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Towards a Philosophy of Photography

Towards a Philosophy of Photography
ByVilém Flusser,Anthony Mathews(Translator)

    1983 • 2 Readers • 94 pages

    Inferno

    #1 of 3 in La Divina Commedia

    Inferno
    ByDante Alighieri,Robin Kirkpatrick(Translator)

      1320 • 4 Readers • 211 pages • 4

      Cover 7

      Louise Lawler And Others

      Louise Lawler And Others
      ByIsabelle Graw,Philipp Kaiser,+4 more

        2004 • 1 Reader

        Cover 3

        Cosima von Bonin

        Cosima von Bonin: Hippies Use Side Door: The Year 2014 has Lost the Plot
        ByCosima von Bonin(Illustrations),Diedrich Diederichsen(Text)

          1 Reader

          Cover 4

          Rosemarie Trockel

          Rosemarie Trockel: Post-Menopause
          ByBrigid Doherty,Barbara Engelbach

            2006 • 1 Reader

            The Origin of German Tragic Drama

            The Origin of German Tragic Drama
            ByWalter Benjamin,John Osbourne,+2 more

              1928 • 1 Reader

              Une anthologie de la revue Texte zur Kunst de 1990 à 1998

              Une anthologie de la revue Texte zur Kunst de 1990 à 1998
              ByBenjamin H.D. Buchloh,Sabeth Buchmann,+8 more

                2011 • 1 Reader

                Art and Subjecthood: The Return of the Human Figure in Semiocapitalism

                Art and Subjecthood: The Return of the Human Figure in Semiocapitalism
                ByIna Blom

                  2012 • 1 Reader

                  Cover 8

                  Lutz Bacher - The Gift

                  Lutz Bacher - The Gift
                  ByLutz Bacher

                    1 Reader

                    The Culture Industry

                    The Culture Industry
                    ByTheodor W. Adorno,Theodor Wiesengrund Adorno

                      2001 • 20 Readers • 228 pages • 4

                      Tell It to My Heart: Collected by Julie Ault, Vol 1

                      Tell It to My Heart: Collected by Julie Ault, Vol 1
                      ByJulie Ault(Editor),Martin Beck(Editor)

                        2013 • 1 Reader

                        Cover 7

                        Haim Steinbach. every single day

                        Haim Steinbach. every single day
                        ByHaim Steinbach

                          1 Reader

                          Cover 8

                          Martin Kippenberger

                          Martin Kippenberger: The Happy End Of Franz Kafka'S 'Amerika'
                          ByMartin Kippenberger(artist)

                            1994 • 1 Reader

                            Spacing Philosophy: Lyotard and the Idea of the Exhibition

                            Spacing Philosophy: Lyotard and the Idea of the Exhibition
                            ByDaniel Birnbaum,Sven-Olov Wallenstein

                              2019 • 1 Reader • 248 pages

                              Cover 7

                              Jutta Koether

                              Jutta Koether
                              ByDiedrich Diederichsen,Isabelle Graw,+1 more

                                2007 • 1 Reader

                                "The Outside Can't Go Outside"

                                "The Outside Can't Go Outside"
                                ByMerlin Carpenter

                                  1 Reader

                                  (Over)production and Value / (Über)Produktion und Wert

                                  (Over)production and Value / (Über)Produktion und Wert
                                  ByDiedrich Diederichsen,Karl Hoffmann(Translator)

                                    2017 • 1 Reader • 64 pages

                                    Memories of the Future

                                    Memories of the Future
                                    BySigizmund Krzhizhanovsky,Joanne Turnbull(Translator),+1 more

                                      1929 • 9 Readers • 228 pages

                                      Artless: Stories 2019-2023

                                      Artless: Stories 2019-2023
                                      ByNatasha Stagg

                                        1 Reader

                                        Cover 1

                                        The Love of Painting

                                        The Love of Painting: Genealogy of a Success Medium
                                        ByIsabelle Graw

                                          1 Reader

                                          Communions

                                          Communions
                                          ByAdam Lehrer

                                            2021 • 1 Reader

                                            Cover 5

                                            Heroes

                                            #4 of 4 in Futures

                                            Heroes
                                            ByFranco "Bifo" Berardi

                                              2015 • 3 Readers • 224 pages

                                              Crazy for Vincent

                                              Crazy for Vincent
                                              ByChristine Pichini(Translator),Hervé Guibert

