Broken Screen: Expanding The Image, Breaking The Narrative Edited by Noel Daniel. Broken Screen is comprised of informal conversations between artist Doug Aitken and a roster of 26 carefully chosen artists, filmmakers, designers and architects. Part guidebook and part manifesto, the book takes a fresh look at >>more D.A.P./Distributed Art Publishers, Inc. ISBN 9781933045269 US $40.00 CAN $48.00 TRADE Paperback, 7 x 9.5 in. / 288 pgs / 310 color / 65 b&w. Pub Date: 11/15/2005 Active/In stock
Harun Farocki: Against What Against Whom Edited by Antje Ehmann, Kodwo Eshun. Foreword by Alex Sainsbury. Text by Harun Farocki, Michael Baute, Jammes Benning, Nicole Brenez, Sabeth Buchmann, Alice Creischer, Diederich Diederichsen, George Didi-Hubermann, et al. The first monograph on the prolific German filmmaker, video artist and author Harun Farocki (born 1944), Against What? Against Whom? compiles a complete filmography, beginning with Farocki's early Marxist educational films, “Direct Cinema” works a >>more Walther König, Köln ISBN 9783865605870 US $49.95 CAN $60.00 TRADE Pbk, 7.75 x 10 in. / 256 pgs / 300 color / 270 b&w. Pub Date: 03/31/2010 Active/In stock
Andy Warhol: Motion Pictures Essays by Callie Angel, Mary Lea Bandy, Klaus Biesenbach, Laurence Kardish and Wayne Koestenbaum. Forewords by Glenn D. Lowry and Tom Sokolowski. Prolific, mercurial, thought-provoking, charming, engaging, dynamic, confusing--just like the artist himself, Andy Warhol's films explore the gamut of human emotion. From the time he obtained his first film camera in 1963, up until his death >>more KW Institute for Contemporary Art ISBN 9783980426541 US $35.00 CAN $42.00 TRADE Hardcover, 12 x 9.5 in. / 266 pgs / 210 duotone. Pub Date: 03/15/2005 Active/In stock
Atom Egoyan Contributions by Patrick de Haas. Screenplay by Atom Egoyan. Text by Paul Virilio. The first book on the extraordinary young Turkish filmmaker, whose work explores the way human relationships are corrupted by the omnipresence of technology. >>more Dis Voir ISBN 9782906571341 US $40.00 CAN $48.00 TRADE Paperback, 8.75 x 10.75 in. / 128 pgs / 14 color / 56 b&w. Pub Date: 02/02/1994 Active/In stock
Balanchine Then and Now Edited by Anne Hogen. Texts by Richard Alston, Toni D'Amelio, Dominique Delouche, Antonia Franceschi, Nanette Glushak, Stephanie Jordan, Anna Kisselgoff, Tim Scholl, Giannandrea Poesio, Francia Russell, Suki Schorer, Violette Verdy, Robert Wilson. George Balanchine (1904-1983) is one of the past century's greatest choreographers, and (along with Lincoln Kirstein) the man most responsible for creating ballet culture in America, in his roles as founder of the School of >>more Sylph Editions ISBN 9780955296390 US $45.00 CAN $54.00 TRADE Pbk, 9.5 x 11 in. / 128 pgs / 7 color / 7 b&w / 29 duotone. Pub Date: 11/30/2009 Active/In stock
Beat Takeshi vs. Takeshi Kitano Essay by Casio Abe. Foreword by Daisuke Miyao. Introduction by Lawrence Chua. Afterword by William Gardner. Called “the world's most original action auteur” by the Village Voice, Takeshi Kitano is already legendary in Japan, where he is known both for his inventive films and for his legendarily caustic alter ego, comedian >>more Kaya Press ISBN 9781885030405 US $22.50 CAN $27.00 TRADE Paperback, 5.5 x 7 in. / 272 pgs / 40 b&w. Pub Date: 11/02/2004 Active/In stock
