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Edited by Clémentine Deliss & Thomas Boutoux
Limited Edition, published in France
7 volumes of 64 pages each, 13 x 20 cm, colour cover
44 illustrations, black/white, 20 pages of text per volume
English and French
Sold individually or in a limited edition black box set, including all 7 volumes plus the original Stripteaser from 1953
€ 10 (individual issue)
€ 75 (limited edition black box set)
This ninth issue of Metronome is influenced by Maurice Girodias (1919-1990), the notorious French publisher who founded Olympia Press in the 1950s in Paris and dodged the censorship laws by publishing English novels in France. Mixed in with erotic titles were works that were to become the leading lights of the literary avantgarde in the post-war era: Vladimir Nabokov’s Lolita, J. P. Donleavy's The Ginger Man, Pauline Réage's The Story of O, William S. Burroughs’ Naked Lunch, Terry Southern’s Candy, plus works by Samuel Beckett, Henry Miller, Raymond Queneau, Jean Genet and Georges Bataille, often under pseudonym.
In 1953 and 1954 Girodias produced two small publications entitled The Stripteaser and The Teaser (Pure & Simple) aimed at seducing people into buying his new series of green paperbacks. Fascinated by the form and originality of Girodias’ editorial approach, we decided to recast this procedure and, in collaboration with contemporary artists and writers, develop a translation of his project fifty years on, in 2005.
Five artists (including filmmaker, Philippe Grandrieux, and architect, Didier Fiuza Faustino) have produced visual storylines for each new Teaser which, together, form Metronome No. 9: Documentation Céline Duval (F), Didier Fiuza Faustino (F), Philippe Grandrieux (F), Guillaume Leblon (F), Pierre Leguillon (F). The sixth artist appears under the name Adresse Anonyme.
All texts published in Metronome No. 9 Le Teaser & Le Joker are entirely fiction-based. We believe that in 2005 there is a need for stories, narratives, scenarios, in short, forms of fiction that stimulate and nurture the imagination. The timing proves to be right: a number of artists, critics, and curators have spoken of their interest in writing a novel, a film scenario, or pieces of fiction in parallel with the work for which they are best known. The texts in Le Teaser & Le Joker are (with one exception) all extracts of unpublished novels.
Contributing Artists and Writers:
(NB: several contributors appear under pseudonym)
John Akomfrah & Edward George (GB), Marc Atlas (F), Olivier Babin (F), Paul Baruch (F), Diamantis (D), Ewa Einhorn (S), Charles Henri Ford & Parker Tyler (USA), Craig Garrett (USA), Tom Gidley (GB), Claire Guezengar (F), Judith Ickowicz (F), Phyllis Kiehl (D), Lefevre Jean Claude (F), Susannah Mabitt (USA), Rev. Boyd MacDonald (GB), Tom McCarthy (GB), Bill Moan (N), Douglas Park (GB), Abo Rasul (N), Nancy Strasbourg (GB), Samon Takahashi (F), Boris Tiago (F), Oscar Tuazon (USA), Bella Woodfield (USA)
The seventh volume of Metronome No. 9 is called Le Joker It is here that the reader can find concept notes, photographs of Metronome meetings in Paris, historical documents on Girodias, biographies of the artists and writers, references to funding agencies, as well as information on previous issues of Metronome.
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Background to Metronome No. 9 and Metronome Press with original photos from the Stripteaser and full details on all Metronome publications.
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Visual storyline is by Adresse Anonyme.
Texts are by John Akomfrah & Edward George, Boris Tiago, and Oscar Tuazon.
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Visual storyline is by Documentation Celine Duval.
Texts are by Charles Henri Ford & Parker Tyler, Phyllis Kiehl, Abo Rasul, Tom Gidley, and Bill Moan.
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Visual storyline is by Guillaume Leblon.
Texts are by Tom Gidley, Phyllis Kiehl, Samon Takahashi, and Tom McCarthy.
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Visual storyline is by Didier Fiuza Faustino.
Texts are by Diamantis, Craig Garrett, Olivier Babin, Susannah Mabitt, Phyllis Kiehl, and Nancy Strasbourg.
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Visual storyline is by Phillippe Grandrieux.
Texts are by Marc Atlas, Douglas Park, Paul Baruch, Charles Henri Ford & Parker Tyler, and Tom Gidley.
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Visual storyline is by Pierre Leguillon.
Texts are by Claire Guézengar, Bella Woodfield, Lefevre Jean Claude, and Tom McCarthy.
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