                                                1989 • 7 Readers • 96 pages • 4

                                                Cassavetes on Cassavetes

                                                Cassavetes on Cassavetes
                                                ByJohn Cassavetes,Ray Carney

                                                  2001 • 4 Readers • 544 pages

                                                  Transcendental style in film : Ozu, Bresson, Dreyer

                                                  Transcendental style in film : Ozu, Bresson, Dreyer
                                                  ByPaul Schrader

                                                    1972 • 10 Readers • 194 pages

                                                    Darkness Spoken

                                                    Darkness Spoken
                                                    ByIngeborg Bachmann,Peter Filkins(Translator)

                                                      1978 • 6 Readers • 688 pages • 4

                                                      In the Freud Archives

                                                      In the Freud archives
                                                      ByJanet Malcolm

                                                        1983 • 10 Readers • 165 pages • 3

                                                        Just Another Asshole

                                                        #6 of 1 in Just Another Asshole

                                                        Just Another Asshole
                                                        ByBarbara Ess(Contributor),Glen Branca(Editor/Contributor)

                                                          1983 • 1 Reader

                                                          Righteous Dopefiend

                                                          Righteous Dopefiend
                                                          ByPhilippe Bourgois,Jeff Schonberg

                                                            2008 • 3 Readers • 392 pages

                                                            Glamorama

                                                            Glamorama
                                                            ByBret Easton Ellis

                                                              1998 • 43 Readers • 482 pages • 2.7

                                                              Fuck Seth Price

                                                              Fuck Seth Price
                                                              BySeth Price

                                                                2015 • 1 Reader • 124 pages

                                                                f.

                                                                f.
                                                                ByJutta Koether

                                                                  1 Reader

                                                                  The Uncanny

                                                                  The Uncanny
                                                                  BySigmund Freud

                                                                    2003 • 7 Readers • 240 pages • 4

                                                                    Cover 4

                                                                    Endgame

                                                                    Endgame: Reference and Simulation in Recent Painting and Sculpture
                                                                    ByThomas Crow,Hal Foster,+3 more

                                                                      1986 • 1 Reader

                                                                      Solenoid

                                                                      Solenoid
                                                                      ByMircea Cărtărescu

                                                                        2015 • 53 Readers • 840 pages • 4

                                                                        Some Cities

                                                                        Some Cities
                                                                        ByVictor Burgin

                                                                          1996 • 1 Reader

                                                                          Looking Awry

                                                                          Looking Awry
                                                                          BySlavoj Zizek

                                                                            1992 • 6 Readers • 206 pages • 4

                                                                            Cover 0

                                                                            In/Different Spaces

                                                                            In/Different Spaces: Place and Memory in Visual Culture
                                                                            ByVictor Burgin

                                                                              1996 • 1 Reader

                                                                              Suttree

                                                                              Suttree
                                                                              ByCormac McCarthy

                                                                                1979 • 94 Readers • 471 pages • 4.2

                                                                                The Accident of Art

                                                                                The Accident of Art
                                                                                BySylvère Lotringer

                                                                                  1 Reader

                                                                                  What Makes a Great Exhibition?

                                                                                  What Makes a Great Exhibition?
                                                                                  ByPaula Marincola(Editor)

                                                                                    2007 • 1 Reader

                                                                                    The Sight of Death

                                                                                    The Sight of Death
                                                                                    ByT.J. Clark

                                                                                      2006 • 3 Readers • 252 pages

                                                                                      Getting Lost

                                                                                      Getting Lost
                                                                                      ByAnnie Ernaux

                                                                                        2022 • 11 Readers • 187 pages • 3.3

                                                                                        Cover 2

                                                                                        Eva Hesse

                                                                                        Eva Hesse
                                                                                        ByLucy R. Lippard

                                                                                          1976 • 1 Reader

                                                                                          Cover 2

                                                                                          Neo-Avantgarde and Culture Industry

                                                                                          October Books

                                                                                          Neo-Avantgarde and Culture Industry: Essays on European and American Art from 1955 to 1975
                                                                                          ByBenjamin H.D. Buchloh

                                                                                            2001 • 2 Readers

                                                                                            Cover 2

                                                                                            Thomas Hirschhorn

                                                                                            Thomas Hirschhorn
                                                                                            ByAlison M Gingeras