Camera Obtrusa: The Action Documentaries of Hara Kazuo Translated by Pat Noonan, Takuo Yasuda. Essay by Abé Mark Nornes. An authentic visionary of cinema, Japanese filmmaker Hara Kazuo has spent the past four decades pioneering a stark documentary style that challenged the mores of postwar Japanese society. His works feature dramatic narratives and characters--radicals, >>more Kaya Press ISBN 9781885030443 US $22.95 CAN $28.00 TRADE Pbk, 6 x 7.5 in. / 400 pgs / 30 b&w. Pub Date: 08/31/2009 Active/In stock
Chantal Akerman: A Family In Brussels By Chantal Akerman. Filmmaker Chantal Akerman presents A Family in Brussels, a fictional stream-of-consciousness text encompassing multiple subjectivities and laced with autobiographical references. This is the first English-language publication of the work, which Ak >>more Dia Art Foundation ISBN 9780944521458 US $25.00 CAN $30.00 TRADE Paperback, 5 x 7.5 in. / 60 pgs / illustrated throughout. Pub Date: 07/02/2003 Active/Awaiting stock
Cut/Film As Found Object In Contemporary Video Edited by Stefano Basilico. Essays by Stefano Basilico, Lawrence Lessig and Rob Yeo. Introduction by David Gordon. The moving picture, film, and television have exerted an unmatched influence throughout the twentieth century, equally documenting and constructing our reality. It is the peculiar power of the moving image that while it may be >>more Milwaukee Art Museum ISBN 9780944110652 US $24.95 CAN $30.00 TRADE Flexibound, 9 x 9 in. / 128 pgs / 60 color. Pub Date: 11/02/2004 Active/In stock
Esopus 9 Edited by Tod Lippy. Includes artists' projects by Kay Rosen (a limited-edition book), Charlie White (new work relating to his forthcoming film) and Sarah Malakoff (a portfolio of photographs printed on four paper stocks). Also, New York Times cruciverbalist >>more Esopus Foundation LTD ISBN 9780976164197 US $10.00 CAN $12.00 TRADE Paperback, 9 x 11 in. / 156 pgs / CD. Pub Date: 12/15/2007 Active/Awaiting stock
Film as a Subversive Art By Amos Vogel. Foreword by Scott MacDonald. A classic returns! The original edition of Amos Vogel's seminal book, Film as a Subversive Art was first published in 1974, and has been out of print since 1987. According to Vogel--founder of Cinema 16, >>more D.A.P./C.T. Editions ISBN 9781933045276 US $25.00 CAN $30.00 TRADE Paperback, 6.25 x 8.25 in. / 344 pgs / 300 color. Pub Date: 09/15/2005 Active/In stock
Francesco Clemente: The Sopranos Text by Arthur C. Danto. Featuring a gold embossed cover, this lovely volume was created in collaboration with Deitch Projects, and presents artist Francesco Clemente's portraits of eight contemporary opera stars who figure prominently in the Metropolitan Opera's 2008-09 season: >>more Charta ISBN 9788881586981 US $29.95 CAN $36.00 TRADE Hbk, 5 x 9.25 in. / 40 pgs / 16 color. Pub Date: 09/01/2008 Active/In stock
Grey Gardens Edited by Sara Maysles, Rebekah Maysles. Introduction by Albert Maysles. Illustrations by Rebekah Maysles, Dan Murphy. One of the strangest and subtlest films ever made, the Maysles Brothers' 1975 documentary Grey Gardens today boasts as devoted a following as One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest or Harold and Maude. Shot at >>more Free News Projects ISBN 9780977652365 US $45.00 CAN $54.00 TRADE Hbk, 9.25 x 11.25 in. / 200 pgs / 125 color / 25 b&w / Audio CD. Pub Date: 06/30/2009 Active/In stock
Immemory: A cd-rom by Chris Marker Filmmaker, photographer, writer and traveler Chris Marker has never respected the boundaries between genres. His landmark 1962 film La Jetée is made up almost entirely of stills, its one moving image as thrilling as the >>more Exact Change ISBN 9781878972392 US $17.95 CAN $22.00 TRADE CD-ROM, 5.5 x 7.25 / system requirements:Mac OSX 10.4.11 or later, including 10. Pub Date: 02/01/2009 Active/Awaiting stock
