We are delighted to open this year’s online program with a book and two persons that we love. Artist Nick Mauss will be in conversation with publisher and actor Baptiste Pinteaux about his publication Transmissions,…
a book launch and online conversation to celebrate, discuss and lift up our spirits with exquisite crafts :)
6 pm in Paris ° noon in NYC ° 2 am in Tokyo ⤹…
Hosted by After 8 Books, this event celebrated the publication of Women in Concrete Poetry: 1959-1979 (published by Primary Information) with a discussion between the book's editors Alex Balgiu and Mónica de la…
My first tryst with polyamory lasted less than a month, I couldn’t take to the weekly transparency meetings and banal disclosures packaged as respect. I didn’t have the patience for all the shedding and moulting. Besides,…
LaCava's new novel takes us on—remember those?—transatlantic flights and short taxi rides to places that seem much too easy to recognize, until they turn uncanny. Mathilde and Gretchen write, sleep and converse through…
Nous accueillons les éditions la Tempête et Nathalie Quintane pour le lancement de Chaosmogonie, recueil de montages poétiques et politiques de l’écrivain, artiste et militant italien Nanni Balestrini (1935−2019).
Militant…
COME ONE COME ALL ! Sunday the street will be open to celebrate this drôle de rentrée ... the parisian label Collapsing Market invites artist Hanne Lippard to present her new album, WORK.
And it's great !…
Malgré notre stock de solution hydroalcoolique, nous préférons annuler le lancement prévu ce soir avec B42.
La librairie reste néanmoins ouverte et vous pouvez y découvrir le livre Technique…
A character called X journeys through a present that is neither here nor there, but feels oddly proximate. She moves through landscapes of words. Narrative is always under construction. The preferred medium for X's peregrinations:…
On habite ce que l’on peut : la faïence, la baignoire, le hlm, le trottoir, on construit une cabane. Du début à la fin on utilise l’amour comme survie collective.
Fiévreuse plébéienne est un texte en…
For now I would continue to test the hypothesis of lust. I would test it in bookshops, in museums, and at fountains. I would test it, as I have described, in attic rooms, maid's rooms as they were called. As unfixed…
Une conversation entre la chorégraphe Lenio Kaklea, Alexandra Baudelot, Franck Gautherot et Lou Forster pour présenter Encyclopédie pratique. Détours.
Dans les rues d'Athènes, Aubervilliers, Essen, Guissény,…
DID YOU KNOW ? Une légende locale raconte qu’en 1909 le peintre et sculpteur Amedeo Modigliani jeta plusieurs sculptures dans les eaux du canal de Livourne, sa ville natale. En 1984, la célébration des cent ans de la naissance…
Please join us for an evening celebrating the 3rd issue of Slanted House zine, a publication which is always born in the aftermath of an exhibition. Slanted House is an artist's collective split between Berlin, Paris and…
With a reading by Fiona Alison Duncan, joined by artist Matt Hilvers, plus pre-Winter specials!
We are very happy to host the Paris launch of Exquisite Mariposa, a contemporary memoir about transitioning…
Ce livre est le résultat d'une recherche iconographique sur des dispositifs de surveillance militaire qui sollicitent l’écoute médiate (une écoute augmentée d’un médiateur: outil, instrument, architecture, système, etc.)…
Retrouvez Laura Mulvey, figure exhaltante, critique de cinéma, féministe, british. Ce soir avec nous pour le lancement de la première traduction en français de l'anthologie de ses écrits sur l'image en mouvement: Fétichisme…
find us this week-and-week-end at the fanciest Art Book Fair in town !
SPECIAL PROGRAM on Sat 9 in the Amphi d’honneur : the best kept secret in the Ecole des Beaux-Arts !!
16H30
Lancement / Performance…
to October 20 2019
After 8 Books participates in the Salon de Normandy with The Reason(s) Why I'm Staying in Paris, a hotel bookshop that welcomes one event a day for a four-day trip, from the 17th to the 20th of October 2019. More…
Come over this afternoon to hear the great Lisa Radon read from her new publication !
Age of Sand is a book of log entries that imagines impossible interconnectivities, rewritings and rewrightings of the digital and…
Retrouvez-nous pour célébrer la publication de ce recueil inédit d'écrits de jeunesse de Acker publiés par les Éditions Ismael
7pm: lectures par Claire Finch & Élodie Petit
+ Projection des films Untitled…
to November 2 2019
On the occasion of the release of Kathy Acker (1971–1975), After 8 Books presents some documents from her archive, and two videotapes from 1974.