                                                                                              2004 • 1 Reader

                                                                                              Gerhard Richter: Painting after the Subject of History

                                                                                              Gerhard Richter: Painting after the Subject of History
                                                                                              ByBenjamin H.D. Buchloh

                                                                                                1 Reader

                                                                                                Moby-Dick

                                                                                                #1 of 2 in Moby Dick

                                                                                                Moby-Dick or, the Whale
                                                                                                ByHerman Melville

                                                                                                  1851 • 631 Readers • 721 pages • 3.7

                                                                                                  Cover 3

                                                                                                  The Everyday

                                                                                                  Whitechapel: Documents of Contemporary Art

                                                                                                  The Everyday
                                                                                                  ByStephen Johnstone(Editor)

                                                                                                    2008 • 1 Reader

                                                                                                    Writings 1973-1983 on Works 1969-1979

                                                                                                    Writings 1973-1983 on Works 1969-1979
                                                                                                    ByMichael Asher

                                                                                                      1983 • 1 Reader • 234 pages

                                                                                                      Cover 1

                                                                                                      The Real Gaze

                                                                                                      The Real Gaze: Film Theory After Lacan
                                                                                                      ByTodd McGowan

                                                                                                        2007 • 1 Reader

                                                                                                        Sleeveless

                                                                                                        Sleeveless
                                                                                                        ByNatasha Stagg

                                                                                                          2019 • 1 Reader • 257 pages

                                                                                                          Cinema I

                                                                                                          Cinema I
                                                                                                          ByGilles Deleuze

                                                                                                            2013 • 1 Reader • 304 pages

                                                                                                            Cover 2

                                                                                                            Vitamin P

                                                                                                            Vitamin P
                                                                                                            ByBarry Schwabsky

                                                                                                              2002 • 2 Readers • 352 pages

                                                                                                              Houses to Die In and Other Essays on Art

                                                                                                              Houses to Die In and Other Essays on Art
                                                                                                              ByIna Blom

                                                                                                                1 Reader

                                                                                                                Cover 7

                                                                                                                Where Art Belongs

                                                                                                                Semiotext(e) / Intervention Series

                                                                                                                Where Art Belongs
                                                                                                                ByChris Kraus

                                                                                                                  2011 • 3 Readers • 173 pages

                                                                                                                  Cover 4

                                                                                                                  The Disintegration of a Critic

                                                                                                                  The Disintegration of a Critic
                                                                                                                  ByJill Johnston

                                                                                                                    2019 • 2 Readers

                                                                                                                    Crapalachia

                                                                                                                    Crapalachia
                                                                                                                    ByScott McClanahan

                                                                                                                      2013 • 10 Readers • 169 pages • 4.3

                                                                                                                      The Sarah Book

                                                                                                                      The Sarah Book
                                                                                                                      ByScott McClanahan

                                                                                                                        2017 • 11 Readers • 150 pages • 4.3

                                                                                                                        The tunnel

                                                                                                                        The tunnel
                                                                                                                        ByWilliam H. Gass

                                                                                                                          1995 • 34 Readers • 652 pages • 5

                                                                                                                          Cover 5

                                                                                                                          Affinities

                                                                                                                          Affinities
                                                                                                                          ByBrian Dillon

                                                                                                                            2 Readers • 320 pages

                                                                                                                            Against the Grain

                                                                                                                            Against the Grain
                                                                                                                            ByJames C. Scott

                                                                                                                              2017 • 31 Readers • 312 pages • 3

                                                                                                                              Amygdalatropolis

                                                                                                                              Amygdalatropolis
                                                                                                                              ByB.R. Yeager

                                                                                                                                2017 • 28 Readers • 200 pages • 4.7

                                                                                                                                Negative Space

                                                                                                                                Negative Space
                                                                                                                                ByB R Yeager

                                                                                                                                  2020 • 89 Readers • 382 pages • 4.3

                                                                                                                                  Acting Out

                                                                                                                                  Acting Out
                                                                                                                                  ByBernard Stiegler,David Barison(Translator)

                                                                                                                                    2008 • 1 Reader

                                                                                                                                    A Thousand Years of Nonlinear History

                                                                                                                                    A Thousand Years of Nonlinear History
                                                                                                                                    ByManuel DeLanda

                                                                                                                                      1997 • 6 Readers • 336 pages

                                                                                                                                      Against Art

                                                                                                                                      Against Art
                                                                                                                                      ByTomas Espedal,James Anderson(Translator)

