As a complement to the art centre’s exhibitions, publications provide an additional space for creation, diffusion and research. These publications provide a permanent record of artistic projects, even after exhibitions have ended. Most often, these publications are produced in conjunction with partner organisations: art centres, museums, Fonds Régionaux d’Art Contemporain, galleries and publishers.
The publications can take a variety of forms: catalogues, monographs, artists’ books, multiples, digital editions…
This is an opportunity to combine different points of view and styles of writing, by inviting authors from a wide range of backgrounds: art critics and historians, as well as writers, anthropologists and scientists.
Crac Occitanie’s publishing activity echoes the dynamism and creativity inherent in the world of graphic design, developing collaborations with graphic designers who are also involved in research.
2026
Yvonne Rainer: A Reader — a publication created on the occasion of the eponymous exhibition presented at the Crac Occitanie.
This publication brings together a selection of statements, reports, essays, open le‘ers and other writings by Yvonne
Rainer (born in 1934), as well as key interviews, all published between 1963 and 2020, appearing for the first time in
French translation.
It also contains new conversations with contemporary artists and thinkers who are close to her — Gregg Bordowitz, Pauline
Boudry/Renate Lorenz, Nick Mauss — conducted by Arlène Berceliot Courtin, editor of the book and a specialist in the
artist’s work.
Published with support from the Centre national des arts plastiques (CNAP), Villa Albertine, and the Crac Occitanie, Sète.
Yvonne Rainer: A Reader
Published by JRP|Editions. Collection « Documents »
Edited and introduced by Arlène Berceliot Courtin
Contributors: Arlène Berceliot Courtin, Gregg Bordowitz, Pauline Boudry/Renate Lorenz, Nick Mauss, Ulrike
Ottinger, Yvonne Rainer, Lynne Tillman
Translators : Alice Centamore, Morgane Padellec, Rachel Valinsky
To be published in early to mid-2026.
Paperback, 21 x 15 cm, 320 pages, 30 b&w images
English edition : ISBN : 978-3-03764-612-0
French edition : ISBN : 978-3-03764-613-7
2024
Gianni Pettena, Anarchitecture, monographic book issued in December 2024, published on the occasion of the exhibition presented at the Crac Occitanie from 10 February to 1 September 2024 and at the Frac Centre Val-de-Loire from 11 October 2024 to 9 March 2025.
Its editorial design was handled by Élodie Royer, the Frac Centre-Val de Loire, the Éditions Lienart and Eugénie Vaysse with the participation of Marie Cozette, Bruno Persat, Gianni Pettena, Emanuele Quinz and James Wines.
Co-produced by the Frac Centre-Val de Loire, the Crac Occitanie et the Éditions Lienart.
In the exhibition En-dehors, curated by Lucie Camous, co-written with No Anger (co-founders of Ostensible, a research-creation organisation), a set of theoretical and activist resources was available to exhibition visitors:
- in collaboration with CrashRoom, the translation of article “Crip Technoscience Manifesto” by Aimi Hamraie and Kelly Fritsch which was published in the book Catalyst: Feminism, Theory, Technoscience in April 2019 ;
- activist fanzines conceived with Les Dévalideuses and les Handi·es tordu·es.
2022:
Cartes et lignes d’erre - Traces du réseau de Fernand Deligny, 1969-1979
Ré-édition de l’ouvrage à l’occasion de l’exposition Fernand Deligny, légendes du radeau par les éditions L’Arachnéen en partenariat avec le Crac Occitanie.
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Faire Avec, ouvrage monographique réalisé à l’occasion de l’exposition Faire avec d’Eric Baudelaire, Paraguay press édition en partenariat avec l’ADAGP, la Galerie Barbara Wien, Berlin et le Crac Occitanie.
2021:
"Alexandra Bircken : A-Z"
Ouvrage monographique publié à l’occasion de l’exposition "A-Z3. Editeur : le Museum Brandhorst, Munich en partenariat avec le Crac Occitanie.
La Vie en Rose
Catalogue de l’exposition d’Anne-Lise Coste sous forme d’un coffret de cartes postales.
Édition Crac Occitanie.
2019:
L L - Laura Lamiel,
Ouvrage monographique édité au moment de l’exposition Les Yeux de W de Laura Lamiel.
Éditions Paraguay Press, Paris - www.paraguaypress.com
Avec les contributions de François Piron, Cécilia Becanovic, Marie Cantos, Guillaume Désanges, Élisabeth Milon, Anne Tronche, Émilie Notéris, Arnauld Pierre et Jacques Leenhardt.
How to find this publications?
If you are students or professionals in the field of visual art or library managers: you can send an e-mail to Manon Gaffiot for any specific request.
Bookshops in Sète:
L’Echappée belle,
La Nouvelle Librairie Sétoise,
programme partners of the Crac Occitanie, ask them for advice on how to find these books.
