ParisLike is a bi-lingual
e-journal
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devoted to the new artistic, literary, intellectual and scientific practices. Founded in 2011 by
Alessandro Mercuri
Alessandro Mercuri is a French-Italian author and director, born in 1973.
After studying philosophy in France, he graduated from CalArts. with a MFA in Live Action.
In 2001 he made ''Alien American'', a documentary film about a woman who claimed ...
and Haijun Park, the review features video documentaries, performances, interviews, critical essays and illustrated texts subtitled and translated into English.
Among others figures who can be found in the magazine:
Pierre Guyotat
Pierre Guyotat (9 January 1940 – 7 February 2020) was a French writer.
Early life
Pierre Guyotat was born on 9 January 1940 in Bourg-Argental, Loire.
Literary career 1960s–1970s
Guyotat wrote his first novel, '' Sur un cheval'', in 1960. ...
,
Luc Moullet
Luc Moullet (; born 14 October 1937 in Paris) is a French film critic and filmmaker, and a member of the Nouvelle Vague or French New Wave. Moullet's films are known for their humor, anti-authoritarian leanings and rigorously primitive aesthetic, ...
,
Bruno Latour
Bruno Latour (; 22 June 1947 – 9 October 2022) was a French philosopher, anthropologist and sociologist.Wheeler, Will. ''Bruno Latour: Documenting Human and Nonhuman Associations'' Critical Theory for Library and Information Science. Libraries ...
,
Philippe Sollers
Philippe Sollers (; born Philippe Joyaux; 28 November 1936) is a French writer and critic. In 1960 he founded the ''avant garde'' literary journal ''Tel Quel'' (along with writer and art critic Marcelin Pleynet), which was published by Le Se ...
, Bertrand Hell, Yehezkel Ben-Ari,
Peter Szendy
Peter Szendy (born 1966 in Paris) is a French philosopher and musicologist. He is the David Herlihy Professor of Humanities and Comparative Literature at Brown University.
His ''Écoute, une histoire de nos oreilles'' (2001, English translation ...
, Pascal Perrineau,
eRikm,
Luc Ferrari
Luc Ferrari (February 5, 1929 – August 22, 2005) was a French composer of Italian heritage and a pioneer in musique concrète and electroacoustic music. He was a founding member of RTF's Groupe de Recherches Musicales (GRMC), working alongsid ...
, Michel Maurer, Anita Molinero,
Ryan Trecartin
Ryan Trecartin (born 1981) is an American artist and filmmaker currently based in Athens, Ohio. He studied at the Rhode Island School of Design, graduating with a BFA in 2004. Trecartin has since lived and worked in New Orleans, Los Angeles, Ph ...
and Lizzie Fitch,
Serge Lehman
Serge Lehman (born July 12, 1964) is the primary pseudonym of French science fiction writer Pascal Fréjean.
Profile
Fréjean has also written under the names Corteval, Don Hérial, and Karel Dekk. He won the Prix Rosny-Aîné with the novel tril ...
, Jean Levi,
Camille Paglia
Camille Anna Paglia (; born April 2, 1947) is an American feminist academic and social critic. Paglia has been a professor at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, since 1984. She is critical of many aspects of modern cultur ...
, Cécile Mainardi,
Erik Morse
Erik Morse (or Eric Morse) (born November 1979), is an American underground author, rock writer and journalist.
Morse was born and grew up in the small town of Conroe, Texas near a farm where Beat writers Allen Ginsberg and William S. Burroughs onc ...
...
Productions of the magazine are part of the digital archives of the
:fr:FRAC Languedoc-Roussillon,
:fr:CEVIPOF, Documents d'artistes,
INSERM. Some were screened at the
Centre Pompidou
The Centre Pompidou (), more fully the Centre national d'art et de culture Georges-Pompidou ( en, National Georges Pompidou Centre of Art and Culture), also known as the Pompidou Centre in English, is a complex building in the Beaubourg area of ...
,
University of Tokyo
, abbreviated as or UTokyo, is a public research university located in Bunkyō, Tokyo, Japan. Established in 1877, the university was the first Imperial University and is currently a Top Type university of the Top Global University Project by ...
and at
New York University
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In 1832, the ...
and one essay was published by the
Éditions Gallimard
Éditions Gallimard (), formerly Éditions de la Nouvelle Revue Française (1911–1919) and Librairie Gallimard (1919–1961), is one of the leading French book publishers. In 2003 it and its subsidiaries published 1,418 titles.
Founded by Ga ...
.
critical essay
published in ''L'Infini
''L'Infini'' (in English ''Infinity'') is a French literary collection and magazine, established in 1983 in Paris by Philippe Sollers as a follow up of the magazine ''Tel Quel''. The magazine was first published by Éditions Denoël and later o ...
