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On the Ecstasy of Ski-Flying:
Werner Herzog in Conversation
A public conversation with filmmaker Werner Herzog and Karen Beckman about aliens as a fixture of our imagination, the fundamental achievement of the human race, and the ecastasy of ski-flying. This DVD publication includes a booklet with selected writings by Werner Herzog, and photographs from Fitzcarraldo and Cobra Verde by Beat Presser.
In production; expected June 2008
EVASIONS OF POWER
In production; expected Sept. 2008
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Slought Publications, the publishing imprint of the Slought Foundation, publishes a variety of artist monographs, DVD releases, and interdisciplinary collections of critical essays on topics such as contemporary art, art theory, and curatorial practice. Our publications are recognized for high-quality papers and printing and sophisticated design, and are available internationally in fine galleries, museums, and bookstores. If you enjoy our books, let us also supply your book group or classroom! Visit the Slought Bookstore today
DVDs and select publications such as the Blood Orgies: Hermann Nitsch in America release are distributed internationally by Microcinema International (1-415-447-9750). All other publications are distributed by our library wholesaler, YBP Library Services (1-800-258-3774).
 
Vito Acconci in Conversation at Acconci Studio, New York
A conversation with artist/architect Vito Acconci and students from the University of Pennsylvania, exploring his engagement with the page, the streets of New York, galleries, and public environments. This DVD publication includes For Your Ears Only, a companion CD (40 min) featuring a selection of audio works.
Democracy and Disappointment: On the Politics of Resistance
A conversation between Alain Badiou and Simon Critchley addressing the politics of resistance, with a brochure featuring their recent philosophical writings about politics, heroism, and poetics. This DVD publication is accompanied by images of artist Jeremy Deller's The Battle of Orgreave (1991).
On the Ecstasy of Ski-Flying: Werner Herzog in Conversation
A conversation with filmmaker Werner Herzog and Karen Beckman about aliens as a fixture of our imagination, the fundamental achievement of the human race, and the ecastasy of ski-flying. This DVD publication includes a brochure with writings by Werner Herzog, and photographs from Fitzcarraldo and Cobra Verde by Beat Presser.
Blood Orgies: Hermann Nitsch in America
A critical examination of pioneering work by Viennese Actionist Hermann Nitsch, with photo and video documentation of his ritualistic performances since 1962. The publication includes a complimentary DVD featuring Hermann Nitsch's Die Aktionen, 1962-2003 (PAL, 13 min). Featuring contributions by Adrian Daub, Lorand Hegyi, Susan Jarosi, Jean-Michel Rabate, Michele H. Richman, Osvaldo Romberg, and Dieter Ronte.
Tooth and Nail: Film and Video 1970-1974 by Dennis Oppenheim
This DVD video and booklet features a selection of film and video works by Dennis Oppenheim, in which the artist uses his own body as a site of experimentation on the personal. With contributions by Aaron Levy and Willoughby Sharp.
SLOUGHT for Export | Publication Series
A retrospective catalogue prepared for exhibitions at Heike Curtze Gallery in Berlin, ZONE:Chelsea Center for the Arts in New York, and la maison rouge - fondation antoine de galbert in Paris, documenting over 200 past performances, public conversations, exhibitions, and publications by international artists and theorists who have realized projects at Slought Foundation since its inception in 2002.
Rrrevolutionnaire: Conversations in Theory, Vol. 1
Dynamic conversations about violence, mourning, and revolution in contemporary art and life, with Eduardo Cadava, Thomas Y. Levin, Jean-Michel Rabaté, Avital Ronell, Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak, Anthony Vidler, and others. Edited by Gregg Lambert and Aaron Levy.
Ex-Cities by Hélène Cixous
Celebrated author and theorist Hélène Cixous explores in this new publication the relation of art and literature to cities and their destruction, in collaboration with Maria Chevska's installation "Vera's Room." With a special audio CD of the author reading and contributions by Jean-Michel Rabaté, Eric Prenowitz, and Aaron Levy.
William Anastasi's Pataphysical Society
Engages work by conceptual artist William Anastasi in relation to literary and artistic predecessors including Jarry, Joyce, Duchamp, and Cage. Artist Series. Essays by Thomas McEvilley, Steve McCaffery, others.
The Revolt of the Bees
Explores metaphors of the hive with an interdisciplinary approach that spans contemporary art, curatorial studies, and literary criticism. Published with The University of Pennsylvania Library / Theory Series. Essay by Anthony Grafton, with DVD.
Cities Without Citizens
Essays and documents engaging issues of citizenship, human rights, and the architecture of cities. Published with the Rosenbach Museum and Library. Theory Series. Essays by Gayatri Spivak, Giorgio Agamben, Arakawa+Gins, Eduardo Cadava, others.
C's Aesthetics: Philosophy in the Painting
Explores the development of modernism and aesthetics through the work of postimpressionist Paul Cézanne in the analytical tradition of twentieth-century philosophical thought. By Joseph Masheck.
Of the Diagram: The Work of Marjorie Welish
Essays about diagram and poetic form in relation to work by artist and critic Marjorie Welish, with essays by Kenneth Baker, Norma Cole, Carla Harryman, Bob Perelman, Frances Richard, Thomas Zummer, others.
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