Jonas Mekas Edited by Kasper König, Hans Ulrich Obrist. Text by Barbara Engelbach, Julia Peyton-Jones. The definitive book on filmmaker, writer, founder of Anthology Film Archive and all-round cinema avatar Jonas Mekas, this compendium of materials is essential for all fans of independent American cinema. Since the early 1950s, when >>more Walther König ISBN 9783865605627 US $59.95 CAN $72.00 TRADE Pbk, 8.5 x 10.25 in. / 256 pgs / 240 color. Pub Date: 08/31/2009 Active/Awaiting stock
Jonas Mekas: To Petrarca Starting with personal film archives, the New York experimental filmmaker Jonas Mekas here offers a CD of an original bilingual French/English sound piece conceived as a retrospective diary--extended with drawings, photos and texts within the >>more Dis Voir ISBN 9782914563444 US $40.00 CAN $48.00 TRADE Pbk, 6 x 8 in. / 64 pgs / 60 color / Audio CD. Pub Date: 06/30/2009 Active/In stock
Merce Cunningham Text by Germano Celant, David Vaughan, Barbara Frost, Yvonne Rainer, Paul Taylor, Lucinda Childs, John Cage, Karole Armitage, Nam June Paik, Jasper Johns, Merce Cunningham, et al. Merce Cunningham (1919–2009) pioneered the contemporary conception of dance as a moving image of life. His innovations in the field date back to the 1940s, when, after meeting composer John Cage, he proposed the separation >>more Charta ISBN 9788881582587 US $45.00 CAN $54.00 TRADE Pbk, 6.75 x 9.5 in. / 320 pgs / 57 b&w / 21 duotone. Pub Date: 09/30/2009 Active/In stock
Michael Clark Edited by Suzanne Cotter, Robert Violette. Text by Michael Bracewell, Suzanne Cotter, Stephanie Jordan. Interviews with Charles Atlas, Michael Clark, Merce Cunningham, Kate Coyne, Sophie Fiennes, Richard Glasstone, Matthew Hawkins, Melissa Hetherington, Sarah Lucas, Judith Mackrell, Steven Scott, Susan Stenger, Stevie Stewart, Cerith Wyn Evans, et al. Notorious for his continually subversive takes on classical dance, Michael Clark is without doubt one of the most important dancers and choreographers of our time. He has created some of contemporary dance's finest productions, often >>more Violette Editions ISBN 9781900828338 US $75.00 CAN $90.00 TRADE Clth, 7.5 x 9.5 in. / 432 pgs / 580 illustrations. Pub Date: 10/31/2010 Forthcoming/Awaiting stock
Michel Gondry: You'll Like This Film Because You're In It A how-to book from a famed director! This little paperback by Michel Gondry was inspired by his latest film, Be Kind Rewind. The movie stars Jack Black and Mos Def as two friends who enact >>more PictureBox ISBN 9780979415388 US $16.95 CAN $20.00 TRADE Paperback, 5 x 7.75 in. / 80 pgs / 30 color / 90 b&w. Pub Date: 11/01/2008 Active/In stock
Mike Mills: Graphics Films Edited by Aaron Rose. Graphics Films is the first retrospective monograph on one of the hardest-working men in contemporary creative culture. For more than 15 years, Mike Mills' works in the fields of design and film have determined the >>more Damiani ISBN 9788862080750 US $49.95 CAN $60.00 TRADE Hbk, 9.75 x 12.75 in. / 176 pgs / 100 color. Pub Date: 02/01/2009 Active/In stock
Mikhail Baryshnikov: Merce My Way Mikhail Baryshnikov, a photographer most of his adult life, has turned his lens on dance, and here pays vibrant homage to the work of master choreographer Merce Cunningham. In his introduction to Merce My Way >>more The Baryshnikov Foundation ISBN 9780982172605 US $45.00 CAN $54.00 TRADE Clth, 11 x 9.75 in. / 128 pgs / 177 color. Pub Date: 02/01/2009 Active/In stock
