an historical document. It brings together a series of heterogeneous texts written during ten years of study, research and dissemination.

Along the last ten years, Random Magazine established itself as the main editorial platform for net art and new media art in Italy. A small percentage of the material you can find on the website is represented in this book. But why put ink on paper all this material? Because sometimes, in order to realize how far you’ve gone, you have to stop and look back. And in order to hand down the history of these ten years of research, and offer it to newer generations of artists and students.

Because of the nature of its source material, this book is mainly in Italian language, and meant for an Italian audience. However, English speaking audience is warmly invited to skim it, enjoy the introduction and the selection of English reviews.

Publisher: LINK Editions, Brescia, May 2011
ISBN 978-1-4477-1182-7
114 pages
Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.

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The Red Specter. Journal of Agitation and Enlightenment 1 (2010) [English/Spanish]

Published on the occassion of exhibition Critical Fetishes. Residues of General Economy at CA2M Centro de Arte Dos de Mayo in Madrid, May – August 2010, curated by The Red Specter (Through its Commissariat of Public Enlightenment: Mariana Botey, Helena Chávez Mac Gregor and Cuauhtémoc Medina).

Editors of issue 1: Ekaterina Álvarez Romero and Cuauhtémoc Medina
English translations: Christopher Fraga, Lorna Scott Fox
Spanish translations: Manuel Hernández, Jaime Soler Frost

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