Claire Finch and Théo Robine-Langlois spent some time digging…
Parisian spleeny Autumn kicks in, and what a better timing for launching the Summer ‘19 F.R.David issue, “Recto/Verso” ? Will Holder will tell us very little about it, being more focused on the unveiling of a major feature…
Fashion, Image, Media, New York 2011-2019. We are honored to host the pre-launch of Natasha Stagg's new book ! Stagg has worked as editor and consultant for many fashion, art, culture - high and low - brands and industries.…
Juillet 2018. Un groupe de jeunes artistes, chercheuses et chercheurs, éditeurs et éditrices* se retrouve à la Bibliothèque Kandinsky, au Centre Pompidou, pour partager leurs travaux sur les publications d’artistes, leur…
... des sorties des Naturalistes en lutte sur la ZAD de Notre-Dame-des-Landes, août 2015 – avril 2017
Ensoleillé. Température maximale prévue 31°C. Risque d'averses le soir, avec une minimale prévue de 17°C.
Cet…
An evening dedicated to a beloved artist, by a beloved friend ! Nic will be speaking around 7.30.
In many instances, Geys’ projects began at the site of his middle school classroom in rural Flanders. Through looking…
30 juste 30 nouvelles pièces par Natsuko, installées hors de portée de kids - donc kids friendly event! Street party puisque la street sera car-free dimanche ! + du saké et/ou du thé, quoi d'autre?
prices from 35…
uh books publishes “Resistance”: 1. Lyn Hejinian’s unpublished prose poem which (in her better-known essay The Rejection of Closure) the author reads closely as model for various, open, equitable relations between language…
So happy to introduce you to this emoticonic artist’s book by John Baldessari! The plot is a non-linear narrative, based on the blown-up emojis from the artist's 2017 series. Playing with the limits of language and imagery,…
Richard Roe is the fictional memoir of a legal person, published by Sternberg Press and designed by Luke Gould. The name is one of the oldest used in English law when the real name of someone is withheld, or when…
Finally introducing our audience to the definitive, most extensive to-date research across Kosovar sports activities that took place in seven identical sports halls between 1974 and 2018! A frantic choreography of newspapers'…
Retrouvez nos héro.ine.s semestriel.le.s pour un lancement sans pareil.le.s !
Au sommaire: Ana Baliza, Tenzing Barshee, Tomás Cunha Ferreira, Alice Dusapin, Alexandre Estrela, Wade Guyton, Pati Hill, Merlin James,…
Artist-run project SideReal looks into alchemical ideas of passage, manipulation, magic, and occult politics through events and research related to music, art, and theory. Considering alchemy as a counterpublic…
Lancement du livre édité par Maija Rudovska, Barbara Sirieix & Joachim Hamou, qui prolonge les réflexions du philosophe letton Andrejs Kurcijs et de son essai “Art Actif.” Avec une lecture de Laura Boullic | Launch of…
En présence de son auteur, Andy Merrifield, du préfacier de l’édition française, Xavier Boissel, et de l’équipe des éditions Entremonde, qui inaugurent avec ce titre une nouvelle collection, Métro, consacrée à l’urbanisme…
A novel that captures the glancing intersections of a loose group of artists and lawyers, restaurateurs, philosophers, wine-makers, and boxers.
Having dinner at the Triennale, Massimiliano is cooking Pho. He bought…
FINALLY! Le lancement le plus attendu de l'année aura lieu. Et quel lieu ;) -> attention, nouvelle adresse au 7, rue Jarry 75010
Nous sommes ravis de discuter avec Karl son nouveau projet éditorial all in black…
5pm - Doors Open!
7pm - Readings by Claire Finch (& Elodie Petit) + John Dewitt + Adrien Dannatt & Duncan Hannah
9pm - Paul Bonnet plays CIA Debutante: “The Landlord”
& ... to support your favourite…
From 3 to 6 pm, designer and author Eric Schrijver invites you to meet and discuss your copyright cases—both those related to copying and to getting copied!
>> If you wish to meet with Eric during the afternoon, please…
According to the author, auto-correction, street performers, earworms and migration are to be blamed for the inception of this textile. The person who invented auto-correction should go to
hello. This is how he moved…
The Daily Bread is a collection of beginnings. It stems from Dépense Défensive’s residency at Le Petit Versailles community garden on the Lower East Side, between the 2nd and the 17th of August, 2018. Everyday,…
I know what you did last summer. Now come, and celebrate this book!
