DFTL Publication
The publication Dance First Think Later – The thinking body between dance and visual arts will stand alone. It refers to the 2020 edition of DFTL and offers a rich iconographic documentation of the works presented and of some others. It proposes a critical, theoretical and historical perspective of the works and the project. It is bilingual French-English.
Publisher
Arta Sperto
Distribution
Les presses du réel
General texts
Yvane Chapuis, art historian, Head of Research Mission at La Manufacture – Haute école des arts de la scène, Lausanne
Florian Gaité, PhD in philosophy, teacher at the University of Paris 1, associate researcher at the ACTE Institute, Paris
Olivier Kaeser, art historian and curator, curator of DFTL, editor of the publication, Geneva
Textes on the artists
Halil Altindere, by Hou Hanru, director MAXXI, Rome
Alexandra Bachzetsis & Julia Born, by Hendrick Folkerts, curator Moderna Museet, Stockholm
Pauline Boudry & Renate Lorenz, by Kathy Noble, curatore Performa, New York
Alex Cecchetti, by Lucia Pietroiusti, curator General Ecologies, Serpentine Galleries, London
Clément Cogitore, by Marianne Derrien, curator and art critic, Paris
Dara Friedman, by Stephanie Seidel, curator Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami
Gerard & Kelly, by Elisabeth Lebovici, art historian and art critic, Paris
Marie-Caroline Hominal, by Françoise Ninghetto, honorary curator Mamco, Geneva
Lenio Kaklea, by Lou Forster, curator and art historian, Paris
La Ribot, by Maria Muracciole, curator and art critic, Paris
Pierre Leguillon, by Christophe Wavelet, art historian, critic and curator, Paris and Brussels
Xavier Leroy, by Laurence Rassel, director ERG – école supérieure des arts, Brussels
Klara Lidén, by Theresa Patzschke, writer, musician and performer, Berlin
Melanie Manchot, by Claudia Kappenberg, artist, writer and lecturer, Brighton University, London
Olivier Mosset & Jacob Kassay, by Chloé Thomas, art historian, Florence
Samuel Pajand, by François Gremaud, author and stage director, Lausanne
Christodoulos Panayiotou, by Lucia Pietroiusti, curator General Ecologies, Serpentine Galleries, London
Alexandra Pirici, by Florian Malzacher, curator, playwright and writer, Berlin
Julien Prévieux, by Raphaël Brunel, art critic, curator and et editor, Paris
Marinella Senatore, by Francesco Stocchi, curator Museum Boijmans von Beuningen, Rotterdam
Gregory Stauffer, by Karine Tissot, art historian and curator, Geneva
Barbara Wagner & Benjamin de Burca, by Andre Lepecki, professor New York University, New York
Visual identity
Schaffter Sahli
Photographs
Emmanuel Bayart
Annick Wetter
Proofreading and editing of French texts
Florence Perret
Transation French-English and English-French, proofreading and editing of English texts
AJS Cracker
Associate coordination 2022
Catherine Pavlovic