On Jack Smith's Flaming Creatures Essay by J. Hoberman. Reviled, rioted over, and banned as pornographic even as it was recognized as an unprecedented visionary masterpiece, Jack Smith's Flaming Creatures is one of the most important and influential underground movies ever released in America. >>more Granary Books/Hips Road ISBN 9781887123525 US $29.95 CAN $36.00 TRADE Paperback, 7 x 10 in. / 184 pgs / 10 color / 36 b&w. Pub Date: 10/02/2001 Active/Not available
Paper Dreams: The Lost Art Of Hollywood Still Photography Edited by Christoph Schifferli. Introduction by David Campany. Film stills are a blind spot in the history of twentieth-century photography. Largely collected and appreciated simply for their documentary value, only recently have private and public collectors started to discover their seductive and original >>more Steidl/Edition 7L ISBN 9783865211538 US $60.00 CAN $72.00 TRADE Hardcover, 12 x 11.5 in. / 108 pgs / 50 tritone. Pub Date: 01/15/2006 Active/In stock
Performa By RoseLee Goldberg. Photos by Paula Court. Introduction by RoseLee Goldberg. Edited by Jennifer Liese. Text by RoseLee Goldberg, Defne Ayas, Lia Gangitano, Sofía Hernández Chong Cuy, Anthony Huberman, Lyra Kilston, Andrew Lampert, Christian Rattemeyer. RoseLee Goldberg amazed with PERFORMA 05, billed as the city's first biennial of 'visual art performance.' Working with a tiny staff, a shoestring budget and no institutional affiliation, Ms. Goldberg put together a program that >>more Performa ISBN 9781424314980 US $39.95 CAN $48.00 TRADE Paperback, 7 x 9.5 in. / 272 pgs / 215 color / 50 b&w. Pub Date: 06/01/2007 Active/In stock
Everywhere and All at Once: An Anthology of Writings on Performa 07 Edited by RoseLee Goldberg. Text by RoseLee Goldberg. Contributions by Catherine Wood, Jay Sanders, Anthony Huberman, Hans Ulrich Obrist. Assembled by the pioneering scholar of performance art, RoseLee Goldberg, this volume documents new performances by some of the world's most exciting visual artists, focusing on the relationship between contemporary dance and visual art, the >>more JRP|Ringier ISBN 9783037640340 US $45.00 CAN $54.00 TRADE Pbk, 6.5 x 9 in. / 340 pgs / 150 color. Pub Date: 01/31/2010 Active/In stock
Poetics Of Cinema By Raul Ruiz. Chilean filmmaker Raoul Ruiz is the author of some 100 feature-length films, along with numerous plays and multi-media installations. In Poetics of Cinema, Ruiz takes a fresh approach to the major themes haunting our audio-visual >>more Dis Voir ISBN 9782906571389 US $25.50 CAN $31.00 TRADE Paperback, 6 x 8.25 in. / 128 pgs. Pub Date: 03/02/1995 Active/In stock
Robert Frank: Me and My Brother By Robert Frank. Me and My Brother, Robert Frank's first feature-length film, premiered at the 1968 Venice Film Festival. Everything that had defined Frank's art up to that point is packed into this film--the view of America as >>more Steidl The Masters ISBN 9783865213631 US $50.00 CAN $60.00 TRADE Paperback, 8.75 x 12 in. / 56 pgs / 100 tritone / with DVD. Pub Date: 07/01/2007 Active/In stock
Robert Wilson Edited by Miguel Morey and Carmen Pardo. Stage director Robert Wilson has devoted himself to the integration of elements from a range of creative fields into the realm of theater. Light and movement have played an especially central role in his productions, >>more Poligrafa ISBN 9788434309876 US $60.00 CAN $72.00 TRADE Hardcover, 8.75 x 10.25 in. / 256 pgs / 160 reproductions. Pub Date: 07/02/2003 Active/In stock