This is not a book of good intentions. It attempts to introduce a chorus of voices that…
Come and have a toast! Longtime in the making, the first extensive monograph on Zin Taylor's work is out. To celebrate its release, Zin will be serving lavender cocktails* and playing music linked to the book, bulding…
Et hop ! Trêve de plaisanterie ! Retrouvons notre sérieux samedi soir pour le lancement du nouveau numéro de la revue Marges, pour une plongée de critique et analyse des arts et pensées contemporaines. Le périodique, crée…
Hey ! Format 102 × 232 mm, mini poche. Idoine d'hiver pour le métro. Idoine, depuis 2015, un magazine monographique apériodique. Venez découvrir le dernier numéro,…
Here we go! We are delighted to reiterate. Will Holder will be in and down–town to read from the latest issue legendary F.R.DAVID – that's the (') issue, a special one. Look at the colophon and shiver.
This Thursday afternoon, we will have the pleasure to host New York-based poet Shiv Kotecha and discover his latest book, The Switch, published by Wonder Press.
From the introduction of the word kiss…
Venez nous voir samedi après-midi! On discutera malaise structurel, domination, et encore pire en compagnie du philosophe Ray Brassier, ami du théoricien culturel Mark Fisher (1968-2017), pour célébrer la sortie chez les…
Pretty, Pretty, Pretty... Good !!! Join us for the launch of Peter Friel’s Rich and Famous infamous magazine, with Bonny Poon at After 8 Books booth - 4th floor at Paris Internationale, the hottest art fair in…
Intense appropriation of a cosmetic consumer item and hacking onto existing narratives are recurring methods in Tobias Kaspar’s work. Aesop is a company that relies on “prestige branding” to market its healthy products,…
Just before the opening of his project 2.4 parents for la plage, we are happy to share with you an evening with artist Jos Bitelli and his new publications. //Jos est à Paris pour 2.4…
Started in 2016, Guillaume Maraud’s publication series Version is getting to its variation n°0005.
Conceived by Maraud as both a record to keep track of his artistic practice in an ever-accelerating time,…
Hey ! We made it. Please join us for the launch of After 8 Books's new publication, Le Large, a very special collection of drawings by artist Julie Beaufils,…
Started as a zine in the 90’s, Ugly Duckling Presse has become an essential press for contemporary literature and art. Working independently from Brooklyn, NY, UDP publishes poetry, translation, experimental nonfiction,…
Join us for the lauch of the third volume of The Psychopathologies of Cognitive Capitalism, Warren Neidich's long-standing research-conference-symposium-publication enterprise. Focusing on some of the most alarming…
Prononcées à New York en 1826, et longtemps restées inédites, ces conférences ne s'offrent pas seulement comme une curiosité historique. En effet, leur placement revendiqué à la croisée des arts…
We'll be assuring Brain to Ass connections. // Liaison Cortex - Cul assurée.
ASS BOOK FAIR 16-18.03.2018
Palais de Tokyo, Paris
Entrée libre…
Ciao ragazzi! Join us for the launch of a very special publication by Edition Patrick Frey, and a maybe spectacular 3-days’ film projection on our windows. Hosted by Benedikt Reichenbach, who put the book back on our memories…
If / When in Berlin. We have made a tailored selection of 50-some titles for KW, most beloved art venue in town. The books will be presented, updated, shifted…
Join us for a Sunday tea and cake conversation with Dodie Bellamy & Kevin Killian - in Paris for the first time ! - and their new book by Nightboat - gluten-free welcome !
publié par B42 - coédition Cnap — Centre national des arts plastiques.
En présence de André Baldinger, Philippe Millot et Catherine de Smet.
Cet ouvrage rassemble une série de contributions qui posent la question…
Anatomical Theatre of the Earth was a wooden construction based on the form of a small circular arena with the stage in the center and around it the seats for the audience watching the scenic performances. In form and…
Best books in best art fair. Come by & buy !
