First published in 1996 to enormous acclaim, Richard Billingham’s Ray’s a Laugh is one of the most significant photobooks of the turn of the twentieth century, as well as a cornerstone work of the Young British Artists generation. Formed of starkly intimate images of Billingham’s often chaotic parental home under the heavy effects of alcoholism and poverty, the book was produced in the 1990s with editors Michael Collins and Julian Germain. This new

Making photographs as a way of “feeling at home without being at home.” That’s how Gabriele Rossi describes the process that led to The Lizard, his new monograph with Deadbeat Club. Rossi first visited the United States in 2016 to prepare for a six-month residency that was based in New York City. He initially felt overwhelmed by the metropolis and its rhythm, which was completely unlike that of his home village on the coast of

Reversing all constraints on what can be done to the body and with the body, Paul B. Preciado lays out new principles for a new counter-sexual revolution that recognises genitals as technological objects and offers a veritable manual for dismantling the heterocentric sexual contract step by step. Supported by the studies of Derrida, Foucault, Haraway, Butler and Deleuze, the author digs even deeper into the deconstruction of the presumed naturalness of identity, and starting fro

Women's journeys have always been resisted, made invisible, ridiculed, forbidden. For centuries, setting off on an adventure has been a privilege reserved for men: while Ulysses travels the world and performs great feats, Penelope remains motionless and endures the wait. Lucie Azema rethinks the experience of travel from a feminist perspective, deconstructing the male narrative of exploration as the conquest of bodies and eroticised places. Through the stories of female travellers of the past snat

Two weeks of roaming around Cagliari are the starting point for this colorful book, illustrated by Robuche (Lou Buche and Javier Rodriguez) for Oreri. Printed in 8 combinations of 3 colors, it contains some basic concepts of risograph printing and practical tips for file preparation. But above all, it is a paper journey into the perceptions of the artist duo based in Amsterdam – you have to experience it to believe it! [gallery size="full" ids="34293"]