No.122'', Éditions Gallimard
Videos
* ''Joyeux animaux de la misère'' with Pierre Guyotat
Pierre Guyotat (9 January 1940 – 7 February 2020) was a French writer.
Early life
Pierre Guyotat was born on 9 January 1940 in Bourg-Argental, Loire.
Literary career 1960s–1970s
Guyotat wrote his first novel, '' Sur un cheval'', in 1960. ...
(2015, 27min.)
* ''Stardust Philosophy'' with Peter Szendy
Peter Szendy (born 1966 in Paris) is a French philosopher and musicologist. He is the David Herlihy Professor of Humanities and Comparative Literature at Brown University.
His ''Écoute, une histoire de nos oreilles'' (2001, English translation ...
(2013, 40 min.)
* ''Paris Mirage'' with Xavier Boissel (2013, 39 min.)
* ''The Angel of the Odd'' with Côme Fabre (2013, 32 min.)
* ''Mandrake is Mandrake'' with Mandrake the Magician
''Mandrake the Magician'' is a syndicated newspaper comic strip
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and Leon Mandrake
Leon Giglio (April 11, 1911 – January 27, 1993), better known by his stage name Leon Mandrake, was an Italian-Canadian magician, mentalist, illusionist, escapologist, ventriloquist and stunt performer known worldwide as ''Mandrake the Magician ...
(2013, 31 min.)
* ''Sade
Sade may refer to:
People
* Marquis de Sade (1740–1814), French aristocrat, writer, and libertine
* Sade (singer) (born 1959, Helen Folasade Adu), British Nigerian musician and lead singer of the eponymous band
* Sade Baderinwa (born 1969), WAB ...
's Way'' with Philippe Sollers
Philippe Sollers (; born Philippe Joyaux; 28 November 1936) is a French writer and critic. In 1960 he founded the ''avant garde'' literary journal ''Tel Quel'' (along with writer and art critic Marcelin Pleynet), which was published by Le Se ...
(2013, 31 min.)
* ''Possession & Shamanism'' with Bertrand Hell (2013, 62 min.)
* ''Radium Unlimited'' with Serge Lehman
Serge Lehman (born July 12, 1964) is the primary pseudonym of French science fiction writer Pascal Fréjean.
Profile
Fréjean has also written under the names Corteval, Don Hérial, and Karel Dekk. He won the Prix Rosny-Aîné with the novel tril ...
(2013, 25 min.)
* ''The Dream of de La Panouse'' with Paul de La Panouse (2013, 20 min.)
* ''France in the Boudoir'' with Pascal Perrineau (2012, 24 min.)
* ''Any Ever'', about Ryan Trecartin
Ryan Trecartin (born 1981) is an American artist and filmmaker currently based in Athens, Ohio. He studied at the Rhode Island School of Design, graduating with a BFA in 2004. Trecartin has since lived and worked in New Orleans, Los Angeles, Ph ...
and Lizzie Fitch exhibition at the Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris (2012, 12 min.)
* ''Spiral Dregs'' with eRikm (2012, 34 min.)
* ''36 Enfilades by Luc Ferrari
Luc Ferrari (February 5, 1929 – August 22, 2005) was a French composer of Italian heritage and a pioneer in musique concrète and electroacoustic music. He was a founding member of RTF's Groupe de Recherches Musicales (GRMC), working alongsid ...
'' with Michel Maurer (2012, 37 min.)
* ''Inaugural Address of the French President'' with Gaspard Delanoë (2012, 10 min.)
* ''The Cinema according to Luc'' with Luc Moullet
Luc Moullet (; born 14 October 1937 in Paris) is a French film critic and filmmaker, and a member of the Nouvelle Vague or French New Wave. Moullet's films are known for their humor, anti-authoritarian leanings and rigorously primitive aesthetic, ...
(2011, 33 min.)
* ''Toxic Dream'' with Anita Molinero (2011, 20 min.)
* ''Ufo Follies'' with Bruno Latour
Bruno Latour (; 22 June 1947 – 9 October 2022) was a French philosopher, anthropologist and sociologist.Wheeler, Will. ''Bruno Latour: Documenting Human and Nonhuman Associations'' Critical Theory for Library and Information Science. Libraries ...
(2011, 19 min.)
* ''Venus Heel'' with Raphael Young (2011, 13 min.)
* ''The Electrical Hippocampus'' with Yehezkel Ben-Ari (2011, 26 min.)
Interviews
* ''The myth of the hands of clay'', with Jean Levi
* ''Rebel With a Cause'', with Camille Paglia
Camille Anna Paglia (; born April 2, 1947) is an American feminist academic and social critic. Paglia has been a professor at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, since 1984. She is critical of many aspects of modern cultur ...
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