Paris Internationale 2017
October 18–22
11, Rue Beranger
75003 Paris
Public opening hours:
Wed, Oct. 18 to Sat, Oct. 21: 12pm—8pm
Sun,…
Book launch and performance with Will Holder and Scott Rogers, co-editor for this issue. ALPTRUTh: Techniques for Situational Awareness is a performance that examines the intricacies and intimacies of backcountry…
Merman is a queer travelogue of a boating voyage on Belgium’s inland waterways with merman and singer Steev Lemercier in the company of Chanel and Dolce, who are a cat and a dog, during the first months of their friendship…
with a text by Jesper List Thomsen;
designed and edited by Åbäke;
published by MIDI/Mousse.
Reading of “Avoiding the Genius” by Jesper List Thomsen.
artist’s book, offset, 27 × 28.5 cm, 396 pages, including 360 pages in colour and 36 pages in black on LuxoArt Silk 150 g/m2 paper, glossy colour cover, LuxoArt Silk 350 g/m2, 10 inserts, colour, 26.5 × 28 cm, LuxoArt…
book launch and reading, with Michael Van den Abeele.
The sign on the door says
You can keep your weapons but Leave your careers outside
Inside a heartwarming brunch is hosted Almost…
book launch by Julie Béna.
Béna's practice mostly enfolds in performance and sculpture. However, this collection of poems, essays, film and theater scripts wind around her visual art work.
Book launch and screening, with Karel Martens, Julie Peeters, and Chris Fitzpatrick!
He is back! So happy to host living legend typographer and book magician Karel Martens, in conversation with designer Julie Peeters…
The World in Which We Occur is an event series co-led by Margarida Mendes and Jennifer Teets, taking place live over the telephone, and formulated around questions addressed by speakers across the world. Embarking on modern…
‘Inverted Commas’ is the 13th issue of the journal F.R.DAVID. Books launch, Singing, Reading wih Will Holder and Riet Wijnen at The Community!
This issue departs from Riet…
Book launch and reading from her lates book of poetry, with poet Lisa Robertson
Contents
The Seam
Toxins
On Form
On Physical Real Beginning and
What Happens…
“I said: sir, her name is Tao. She is an artist who only paints sublime churchy subjects, and sir, if someone who has already become an artist, she cannot do anything else anymore in her life, and she is useless in reality…
Hill of Dreams, a book and a film by Jessica Warboys
The film Hill of Dreams takes the fantastical semi-autobiographical novel of the same name written by Arthur Machen in 1907 as a point of reference for…
On sera là cette semaine at Offprint Paris !
best books in best book fair // Come see us at fancy ENSBA for better wallpapers and expensive macarons.
Avec A.R.T. Press,…
a book by Kasper Andreasen & Louis Lüthi
a gallery-based introspective journey through a XVIII century drawing treatise, lössnus, and the network of cracks in a ceiling.
The Preparator…
a book by Richard Dailey
1979-80 on the Lower East Side: Artists, collectors and punks in a 1979-80 novel about a love triangle on the Lower East Side, Haiti, Paris and Timbuktu.
Nicholas Tammens: Two Slideshows as a part of Ian Burn et al.
A research query focusing on the legacy of Australian artist Ian Burn (1939-1993), and the work of his network of peers.
Today we will be showing…
Book launch & conversation with Pierre Bal-Blanc & the editorial staff of Paraguay Press.
Présentation et lectures avec France Valliccioni, Renaud Bezy, David Blair et Benjamin Rondeau.
Avec les contributions de : Julien Audebert, Andrea Aversa, Sam Basu, Tristan Bera, Stéphane Bérard, Patxi Bergé,…
OMG !! Matthew Lutz-Kinoy installs a wave tunnel at Section 7 Books .
We will witness the artist's book launch, featuring recent ceramics from the exhibition "To Satisfy The Rose" with photographs by Rob Kulisek,…
books in a room - by Section 7 Books
at Occidental Temporary
$€£ bring your cash ! $€£
The Sitter
Dog sitter arrives in in a dog park with two French bulldogs on a split leash. The dogs
have signs hanging from their necks that say “Licensed Therapy Animal.”
TS: How can you stand sitting…
Welcome to the Antinomian Press. A talk by Ben Kinmont; a presentation of various catalogues, books, multiples, and broadsides published by the Antinomian Press; and a new live…
Qui a inventé la performance artistique ?
les puritains anglais en 1642 ?
les élèves révolutionnaires de Jacques Louis David ? les mystérieux saint-simoniens ?
1642, Oxford. Le parlement décide…
It must be a difficult step for any artist to decide to work with trash, to take it, with all its rigid contrivances, folly, and lapses in taste, at all seriously. But Agematsu overthrows the genre with his free-wheeling…