Still Moving Essay by Steven Higgins. Founded in 1935, The Museum of Modern Art's Department of Film and Media is home to one of the most important moving-image archives in the world. Still Moving: The Film and Media Collections of The >>more The Museum of Modern Art, New York ISBN 9780870703263 US $65.00 CAN $78.00 TRADE Hardcover, 9 x 10.25 in. / 376 pgs / 507 color. Pub Date: 10/15/2006 Active/In stock
The French New Wave Text by Jean Douchet. The last word on the French New Wave as viewed by one of its most influential commentators, this glorious book examines the golden days of that era, year by year, from 1955 to 1964, through >>more D.A.P./Distributed Art Publishers, Inc. ISBN 9781564660572 US $75.00 CAN $90.00 TRADE Hardcover, 9 x 11 in. / 384 pgs / 200 color / 300 b&w. Pub Date: 07/02/1999 Active/In stock
Tim Burton Text by Tim Burton, Jenny He, Ron Magliozzi. Tim Burton has reinvented Hollywood genre filmmaking over the past three decades. With a visual style inspired by the aesthetics of animation and silent comedy, Burton's work melds the exotic, the horrific and the comic, >>more The Museum of Modern Art, New York ISBN 9780870707605 US $19.95 CAN $24.00 TRADE Pbk, 8 x 10 in. / 64 pgs / 54 color. Pub Date: 11/12/2009 Active/In stock
Trisha Brown: So That the Audience Does Not Know Whether I Have Stopped Dancing Text by Peter Eleey, Philip Bither. Best known for her innovative choreography, which revolutionized Modern dance, Trisha Brown has for many years made drawings and other works beyond the stage that integrate the performing and visual arts. Drawing has long featured >>more Walker Art Center ISBN 9780935640915 US $29.95 CAN $36.00 TRADE Hardback, 6.5 x 10 in. / 96 pgs / 95 b&w. Pub Date: 07/01/2008 Active/In stock
William Forsythe: Suspense Edited by Markus Weisbeck. Text by William Forsythe. Interview by Daniel Birnbaum. Around the world, the American-born avant-garde choreographer William Forsythe is considered one of the most significant and innovative figures in contemporary dance. As the Director of the Ballett Frankfurt from 1984 to 2004, he transcended >>more JRP|Ringier ISBN 9783905829754 US $55.00 CAN $66.00 TRADE Pbk, 8 x 9.75 in. / 148 pgs / 102 color. Pub Date: 09/01/2008 Active/In stock
Wong Kar Wai Screenplay by Wong Kar Wai. With films such as As Tears Go By, Days of Being Wild, Chungking Express and Ashes of Time, Kar-Wai has been at the forefront of Hong Kong cinema. On the surface, Kar-Wai follows the rules, >>more Dis Voir ISBN 9782906571679 US $40.00 CAN $48.00 TRADE Paperback, 8 x 11 in. / 128 pgs / 70 b&w. Pub Date: 07/02/1997 Active/In stock
Working For Diaghilev Artwork by Sergei Diaghilev. Publisher, impresario and patron, Sergei Diaghilev was one of the greatest artistic innovators of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. He was the first to bring visual artists together to work with composers and >>more Exhibitions International/B.A.I. ISBN 9789076704852 US $50.00 CAN $60.00 TRADE Clothbound, 9 x 11 in. / 256 pgs / 200 color / 40 b&w. Pub Date: 08/15/2005 Active/In stock
Yvonne Rainer: Radical Juxtapositions 1961-2002 Essays by Peggy Phelan, Charles Atlas, Sally Banes, NoŚl Carroll, Sabine Folie and Carrie Lambert, Introduction by Sid Sachs. Radical Juxtapositions is the first book to present both artistic facets of Yvonne Rainer, dance innovator and award-winning filmmaker. One of the most respected artists of the twentieth century, Rainer broke new ground as part >>more The University of the Arts ISBN 9780962791659 US $40.00 CAN $48.00 TRADE Paperback, 9 x 11.75 in. / 151 pgs / 25 color / 111 duotone. Pub Date: 07/02/2003 Active/In stock