                                                                                                                                        2009 • 1 Reader

                                                                                                                                        10:04

                                                                                                                                        10:04
                                                                                                                                        ByBen Lerner

                                                                                                                                          2014 • 48 Readers • 257 pages • 3.5

                                                                                                                                          Walking Through Clear Water in a Pool Painted Black: Collected Stories

                                                                                                                                          Walking Through Clear Water in a Pool Painted Black: Collected Stories
                                                                                                                                          ByCookie Mueller

                                                                                                                                            1990 • 1 Reader • 430 pages

                                                                                                                                            Cover 7

                                                                                                                                            Compulsive Beauty

                                                                                                                                            October Books

                                                                                                                                            Compulsive Beauty
                                                                                                                                            ByHal Foster

                                                                                                                                              1993 • 3 Readers

                                                                                                                                              Cover 6

                                                                                                                                              Robert Rauschenberg

                                                                                                                                              October Files

                                                                                                                                              Robert Rauschenberg
                                                                                                                                              ByBranden W. Joseph(editor)

                                                                                                                                                2002 • 1 Reader

                                                                                                                                                Cover 7

                                                                                                                                                Object to Be Destroyed

                                                                                                                                                Object to Be Destroyed: The Work of Gordon Matta-Clark
                                                                                                                                                ByPamela M. Lee

                                                                                                                                                  1999 • 1 Reader

                                                                                                                                                  Colin De Land, American Fine Arts

                                                                                                                                                  Colin De Land, American Fine Arts
                                                                                                                                                  ByDennis Balk

                                                                                                                                                    2008 • 1 Reader

                                                                                                                                                    Cover 8

                                                                                                                                                    Dealing with Some Texts, Images, and Thoughts Related to American Fine Arts, Co.

                                                                                                                                                    Dealing with Some Texts, Images, and Thoughts Related to American Fine Arts, Co.
                                                                                                                                                    ByValerie Knoll(editor),Hannes Loichinger(Editor)

                                                                                                                                                      1 Reader

                                                                                                                                                      The Disappearance of Rituals: A Topology of the Present

                                                                                                                                                      The Disappearance of Rituals: A Topology of the Present
                                                                                                                                                      ByByung-Chul Han,Daniel Steuer(Translator)

                                                                                                                                                        2019 • 7 Readers • 5

                                                                                                                                                        Cover 7

                                                                                                                                                        Secret Publicity

                                                                                                                                                        Secret Publicity: Essays On Contemporary Art
                                                                                                                                                        BySven Lütticken

                                                                                                                                                          2006 • 1 Reader

                                                                                                                                                          The Invisible Dragon: Essays on Beauty

                                                                                                                                                          The Invisible Dragon: Essays on Beauty
                                                                                                                                                          ByDave Hickey

                                                                                                                                                            1993 • 5 Readers • 64 pages • 4

                                                                                                                                                            Air guitar

                                                                                                                                                            Air guitar
                                                                                                                                                            ByDave Hickey(Text)

                                                                                                                                                              1997 • 6 Readers • 208 pages • 4

                                                                                                                                                              Art and Contemporary Critical Practice: Reinventing Institutional Critique

                                                                                                                                                              Art and Contemporary Critical Practice: Reinventing Institutional Critique
                                                                                                                                                              BySimon Sheikh,Stefan Nowotny

                                                                                                                                                                2009 • 1 Reader

                                                                                                                                                                Architecture from the Outside: Essays on Virtual and Real Space

                                                                                                                                                                Writing Architecture

                                                                                                                                                                Architecture from the Outside: Essays on Virtual and Real Space
                                                                                                                                                                ByElizabeth Grosz

                                                                                                                                                                  2001 • 2 Readers • 248 pages

                                                                                                                                                                  Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror

                                                                                                                                                                  Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror
                                                                                                                                                                  ByJohn Ashbery

                                                                                                                                                                    1975 • 13 Readers • 96 pages • 5

                                                                                                                                                                    Not Me

                                                                                                                                                                    Not Me
                                                                                                                                                                    ByEileen Myles

                                                                                                                                                                      1991 • 2 Readers • 202 pages

                                                                                                                                                                      Shame

                                                                                                                                                                      Shame
                                                                                                                                                                      ByAndrea Büttner

                                                                                                                                                                        1 Reader • 125 pages

                                                                                                                                                                        Camera Lucida

                                                                                                                                                                        Camera Lucida
                                                                                                                                                                        ByIrving Kenneth Zola

                                                                                                                                                                          1982 • 37 Readers • 4.4

                                                                                                                                                                          Reflections

                                                                                                                                                                          Reflections
                                                                                                                                                                          ByWalter Benjamin,Edmund F.N. Jephcott(Translator)

                                                                                                                                                                            1978 • 4 Readers • 400 pages

                                                                                                                                                                            Cover 8

                                                                                                                                                                            Diana & Nikon

                                                                                                                                                                            Diana & Nikon: Essays on Photography
                                                                                                                                                                            ByJanet Malcolm

                                                                                                                                                                              1980 • 1 Reader • 224 pages

                                                                                                                                                                              Paradais

                                                                                                                                                                              Paradais
                                                                                                                                                                              ByFernanda Melchor

                                                                                                                                                                                2022 • 69 Readers • 128 pages • 3.5

                                                                                                                                                                                The Sot-Weed Factor

                                                                                                                                                                                The Sot-Weed Factor
                                                                                                                                                                                ByJohn Barth

                                                                                                                                                                                  1960 • 41 Readers • 756 pages • 4.2

                                                                                                                                                                                  Against the Day

                                                                                                                                                                                  Against the Day
                                                                                                                                                                                  ByThomas Pynchon

                                                                                                                                                                                    2012 • 62 Readers • 1,584 pages • 4.3

                                                                                                                                                                                    Cover 6

                                                                                                                                                                                    Window Shopping

                                                                                                                                                                                    Window Shopping: Cinema and the Postmodern
                                                                                                                                                                                    ByAnne Friedberg

                                                                                                                                                                                      1993 • 1 Reader

                                                                                                                                                                                      Cover 1

                                                                                                                                                                                      The World Viewed

                                                                                                                                                                                      The World Viewed: Reflections on the Ontology of Film
                                                                                                                                                                                      ByStanley Cavell

                                                                                                                                                                                        2 Readers

                                                                                                                                                                                        Kant after Duchamp

                                                                                                                                                                                        October Books

                                                                                                                                                                                        Kant after Duchamp
                                                                                                                                                                                        ByThierry de Duve

                                                                                                                                                                                          1996 • 1 Reader

                                                                                                                                                                                          Art and Culture

                                                                                                                                                                                          Art and Culture
                                                                                                                                                                                          ByClement Greenberg,Janice Horne

                                                                                                                                                                                            1961 • 5 Readers • 288 pages

                                                                                                                                                                                            Art and Objecthood: Essays and Reviews

                                                                                                                                                                                            Art and Objecthood: Essays and Reviews
                                                                                                                                                                                            ByMichael Fried

                                                                                                                                                                                              1998 • 1 Reader

                                                                                                                                                                                              Concerning the Spiritual in Art

                                                                                                                                                                                              Concerning the Spiritual in Art
                                                                                                                                                                                              ByWassily Kandinsky

                                                                                                                                                                                                1912 • 15 Readers • 80 pages • 4

                                                                                                                                                                                                Atlas of Emotion: Journeys in Art, Architecture, and Film

                                                                                                                                                                                                Atlas of Emotion: Journeys in Art, Architecture, and Film
                                                                                                                                                                                                ByGiuliana Bruno

                                                                                                                                                                                                  2002 • 2 Readers

                                                                                                                                                                                                  Difference and Repetition

                                                                                                                                                                                                  Difference and Repetition
                                                                                                                                                                                                  ByGilles Deleuze,Paul Patton(Translator)

                                                                                                                                                                                                    1968 • 20 Readers • 432 pages

                                                                                                                                                                                                    Four Novels

                                                                                                                                                                                                    Four Novels
                                                                                                                                                                                                    ByMarguerite Duras

                                                                                                                                                                                                      3 Readers

                                                                                                                                                                                                      Cover 2

                                                                                                                                                                                                      The Contingent Object of Contemporary Art

                                                                                                                                                                                                      The Contingent Object of Contemporary Art
                                                                                                                                                                                                      ByMartha Buskirk

                                                                                                                                                                                                        2003 • 1 Reader

                                                                                                                                                                                                        My Mother Laughs

                                                                                                                                                                                                        My Mother Laughs
                                                                                                                                                                                                        ByChantal Akerman,Daniella Shreir(Translator)

                                                                                                                                                                                                          2013 • 4 Readers • 230 pages